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Maritime transport Oral question A3259 90) by Mr Sarlis

The first method suggested is to take action on the costs of maritime transport overall.

Common transport policy and internal market

WIJSENBEEK (LDR). (NL GR) Mr President, today we are discussing the future of Community maritime transport.

But the rapporteur has rightly pointed out that a transport policy, a modetn transport policy is more than that.

Firstly, a guiding transport policy from government.

As Transport Commissioner Kallas stated since maritime transport is a global industry it is vital to also set minimum standards for training on an international scale .

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As well as port infrastructure there is other infrastructure in maritime transport, such as world wide navigation systems.

As there will no longer be any EC customs documents on maritime and air transport operations between Member States, the view has been taken that statistics of transit operations involving transhipment could be compiled on the basis, inter alia, of transport documents and, in the case of maritime transport, on ships' manifests.

Is there not the danger of protecting Community maritime transport at the risk of counter measures from other blocs ?

Assess the feasibility of the creation of an EU register and EU flag for maritime and inland waterway transport.

( f ) a common policy in the sphere of transport

As Transport Commissioner Kallas stated, Piracy at sea is a genuine threat to the EU Transport policy .

As transport Commissioner Kallas stated Piracy at sea is a genuine threat to the EU transport policy .

What we need is a dynamic, environmentally friendly transport policy.

JOANNY (V). (FR) Maritime transport is in a state of crisi , and everyone is talking about a crisis in the market.

This brings me to Amendment 4.1 would point out here that maritime transport makes no distinction between cabin and stowed baggage.

The development of the road (actually several belts, including a southern maritime route) will require huge investments in transport and urban infrastructure.

Charente Maritime

Seine Maritime

At all events transport policy must include safety and environmental protection considerations.

The Junkers Ju 290 was a long range transport, maritime patrol aircraft and heavy bomber used by the Luftwaffe late in World War II.

Report by Mr Sarlis (second report), adopted on 26 October 1990 (PE A3259 90) on the proposal relating to Maritime transport (COM(89) 266 final)

VAN DER WAAL (NI). (NL) Mr President, we can subscribe to the Commission's analysis of the rapidly deteriorating position of maritime transport between the Community countries.

Maritime safety and security

transport via pipelines Water transport Air transport Supporting and auxiliary transport activities

transport via pipelines Water transport Air transport Supporting and auxiliary transport activities

BRAUN MOSER (PPE). (DE) Mr President, a common transport policy also means that the Commis

In the achievement of these objectives the transport policy provides an incentive to seek in the single market new forms of cooperation within the Eutopean transport industry and especially between tail and road transport.

According to the principle of the free movement of maritime transport services within the Community, we should like to stress that the liberalization of transport cannot be effected contrary to certain important national interests or special needs of the Member States.

Regarding air and maritime transport, we have not, alas, got so far, though the Commission has repeatedly included elements in its proposals that tend in the direction of cabotage, for example in the air transport package for the second phase.

Assisting ISPA beneficiary countries in upgrading environmental infrastructure and policy and in strengthening European transport links

As was made clear in the Commission s proposal for an Integrated Maritime Policy for the EU, one size does not fit all there are different, equally suitable ways to make an integrated approach to maritime affairs work.

This directive provides an autonomous framework for mutual agreement on nature conservation policy, a genuine Community policy on nature conservation, alongside all the other policy sectors such as transport,

This is why Article 4 of the proposal makes no provision regarding maritime transport and it is also the very simple reason why I cannot agree to Amendment 4.

There are no technical or other reasons, other than a conservative and protection ist attitude which, furthermore, is to some extent responsible for the relative backwardness of this means of transport that can be used as an argument against treating it, in the context of the internal market, in the same way as transport sectors we regard as strategic air transport and maritime transport.

In my view there are more important aspects of transport policy that we should be dealing with.

So this should be a matter of rules of conduct and not of questions of transport policy.

As the geographical scope of the maritime policy proposed in this Green Paper includes the coastal zones, Integrated Coastal Zone Management has a role to play in the policy framework proposed.

At European level, agreements on the reduction of working time (agriculture July 1997) and on the organisation of working time (maritime transport September 1998, railways September 1998) have been signed.

Ju 390 B Planned maritime patrol version.

Acknowledging that the intensive use of the Caribbean Sea for maritime transport, as well as the considerable number and interlocking character of the maritime areas under national jurisdiction where Caribbean countries exercise their rights and duties under international law, present a challenge for the effective management of the resources,