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16 Dec

EDPS calls for additional safeguards to better protect the privacy of professional drivers

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...

13:56 / News and Press Releases / UETR

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16 Dec

UETR attends the stakeholder hearing on the review of road haulage market

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...

13:52 / News and Press Releases / UETR

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16 Dec

European Commission Report on the impact of Regulation 1/2005 on live animal transport

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...

13:44 / News and Press Releases / UETR

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16 Dec

UETR press release on EP plenary session’s vote on Eurovignette III

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...

11:23 / News and Press Releases / Press / UETR

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07 Dec

7th PRAISE Report – Tackling fatigue: EU social rules and heavy goods vehicle drivers

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...

13:54 / News and Press Releases / UETR

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30 Nov

Night driving ban for Euro V engines in Austria from 2012

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...

13:57 / News and Press Releases / UETR

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16 Nov

Tachograph: new EU rules solve the one minute rule problem

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...

14:01 / News and Press Releases / UETR

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16 Nov

European Parliament: preparing the draft opinion on the New White Paper for Transport

11 October 2011 – Today, the European Parliament Committee for Transport has discussed the 413 amendments on the draft report prepared by Mr. Mathieu Grosch (EPP) on the “Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area”. The European Parliament is preparing to express his own opinion (as the Committee...

14:00 / News and Press Releases / UETR

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16 Nov

ALDE Event: Can we finance Europe’s major infrastructures? – “We should”

13 October 2011 - The event "Can we finance Europe's Major Infrastructures?"  was organized yesterday by ALDE - Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. Among others, attended the event: the Commissioner for Energy Günther Öttinger, the former Commissioner and TEN-E Coordinator Mario Monti and the DG MOVE Director...

14:00 / News and Press Releases / UETR

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16 Nov

European Commission presents new Trans-European Network for Transport

19 October 2011 – The European Commission has today adopted the proposal to create the unified Trans-European Network for Transport (TEN-T). The implementation of the project will remove bottlenecks, upgrade infrastructure, promote inter-modality and contribute to reduce pollution. The result will be a general improvement of the...

13:59 / News and Press Releases / UETR

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