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"For this reply, I will refer to the Council declaration on trans-European networks, which we presented on 24 September during the last plenary session in Strasbourg. Regarding the outermost regions, it is fair to say that they are disadvantaged because of their geographical location and the fact that they are islands, as recognised by Article 299(2) of the Treaty. The issue must, indeed, be dealt with not only with words but also with a major support action. These regions, with a population of 3.8 million inhabitants, received EUR 7 200 million during the first two Structural Funds periods, which means that every inhabitant in these regions received 33% more than those in the Objective 1 regions.
In 2002, the Commission forwarded a regulation to increase the funding of the trans-European networks. This proposal is still being discussed, but the Council is expecting a new proposal to be forwarded, amending the decision on Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network, adopted by the Commission on 1 October 2003, just a few days ago. The Council will have to look into the scope of the new proposal. Commission Vice-President, Mrs de Palacio, explained the proposal to the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council on 9 October 2003. The Council gave a mandate to its bodies, having only just received the proposal from the Commission, to begin the relevant work to adopt a political decision on this matter as soon as possible.
The Italian Presidency considers the enhancement of the trans-European networks to be a priority; the objectives include adopting the aforementioned proposal and looking into other possible sources of funding for these networks. The last meeting of the European Council led to a call for proposals to be finalised seeking to eliminate technical, legal and administrative barriers to trans-European networks, in particular with regard to cross-border sections, public private partnerships (PPPs) and innovation, research and development projects. The Commission will therefore clarify the principles on national accounting treatment of PPPs to ensure increased transparency, including the registration of government guarantees in national accounts and securitisation.
Furthermore, the European Council invited the Commission and the EIB to present final reports on the Growth Initiative, in particular to develop better coordination of procedures between EIB financing, the Structural Funds, the trans-European networks’ budget line and the Sixth Framework Programme."@en1
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