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Conforme a las normas actuales de la Unión, las empresas de transporte pueden utilizar vehículos alquilados, si bien los Estados miembros también pueden restringir esta posibilidad. En 2017, la Comisión Europea propuso suavizar estas restricciones. Durante la sesión plenaria de abril, el Parlamento Europeo estudiará en segunda lectura las normas adaptadas acordadas con el Consejo. Estas ofrecerían más flexibilidad a los operadores de transporte, manteniendo al mismo tiempo algunas restricciones.

New rules regulating the air services are expected by the end of year. The basic legal act organising the internal EU aviation market, namely Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008, is expected to be revised by the European Commission, after being evaluated in 2019.

The Airports Charges Directive 2009/12/EC is the main legislative act regulating the essential features of airport charges. Airport charges are the charges that the airlines pay to the airports for using their infrastructure and facilities. The two main issues that the directive aims to tackle are the risk that some airports might set prices and terms that are not in line with a competitive market, and the diverging and non-transparent charging systems in the Member States. If the evaluation of the ...

The revision of existing provisions regarding the training of professional drivers was announced in the 2017 Commission Work Programme (in annex II covering REFIT initiatives). The initiative fits within the general framework regarding professional drivers of trucks and buses, and is closely related to road safety. It is also in line with the Commission’s 2011 Transport white paper and the 2010 communication ‘Towards a European road safety area: policy orientations on road safety 2011-2020’, which ...

El 1 de febrero de 2017, la Comisión Europea adoptó una propuesta de revisión de las disposiciones existentes relativas a la formación de conductores profesionales (conductores de camiones y autobuses). La propuesta modifica la Directiva 2003/59/CE, relativa a la cualificación inicial y la formación continua de los conductores de determinados vehículos destinados al transporte de mercancías o de viajeros por carretera, y la Directiva 2006/126/CE sobre el permiso de conducción, con el objetivo de ...

This note seeks to provide an initial analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the European Commission's impact assessment (IA) accompanying the above proposal, submitted on 31 May 2017 and referred to Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN). The existing legislative framework regulating European cabotage operations (the national carriage of goods for hire or reward carried out by non-resident hauliers on a temporary basis in a host Member State) was adopted in 2009 (Regulations ...

Considerable efforts have gone into preparing this IA, with several years of research, evaluation and consultations to address the challenge of missing data and quantitative evidence. The IA admits that these efforts were only partly effective, but does not assess any specific solutions for comprehensive data collection. In general, the clear screening of the retained options to achieve policy objectives is significant for the credibility of any IA – in this case, it is the weakest section of the ...

Ports have always been an important asset to Europe, serving as gateways to the rest of the world and as connection points to rivers across European territory. For centuries, ports and their cities developed hand in hand, the port generating prosperity for the city. This has changed with the industrial revolution, globalisation and the rapid development of containerisation. Most ports moved out of their cities and their mutual relationship began to suffer. Today, this relationship experiences a new ...

In the early 20th century, rail was by far the most important mode for hauling goods across Europe. Since then, the freight market has undergone profound changes. In 2014, rail accounted for less than 12 % of all freight in the EU, while its main competitor, road haulage, achieved roughly a 50 % market share. This development entailed environmental concerns, road being considered more detrimental to the environment than rail. In the context of a predicted increase in freight transport, the EU has ...

A raíz de la aprobación de varios actos legislativos europeos, se han liberalizado progresivamente tanto los transportes internacionales por carretera como el cabotaje de mercancías y personas.