the European associations of the transport speed up the EU to finance the completion of the infrastructural net TRY



Thirty European associations of the field of the transports have restated their demand to assure to the section of the transports a greater quota the budget of the European Union and have sped up the Parliament and the Council of the EU to approve of the initial proposal of the EU commission for the financial review of pluriennale picture (QFP) that it previews an increase of 1,4 billion euros of the budget for the program Mechanism in order to connect Europe (CEF). The associations have emphasized that the proposal aimed to contribute to improve the role of the transports, field that currently gives to job directly and indirectly to 20 million people (10% of the occupation total of the EU), which promoter of the economic increase and the creation of places of work.

Moreover the thirty associations have evidenced that the proposal would not be however sufficient in order to complete the transeuropea net of the transports IT TRY, of which the Mechanism in order to connect Europe constitute the lymph vital financial institution. Of the total budget of 31 billion euros of program CEF, that it constitutes 2.8% of the pluriennale picture financial of the EU - they have found the associations - "until the 2020 solo two billions of euro are destined to co-finance projects of transport of high European added value. Because of for transport insufficient a community budget and of a meaningful reduction of the investments national publics - they have denounced - a large number of projects in the field of the transports must be and will continue to being rejected".

Emphasizing the necessity to complete the program IT TRY in order to equip Europe of a total, efficient infrastructural net and that it will improve the environmental impact of the transports, the thirty associations have evidenced that "not there is a moment to lose if we want to preserve and to strengthen the competitiveness of the European economy".

"We cannot afford - Lamia Kerdjoudj-Belkaid has asserted, general secretary of the association of the European terminalisti Feport - to stop the effort face to complete IT TRY it, because this would mean to seriously compromise integration of the various modalities of transport and the efficiency of the logistic chains in Europe. Our internal and external commerce would suffer sure because of a limited ambition more from the European Union in terms of financings. We, the stakeholder of the transport - he has continued Kerdjoudj-Belkaid - depend on the Council so that all the efforts completed in the past in order to finance TRY to them are got ahead and so that the competitive advantage of Europe in terms of transport infrastructures is consolidated with the registration to budget of a equipment of 500 billion euro for the CEF", equipment that the EU commission and the Member States consider necessary in order to get ahead the realization of the net TRIES in period 2014-2020.

The thirty associations signers of the appeal are A4E (Airlines for Europe), AAA road service Europe (Airports Council International Europe, ASECAP (Association Européenne DES Concessionnaires d' Autoroutes ET of Ouvrage to Péage), CER (Community of European Railways and Infrastructure Managers), CLECAT (European Association for Forwarding, Transport, Logistics and Customs Services), CLIA Europe (Cruise Lines International Association), EBA (European Boatmen's Association (EBU (European Barge Union), ECASBA (European Community Association of Shipbrokers and Agents), ECF (European Cyclists' Federation), ECGs (The Association of European Vehicle Logistics), ECSA (European Community Shipowners' Associations), EFIP (European Federation of Inland Ports), EIM (European Rail Infrastructure Managers), ERFA (European Rail Freight Association), ESC (European Shippers' Council), ESO (European Skippers' Organisation), ESPO (European Sea Ports Organisation), ETA (European Tugowners Association), EuDA (European Dredging Association), EUROPLATFORMS E.E.I.G (The European Association of Logistics Platforms), EUTMETNET (European National Meteorological Services Networks), Feport (The Federation of European Private Port Operators and Terminals), FTA (Freight Transport Association), INE (Inland Navigation Europe), IRU (International Road Transport Union), POLIS (European Cities and Regions Networking for Innovative Transport Solutions), UIP (International Union of Wagon Keepers), UIRR (International Union for Road-Rail Combined Transport) and UNIFE (The Association of the European Rail Industry).