Traduction de «Bassin de lit » (Français → Anglais) :

7. Deems it important that when restoring or rebuilding damaged infrastructures and equipment, every effort be made to correct situations conducive to future risks, namely by increasing the through-flow capacity of bridges and water pipelines; renaturalising river beds; restoring and protecting river basins, wetlands and related eco-systems; and protecting/defending the coastline;

During the course of the procedure, the Italian authorities provided detailed information on their proposals concerning: - the purchase from Fincantieri of two docks in Palermo with a view to regrouping and restructuring them (LIT 52 bn); - the expansion and modernisation of the second dock at Trapani (LIT 6.7 bn); - the restructuring of one dock and the construction of a second at Messina (LIT 42 bn).

On a proposal by Mr Bruce Millan, Member of the Commission responsible for Regional Policy, the Commission has adopted a programme for overall Community financial aid of ECU 21.6 million (providing LIT 33 billion or FF 150 million for the implementation of the Community INTERREG initiative in parts of Corsica and Sardinia. This assistance is made up as follows: ERDF = ECU 19 million, ESF = ECU 1 million and EAGGF Guidance ECU = 1.6 million". Cross-border cooperation is always a major objective of Community measures" underlined Mr Millan, "but it is all the more so when this involves bringing together islands and their people, by integrating them into a common economic whole". The programme, which will benefit the department of South Corsica ...[+++] and the province of Sassari, is centred on five main priorities: (i) the improvement of port installations intended to increase passenger and goods transport capacities between South Corsica and the Province of Sassari; (ii) encouragement of scientific cooperation via common research programmes between the universities of Corsica and Sassari with exchanges between the agricultural research centres (iii) optimum use of common sea space, particularly by the promotion of tourist routes in the Corsica-Sardinia basin and measures to protect the Maddalena archipelago and the Lavezzi islands; (iv) incentives for trade between the two islands, in particular by services provided to companies and the training schemes for those working in sport and tourism (v) the development of cross-border trade: this involves a number of measures intended to improve knowledge of each other's people.