Transport sector: Euro-Mediterranean partnership

MEPs voted to endorse the resolution on the Commission's communication concerning the Euro-Mediterranean partnership in the transport sector. The Parliament's Rapporteur was Mr. Nikitas KAKLAMANIS (UPE, Greece). The Parliament demands the official and full participation of the European Parliament in the Euro-Mediterranean Forum for Transport, bringing together the 12 countries of the Mediterranean basin, the European Commission and the Council. It calls on the Commission to submit at the third ministerial conference, to be held in Stuttgart in April 1999, a proposal for an action plan for transport in the Mediterranean region, along the lines of the strategies already outlined at Community and pan-European level, which in the future will provide for : - structured co-ordination between inter-ministerial bodies already active at sub-regional level, - the inclusion of the Mediterranean region in a single transport infrastructure needs assessment process (in line with the TINA model), - the development and practical application of the results of research activities (RETRAMED), - a documented timetable covering the initiatives to be undertaken and the objectives to be achieved by 2010 for passenger and freight transport in the Mediterranean region.�