7 Amendments of Jeanine HENNIS-PLASSCHAERT related to 2008/2007(INI)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3a (new)
Paragraph 3a (new)
3a. Believes that the Commission’s role is important in order to ensure that all European ports are able to reach their full potential; stresses however that the Commission should refrain from any interventionist policy which, directly or indirectly, aims to redirect traffic flows in Europe;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the early publication of guidelines for state aid to ports in 2008; and believes that these guidelines should cover the port area as such, with a distinction made between access and defence infrastructure, project-related infrastructure and superstructure and with no distinction made between different categories of ports;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Approves the extension of the transparency requirements laid down by Commission Directive 2006/111 of 16 November 2006 on the transparency of the financial relations between the Member States and public undertakings as well as on financial transparency within certain undertakings1, but calls on the Commission to consider a reduced minimum threshold for annual revenue rather than an absolute obligation;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to undertake a study of the funds provided by public authorities to European commercial ports so as to identify possible distortions of competition, but considers that aid given to port authorities to develop their port infrastructures, curb congestion and reduce road freight should not be seen as state aid unless it would benefit a single user or operator;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Supports the Commission’s desire to provide port workers with a mutually recognisable basic qualification so as to foster flexibility in the sector; hereto and, as a first step, a comparison should be made between the different existing systems of professional qualifications for port workers;