2 Amendments of Jill EVANS related to 2008/2007(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the EU’s main ports are generally well equipped and efficient; considers, however, that the technological changes needed to enable intermediate ports to meet the challenges of an increased volume of traffic will have major financial implications for the regions concerned; therefore urges these regions to make use of the possibilities of the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund to finance the acquisition of advanced technological facilities, to create jobs in innovative fields and to rehabilitate urban areas freed up by the transfer of port business to out-of-town areas; encourages the Commission, the Member States and the regional authorities concerned to employ a trans- border approach as far as possible to the use of existing capacities when co- financing port infrastructure;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4a (nouveau)
Paragraph 4a (nouveau)
4a. Emphasises that a more balanced port infrastructure policy for the whole of the territory of the EU could help reduce road freight;