I. Decision on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 1101/89 on structural improvements in inland waterway transport (C4-0366/96 - 95/ 0122(SYN)) (Cooperation procedure: second reading)
Date: 1996-09-17
Institutions: Committee on Transport and Tourism, European Parliament
Subjects: inland waterway fleet, inland waterway shipping, structural policy













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I. Decision on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 1101/89 on structural improvements in inland waterway transport (C4-0366/96 - 95/ 0122(SYN)) (Cooperation procedure: second reading)  


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A4-0252/96Decision on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 1101/89 on structural improvements in inland waterway transport (C4-0366/96 - 95/0122(SYN))(Cooperation procedure: second reading)The European Parliament,- having regard to the common position of the Council, C4-0366/96 - 95/0122(SYN),- having regard to its opinion at first reading ((OJ C 65, 4.3.1996, p. 30.)) on the Commission proposal to the Council, COM(95)0199 ((OJ C 318, 29.11.1995, p. 11.)),- having regard to the amended Commission proposal, COM(96)0182 ((OJ C 177, 20.6.1996, p. 6.)),- having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 189c of the EC Treaty,- having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,- having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A4-0252/96),1. Amends the common position as follows;2. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and Commission.(Amendment 1)Financial Statement4. DESCRIPTION OF MEASURE4. 1 second and third paragraphs (new)>Text following EP vote>In the preceding paragraph and in the remainder of this Financial Statement it is assumed that the structural over-capacity of tonnage, both in the dry-cargo sector and in the tanker sector, is approximately 15%. For dry cargo this figure is accurate, but developments in tanker transport indicate that here over-capacity is at least 20%. In order to improve rapidly the situation of serious market disturbance there, an extra scrapping system should be implemented in the tanker sector in addition to the abovementioned objective; the additional system should remove at least an extra 10% of capacity from the market in the first year.>Text following EP vote>Each of the Member States concerned will set up a separate scrapping fund for the purpose. The Member States will provide anticipatory financing for these funds in proportion to the size of their tanker fleets in the form of interest- free loans. The funds, which should operate on a basis of joint and several liability, will repay the loans, drawing on the annual contributions to be paid by carriers. The present contributions will therefore have to be increased. In this way a more rapid and a substantial extra reduction in the tanker fleet will be made possible.