Translation of "Gérer les ressources des voies ferrées " (French → English) :

14. Notes that the independence of infrastructure managers and guaranteed powers and resources for regulatory bodies are preconditions for satisfactory track access charging; recalls that these infrastructure charges shall be calculated in a fair, transparent and consistent manner and provide sufficient visibility for the railway undertakings;

14. Notes that the independence of infrastructure managers and guaranteed powers and resources for regulatory bodies are preconditions for satisfactory track access charging; recalls that these infrastructure charges shall be calculated in a fair, transparent and consistent manner and provide sufficient visibility for the railway undertakings;

The largely preferred TEN-T planning approach would be characterized as follows: While maintaining the fairly dense rail, road, inland waterways, ports and airports networks, which constitute the “comprehensive network” as the basic layer of the TEN-T and are, in large part, derived from the corresponding national networks, the “core network” would overlay the “comprehensive” network and give expression to a genuine European planning perspective focused on bringing about a systemic improvement in the transport system's resource efficiency and a si ...[+++]gnificant overall reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transport.

I should say that we did not accept the view of some to enhance the current running rights provisions within the Canada Transportation Act because we felt that it would place an undue burden on the system, that it would be unworkable and, certainly, that it would have the obverse reaction to the one that would be desired (1520) A series of legislative amendments will be proposed in the legislation that will strengthen publicly funded passenger and commuter rail services, including giving publicly funded passenger rail operators, such as VIA, Go ...[+++] Transit, West Coast Express and others across the country, recourse to the Canadian Transportation Agency when commercial negotiations are unsuccessful with respect to the terms and conditions of operation on federal rail lines.

The Commission proposes the following priority actions as meeting these general criteria: - studies and preparatory work - construction of a combined transport network based on the results of a study which is now under way - development of new telecommunication and teleinformation technologies to improve traffic management and information to drivers - improvement of the Paris-Madrid-Barcelona-Lisbon-Porto-Algeciras road and rail transit routes - improvement of infrastructure associated with the Channel Tunnel - construction of a high-speed rail line between Paris, London, Brussels, Amsterdam and Cologne (1) COM (88) 340 ./. - 2 - - impro ...[+++]vement of the north-south transit link in Ireland to serve the ports of Larne, Belfast, Dublin and Rosslare - modernisation of the north-south inland waterway netweork between the Netherlands, Belgium and France - construction of the `Scandinavian link' - modernisation of the transit routes between Southern Germany/Italy- Greece - international links in frontier areas - improvement of other Alpine transit routes, especially into Italy Financial assistance A declaration that a particular project is of European importance would make it eligible for support from the Community funds allocated for transport infrastructure and from other Community sources of capital.

The performance of the tourism industry depends both on the competence, expertise and financial resources of its entrepreneurs, and on the availability of special "raw material" (such as beaches, mountains, rural areas, city centres, monuments, museums, galleries) and transport infrastructures (such as roads, railways, harbours, airports).