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. ...
From 1 June 2018 the new TSM in active in Hungary. The TSM is a complex measurement network system that enables the measurement of vehicles’ axle weight and determines their total weight without stopping the vehicle itself, thus allowing the filtering of overloaded cargo vehicles...
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 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 Secretary General Marco Digioia met on 10 April with European Commission's Vice President Maroš Šefčovič on the 3 rd Mobility Package. The Commissioner shared the main elements of the proposals and a fruitful exchange of views between the Vice-President and the other social partners participating...
