27 June 2012 – UETR will intervene in session 2 of the workshop "Information and reservation services for safe and secure parking of trucks and commercial vehicles” organized by the European Commission, which will be held tomorrow in Brussels. The event, which is in the...
14 July 2012 - The Commission has proposed a "Roadworthiness Package” for tougher vehicle testing rules. The current legislation dates back to 1977 and has undergone only minor updates that do not sufficiently take into account the profound evolution of the vehicles-not only cars but also...
5 July 2012 - Tachograph legislation: UETR welcomes enforcement of co-liability but opposes retrofit EP VOTE ON TACHOGRAPH LEGISLATION: UETR WELCOMES THE APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC PROVISION ON ENFORCEMENT OF CO-LIABILITY PRINCIPLE BUT CRITICIZES THE OUTCOME ON RETROFIT The Plenary Session of the European Parliament has...
20 June 2012 – UETR Press Release on the High Level Group’s Report on the situation of the EU internal market for road haulage. UETR welcomes Wise Men’s Report on the development of EU Road Haulage Market The European Road Haulers Associations welcomes the recommendations published...
13 June 2012 – Today, the UETR Representatives intervened in the ASSIST Workshop on "Challenging Trends for European Transport Policy" held in Brussels.The ASSIST Project, which is co-financed by the European Commission within the Seventh Framework Programme, aims to assess the social and economic impacts...
15 June 2012 – Today, the European Commissioner for Transport Siim Kallas provided the European Parliament and Council with an interpretation of the Directive 96/53/EC on weights and dimensions of road vehicles, particularly, on the conditions that must be met when adjacent Member States want...
18 June 2012 - UETR President Mr. Francesco Del Boca chaired today the UEAPME Transport Forum at UEAPME premises in Brussels. Current issues on road transport sector have been discussed by the Forum. Particular attention was paid to the revision of tachograph legislation, the ongoing review of the...
4 June 2012 – The European Commission Published today a report on the implementation of Directive 2007/38/EC on the retrofitting of mirrors to heavy goods vehicles that imposed the installation of special mirrors on HGVs in order to reduce risks linked to the blind spot...
27 March 2012 - The TRACE policy leads event took place today. UETR has been involved in the project from the beginning. The purpose of the project is to develop a training package that can be used in the different Member States, using defined approaches and...
20 June 2012 – Today, the Call for the Marco Polo’s program 2012 was published. The available budget for the 2012 Call is €64.6 million. Special environmentally-friendly maritime projects, inland waterway projects and rail projects with single-wagon loads are priorities in 2012. The deadline for the...
