Traduction de «Zone de déchargement » (Français → Anglais) :

9. Notes that the Commission has stated that locating landfills in Natura 2000 sites is not as such a breach of EU law and also notes that areas have been designated or are already in use as landfills in national parks, Natura 2000 sites and UNESCO heritage areas, in compliance with EU law; raises the issue as to whether this poses ecological or health risks; takes the view that siting landfills in protected natural or cultural areas is incompatible with environmental law; requests the Commission to amend EU waste legislation so as to categorically prohibit landfills in Natura 2000 sites; proposes that the Commission should apply to the Court of Justice for an injunction if existing landfills in protected natural areas are extend ...[+++]ed or new ones opened in Natura 2000 sites;

9. Notes that the Commission has stated that locating landfills in Natura 2000 sites is not as such a breach of EU law and also notes that areas have been designated or are already in use as landfills in national parks, Natura 2000 sites and UNESCO heritage areas, in compliance with EU law; raises the issue as to whether this poses ecological or health risks; takes the view that siting landfills in protected natural or cultural areas is incompatible with environmental law; requests the Commission to amend EU waste legislation so as to categorically prohibit landfills in Natura 2000 sites; proposes that the Commission should apply to the Court of Justice for an injunction if existing landfills in protected natural areas are extend ...[+++]ed or new ones opened in Natura 2000 sites;

9. Calls on the regional authorities concerned to implement a more multimodal transport policy to ensure that, in addition to motorways, more traffic goes by rail and internal waterways, to connect port areas effectively with the trans-European transport networks and to give ports more effective hinterland connections, in particular through the use of railways and inland waterways; calls, furthermore, on the Commission to make use of the 2010 mid-term review to release more resources to enable greater use to be made of intermediate ports by unloading cargoes in one or more feedering steps so as to reduce congestion in the main ports and their environs and bring the cargo as close as possible to the recipients; stresses, therefore, that it ...[+++] would be useful to diversify unloading points with a view to significantly reducing road traffic and addressing a recurrent congestion problem in the environs of the port zone; calls at the same time, during the planning of port facilities, for an in-depth evaluation of whether these unloading points, which are smaller and closer to the recipient, are nevertheless capable of handling a larger number of unloadings, partly in the light of their infrastructure and road network, so that the problem is not simply shifted to other port areas;

It should also be borne in mind that, except where the initial negotiating process has taken an inordinate amount of time, or where there are delays in issuing licences, the third country is entirely innocent but nevertheless also has to bear the consequences: it has no access to financial compensation, it cannot make a start on the planned partnership measures, seamen from the third country cannot embark and in many cases activities in unloading areas and refrigerated stores come to a standstill, as may local processing firms which depend upon the Community fleet for supplies.

When I was still working in the field we used to get reports of staging areas that product was being taken to.

Includes dumping sites, restricted areas around drinking water sources, nitrate-vulnerable zones, regulated fairways at sea or large inland waters, areas for the dumping of waste, noise restriction zones, radiation zones , prospecting and mining permit areas, river basin districts, relevant reporting units and coastal zone management areas.