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Article: TRANSPORT : COMMISSION AIMS TO FINE-TUNE MARCO POLO.(Brief article)
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- European Report
- Article date:
- April 14, 2008
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The European Union's Marco Polo II programme, which encourages a shift from the transport of freight by road to other less polluting modes of transport, needs some fine-tuning. The European Commission is not satisfied with the results achieved so far. Analysis of the financing applications submitted under the first call for proposals, issued in March 2007, confirms the EU executive's opinion that an adjustment is needed. It has therefore opened a public consultation that will run until 30 May 2008.
The options being considered by the Commission include doubling funding intensity for modal transfer from 1 to 2 per 500 tonne-kilometre of freight shifted from road ...