diff --git a/frontends/RainPasses.hs b/frontends/RainPasses.hs
index 6870cd7..3da7773 100644
--- a/frontends/RainPasses.hs
+++ b/frontends/RainPasses.hs
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ rainPasses =
          --must be done after transformEachRange
        ,("Transform Rain functions into the occam form",transformFunction)
          --must be done after transformEach, depends on uniquifyAndResolveVars and recordInfNameTypes
+       ,("Pull up par declarations", pullUpParDeclarations) --doesn't depend on anything
        ,("AST Validity check, Rain #2", (\x -> excludeNonRainFeatures x >>= excludeTransformedRainFeatures))
      ]
 
@@ -324,6 +325,23 @@ transformFunction = everywhereM (mkM transformFunction')
           _ -> dieP m "Functions must have seq[uential] bodies"
     transformFunction' s = return s
 
+pullUpParDeclarations :: Data t => t -> PassM t
+pullUpParDeclarations = everywhereM (mkM pullUpParDeclarations')
+  where
+    pullUpParDeclarations' :: A.Process -> PassM A.Process
+    pullUpParDeclarations' p@(A.Par m mode inside) 
+      = case chaseSpecs inside of
+          Just (specs, innerCode) -> return $ A.Seq m $ specs $ A.OnlyP m $ A.Par m mode innerCode
+          Nothing -> return p
+    pullUpParDeclarations' p = return p
+    
+    chaseSpecs :: A.Structured -> Maybe (A.Structured -> A.Structured, A.Structured)
+    chaseSpecs (A.Spec m spec inner) 
+      = case chaseSpecs inner of
+          Nothing -> Just (A.Spec m spec,inner)
+          Just (trans,inner') -> Just ( (A.Spec m spec) . trans,inner')
+    chaseSpecs _ = Nothing
+
 -- | All the items that should have been removed at the end of the Rain passes.
 excludeTransformedRainFeatures :: Data t => t -> PassM t
 excludeTransformedRainFeatures = excludeConstr
diff --git a/frontends/RainPassesTest.hs b/frontends/RainPassesTest.hs
index 9574e20..ee04f81 100644
--- a/frontends/RainPassesTest.hs
+++ b/frontends/RainPassesTest.hs
@@ -494,6 +494,29 @@ testTransformFunction1 = testPassShouldFail "testTransformFunction1" (transformF
         A.Function m A.PlainSpec [A.Byte] [A.Formal A.ValAbbrev A.Byte (simpleName "x")] $
           (A.OnlyP m $ A.Seq m $ A.Several m [])
 
+testPullUpParDecl0 :: Test
+testPullUpParDecl0 = testPass "testPullUpParDecl0" orig (pullUpParDeclarations orig) (return ())
+  where
+    orig = A.Par m A.PlainPar (A.Several m [])
+
+testPullUpParDecl1 :: Test
+testPullUpParDecl1 = testPass "testPullUpParDecl1" exp (pullUpParDeclarations orig) (return ())
+  where
+    orig = A.Par m A.PlainPar $
+      A.Spec m (A.Specification m (simpleName "x") $ A.Declaration m A.Int) (A.Several m [])
+    exp = A.Seq m $ A.Spec m (A.Specification m (simpleName "x") $ A.Declaration m A.Int) (A.OnlyP m $ A.Par m A.PlainPar $ A.Several m [])
+
+testPullUpParDecl2 :: Test
+testPullUpParDecl2 = testPass "testPullUpParDecl2" exp (pullUpParDeclarations orig) (return ())
+  where
+    orig = A.Par m A.PlainPar $
+      A.Spec m (A.Specification m (simpleName "x") $ A.Declaration m A.Int) $
+      A.Spec m (A.Specification m (simpleName "y") $ A.Declaration m A.Byte) $
+      (A.Several m [])
+    exp = A.Seq m $ A.Spec m (A.Specification m (simpleName "x") $ A.Declaration m A.Int) 
+                  $ A.Spec m (A.Specification m (simpleName "y") $ A.Declaration m A.Byte)
+                    (A.OnlyP m $ A.Par m A.PlainPar $ A.Several m [])
+
 ---Returns the list of tests:
 tests :: Test
 tests = TestList
@@ -530,6 +553,9 @@ tests = TestList
    ,testRangeRepPass1
    ,testTransformFunction0
    ,testTransformFunction1
+   ,testPullUpParDecl0
+   ,testPullUpParDecl1
+   ,testPullUpParDecl2
  ]