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In July 2023, the Commission tabled a package of proposals for the greening of freight transport. Among the three proposals is one on the revision of the Weights and Dimensions Directive, which sets limits for heavy goods vehicles in international road transport. The proposal seeks to further promote use of zero-emission trucks by allowing these to exceed the standard weight limits. It also seeks to clarify the rules on use of heavier and longer vehicles in cross-border transport operations between ...

The current Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 on minimum breaks and rest periods for road freight and passenger transport drivers does not take into account the nature of occasional bus and coach services, and their drivers' specific needs. The European Commission has therefore proposed to amend this legislation and to introduce more flexible rules on splitting up breaks and taking daily and weekly rest periods. In the European Parliament, the Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) is responsible for ...

In response to Russia’s unjustified invasion of Ukraine, the European Union has adopted unprecedented new sanctions. These included a ban of all Russian aircraft from its airspace, to which Russia reacted by banning all EU airlines from its skies. While the full weight of these decisions is only starting to be felt, the implications of the conflict for EU transport are much larger and include steep increases in fuel prices, interruptions to supply chains and the need to ensure the safe return of ...

The July 2020 plenary session was the fifth conducted with Members participating remotely, using the alternative voting procedure put in place in March by Parliament's Bureau, although a majority were present in Brussels. During this session a number of Council and European Commission statements were debated, with the presentation of the programme of activities of the German Presidency a highlight. Members also debated the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 19 June and preparation of ...

The European Union aims to ensure that road transport rules are applied effectively and without discrimination. The current rules governing the access to the international market for coach and bus services appear to have been only partly effective in promoting this mode of transport. There are still differences in rules on access to national markets, differences in openness of national markets, diverse national access arrangements and discrimination in access to terminals in some EU countries. In ...

This note seeks to provide an initial analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the European Commission's impact assessment (IA) accompanying the above mentioned proposal, submitted on 8 November 2017 and referred to Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism. Bus and coach transport is an economical, efficient and sustainable mode of transport that can contribute to reducing emissions and to improving accessibility for citizens with low income or living in isolated and low population density ...

This document, provided by Policy Department A at the request of the Employment and Social Affaffairs Committee, analyses trends in the employment conditions of drivers in this sector. In particular, it aims to review whether the current regulatory framework including the Posting of Workers Directive is achieving the desired balance between market integration and social protection of workers, and what steps can be taken to ensure this balance in the future.

Táto štúdia poskytuje analýzu sociálnych a pracovných podmienok vodičov z povolania v odvetví cestnej nákladnej dopravy. Zameriava sa na základné sociálne otázky, ktoré sa z tohto odvetvia dopravy odvíjajú, ako sú okrem iného čas jazdy a čas odpočinku, ako aj na praktické aspekty, ktoré majú priamy vplyv na kvalitu života vodičov, t. j. na systémy zamestnávania a úrovne príjmov. Po celkovej analýze právneho rámca, do ktorého patria právne predpisy EÚ pre sociálny rozmer cestnej nákladnej dopravy, ...

Táto štúdia analyzuje služby súvisiace s kabotážnou nákladnou dopravou v EÚ a zaoberá sa hlavnými zmenami, ktoré za posledné roky nastali v regulácii tohto trhu. Počas posledných desiatich rokov boli hlavnými impulzmi pre zmenu nadobudnutie účinnosti nariadenia (ES) č. 1072/2009 a postupné otváranie trhu členským štátom. Štúdia sa venuje zmenám nariadenia a otázke presadzovania práva v členských štátoch. Obsahuje aj aktualizované štatistické údaje z oblasti kabotáže, pokiaľ boli dostupné. V štúdii ...