Traduction de «communication de courte distance » (Français → Anglais) :

EUROPA - EU law and publications - EUR-Lex - EUR-Lex - 52003DC0155 - EN - Communication from the Commission- Programme for the Promotion of Short Sea Shipping

As an elected member for an island region of Greece, I experience the acute need of island inhabitants for better and more frequent short sea communications and transport on a daily basis.

Moreover, the reports drawn up within Parliament on the implementation of opening the telecommunications sector up to competition revealed that, in virtually all countries, even the meagre, restricted universal telecommunications service could not be guaranteed. At the same time, the profits of major multinationals in the telecommunications sector are soaring, while subscriptions and local communications are becoming an increasing drain on the budgets of the poorest individuals.

(5) The Marco Polo programme features three types of action: (1) modal shift actions, which should focus on shifting as much cargo as possible under current market conditions from road to the more environment friendly short sea shipping, rail and inland waterways; such actions should not lead to a shift of freight flows between short sea shipping, rail and inland waterways, unless the share of freight transport by road in the transport chain is thereby substantially reduced; (2) catalyst actions, which should change the way non-road freight transport is conducted in the Community; and (3) common learning actions, whi ...[+++]ch should enhance knowledge in the freight logistics sector and foster advanced methods and procedures of cooperation in the freight market and support the formation of a common political will in cross-border transport projects ; catalyst actions and common leaning actions should not lead to a shift of freight flows between short sea shipping, rail and inland waterways .

(5) The Marco Polo programme features three types of action: (1) modal shift actions, which should focus on shifting as much cargo as possible under current market conditions from road to the more environmentally acceptable short sea shipping, rail and inland waterways; such actions must not lead to a shift of freight flows from short sea transport, rail or inland waterways to another of these modes, unless the share of freight transport by road in the transport chain is thereby substantially reduced (2) catalyst actions, which should change the way non-road freight transport is conducted in the Community; and (3) common learning actions, whi ...[+++]ch should enhance knowledge in the freight logistics sector and foster advanced methods and procedures of co-operation in the freight market and support the formation of a common political will in cross-border transport projects; none of these actions must lead to a shift of freight flows from short sea transport, rail or inland waterways to another of these modes.

12. Believes that short sea shipping is an environment friendly and safe alternative to road transport and therefore that an increase in the proportion of goods transported by short sea shipping is essential; calls on national governments to introduce effective measures to increase the proportion of goods carried by short sea shipping, including investment aid to launch short sea shipping projects demonstrating the contribution which this transport mode can make to the overall efficiency of multimodal transport systems and the removal of all kinds of barriers; calls on the Commission also to promote short sea activities by providing so ...[+++]me launching aid from the already existing European funds and to organise schemes to assist combined transport in such a way as to enable them to be applied without difficulties to short sea shipping;