28 November 2011 - The Forum for the Automobile and Society has published today the Report of the event "Eco-combies of Mega-trucks - Two sides of the debate on the Modular Concept for Trucks", held in Bruxelles on the 11 November 2011. The discussion highlighted...
17 June 2011 - L'Officiel des Transporteurs: Interview with President Francesco Del Boca. In Italy, current transport rates are much lower than the actual cost of the service, which is the minimum sufficient tariff allowing the company to cover all the...
17 October 2011 - Eurovignette, driving bans, digital tachograph: these are the main issues discussed by UETR President Francesco Del Boca on the new Italian section of Euractiv website. ...
5 October 2011 – The European Data Protection Supervisor has adopted today an opinion on the European Commission's proposal for a review of the EU legislation on recording equipment in road transport, referring directly to the new dispositions on digital tachographs. EDPS expressed several criticisms on the...
9 November 2011 - UETR Secretary General Marco Digioia attended today the stakeholder hearing on the state of the EU road haulage market organized by the European Commission. The hearing, which fits into the framework of the consultation on the review of the internal market in...
10 November 2011 - The European Commission published today a Report in order to examine the impact of the Regulation EC 1/2005 on the protection of live animals during transport and related operations. The study compares the situation before and after the application of the Regulation. According to...
7 June 2011 - Eurovignette: the spirit of compromise prevails on a concrete, real and effective vision of a sustainable transport UETR emphasizes the heavy impact on road transport companies resulting from the new text of the directive on the taxation of heavy goods vehicles for...
7 November 2011 - The European Transport Security Council (ETSC) has published the 7th PRAISE Report titled “Tackling Fatigue: EU Social Rules and Heavy Goods Vehicle Drivers” in the framework of PRAISE project As the title suggests, the latest report focuses on one of the major causes of...
24 October 2011 - Tyrol’s Authorities deferred to the 31 October 2012 the extension of night driving ban for vehicles with gross weight over 7.5 tones equipped with Euro V engines (which are now exempted). The Euro VI vehicles will be allowed to circulate until 2015. According to...
4 October 2011 - The new specifications of Commission Regulation (EU) N. 1266/2009 solve the "one minute rule" problem. The new rules apply to all tachographs activated as from 1 October 2011 on vehicles registered from that day. The regulation solves the problem of rounding to 60...
