UETR together with the other stakeholders member of the MFF4Transport coalition handed over to the European Commissioner for Budget & Human Resources, Günther H. Oettinger, the joint Declaration on the importance of transport sector for Europe and the need for more money for infrastructure in the new...
UETR has been proud to contribute to the 4th Annual CWC LNG Fuels Summit in Amsterdam on the 23 May 2018. The Summit, the number one event on LNG Fuels, provided a unique platform to discuss LNG use with the industry's entire value chain- Marine, Road &...
From Monday 28 May at 8:00 AM Portuguese road haulers represented by ANTP has begun strike (indefinite, until the government accepts their requests) and blockades at national level. The road haulage sector in Portugal is facing a very difficult situation (fuel price, taxation, working and market...
On 4 July the MEPs rejected the amendments to the social and markets aspects of the "Mobility Package” (the AMs were tabled after the mandate to negotiate was rejected) and referred them back to the Transport Committee for reconsideration. Sensitive files are driving times and rest...
On 10 July the European Parliament's TRAN committee adopted with large majority the report on the revision of directive 92/106/EEC for combined goods transport (Rapporteur Daniela Aiuto).Key points of the adopted report: A road journey located outside of the Union cannot be considered as part of...
The next UETR General Assembly and Board of Directors meeting will take place in Zagreb, Croatia, on 28 September. Current legislative issues in road transport like the Mobility Package (access to international market and profession, driving times and rest periods, posting of workers) will be...
Fuel labelling standardisation at service stations throughout the EU has entered into force on 12 October.The standardisation is based on Article 9(4) of Directive 2014/94/EU on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure. On this basis, the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) adopted an act on...
The Council of the EU agreed yesterday on CO2 emissions limit from cars and light commercial vehicles. The press release from the Council with more detailed information is available here. ...
The European Economic and Social Committee has adopted its opinion on the European Labour Authority.UETR is pleased to see that in the opinion transport is explicitly mentioned and its representatives’ involvement in the ELA Consultative Committee is proposed. ...
The European Commission has published a new study on Urban Logistic "The Integrated perspective”. The study is aimed at developing guidance documents including best practices on six different aspects of urban logistics. You can find the Study here. ...
