# Marco Polo II programme: financial assistance to improve the environmental performance of the freight transport system

European Parliament procedure 2008/0239(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 6th term, committee TRAN). Stage: Procedure completed. 32 committee amendments tabled by 9 Members between 2009-03-04 and 2009-03-04.

## What the amendments focus on

This dossier concerns the Marco Polo II programme of financial assistance to improve the environmental performance of the freight transport system. Amendments promote short sea shipping, rail and inland waterways, Motorways of the Sea, catalyst, modal-shift, traffic-avoidance and common-learning actions, attention to SMEs, microenterprises and the outermost regions, levels and durations of Community financial assistance and subsidy thresholds, and reports on extending the programme.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis de GRANDES PASCUAL | Spain | PPE | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28393.md |
| Fernando FERNÁNDEZ MARTÍN | Spain | PPE-DE | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/2012.md |
| Silvia-Adriana ȚICĂU | Romania | S&D | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/36281.md |
| Eva LICHTENBERGER | Austria | Verts/ALE | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28253.md |
| Ulrich STOCKMANN | Germany | PSE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1859.md |
| Johannes BLOKLAND | Netherlands | IND/DEM | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1969.md |
| Corien WORTMANN-KOOL | Netherlands | PPE | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28167.md |
| Inés AYALA SENDER | Spain | S&D | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28292.md |
| Paolo COSTA | Italy | ALDE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4747.md |

## Official source documents

- PE420.162: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-420.162+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2008-0239-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2008-0239-COD.json

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