Brussels, 6 December 2018 UETR acknowledges progress made in Council on the Mobility Package but further work is needed for a balance between competitiveness and fair competition. UETR appreciates the EU Transport Ministers’ efforts leading to an agreement and progress on the first Mobility Package. In particular, UETR...
The European Court of Auditors has published its "landscape review" on transport infrastructure, suggesting that "reduced investment in transport infrastructure has held back the modernisation of the EU’s transport network, according to a new landscape review by the European Court of Auditors. The auditors found...
On 22 November, the European Parliament's Transport and Tourism (TRAN) Committee and the Industry Committee jointly adopted the Marinescu- Telička- Virrkkunen report on the Connecting Europe Facility proposal 2021-2027. UETR welcomes the MEPs vote. The European Commission proposal, supported by the Transport Coalition UETR joined...
From 2019 there will be a raise in the Hungarian Road toll prices. An explanatory table can be downloaded here, showing all changes for all vehicle categories. More info here (in Hungarian). ...
UETUETR welcomes the draft report by MEP Mrs Schmidt on efreight information enlarging the scope to other relevant information, focusing on enforcement and need to take into account the specificities of very small transport SMEs for implementation. ...
Brussels, 26 October 2018 Charging of heavy goods vehicles: UETR appreciates the EP Planary’s vote for level playing field and reinvestments in transport. UETR welcomes the text approved in Strasbourg yesterday by a large majority of MEPs including not only road transport companies and heavy vehicles but...
The EU Court of Justice has ruled that "The first subparagraph of Article 19(2) of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport and amending Council Regulations...
From Monday 28 May at 8:00 AM Portuguese road haulers represented by ANTP has begun strike (indefinite, until the government accepts their requests) and blockades at national level. The road haulage sector in Portugal is facing a very difficult situation (fuel price, taxation, working and market...
On 4 July the MEPs rejected the amendments to the social and markets aspects of the "Mobility Package” (the AMs were tabled after the mandate to negotiate was rejected) and referred them back to the Transport Committee for reconsideration. Sensitive files are driving times and rest...
On 10 July the European Parliament's TRAN committee adopted with large majority the report on the revision of directive 92/106/EEC for combined goods transport (Rapporteur Daniela Aiuto).Key points of the adopted report: A road journey located outside of the Union cannot be considered as part of...
