Combined goods transport: financial assistance to action pilots PACT

The Council expressed a favourable attitude towards a draft common position prior to adoption of a Regulation concerning the granting of Community financial assistance for actions to promote combined goods transport; the German and United Kingdom delegations announced that they would vote against the draft. According to the committee procedure, the Commission would grant financial assistance directly to the Member States and to natural or legal persons established within the Community for expenditure and costs incurred on Community territory. In the light of the European Parliament's Opinion, the Permanent Representatives Committee will examine the draft with a view to its final adoption. �