The findings of ICONET, an EU-funded study into how the Internet of Things can and will support collaborative logistics, are now available here. ICONET, a 30-month research project funded by the EU, has just delivered final outputs, and the EU is keen that these results are...
The main topic of the workshop taking place on 29 March at 10 00 AM will be "Parking Areas Meeting COVID-19 Challenges for Road Haulers". Within this context, we will be discussing the lack of truck parking areas within Europe, the essential role transport has played...
UETR together with SMEunited sent a letter to the European Commission on restrictions introduced by Germany to those haulers entering from Austria, Czech Republic and France requested to produce a negative COVID test. This is against the EU Green Lanes and all EU Council's recommendations. The letter...
FITRANS joins UETR growing community, with a focus on innovation and road transport. Spain's FITRANS Federación Interregional de Asociaciones de Transporte intends to address all significant structural and conjunctural problems for the freight transport entrepreneurs at these difficult times. "”We welcome FITRANS as new member. The enlargement...
UETR Secretary General Marco Digioia intervened at a joint web seminar on the Mobility Package jointly organised by MEP Mr. I. Ertug and ETF on 24 February 2021. The event discussed the results of the recent Ricardo study on the potential environmental impact of the obligation...
DG MOVE has published the results of the study on the return of the vehicle and also on the application of cabotage to combined transport. Both are part of the Mobility Package I, adopted on 15 July 2020. The studies are available here. ...
15 February 2021 Following the restrictive policy carried out by Germany, introducing ex abrupto COVID 19 testing requirements for road haulers, Austria has also approved border control measures preventing access to Austrian territory to all vehicles whose drivers and occupants do not have a certificate that...
UETR welcomes the European Parliament's approval of the Recovery and Resilience Facility and together with the “Transport for EU Recovery” Coalition calls on EU Member States and the European Commission to ensure that the transport sector receives adequate consideration in the National Recovery and Resilience Plans.“We...
During COVID and BREXIT transition, UK and other Member States have granted temporary exceptions on driving times and rest periods. The full overview of all temporary exception on grounds of Art 14(2) Regulation 561/2006 is available here. ...
The European Commission has presented today its proposal on additional safeguards and requirements for international travellers into the EU. The key elements are the introduction at the EU level of: 1 Mandatory PCR testing before departure 2 Stricter measures to address virus variants of concern 3 Common European Passenger Locator Form In parallel, the EC...
