DEUTSCHER BUNDESTAG

 

 

Joint Committee Meeting

 

on the Mid-term review of the White Paper on Transport

"Keep Europe moving"

 

European Parliament, Brussels, 26 February 2007

14:00-18:00, Hemicycle

 

Draft Agenda

 

Hosted by

 

Mr Paolo Costa,

Chairman of the Committee on Transport and Tourism of the European Parliament

 

Dr. Klaus W. Lippold,

Chairman of the Committee on Transport, Construction and urban Development of the German Bundestag

 

Ms Etelka Barsi Pataky,

Rapporteur of the European Parliament for the Mid-term review of the European Commission's 2001 Transport White Paper "Keep Europe moving - Sustainable mobility for our continent"

 

 

13:00               Registration

(desk Paul-Henri Spaak building)

 

 

14:00               Welcome by the Chairmen

 

Mr Paolo Costa and Dr. Klaus W. Lippold

 

 

14:15               Opening speech on the Mid-term review of the European Commission's 2001 Transport White Paper "Keep Europe moving - Sustainable mobility for our continent"

 

by Mr Jacques Barrot, Vice President of the European Commission responsible for transport policy

 

 

14:30              Opening remarks

                       

by Ms Etelka Barsi Pataky, Rapporteur

14:40               Theme 1: Better regulation and financing

 

1.1. Better regulation and implementation

 

         Mr Georg Jarzembowski (PPE-DE/DE)

A European perspective

 

Mr Branko Marinic (Slovenia)

Views from the national level

 

1.2. TEN-T, Cohesion Fund and new alternatives in financing

 

Ms Eva Lichtenberger (Greens/EFA/AT)

A European perspective

 

N.N. (Portugal)

Views from the national level

 

 

15:00               Debate

 

 

16:00               Theme 2: Sustainability and optimising limited capacities

 

2.1. Modal shift versus co-modality and energy and environment

 

Mr Paolo Costa (ALDE/ IT) 

A European perspective

 

Mr Christian Philip (France)  

Co-modality, views from the national level

 

Mr Jan-Evert Rådhström (Sweden)  

Energy and environment, views from the national level

 

2.2. Optimising limited infrastructure capacities, intelligent transport systems

 

         Ms Inés Ayala Sender (PSE/ES)  

A European perspective

 

N.N. (Czech Republic)  

Intelligent transport systems, views from the national level

 

 

16:25               Debate

 

 

17:35               The view of the German Presidency

 

                        by Mr Achim Groβmann, Parliamentary State Secretary of the

German Ministry for Transport, Construction and urban Development

 

 

17:50               Summary and conclusions

 

by Ms Etelka Barsi Pataky, Rapporteur

 

 

18:00               End of meeting

 

 

18:15               Cocktail and dinner

hosted by Mr Hans-Gert Pöttering, President of the European Parliament - Members' Restaurant - Altiero Spinelli building, level 0

 

 

21:30               End of Joint Committee Meeting