Translation of "Transit delay selection and indication " (English → French) :

17. Regrets the delays in project selection for strategic areas such as the rail sector, certain energy and environmental investments, the digital economy, social inclusion, governance and capacity building, and calls for a thorough analysis of the causes of these delays, while also inviting the Member States to involve their regions in closer monitoring of areas where efforts need reinforcement; highlights on the other hand the higher absorption rate of environmental projects in European Territorial Cooperation programmes, and point ...[+++]s to the clear added value of cooperation in this context; underlines, however, that Member States may have caught up in areas where implementation was lagging behind, and that therefore delays at this particular stage need not be indicative of overall quality in the programming period; points in this context to the acceleration in absorption capacities and budgetary implementation of cohesion policy during 2010 which stems, inter alia, from recent legislative changes and from operational programmes reaching cruising speed, the last Management and Control Systems having finally been approved by the Commission;

ensure a smooth and quick transition towards the new country programmes to avoid negative consequences for future implementation; define more clearly in the new country programming documents its strategic objectives and establish appropriate indicators, to allow for better monitoring and evaluation of impact; continue to focus its support on a limited number of intervention areas to ensure coherence and to keep the programmes manageable; continue to search for best prac ...[+++]tices in managing projects to avoid delays.

I. Annual Plans: submit, for the first time, a summary by Directorate-General of all completed and outstanding tasks for 2000, since annual work plans for each of the 29 Directorates-General and job descriptions of all 59 officials who occupy A1 posts were not established for 1999, or for any prior year; welcomes that under Action 22 of the White paper on Reform, the Commission would carry out individual performance appraisals of A1 and A2 officials in April 2001; regrets substantial delays whereby the first appraisal will only start by the end of 2001, as stated in the Commission decision of 22 December 2000 on the a ...[+++]ppraisal, selection and appointment of senior Commission officials (SEC(2000) 2305 ); calls for the transmission of annual work plans and, on a confidential basis, appraisals of A1 officials; asks the Commission to inform Parliament of the number of officials that have left under Articles 50 and 51 of the Staff Regulations; calls on the Commission to take into account the staff appraisals; invites the Commission to implement measures that will allow it to dismiss A1 officials whose career development reports indicate that performance is inadequate ;

Finally, the report identifies a clear need for generating comparable statistical data pertaining to the transition from school to work, lifelong learning and the tax-benefit system, for example, and calls on the Member States to examine without delay, together with the Commission, ways of obtaining such indicators.

As indicated by the Commission in its Communication of March 2001 in relation to 3G services, any delay in the transition to all-IPv6 networks, which will require several years of effort, risks hindering the deployment of advanced service features at a later stage;

IV?RAILWAYS PAGEREF _Toc469734303 \h IV?Council Conclusions - see page 9 PAGEREF _Toc469734304 \h IV?WORKING TIME DIRECTIVE PAGEREF _Toc469734305 \h VIIIAIR TRANSPORT PAGEREF _Toc469734306 \h VIII?AVIATION NOISE PROBLEMS - SHORT AND LONG TERM PERSPECTIVES : PRESIDENCY CONCLUSIONS PAGEREF _Toc469734307 \h VIII?ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EUROPEAN AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY (EASA) PAGEREF _Toc469734308 \h VIII?AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT - DELAYS IN AIR TRAFFIC PAGEREF _Toc469734309 \h IX?AGREEMENTS WITH CEECs PAGEREF _Toc469734310 \h IXHORIZONTAL ISSUES PAGEREF _Toc469734311 \h IX?GALILEO PAGEREF _Toc469734312 \h IX?COMMUNICATION ON INTERMODALITY AND INTERMODAL FREIGHT TRANSPORT - RESOLUTION PAGEREF _Toc469734313 \h XMARITIME TRANSPORT PAGEREF _Toc469734 ...[+++]314 \h XII?SHORT SEA SHIPPING - RESOLUTION PAGEREF _Toc469734315 \h XIIOTHER BUSINESS PAGEREF _Toc469734316 \h XIV?MANNING CONDITIONS IN REGULAR PASSENGER AND FERRY SERVICES PAGEREF _Toc469734317 \h XIV?INDICATORS ON TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT (TERM) PAGEREF _Toc469734318 \h XIV?EUROCONTROL PAGEREF _Toc469734319 \h XV?EU-US DIALOGUE IN THE FIELD OF AVIATION PAGEREF _Toc469734320 \h XV?COMMISSION COMMUNICATION ON AIR TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT PAGEREF _Toc469734321 \h XV?TRANSIT AGREEMENT WITH ROMANIA PAGEREF _Toc469734322 \h XV?NAVIGATION ON THE DANUBE PAGEREF _Toc469734323 \h XVITEMS APPROVED WITHOUT DEBATETRANSPORT--Agreement with Cyprus PAGEREF _Toc469734326 \h XV--ICAO Convention PAGEREF _Toc469734327 \h XVENVIRONMENT--Deliberate release of genetically modified organisms PAGEREF _Toc469734329 \h XVIEXTERNAL RELATIONS--EU Programme for Preventing and Combating Illicit Trafficking in Conventional Arms - 2nd Annual Report PAGEREF _Toc469734331 \h XVI--Africa : Review of Common Position on Human Rights, Democratic Principles, the Rule of Law and Good Governance - Presidency report PAGEREF _Toc469734332 \h XX--Textiles - agreement with Egypt PAGEREF _Toc469734333 \h XXV--Macao - Council Conclusions on the Commission Communication: Be ...