Transport sector: Euro-Mediterranean partnership

Rapporteur KAKLAMANIS welcomes the Commission communication concerning the Euro-Meditarranean Partnership in the Transport Sector, but emphasises that transport sector activities in this area must take account of typical subregional characteristics, the local and political context and be underpinned by a broad concensus among those most directly effected. He calls on the Commission to submit proposal for an action plan in the region, along the lines of the strategies already outlined at Community and pan-European level which in the future will provide for: - structured coordination between interministerial bodies already active at subregional level; - the inclusion of the region in a single transport infrastructure needs process; - the development and practical application of the results of research activities; - a documented timetable covering the initiatives to be undertaken and the objectives to be achieved by 2010 for passenger and freight transport in the Mediterrenean region.�