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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
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
From PTEG : More Powerful transport authorities for British city regions?
PTEG : the Passenger Transport Executive Group – brings together and promotes the interests of the six Passenger Transport Executives (PTEs) in England. Strathclyde Partnership for Transport and Transport for London are associate members. The powers available to city region transport authorities in England outside London are relatively limited compared with their counterparts across Europe.
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
Twist project
TWIST (Transport With a Social Target) is a European project financed by the EU Community Initiative INTERREG III B – CADSES (Central Adriatic Danubian South-Eastern European Space). It’s also an EU initiative of six European countries whose aim was to plan the best technical and economic solutions of Demand Responsive Transport in mountainous and rural
Third Railway Package was agreed upon by EU member states on 23 October.
The Directive covers: Opening up of rail market to competition 1 January 2010. Licence for train drivers from 2009. Rail passengers set of rights and obligations and at some extent compensations for delays. www.register.consilium.europa.eu/
Regulation on public passenger transport services
On 18 September 2007 the Council of Ministers on 2nd reading adopted the Regulation on public passenger transport services by rail and by road. The regulation will come into force 2 years after its publication at the EU Official Journal, this means end 2009. A transitional period of 10 years is allowed to comply with
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