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Road safety has improved significantly in the EU, with the number of road fatalities falling by more than 60 % in the last 20 years. However, improvements in road safety have fallen short of the EU goals of decreasing the number of road deaths by 50 % between 2001 and 2010, and by an additional 50 % between 2011 and 2020. Directive (EU) 2015/413 facilitating cross-border exchange of information on road safety-related traffic offences – the Cross-border Enforcement (CBE) Directive – is one of the ...

Des règles communes visent à garantir une assistance minimale aux passagers de tous les modes de transport en cas de retard important ou d’annulation, et à protéger particulièrement les voyageurs les plus vulnérables. Elles instituent également des mécanismes d’indemnisation. Toutefois, de nombreuses dérogations sont possibles pour les transports par chemin de fer ou par route, et les contestations devant les tribunaux restent fréquentes.

La création du marché unique du transport aérien à la fin des années 90 a profondément transformé l’industrie des transports aériens et grandement contribué à la forte croissance des transports aériens en Europe au cours des vingt dernières années.

La politique européenne des transports ferroviaires vise la création d’un espace ferroviaire unique. L’ouverture du secteur des transports ferroviaires à la concurrence, commencée en 2001, a fait l’objet, en l’espace de dix ans, de trois paquets et d’une refonte. Un quatrième paquet, destiné à compléter l’espace ferroviaire unique européen a été adopté en avril 2016 (volet technique) et en décembre 2016 (volet «marché»).

Unmanned aerial vehicles – drones – are a rapidly evolving high potential sector. They require an adequate legislative framework to ensure that the services they can provide thrive in the EU internal market while meeting security and safety standards. The European Commission's 'drone strategy 2.0' is a key milestone along this road.

On 14 July 2021, the European Commission presented the 'fit for 55' package of proposals to help reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 % by 2030, compared with 1990 levels. The package includes a proposal to revise the 2014 Directive on alternative fuels infrastructure and turn it into a regulation. In the draft regulation, the Commission proposed binding targets for electric vehicle charging points and hydrogen refuelling points, electric charging for stationary aircraft at airports ...

In July 2021, the European Commission put forward the 'fit for 55' package of legislative proposals, aimed at ensuring the success of the European Green Deal. The FuelEU Maritime regulation is one of these proposals and, together with four other proposals, it seeks to steer the EU maritime sector towards decarbonisation. To support the uptake of sustainable maritime fuels, the Commission proposes to limit the carbon intensity of the energy used on board ships. Accordingly, the proposal sets a fuel ...

For over 30 years, the EU has been pursuing the objective of developing an efficient and competitive EU-wide railway network, the single European railway area. By integrating national rail systems, rail should become more competitive, ultimately allowing transport to become more sustainable. Efficient, safe and interoperable rail services need train drivers who can work seamlessly across borders and across operational and language barriers. In the absence of an EU-wide certification scheme, however ...

The European Commission work programmes for 2021 and 2022 envisaged proposals to revise the core building blocks of the EU's maritime safety legislation, such as the Directives on Port State and Flag State Control, the Directive on Accident Investigations, and the Regulation founding the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA). This implementation appraisal starts with a recap of the existing EU policy and legislation on flag States and accident investigations, then reviews and summarises existing ...

Since 2021, the European Commission has been planning to make proposals to revise the core building blocks of the EU maritime safety legislation, such as the Directives on Port State Control and Flag State Control, the Directive on Accident Investigations and the Regulation Founding the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA). This implementation appraisal starts with a recap on the existing EU port state control policy and legislation and then reviews and summarises existing evaluations and discussions ...