Maritime transport

Short Sea Shipping   

Communications

• Commission Communication COM(2006) 380 final 
  Mid-Term Review of the Programme for the Promotion of Short Sea Shipping
            
  
  The present Communication presents the progress achieved under the 2003 Programme for the Promotion of Short Sea Shipping. It analyses and evaluates the effectiveness of the 14 actions that were introduced in 2003 to enhance the efficiency of Short Sea Shipping and overcome obstacles to its development. It also shows the way forward by retargeting certain original actions.
  
  Impact Assessment relating to the Communication
  SEC(2006) 923 (301 KB)
  
  Summary of Impact Assessment      
  SEC(2006) 922            (183 KB)
   

• Commission Communication on Short Sea Shipping
  COM(2004) 453 final       (max 235 KB)
  
  Working Document "Annex to Communication on Short Sea Shipping"
  SEC(2004) 875   (570 KB)   
  
  The Communication presents progress achieved under the established Community policy to promote Short Sea Shipping since the last Progress Report of 1999. It recaps the most significant developments both at Community and national levels that have contributed to the development of Short Sea Shipping.
   

• Programme for the Promotion of Short Sea Shipping
  COM(2003) 155 final 376 KB
  
  Short Sea Shipping is an obvious choice to play a key role in reaching the targets of the Commission White Paper on European Transport Policy for 2010: it can help curb the growth of road transport, rebalance modal split, bypass land bottlenecks and provide sustainability and safety. The present Programme for the promotion of the mode aims to target the Community, national, regional and industry efforts on 14 actions that can be envisaged to further develop Short Sea Shipping at political, legislative, technical and operational levels.
  
  The Programme intends to intensify work on ongoing actions (such as implementation of relevant legal frameworks, facilitation of Short Sea Shipping, overcoming obstacles to its development and improving its image). Furthermore, it incorporates certain planned actions (such as Motorways of the Sea, computerisation of customs procedures, targeted RTD, and one-stop administrative shopping) in the promotion policy.
   

• Commission Communication on Short Sea Shipping
  COM(1999) 317