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The European Commission launches a public debate on services of general interest
Updated : juin 3, 2003
The European Commission released on 21st May a " Green Paper on services of general interest", which opens a debate on the role of the European Union for defining the objectives of services of general interest and the...
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EMTA is 5 years old !
Updated : avril 16, 2003
The association of European Metropolitan Transport Authorities (EMTA) was founded in 1998 so as to form a venue for exchange of information and best practices between the authorities responsible for public transport...
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EMTA enriches its website
Updated : avril 7, 2003
The proceedings of the workshop organised by EMTA on the issue of transport and land use policies in Frankfurt in October 2002 are now available on EMTA’s website. A summary can be downloaded in English, French,...
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Joint EMTA - UITP Conference on contractual relationships between authorities and operators (Vienna, 24 - 26th February 2003)
Updated : février 24, 2003
The conference, that presented how to use contracts, from first negociation to re-negociation, look at how responsabilities can be shared between authorities and operators (risk allocation), and how contracts can be...
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Public authorities can take account of ecological considerations for tendering procedures
Updated : décembre 12, 2002
In a judgement released in September, the European Court of Justice ruled that public authorities are entitled to take account of ecological considerations concerning the bus fleet offered for the award of bus...
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The European Commission launches a High Level Group on Hydrogen and Fuel Cells
Updated : décembre 8, 2002
The European Commission launched last October this new High Level Group comprising senior representatives from major EU automotive and energy companies, public utilities, research institutes, transport companies and...
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Lorry tolls on German highways as of August 2003
Updated : décembre 2, 2002
The German authorities expect an increase of freight traffic by 60% by 2015. In this context, the federal government decided in September to implement a toll for lorries of more than 12 t using the 12,000 km of German...
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European research project on integration in public transport
Updated : septembre 17, 2002
The European Commission released in July an invitation to tender for a study on the issue of integration in public transport. The study aims to improve the understanding of the nature and benefits of integrated...
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Launch of the CIVITAS Forum
Updated : septembre 15, 2002
The CIVITAS Initiative, which was launched by the European Commission in 2001, addresses the challenge to achieve a radical change in urban transport through the combination of technology and policy based instruments...
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Horizontal evaluation of services of general interest at the European level
Updated : septembre 2, 2002
Following the European Council of Laeken (December 2001), the European Commission published last June a methodology for the assessment of services of general interest at the Community level. This move is linked to...
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