By letter of 14 September 2001 the Commission forwarded to Parliament its White Paper `European transport policy for 2010: time to decide’. (COM(2001) 370 - 2001/2281(COS)). At the sitting of 13 December 2001 the President of Parliament announced that she had referred the White Paper to the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism as the committee responsible and the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy for their opinions (C5-0658/2001). The Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism appointed Juan de Dios Izquierdo Collado rapporteur at its meeting of 20 November 2001. It considered the Commission White Paper and the draft report at its meetings of 21 February, 18 June, 9 July and 27-28 November 2002. At the last meeting it adopted the motion for a resolution by 25 votes to 9, with 12 abstentions. The report was tabled on 9 December 2002.
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