Translation of "translation of transport transfrontalier de personnes " (French → English) :

With regard to access to the cross-border passenger transport market, the main objective is bureaucracy reduction, in the interests of simple, fast procedures for the authorisation of cross-border regular services.

Recognizing that international bridges and tunnels are of national interest, members of your Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications support the intent of Bill C-3, the International Bridges and Tunnels Act, which is to reinforce the federal government’s constitutional jurisdiction and to ensure the smooth flow of people and goods over and through them.

We are also working very closely with the Americans to deepen NAFTA and secure growth in the long-term perspective by facilitating the movement of goods and people across the border while taking into consideration the security concerns of our American friends.

(3) Provision should be made for an increased level of support of up to 20% of total investment cost for projects concerning cross-border bottlenecks in the rail network and projects at borders with candidate countries which contribute strongly to the improvement of the Trans-European network as established by Decision No 1692/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 on Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network and to promote sustainable mobility of ...[+++]persons and goods in accordance with the European Union's sustainable development objectives (Article 6 of the Amsterdam Treaty and European Council Göteborg Declaration of 15 and 16 June 2001).

The first of these is a global prohibition on trafficking in persons, defined as the recruitment, transport, transfer, receipt, holding, concealment or harbouring of a person, or the exercise of control, direction or influence over the movements of a person, for the purpose of exploitation (2) Key to this definition is the fact that the criminal offence of trafficking in persons does not require movement across an international border to be triggered; rather, any action in which a person is moved or concealed and is forced to provide ...[+++] or offer to provide labour, a service, or an organ or tissue is prohibited.

Moreover, as regards commercial operations, unduly divergent safety rules and enforcement regimes distort competition and can lead to better standards and practices being undermined. - the completion of the internal market in transport necessarily entails increased movement across frontiers and measures have to be taken to ensure that this happens within a context of appropriate safety measures. - improving road safety is a particularly important goal given the scale of deaths and injuries still caused every year. A global approach is required, involving legislative and other measures, addressing improved systems for monitoring and for a ...[+++]nalysing the causes of accidents and for evaluating the costs and benefits of alternative responses: technical standards for vehicles, improvements in infrastructure, the development of telematic systems and, where the Community can act usefully, an intensified public education campaign to raise driver awareness. - in the maritime sector, the Commission will pursue its programme for Safe Seas, paying particular attention to passenger vessels, especially ro-ro ferries. - in the aviation sector emphasis will be placed on competing harmonisation rules and on the possible creation of a single European authority for air safety. - accessibility is an essential precondition for transport safety, in particular for people with reduced mobility.