REGULATION
(EC) No 1692/2006
OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 24 October 2006
establishing the second ‘Marco Polo’ programme for the granting of Community financial assistance to improve the environmental performance of the freight transport system (Marco Polo II) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1382/2003
(Text with EEA relevance)
CHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1
Subject matter
Article 2
Definitions
Article 3
Scope
CHAPTER II
ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS AND ACTIONS
Article 4
Eligible applicants
Article 5
Eligible actions and funding conditions
Article 6
Detailed rules
Article 7
State aid
CHAPTER III
SUBMISSION AND SELECTION OF ACTIONS
Article 8
Submission of actions
Article 9
Selection of actions for financial assistance
CHAPTER IV
FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 10
Committee
Article 11
Budget
Article 12
Reserve for accompanying measures and Programme evaluation
Article 13
Protection of the European Communities' financial interests
Article 14
Evaluation
Article 15
Repeal
Article 16
Entry into force
ANNEX I
Funding conditions and requirements according to Article 5(2)
Type of action |
A. Catalyst |
B. Motorways of the sea |
C. Modal shift |
D. Traffic avoidance |
E. Common learning |
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Article 5(1)(a) |
Article 5(1)(b) |
Article 5(1)(c) |
Article 5(1)(d) |
Article 5(1)(e) |
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1. Funding conditions |
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Expenditure incurred on or after the date of the submission of an application under the selection procedure shall be eligible for Community financial assistance provided that final approval for Community funding is given. A contribution towards the costs of movable assets shall be contingent on the obligation to use such assets for the duration of the assistance, principally for the action, as defined by the subsidy agreement; |
Expenditure incurred on or after the date of the submission of an application under the selection procedure shall be eligible for Community financial assistance provided that final approval for Community funding is given. A contribution towards the costs of movable assets shall be contingent on the obligation to use such assets for the duration of the assistance, principally for the action, as defined by the subsidy agreement; |
Expenditure incurred on or after the date of the submission of an application under the selection procedure shall be eligible for Community financial assistance provided that final approval for Community funding is given. A contribution towards the costs of movable assets shall be contingent on the obligation to use such assets for the duration of the assistance, principally for the action, as defined by the subsidy agreement; |
Expenditure incurred on or after the date of the submission of an application under the selection procedure shall be eligible for Community financial assistance provided that final approval for Community funding is given. A contribution towards the costs of movable assets shall be contingent on the obligation to use such assets for the duration of the assistance, principally for the action, as defined by the subsidy agreement; |
Expenditure incurred on or after the date of the submission of an application under the selection procedure shall be eligible for Community financial assistance provided that final approval for Community funding is given; |
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Community financial assistance for catalyst actions shall be granted on the basis of subsidy agreements, with appropriate provisions for steering and monitoring. As a rule, the maximum duration of these agreements shall be 62 months; |
Community financial assistance for MoS actions shall be granted on the basis of subsidy agreements, with appropriate provisions for steering and monitoring. As a rule, the maximum duration of these agreements shall be 62 months; |
Community financial assistance for modal shift actions shall be granted on the basis of subsidy agreements. As a rule, the maximum duration of these agreements shall be 38 months; |
Community financial assistance for traffic avoidance actions shall be granted on the basis of subsidy agreements, with appropriate provisions for steering and monitoring. As a rule, the maximum duration of these agreements shall be 62 months; |
Community financial assistance for common learning actions shall be granted on the basis of subsidy agreements, with appropriate provisions for steering and monitoring. As a rule, the maximum duration of these agreements shall be 26 months; |
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Community financial assistance shall not be renewable beyond the stipulated maximum period of 62 months; |
Community financial assistance shall not be renewable beyond the stipulated maximum period of 62 months; |
Community financial assistance shall not be renewable beyond the stipulated maximum period of 38 months; |
Community financial assistance shall not be renewable beyond the stipulated maximum period of 62 months; |
Community financial assistance shall not be renewable beyond the stipulated maximum period of 26 months; |
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The minimum indicative subsidy threshold per catalyst action shall be EUR 2 000 000; |
The minimum indicative subsidy threshold per MoS action shall be 1,25 billion tonne-kilometres or its volumetric equivalent of modal shift or, in proportion to the indicative amount per euro of financial assistance, EUR 2 500 000; |
The minimum indicative subsidy threshold per modal shift action shall be 250 million tonne-kilometres or its volumetric equivalent of modal shift or, in proportion to the indicative amount per euro of financial assistance, EUR 500 000; |
The minimum indicative subsidy threshold per traffic avoidance action shall be 500 million tonne-kilometres or 25 million vehicle-kilometres of freight traffic avoided or, in proportion to the indicative amount per euro of financial assistance, EUR 1 000 000; |
The minimum indicative subsidy threshold per common learning action shall be EUR 250 000; |
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The results and methods of catalyst actions shall be disseminated, and the exchange of best practices shall be encouraged, as specified in a dissemination plan, in order to help achieve the objectives of this Regulation. |
The results and methods of MoS actions shall be disseminated, and the exchange of best practices shall be encouraged, as specified in a dissemination plan, in order to help achieve the objectives of this Regulation. |
Specific dissemination activities for modal shift actions are not foreseen. |
The results and methods of traffic avoidance actions shall be disseminated and the exchange of best practices shall be encouraged, as specified in a dissemination plan, in order to help achieve the objectives of this Regulation. |
The results and methods of common learning actions shall be disseminated and the exchange of best practices shall be encouraged, as specified in a dissemination plan, in order to help achieve the objectives of this Regulation. |