According to the Commission’s evaluation, in 2005, the 13 Member States situated at the Union's external borders, had to deal with increasing challenges raised by the implementation of the Dublin system and, therefore, the first-country-of-entry criterion, provided under the Dublin system, placed the Member States situated at the external borders in a very difficult situation.

The requirements of sections 5.3.1, 5.3.2 and 5.3.3 are based on a traditional design of ballasted track with Vignole (flat-bottom) rail on concrete sleepers and fastening providing resistance to longitudinal slip by bearing on the rail foot.

The requirements of sections 5.3.1, 5.3.2 and 5.3.3 are based on a traditional design of ballasted track with Vignole (flat-bottom) rail on concrete sleepers and fastening providing resistance to longitudinal slip by bearing on the rail foot.

the Commission's basic analysis is wrong: the fall in internal consumption is overestimated (see the data of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV)) and is considered a major cause of the difficulties facing the industry; the recommended solutions, particularly mass grubbing-up, are inappropriate and do not respond to the main challenge facing the industry, which is competitiveness; one of the solutions for getting the European wine-growing industry out of the difficulties it is going through is an upturn in demand by means of the conquest of European and world markets;

(i) the Commission’s basic analysis is wrong: the fall in internal consumption is overestimated (see the data of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV)) and is considered a major cause of the difficulties facing the industry; the recommended solutions, particularly mass grubbing-up, are inappropriate and do not respond to the main challenge facing the industry, which is competitiveness; one of the solutions for getting the European wine-growing industry out of the difficulties it is going through is an upturn in demand by means of the conquest of European and world markets;

This project was already the subject of Written Question E-1499/02 tabled by Jean Lambert and Inger Schörling in 2002, to which the Commission replied that was not aware of any initiative to build a road through a Natura 2000 site and that it would request information from the Spanish authorities.