Traduction de «intérêt ayant priorité » (Français → Anglais) :

It was agreed that efficient planning of public investment in the transport sector hinges on the development of four main building blocks: the establishment of a Core Regional Transport Network as a jointly agreed reference for planning investment of regional relevance; a process to prioritise investments of regional importance and which are financially affordable and suitable for international financing; a commitment to policy reforms, notably to improve sector management and address cross border issues; and the establishment of an institutional framework to coordinate efficiently among the countries of the region.

The programme may finance specific projects of interest in terms of its priorities, as well as complementary measures (seminars, meetings of experts, dissemination of information).

The programme may finance specific projects of particular interest in terms of the programme's priorities or complementary measures such as seminars, measures to disseminate information and meetings of experts.

Following the procedure set out in Article 17, the Commission shall establish a framework for the procedures, timetable and amounts for payments of interest-rate subsidies, guarantee premium subsidies and support in the form of risk capital participation, for investment funds or comparable financial undertakings with a priority focus on providing risk capital for trans-European network projects".

COMMISSION COMMUNICATION ON PERSPECTIVES FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT - COUNCIL RESOLUTION Following the discussions which have taken place on the Commission's communication on perspectives for international cooperation in research and technological development, both in CREST and in the Permanent Representatives Committee, the Council adopted the following resolution : "THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having examined the Commission communication of 20 October 1995 on Perspectives for International Cooperation in the field of RTD, and in the light of the opinion of the Scientific and Technical Research Committee (CREST), (1) ENDORSES the five overall objectives for future Community p ...[+++]olicy further to strengthen and increase cooperation in RTD with third countries, as follows: - strengthen European competitiveness and develop technologies for future markets; - develop partnership in science and technology, in particular with third countries of strategic interest to the Community; - share responsibility and conduct RTD on economic and social challenges; - promote RTD relevant to the needs and priorities of developing countries for fostering their sustainable growth; - share ST information and contribute to large scale and frontier science and technology (2) EMPHASIZES that cooperation with third countries in the field of RTD should continue to be based on the following principles: subsidiarity; mutual benefit; consistency with other Community policies, in particular the Union's external policies; efficiency and quality (3) UNDERLINES the need for a differentiation in approach between the different third country partners for economic, political and geographical reasons.

It will comprise in particular: a) an increased effort to provide information about ECSC conversion loans and the possibilities for assistance, particularly in those regions which have not made sufficient use of these loans until now; ./. - 2 - b) greater responsibility will be given to the regional partnership (Monitoring Committees of the Community Support Frameworks) to monitor and coordinate these loans with the regional development priorities in the CSF; c) ECSC financial support in the form of interest-rate subsidies on these loans will be programmed until end of 1993; this programming consists of a regional indicative allocation in the operational budget of the ECSC of the appropriations envisaged in this connection; d) greater g ...[+++]eographical concentration of aid in the form of interest- rate subsidies will be sought during 1992, in cooperation with the Member States, giving priority to the regions eligible for ERDF assistance, i.e. those having the greatest difficulties with the conversion of ECSC industries; e) the conversion loans will also be concentrated on the sectors given priority in the Community support frameworks; f) in exceptional cases justified by the socio-economic situation of a region, an additional interest-rate subsidy can be granted by the ECSC or the European Regional Development Fund.