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19. Calls on the Commission to develop standards to ensure general harmonisation and coherence in the regulation of parking and vehicle access to urban areas, the categorisation of vehicles, the different classes of emissions, road signs, disability-friendly transport systems and technical standards in intelligent transport systems, and to boost the impetus for pedestrian zones and the protection of historical areas and generally improve the environment and public mobility; points out that the keystone of the SUMPs is quality of life, a corollary of which is the emphasis on freeing cities from traffic congestion and planning parking fac ...[+++]ilities to ensure freedom of movement for pedestrians and the attractiveness of city centres; asks the Commission to support coordinated and integrated strategic public transport solutions to relieve transport networks, urban highways and access roads to workplaces in order to improve people’s quality of life and to encourage a better work-life balance, while increasing productivity; also calls on the authorities to increase the use of intelligent technologies that can help solve problems related to urban mobility, such as on-board satellite sensors in vehicles and smart ticketing;

The issue of the external representation of the euro area, while related to the general reform of the International Monetary Fund, is not directly linked to the selection of the Managing Director of the IMF.

11. Considers that mountainous areas in the Union will be particularly affected by climate change, which progresses more quickly in these vulnerable regions with an impact on employment, accessibility, land use, tourism and infrastructure, which would have justified providing in the White Paper for specific action to ‘increase the resilience of mountainous areas’; suggests, therefore, that the Commission should draft Community guidelines on adaptation to climate change in mountainous areas, in the context of a general policy on spatial planning in the face of this challenge, insofar as they are particularly sensitive geographical areas ...[+++]like coastal and marine areas;

In general the measurements (with the exception of soil temperatures, soil moisture and stand precipitation) may be taken either above the forest stand canopy at the plot or at an open field station within the forest area in close proximity (in general not more than 2 km distance) to the stand of the plot.

113. Notes that the Administration is currently studying the practical and administrative aspects of a plan drawn up in 2002 following a study by Iris Consulting on a better mobility (transport) plan in Brussels; agrees that persons using Parliament's buildings in Brussels should be encouraged to use public transport as far as possible; recognises, however, that to make significant progress in this area it will be necessary to make the rue Belliard area more pedestrian-friendly; instructs its Secretary-General to pursue his contacts with the relevant Belgian authorities with the aim of making the area around Parliament's buildings saf ...[+++]er and more attractive for foot and cycle traffic;

Indeed, where the Commission speaks of the interaction between the fisheries sector and the environment, it does little more than list the harmful effects of fisheries on the environment, overlooking positive environmental measures which could benefit the fisheries sector such as improvement of coastal areas, creation of restocking and nursery zones, protected marine areas, increasing tourist fishing and investment in research.