The transports deserve more than a quota pairs only to 2.4% of the new budget EU



The main organizations of the marine-harbour cluster of the European Union have manifested satisfaction for the attainment of an agreement on the budget of the EU for period 2014-2020 to conclusion of the work of 8 the 7 the European Council held and February slid and also for the understanding on a budget of 23 billion euros to assign to the transeuropee infrastructures of transport, figure that - they have found - a meaningful step forward regarding the eight billions of euros allocated for the transeuropee nets of transport represents TRIES for period 2007-2013. However they have evidenced that the cut of a third party of the equipment financial institution initially previewed for TRIES to them - pairs to 32 billion euros - will have a remarkable impact on the implementation of the plan for infrastructure of transport shaped from the EU commission in the arc of last the three years in collaboration with the Member States and the stakeholder of the field and reveals that the section of the transports does not seem to be considered priority in the new pluriennale budget.

The approved of pluriennale picture financial from the European Council previews to the voice of the expenses for the energetic, digital nets and of transport a equipment total financial institution almost 29,3 billion euros, included ten million euros that will be transferred by the cohesion bottom. Al single field of the classified transports is 23.174 million euros.

In a combined note the organizations European Federation of Inland Ports (EFIP), European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO), Inland Navigation Europe (INE), International Road Transport Union (IRU), For Danube International (PDI), The Association of European Vehicle Logistics (ECGs), European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA), European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF), European Community Association of Ship Brokers and Agents (ECASBA), Airports Council International Europe (AAA road service Europe) and Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) have expressed satisfaction for the fact "that the equipment of transport infrastructures is increased regardingthe current pluriennale budget. However - they have emphasized the organizations of the marine-harbour section - draft of a lost occasion as the European leaders have decided to carry out a cut in a field that stimulates the increase. European president Van Rompuy has said that the budget must be a engine for the increase and the future occupation. He has reached the moment for the national governments and their leaders to become account that the transports are the engine of the European economy. If the people and the goods cannot move in efficient way, the increase and the economic development are limited. To our warning, therefore, the transports deserve more than a quota pairs only to 2.4% of the total budget".

EFIP, ESPO, INE, IRU, PDI, ECGs, ECSA, ETF, ECASBA, AAA road service Europe and CER consider that it is comuinque important that the new budget of the European Union for period 2014-2020 is adopted as soon as possible. "Realistically - they have explained the eleven organizations - Core Network of the net TRIES and the projects already defined of the ten multimodali corridors cannot be totally put into effect with a small appropriation. This means that the rigorous methodology developed from the EU commission in order to select the projects that are essential for the European net of the transports it cannot be applied. Logic of "first-come-first-serve" the respect to a net logic will prevail of which the home market it has absolute need. We invite therefore the Member States - they have specified the associations - to engage itself with the European Parliament in order to more return this oriented budget to the increase. Moreover we support totally the demand for the Parliament to put into effect within little years an in the mid term review in way such to estimate eventual reassignments budgetary towards generating fields of increase as that of the transports. In the same way we are in agreement on the fact that a sure flexibility inside of the equipments budgetary would guarantee a total effectiveness. Last, but not less important, a fast agreement on the budget EU will allow to go ahead with the performance of the new one slowly of transport infrastructures, as indicated in the regulations IT TRY and Connecting Europe Facility".