Traduction de «Réseau transeuropéen de voies navigables » (Français → Anglais) :

The trans-European combined transport network comprises railways and inland waterways, which are suitable for combined transport and maritime links which permit the long-distance transport of goods, and intermodal terminals equipped with installations permitting transhipment between railways, inland waterways, shipping routes and roads.

Total investment in the TEN-T inland waterways network in the EU-15 amounted to EUR 892 million in 2002 and EUR 943 million in 2003 (a total of EUR 1,853 million in the 2002 – 2003 period).

The total length of the existing[8] TEN-T inland waterways network in the EU-27 was about 14,100 km in 2003.

The TEN-T inland waterway network comprises rivers and canals and various branches and links connecting them.

1. The trans-European inland waterway network shall comprise rivers and canals and various branches and links which connect them.

Whereas overcapacity generally affects every sector of the inland waterway transport market; whereas the measures to be adopted must, therefore, be generally applicable and cover all cargo vessels and pusher craft; whereas, however, vessel which in non way contribute to the overcapacity on the abovementioned network of linked inland waterways either because of their size or because they are operated solely on closed national markets, could be exempted from these measures; whereas, by contrast, private fleets performing carriage on own account must be included in the system because of their impact on transport markets;