On 24 December 2020 EU Commission and UK have reached an Agreement on cooperation. For transport, the agreement provides for continued and sustainable air, road, rail and maritime connectivity, though market access falls below what the Single Market offers. It includes provisions to ensure that competition...
Yesterday night December 22, the governments of the United Kingdom and France reached an agreement to reopen the border between the United Kingdom and France to allow accompanied cargo services and some passenger services to resume between the two countries. ...
UETR expresses great concern about Brexit and COVID 19 and their impact on road haulers SMEs. Whatever the outcome of the Brexit negotiations might be, customs and border checks will come into place on the 1st of January 2021. In the last days several kilometers long...
The European Commission has published its Transport Cybersecurity Toolkit a repository of tips and recommended practices to enhance cybersecurity and cyber-resilience in the transport sector. ...
The European Commission has proposed a set of targeted contingency measures ensuring basic reciprocal air and road connectivity between the EU and the UK, ...
UETR appreciates the new EC’s Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy, containing a number of measures supporting the transition to a sustainable and smart road haulage sector. However, a level playing field and fair competition on EU Internal Market must be further addressed. Julio Villaescusa, UETR President,...
The European Commission has published its Questions and Answers on the implementation of the new driving times and rest periods as per Mobility Package I. "We welcome this Q&A as a tool towards harmonised interpretation and implementation of EU road transport social rules. This is...
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control publishes every Thursday maps in support of the Council Recommendation on a coordinated approach to the restriction of free movement in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the EU/EEA and the UK. Please find here latest update. ...
UETR Secretary General Marco Digioia will present road transport SMEs perspective and practices at the European Workshop "Craft and SMEs VET NET Open European Workshop - The future challenges of European Continuing Vocational Education and Training after COVID 19” on 10 November. The event falls...
On 23 October the EU Council has agreed on recommendations to set up a Contingency Plan for transport to face COVID 19 and any future crisis. The EC is called to adopt the plan, whose main elements are: a coordination mechanisms to avoid unilateral and uncoordinated...
