Traduction de «Région portuaire » (Français → Anglais) :

measures to support and coordinate the adaptation of port gateways and logistic systems for larger ships and promote better port connections, in particular with rail and inland waterways; facilitation of port investments through the mobilisation of various sources of EU funding so as to increase the capacity of EU ports, upgrade the existing infrastructure, develop multimodal terminals and promote the creation of smart ports using intelligent transport systems, and of smart port cities; measures to improve seaport infrastructure, in particular in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, in order to shift freight from road to sea in those a ...[+++]reas,

As the shadow rapporteur for the Socialist Group in the European Parliament, I have always upheld the following points that are raised in the final report: the need to use existing opportunities in terms of European funding or State aid to develop and purchase advanced and environmentally-responsible facilities and to better integrate them into the European port network; the need for local and regional authorities to make use of the possibilities their ports offer to develop their regions, creating more transport intermodality and co ...[+++]mpetitiveness between ports; the need to improve current social conditions in the maritime sector, in particular through better training, lifelong learning and better safety conditions in the workplace; the need to enhance the European Union’s competitive position as a global maritime power, in particular by strengthening regulatory frameworks in the area of maritime safety and financial incentives, rules to aid public or private investors from various backgrounds; improving the adaptation of existing ports to strict environmental requirements, in particular in terms of reducing greenhouse gases; strengthening the current regulatory framework for ports, as variables determining the global equilibrium; adapting the European port system to extremely rapid technological development without disregarding the environmental impact; accepting that some investments by public authorities may not be seen as State aids, for outermost regions and islands, when they are essential to ensure economic, social and territorial cohesion, as long as they do not benefit a single user or operator, and recognising the specific situation of outermost regions as recognised in the Treaty on European Union.

Under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), € 34 billion has been invested in transport, some of which (investment in railway, road, motorway, port, etc. infrastructure) has benefited the TEN-T.

The Community's port-related refining industry is therefore a valuable complement to the beet-processing industry, especially in Finland, mainland Portugal, the United Kingdom and southern and western France.

This is the case with Guadeloupe, which belongs to the Maris regional network, concerned with demonstration and promotion work in the use of new information technologies and remote processing applications in the maritime sector (fishing, harbour logistics, vessel manufacture and maintenance, navigation and traffic management).

- the temporary suspension of CCT duties for certain goods intended to equip or for processing in the free zones of the Azores and Madeira; the aim of this preferential tariff treatment, which is subject to certain conditions, was to help launch industrial activities in the only operational free zone in these regions (i.e. the Madeira harbour zone) and promote permanent installation of industries to process non-originating materials (other than agricultural products or products obtained from the processing thereof), imported free of customs duties and destined for the Community market; an initial review of this scheme is scheduled for ...[+++]this year.