8 Amendments of Marian-Jean MARINESCU related to 2008/2218(INI)
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Agrees therefore to develop a more realistic network approach with corridors reflecting the needs for intermodal connections for citizens and freight; emphasises therefore that priority must be given to rail, ports, sustainable maritime and inland waterways and their hinterland connections or intermodal nodes in infrastructure links with and within new Member States; underlines that the same kind of attention should be given to both passengers and freight, in order to avoid discriminating passenger traffic, which is particularly damaging for the mobility of persons;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls on the Commission to focus on those Priority Projects that will enable interconnections with third countries from EU neighbourhood (South East Europe (SEE), Moldavia, Ukraine); underlines that particular attention and assistance should be given to those neighbouring countries with a different type of rail infrastructure;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Encourages the Commission to further strengthen its cooperation with the South East Europe Transport Observatory, in order to better integrate the transport infrastructures of the countries involved, in view of the future enlargement;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission and Member States to integrate green corridors, rail freight networks, Trans European Rail Freight Network (TERFN), European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) corridors, maritime "highways", such as short sea shipping, existing waterways with ample square capacity, as well as the projected extension of the TEN-T to the ENP countries into an intermodal TEN-T concept, based on planned actions in favour of more environmentally friendly, less oil consuming and safer modes;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Fully agrees with the Community aim to reducing administrative burden and therefore strongly encourages the Commission to revise the financial frameworks for the TEN-T priority projects with a view to further cutting red tape;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. However, investing in transport infrastructure is one key area for tackling the economic and financial crisis, therefore calls on the Commission to speed up the infrastructure projects linked to TEN-T and financed under the Structural and/or Cohesion funds; calls on Member States to reassess their investments priorities taking into account this approach, in order to speed up the TEN-T projects under their responsibility, particularly in cross-border sections;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Reminds the Commission that EU co- financing for transport infrastructure projects by TEN-T, cohesion, regional funds and the EIB must correspond with the following criteria: economic viability, environmental sustainability, transparency for taxpayers and, citizen's involvement (partnership principle) and network efficiency;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Underlines the particularly growing investment needs of the European air transport market under the Single European Sky II package as well as the proposed "total aviation system approach"; therefore calls on the Commission to consider raising the share of the available funding for airports and ATM/ANS when revising the TEN-T budgetary framework;