"transporte interior" in English

We need to appreciate that 35 % of intra-Community transport goes by sea.

If the European Union internal market exists, then it exists also in internal transport.

This safeguard is guaranteed by Community legislation on the internal transport market.

I am voting in favour of Bogusław Liberadzki's report on the inland transport of dangerous goods.

For 20 years, we have been talking about an internal market for transport and a single European sky.

The aim of this Regulation is the effective implementation of EU legislation on the internal air transport market.

It is also important that the same standards should be applied to different inland transport modes that compete with one another.

Admittedly it is a less significant mode of inland transport, but an accident on an inland waterway can have serious consequences.

Mr President, I think that, all things considered, we have made a step forward. That is hugely important for the internal transport market.

Lufthansa will be able to add its name, its brand, its colours and sell its know-how to a US airline for US domestic transport.

Therefore, it should not have come as a great surprise – or any surprise at all – that the Chinese exporters would avail of the opportunity.

It has launched a study on the functioning of the internal market for air transport, which covers as a distinct part the issue of bankruptcy.

This is a particularly important subject because the volume of inland transport in the EU is constantly increasing, as is the volume of dangerous goods.

It could also be borne in mind that, at the same time as liberalising the internal market in air travel, the Commission strengthened the safety rules.

The Commission proposal, therefore, establishes common criteria for the granting of exemptions which apply equally to all types of inland transport.

What I am concerned about is that the Commission must see to it that this article is not misused to put a spoke in the wheels of the internal market for rail transport.

To accommodate this increase, we need all the types of transport we can think of, ranging from internal waterways, air, roads and trains, all of which should be just in time and clean.

There is a danger that the unilateral agreements in the container sector made in collaboration by American and some European ports will distort competition.

It is also relevant of course in economic affairs, the internal market, transport, energy policy and so on but development is perhaps the most important field.

Common rules on transport by road, rail and inland waterway ensure a uniform level of safety throughout the Community in internal and cross-border transport.