Translation of "Regional Land Assistance Program " (English → French) :

74. Calls on the Commission to concentrate on the full implementation of the Barcelona Protocol on land-based sources of maritime pollution by all Mediterranean countries, especially through increased financing for the Mediterranean Environmental Technical Assistance Program (METAP);

73. Calls on the Commission to concentrate on the full implementation of the Barcelona Protocol on land-based sources of maritime pollution by all Mediterranean countries, especially through increased financing for the Mediterranean Environmental Technical Assistance Program (METAP);

32. Notes that over recent years substantial progress has been made on speeding up project and programme implementation in the framework of MEDA, notably due to a radical overhaul of the Commission's assistance programming and thanks to the major role given to the actors on the ground; regrets, however, that the Council has reduced the amounts earmarked for the MEDA Programme in the draft budget for 2006, and in particular the line intended for instit ...[+++]utional reform, democratic development and human rights, economic and social reform and sub-regional cooperation; considers that such a reduction would not be consistent with the impetus that the Barcelona Process requires;

1. Notes that the financial year 2005 will be the first in which appropriations will have to be available to meet the needs of a European Union of 25 Member States; in this connection, recognises the importance of the amended financial perspective as regards determining the total amounts of available appropriations, but, in the light of this provision, stresses that the necessary levels of financial support for the Structural Funds, transport policy and tourism policy should be available and that these sums should be allocated in line with recognised needs and fully and effectively used in accordance with the legislation in force and th ...[+++]e wishes of the budgetary authority; in its special report No 7/2003 on the implementation assistance programming for the period 2000-2006 within the framework of the Structural Funds, the Court of Auditors points out that, because statistics had not been updated, some regions would have received Objective 1 assistance when their GDP was in excess of 75% of the Community average; therefore calls on the Commission to provide a formal explanation of this matter;

However, a limited number of differences will remain, as Phare and the Structural Funds are still quite different in their objectives and procedures.The participation of candidate countries in INTERREG III B will strengthen co-operation between them and Member States, and of their regions - including border regions - on regional development and land-use planning; co-operation may cover the provision of information for national, regional or local authorities on regional and land-use planning policy, and, where appropriate, the pro ...[+++]vision of assistance for the formulation of such policy.

Under its energy policy, the European Community has mostly assisted the establishment of regional energy programming in the regions and/or the establishment of regional energy agencies (in the Azores and Madeira, the Canary Islands, Guadeloupe and French Guiana) through the SAVE programme.