EUROPA - EU law and publications - EUR-Lex - EUR-Lex - 32013R1315 - EN - Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network and repealing Decision No 661/2010/EU Text with EEA relevance // REGULATION (EU) No 1315/2013 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL // of 11 December 2013 // on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport ...[+++] network and repealing Decision No 661/2010/EU // (Text with EEA relevance) - MAPS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE AND CORE NETWORKS - INDICATIVE MAPS OF THE TRANS EUROPEAN TRANSPORT NETWORK EXTENDED TO SPECIFIC THIRD COUNTRIES // Statements by the Commission

10. Stresses the importance of the geographical mobility of workers in accordance with the Treaties; recognises that an improvement in mobility through good local transport increases access to job opportunities, and that the resulting multiplier effect is particularly important in border regions affected by high rates of unemployment; therefore encourages the regions, and the local and regional administrations, authorities and NGOs in border areas, to use resources from the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund for infrastructure measures carried out in the context of national and inter-region ...[+++]al cooperation programmes while using the European Social Fund to create better educational and employment opportunities for young people from rural areas;

It highlighted the need for further debate geared towards more untying on the basis of further studies and documented proposals, and called explicitly for ‘a clear preference for local and regional cooperation, prioritising – in ranking order – suppliers from the recipient country, neighbouring developing countries, and other developing countries’, in order to strengthen the efforts of the recipient countries to improve their own production at national, regional, local and family level, as well as actions aimed at improving the availability and accessibility to the public of foodst ...[+++]uffs and basic services, consistent with local habits and production and trading systems.

It highlighted the need for further debate geared towards more untying on the basis of further studies and documented proposals, and called explicitly for ‘a clear preference for local and regional cooperation, prioritising – in ranking order – suppliers from the recipient country, neighbouring developing countries, and other developing countries’, in order to strengthen the efforts of the recipient countries to improve their own production at national, regional, local and family level, as well as actions aimed at improving the availability and accessibility to the public of foodst ...[+++]uffs and basic services, consistent with local habits and production and trading systems.

- As regards local transport, the introduction of alternative public transport systems and better integration between the various existing modes of public transport part-financed at Community level could reduce the serious problems of congestion which exist.

[6] This concerns the conditions in which a Member State may grant aid to firms operating a local public passenger transport service.