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5 Amendments of Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU related to 2008/2132(INI)

Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
AΑ. whereas the economies of most of the Member States with highly developed coastal and island regions depend to a great extent on revenues from activities connected with the sea, such as tourism, fisheries, transport, etc. and whereas the sea's resourcesmarine and coastal environment are coming under increasing pressure from the various different purposes for which they are exploited; whereas, in particular, competition for space is often generating conflict between the various activities and interests involved (tourism, fisheries, services, agriculture, protection of natural ecosystems),
2008/10/14
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Aα. whereas, in regions where short, intense tourist seasons alternate with economically inactive periods, levels of employment in the sector concerned and in the transport sector are subject to strong fluctuations, which often makes it difficult to provide services on a stable basis and with a suitable level of quality,
2008/10/14
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take more active measures to meet the needs of small coastal municipalities, in particular, by promoting examples of best practice in relation to the planning, development and management of specific projects and initiatives and exchanges of information about the relevant European rulstrategies and funds that support sustainable tourism;
2008/10/14
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Member States and regional authorities to make efforts with a view to the provision of more viable and stable services; calls on the Commission to study ways of countering the insufficient development of labour, capital and services resulting from the seasonal nature of employment in the tourism sector of coastal regions and in the associated transport sector;
2008/10/14
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Member States and regional authorities to promote the upgrading of ports and airports in coastal and island regions in order to meet the needs of tourism, taking due account of the existing environmental possibilities and respect for aesthetic considerations and the natural surroundings;
2008/10/14
Committee: TRAN