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French Presidency’s priorities in transport
State Secretary Dominique Bussereau unfolded the priorities of the French presidency in the field of transport. Identifying cleaner transport as the top priority he referred particularly to the “greening of transport” package including the proposal for revision of the Eurovignette Directive recently adopted by the Commission. This will be the subject of the debate during
Working group on ticketing
Survey Specifications :: consultant proposal :: Study progress :: Study draft final report :: Turin’s General meeting presentation :: Draft summary leaflet Final Report :: 6 pages leaflet Meetings – London, 31 march 2008 : Agenda :: List of participants :: Presentations: Intro to TfL, E-Ticketing at TfL – Barcelona, 21 January 2008 : Agenda
Berlin Meeting 5-6 June 2008
– Agenda – Record of decisions – Presentations during the meeting: Marketing at STIF Presentation of summmary on “Older population and Public Transport” BAIM presentation (18,4mb – Take some time to download) Merton council on Scooters – Technical specification of interoperability TSI 2008/164/EC Commission decision 21/12/07 – Work in Progress Draft Action Plan
Community guidelines on state aid for railway
At the end of 2007, The European Commission launched a consultation on a working document prepared by DG-TREN in reference to the compatibility with EC Treaty of state aid as defined in Directive 91/440/EEC, so as to draw guidelines to improve transparency of public financing and legal certainty with regard to the Treaty rules, in
The Climate-change Energy Package
In March 2007 the Council of the European Union (EU) decided to set more ambitious objectives to reduce CO2 and green house gas emissions and set targets of renewable energies in order to reduce Europe’s energy dependency on imported fuels and also possibly lead the way for a new industrial revolution. On 23 January 2008
Galileo
On 3 April 2008, after an informal trilogue between the Commission, the Council and the Parliament, the agreement on the amended proposal for a Regulation on the further implementation of Galileo was reached which, if confirmed by Ministers, would allow quick progress. The Galileo Surveillance Authority GSA would stay under the Commission control and prepare
ITF (International Transport Forum) – 28 to 30 may – Leipzig (Germany)
More information on their website www.internationaltransportforum.org
Slovenian presidency
European Union presidency in 2008 will start with Slovenia during the first semester followed by France during the last semester. Among the main topics of the Slovenian presidency agenda are energy and climate change and the implementation of the new Lisbon cycle for growth and jobs. After the Bali climate conference in December, the Commission
Regulation
The Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on public passenger transport services by rail and by road has been published at the Official Journal of the European Union on 3 December 2007. The entry into force of the Regulation is 3 December 2009. The transition period (10 years) is limited to the
Stadsregio Amsterdam develops key actions to support sustainable public transport
1. About reducing environmental impact – 3 out of 4 regions that contracted with Stadsregio Amsterdam are already equipped with “Particulate Soot filters” (the 4th one is coming up in December) thus the overall impact of emissions by the diesel busses will become minimal. – Although direct prescription to operators for energy and fuel choice
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