The U.K. government has finally admitted there will be border checks on EU goods come December 31. Now operators have 10 months to minimize the damage. Full Article below: Customs checks “will inevitably follow” the U.K.’s exit from EU rules at the end of 2020, Cabinet Office Minister...
UETR Secretary General Marco Digioia attended the kick off meeting of the SMEUnited Task Force on the Green Deal on 4 February in Brussels. UETR is part of the Task Force as road transport will have a key role to play to achieve the objectives...
The European Environment Agency has published a study on ""The first and last mile — the key to sustainable urban transport". The document can be downloaded here. ...
The Council has adopted the decision on the conclusion of the withdrawal agreement on behalf of the EU. This follows the European Parliament's vote on 29 January and the signature of the withdrawal agreement by the EU and the United Kingdom on 24 January. The withdrawal...
The TRAN Committee of the European Parliament has approved the agreement reached in Council in December on the Mobility Package I. UETR welcomes the result of the vote as another step forward towards new and effective social and market rules for road transport. ...
Toll stations Niš and Doljevac are removed. From 16th January 2020, toll stations on southern and eastern part of Corridor 10 in Serbia started working. Southern part of Corridor 10 has following gates: toll station Niš South toll station Prokuplje, Eastern part of Corridor 10 has following...
UETR views favourably the Trilogue agreement on Mobility Package under Finnish Presidency. UETR views favourably the agreement reached in trilogue discussions between the negotiators of the European institutions on the social and market aspects of the Mobility Package. "We commend the big efforts by the Member States...
Italys’ Gruppo Federtrasporti has been accepted as new UETR member at the last UETR General Assembly of Paris. “UETR’s enlargement is going full speed, with cooperation as one of the key factors to achieve the association’s goals to defend the interests of the road haulers...
UETR Secretary General Marco Digioia and UETR President Julio Villaescusa intervened in the panel discussion on Europe at the 61st Congress of French Road Haulers Association UNOSTRA. French policy makers and CPME the national SME Association also exchanged to present influence actions to the European...
At the UETR General Assembly of 25 November in Paris, Julio Villaescusa has been unanimously re-elected President of UETR for a further 2 year term. He said in a speech that small haulers are facing many challenges and that it is key to engage now in...
