7 Amendments of Inés AYALA SENDER related to 2011/0177(APP)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A (new)
Recital A (new)
A. Whereas the € 8 billion dedicated for the for the 2007-2013 programming period has demonstrated to be largely insufficient amount to realise the TEN-T network and that additional resources are needed to complete the network and boost growth, job creation and competitiveness of the EU.
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the paramount role of the EU mobility and transport sector as the backbone of the internal market, the basis for free movement of people and goods as well as for economic, social and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls the enormous financial and technological challenges for the transport sector with regards to improving its environmental performance, its competitiveness, its security, its accessibility and its network;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the overall envelope available for transport investments in the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) will be critical for the implementation of the TEN-T, as well as forwhich should provide without delay the definitive leverage effect for construction of the European mobility area, and draws attention to the transport research competition in order for the Union to remain the industrial leader in sustainable and innovative transport technology and the contribution made by the Cohesion Fund and the ERDF;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission's proposal on the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) and its proposed increase of the centrally managed financial amounts provided for the TEN-T, considering these amounts to be realistic figures and the bare minimum. Considers that the ideal amount to induce a leverage effect expected in the area of transport should represent at least 10% of the estimated needs (500 billion € for TEN-T until 2020) and that if Council agrees to reduce significantly the financial envelope, a significant review of the list of the pre-identified transport projects mentioned in Annex of the CEF should also be carried out;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines that the additional €10bn from the Cohesion fund are to be centrally managed under the CEF in order to deliver clear EU-added value in Cohesion countries; takes the view that special attention should be awarded to the difficulties that some Member States might encounter as regards project engineering, and to geographical balance in the spread of the projects;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Expresses the need to guarantee adequate funding for innovative technological devices such as the ERMTS, the SESAR project, intelligent transport systems to modernise existing infrastructure, and to strengthen the focus on urban mobility and links with its infrastructure;