Challenges and opportunities for Europe’s small transport firms
At a Glance
15-11-2016
The projected growth in demand for transport will magnify the challenges – such as congestion, decarbonisation and the digital transition – faced by the EU transport sector. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in this sector are confronted by these evolving trends but can also play a vital role in addressing them and building new business opportunities. The EP's Committee on Transport and Tourism has adopted an own-initiative report on new opportunities for small transport businesses, including collaborative business models, to be debated during the November plenary session.
At a Glance
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- administrative supervision
- BUSINESS AND COMPETITION
- business classification
- collaborative economy
- economic structure
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- employment
- EMPLOYMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS
- executive power and public service
- Framework Programme for Research and Development
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- small and medium-sized enterprises
- technological change
- technology and technical regulations
- TRADE
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- TRANSPORT
- transport policy
- transport regulations