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Road Transport

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Overview

Transport Policy

Studies

Legislation

Public consultations

The Greening Transport Package
has been adopted on 8 July 2008

26/09/2008
1st European Conference on ITS - EASYWAY in Taormina/Italy on 14-16 October 2008

10/07/2008
Notice of call for proposals with a view to obtaining a grant for a preparatory action to promote secure and quality rest areas at the border crossing points between the European Union and the Russian Federation (TREN/PREP/2008)
Deadline:15/10/2008

15/01/2008
Internalisation of transport external costs

Commission prepares the ground for efficient and fair pricing of transport services and released a handbook with estimates of external costs in the transport sector.

January 2007

Brochure
Road Transport Policy: Open roads across Europe

Transport Policy

10/07/2008
Commission to improve the situation for truck drivers at the Russian border
With a budget of 3.500.000 Euro, the European Commission is going to support the construction of quality and secure parking areas at three border crossing points between the EU and Russia (Vaalimaa/Finland, Narva/Estonia, Terehova/Latvia).

08/07/2008
The Greening Transport Package
The package includes both action to improve price signals to consumers and business and action to stimulate the market to offer alternatives

15/01/2008
Internalisation of transport external costs
Commission prepares the ground for efficient and fair pricing of transport services and released a handbook with estimates of external costs in the transport sector.

Access to the market

	Admission to the occupation
	Road haulage
	General rules
	Cabotage
	Driver attestation
	Hired vehicles
	Passenger transport
	General rules
	Cabotage

Non-EU countries

	General
	Land transport agreement with Switzerland
	EEA Agreement
	Interbus agreement

Road charging

	Infrastructure charging
	Vehicle & fuel taxes
	Tolls & user charges for vehicles (including Eurovignette)

Social provisions

	Driving time & rest periods
	Tachograph [List of Workshops]
	Working time
	Enforcement
	Form of attestation of activities

Rules governing access to the market

Road haulage

Driver attestation

The driver attestation is a uniform document certifying that the driver of a vehicle carrying out road haulage operations between Member States is lawfully employed by the Community transport operator concerned in the Member State in which the operator is established, or lawfully placed at the disposal of that operator. This document enables inspecting officers in all the Member States to check the employment status of drivers carrying out transport operations between Member States in Community vehicles and with a Community license, thereby helping the authorities to combat effectively the use of irregularly employed drivers and the resulting distortions of competition.

The driver attestation has been introduced by Regulation (EC) No 484/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 1 March 2002 amending Council Regulations (EEC) No 881/92 and (EEC) No 3118/93 for the purposes of establishing a driver attestation and it only applies to drivers who are nationals of third countries.