Italy has introduced on 30 April the ban on spending regular rest of 45 hrs in the cabin (while it is possible to do this in the case of daily rest and short weekly rest), in line with the recent ruling of the EU Court...
UETR expresses its deepest sympathy and most sincere condolences to the relatives of the victims of the immense tragedy of Genoa’s Morandi Bridge collapse. ...
At its meeting in Zagreb, UETR addressed the worrying situation of shortage of professional drivers to cover the needs of the transport companies in the different European countries. Only in France, Italy and Spain transport companies require 50,000 professional drivers. The shortage also affects the countries of...
UETR Secretary General Marco Digioia intervened at a hearing on 19 June at the Commission for Social Policy, Education, Employment, Research and Culture (SEDEC) of the Committee of the Region on the European Labour Authority (opinion by Rapporteur Mrs. Kampus). Digioia presented UETR view on ELA...
The second UEAPME Transport Forum meeting of 2018 took place on 3 July in Brussels, chaired by UETR SG Marco Digioia.The meeting discussed the upcoming vote at the EU Parliament on the social and market aspects of the Mobility Package I, the Clean Mobility Package...
UETR intervened in the panel on road transport and safety on 9 July at Luci Sul Lavoro in Montepulciano (Tuscany), the event becoming the premier national gathering for European and national social partners and government addressing employment and job market issues. At the workshop key topics like the state...
UETR uploads the documents provided by Autostrade per l’Italia: The communication concerning the closure of the intersection section A7-A10 - Genoa airport in the direction of Genoa and in the direction of Savona and the restoration of the original viability at the ramp in Via Melen...
On Saturday, June 16, the National Association of Portuguese Transporters (ANTP) will start a new National Road Transport strike in Portugal starting at 0 o'clock, which will include both the stopping of any activity of the transport sector and camion caracoles all over the country.The...
3 rd Mobility Package: UETR appreciates the European Commission’s efforts to the modernisation of transport, taking into account the needs and specificities of small haulers. UETR welcomes the third Mobility Package proposal, broadly addressing a number of challenges faced by the road transport sector (emissions, safety,...
UETR has joined the Campaign "More EU Budget 4 Transport !" aimed at ensuring that the MFF post-2020 and the CEF II come with an adequate budget envelope for Transport.The Transport Coalition supporting the campaign is composed by more than 40 transport organisations, authorities, cities,...
