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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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New step towards harmonisation of taxation on commercial diesel fuel in the European Union
Updated : septembre 2, 2002
In order to achieve better environmental protection and to eliminate huge problems of distortion of competition in the EU’s liberalised road transport markets, the European Commission presented last July a proposal to...
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Operating companies take position on the project of new European regulation on public service requirements
Updated : septembre 2, 2002
Two groups representing the interests of some of the main public transport operating companies active in Europe adopted positions on the draft new regulation on public service requirements in the field of public...
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Birmingham joins EMTA
Updated : juillet 2, 2002
CENTRO, the executive organisation of the Passenger Transport Authority of the West Midlands (2,6 million inhabitants in the Birmingham and Coventry area) has joined EMTA, which now brings together 27 transport...
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Project of new European Regulation on Public Service Obligations : work is going on
Updated : juillet, 2002
The project of new European Regulation on public service obligations in the field of passenger transport was not discussed at the Council of Ministers of Transport in Luxembourg in June because of the opposition of...
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Launch of the European mobility week (16-22 September 2002)
Updated : juillet, 2002
The European commissioner for Environment, Mrs. Margot Wallström, presented in April the forthcoming European mobility week. This week will take place in cities around Europe between 16 and 22 September 2002, with the...
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Best practice for mobility centres
Updated : juillet, 2002
The MobiService Centres project, which is supported by the European Commission under the IST (Information Society Technologies) programme, has surveyed the multi-modal systems and services provided by the leading...
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Italy boosts car-sharing
Updated : juillet, 2002
The Italian Ministry of the Environment launched in April a national plan of promotion of car-sharing, that will receive € 9.5m of governmental grants devote to help fund local car-sharing initiatives operated by local...
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New version of the project of Regulation on public service requirements in passenger transport
Updated : mars 1er, 2002
The European Commission released on 21st February a modified draft of its project of new Regulation on public service requirements and public service contracts in passenger transport. In this new draft, the Commission...
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Towards a new rail package ?
Updated : mars, 2002
The first rail package, adopted in December 2000, will open up 50,000 km of the trans-European rail freight network to international goods services in March 2003, and the entire network in 2008. Following the...
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