6 Amendments of Luis de GRANDES PASCUAL related to 2008/0239(COD)
Amendment 5 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) In the light of Article 299(2) of the EC Treaty on the outermost regions of the European Union and the Commission communication (COM (2008) 642) entitled 'The outermost regions: an asset for Europe', the Marco Polo programme must take account of the particular characteristics of the outermost regions.
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 1 – point -1 (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1692/2006
Recital 4
Recital 4
-1. Recital 4 is replaced by the following: '(4) The programme established by Regulation (EC) No 1382/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 July 2003 on the granting of Community financial assistance to improve the environmental performance of the freight transport system (the Marco Polo Programme) [3] should therefore be enhanced by new actions, aimed at an actual reduction in international road transport. The Commission therefore has proposed a stronger programme, hereinafter referred to as the "Marco Polo II Programme", or "the Programme", to enhance intermodality, reduce road congestion and improve the environmental performance of the freight transport system within the Community, and take account of the particular characteristics of the outermost regions (ORs). To achieve this objective, the Programme should support actions in the freight transport, logistics and other relevant markets, taking into account the needs of small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs). It should help to shift at least the expected aggregate increase in international road freight traffic, but preferably more, to short sea shipping, with short distances being modulated in the case of the ORs, rail and inland waterway transport or to a combination of modes of transport in which road journeys are as short as possible. The Marco Polo Programme established by Regulation (EC) No 1382/2003 should therefore be replaced.'
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point -1 a (new)
Article 1 – point -1 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1692/2006
Recital 7
Recital 7
-1a. Recital 7 is replaced by the following: '(7) Applicants should be able to submit new or, where appropriate, existing projects which best match current market needs. Suitable projects, in particular those taking into account the needs of SMEs, should not be discouraged by any over-rigid definition of eligible actions. These flexible criteria must also be extended to the specific case of the outermost regions (ORs) and their particular circumstances.'
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point -1 b (new)
Article 1 – point -1 b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1692/2006
Article 1
Article 1
-1b. Article 1 is amended as follows: 'Article 1 Subject matter This Regulation establishes a financing instrument, hereinafter referred to as "the Marco Polo II Programme" or "the Programme" in order to reduce congestion, to improve the environmental performance of the transport system and to enhance intermodal transport, thereby contributing to an efficient and sustainable transport system which provides EU added value without having a negative impact on economic, social or territorial cohesion, whilst taking account of the specific features of the ORs so that they can participate in it. The duration of the Programme shall be from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013 in order to achieve, by the end of the Programme, a traffic shift that is a substantial part of the expected yearly aggregate increase in international road freight traffic, measured in tonne- kilometres, to short sea shipping, rail and inland waterway transport or to a combination of modes of transport in which road journeys are as short as possible.'
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – point 3 – point -a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1692/2006
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(-a) Paragraph 1(a) is amended as follows: '(a) catalyst actions; those aimed at improving synergies in the rail, inland waterways and short sea shipping sectors, including Motorways of the Sea and the modulation of short distances in the case of the ORs, by better use of existing infrastructures in particular deserve specific attention;'
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 – point a
Article 1 – point 3 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 1692/2006
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
‘Motorways of the Sea actions; within the European Union such actions shall be consistent wiuse the the features of the Motorways of the Sea priority projectrans-European networks defined in the framework of Decision No 1692/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 on Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network, without excluding the ORs' participation in those networks'.