Type: NEWS   Reference: 81804   Duration: 00:02:52  Lieu: Brussels, Belgium - Council
End production: 12/12/2011   First transmission: 12/12/2011

The first day of this TTE Council will be dedicated to transport issues, and the second day to telecommunications issues. The Monday session on transport is chaired by Sławomir Nowak, Polish Minister for Transport, Construction and Maritime Economy. The Council is due to adopt a political agreement on a directive establishing a single European railway area, which is a recast of the first railway package adopted in 2001. The Council is expected to seek a partial general approach on the proposal for a regulation on tachographs for professional drivers. Transport ministers will take stock of the state of play on new guidelines defining a long-term strategy for the development of the trans-European transport network (TEN-T). The Council is expected to reach a general approach on updating the directive on the minimum level of training for seafarers, with a view to aligning EU legislation with recent amendments to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STWC). The Council is also due to agree on a general approach on the recast of the 2002 regulation on the phasing-in of double-hull requirements for single-hull oil tankers. Over lunch, ministers will discuss the issue "Transport and Innovation - competition or synergy?".

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