10 November 2020

Mobility and transport

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In the spotlight
More news
Commissioner's corner
Transport tweet of the week
Figure of the month
Events
Transport and You
News from our partners
More on transport

In the spotlight

Boosting European rail transport: harmonized procedures across the whole EU

The end of October was the deadline for Member States to transpose the technical pillar of the Fourth Railway Package, thereby granting the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) the powers needed to become Europe’s single certification body for rail vehicles and railway traffic operators. Within its new role, the Agency will take responsibility for vehicle authorisation, safety certification, and European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) trackside approval across all Member States. This is an important change for the European rail system. In the past, train operators, manufacturers or anyone who planned to operate in or sell to clients in more than one Member State, had to apply for vehicle authorisations and safety certificates separately in every Member State concerned.

More news

Infrastructure: update to TEN-T Corridor Work Plans

Coronavirus resurgence: Commission steps up action to reinforce preparedness and response measures across the EU

Better and more robust rights for rail passengers

Presentation of the results from the study on ATM data services and ‘capacity on demand’

EUROCONTROL five-year forecast for air traffic in Europe

Director General Henrik Hololei’s keynote speech at EU/ECAC Dialogue

October infringements package: key decisions

Aviation: new Performance Review Body Annual Monitoring Report 2019 supports implementation of Single European Sky performance and charging scheme

Pandemic contingency plan for freight transport - Council adopts conclusions

Defence Union: further progress made towards military mobility in the EU

Commissioner's corner

Green Lanes

Those who need to travel for business or family-related reasons, for professional or medical matters should be able to do so ➡️ we ask Member States to ensure minimum connectivity inside the EU #GreenLanes

Transport tweet of the week

Year of Rail

Next year will be all about one of our most sustainable, innovative & safest transport modes...

Figure of the month

44 new policy objectives

…in the Commission Work Programme for the upcoming year 2021. The Work Programme sets out key initiatives for the year ahead and for European Transport. These initiatives concern the revisions of the EU Emission Trading System (ETS), of the Directive on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure, and the Directive on Intelligent Transport Systems, including a multimodal ticketing initiative, and revision of the Regulation on the Trans-European transport network (TEN-T), among others.