Brussels, 01/02/2001 (Agence Europe) - With the adoption during the January plenary session of its opinion on the proposal for a regulation relating to aid granted for the coordination of transport by rail, road and inland waterway (Rapporteur: Dethmer H. Kielman, Employers' Group, NL), the European Economic and Social Committee finds that the proposal on an overall aid system for transport, presented by the Commission, is premature. According to the Committee, the Commission "is putting the cart before the horse". Before contemplating overall aid to transport, it would be more judicious, it says, to begin by liberalising each means of transport to the same extent and to precisely evaluate the internal and external costs that each kind of transport represents, as well as the socio-economic impact of the change in means of transport. Finally, the Commission is convinced that, if the proposal is adopted, it would result in a highly complex and one of the most bureaucratic systems.