Therefore in 2001, the balance of project financing stood at 54% for road and 46% for rail.

143. Notes that a number of regions are affected by their peripheral location and that the lack of adequate and well connected infrastructure affects their capacity to be competitive within the internal market and outside the Union; notes that this is particularly important for certain areas in Europe’s south but that others, such as the east and Europe’s north – where a large share of the Union’s natural resources are situated – also need to be better connected to the rest of the Union; calls on the Commission to promote full European infrastructure integration, especially for the southern economies, in particular in rail, energy and ICT, an ...[+++]d stresses the need to gear the Connecting Europe facility to this effect; calls on the European institutions and Member States to guarantee adequate levels of funding and simplified bureaucratic procedures to enhance PPP, project financing and project bonds; deplores the fact that the Iberian Peninsula is not fully integrated in the European rail market and that, together with parts of Southern and Eastern Europe, it is not integrated in the European energy market;

143.Notes that a number of regions are affected by their peripheral location and that the lack of adequate and well connected infrastructure affects their capacity to be competitive within the internal market and outside the Union; notes that this is particularly important for certain areas in Europe’s south but that others, such as the east and Europe’s north – where a large share of the Union’s natural resources are situated – also need to be better connected to the rest of the Union; calls on the Commission to promote full European infrastructure integration, especially for the southern economies, in particular in rail, energy and ICT, an ...[+++]d stresses the need to gear the Connecting Europe facility to this effect; calls on the European institutions and Member States to guarantee adequate levels of funding and simplified bureaucratic procedures to enhance PPP, project financing and project bonds; deplores the fact that the Iberian Peninsula is not fully integrated in the European rail market and that, together with parts of Southern and Eastern Europe, it is not integrated in the European energy market;

20. Reiterates therefore its call on the Commission, when it submits forthcoming reports, to give more detailed information concerning the projects financed, their contribution to ensuring compliance with Community environmental law, the resources employed to eliminate bottlenecks in the transport sector and the extent to which rail projects have resulted in a shift away from road transport;

69. Calls on the Commission, when it submits forthcoming reports, to give more detailed information concerning the projects financed, their contribution to ensuring compliance with Community environmental law, the resources employed to eliminate bottlenecks in the transport sector and the extent to which rail projects have resulted in a shift away from road transport;

56. Calls on the Commission, when it submits forthcoming reports, to give more detailed information concerning the projects financed, their contribution to ensuring compliance with Community environmental law, the resources employed to eliminate bottlenecks in the transport sector and the extent to which rail projects have resulted in a shift away from road transport;