News from Europe

Vice-President of the European Commission Commissioner for Transport Siim Kallas addressing EMTA members during the gala dinner of September 17 2012 in the city of Berlin. (November 2012)
A success story coming to an end: (August 2011)
European Commission: Shaping transport policy for the future. (August 2009)
Brief Report on the French Presidency of the EU (January 2009)
A dedicated center for expertise on public private partnership PPPs (November 2008)
Meeting of 9-10 October in Luxemburg About the Transport Telecommunications and Energy Council (November 2008)
Reinhart Rack own initiative report on Green Paper... (September 2008)
French Presidency’s priorities in transport (September 2008)
Community guidelines on state aid for railway (May 2008)
The Climate-change Energy Package (May 2008)
Galileo (May 2008)
From PTEG : More Powerful transport authorities for British city regions? (January 2008)
Slovenian presidency (January 2008)
Galileo (January 2008)
Regulation (January 2008)
Twist project (January 2008)
Third Railway Package was agreed upon by EU member states on 23 October. (November 2007)
Green Paper on urban transport “Towards a new culture for urban mobility” (November 2007)
Regulation on public passenger transport services (November 2007)
Eurforom (August 2007)
Galileo (August 2007)
Public passenger transport services by rail and road (August 2007)
Urban mobility in cities makes its way up on European Commission’s agenda (August 2007)
19 April 2007- EUROCITIES and Commission V-P J.Barrot about sustainable urban mobility (May 2007)
4th UITP European Conference : Time for action (April 2007)
Euroforum first stakeholder workshop (April 2007)
Public service obligation on public passenger services (PSO) (April 2007)
Third Railway package (April 2007)
Preparation of the Green Paper (April 2007)
12 February 2007- News from Europe (February 2007)
New EU energy plan - more security, less pollution (January 2007)
European Environment Agency calls EU to adopt effective urban-planning (December 2006)
Saving 20% by 2020: European Commission unveils its Action Plan on Energy Efficiency (December 2006)
French government to introduce “Chèque Transport” (October 2006)
Economists forecast continuing bus industry decline in major UK cities (October 2006)
Commission authorises Dutch Province of Gelderland to grant € 4.6 million aid for environmental protection and innovation in public transport (October 2006)
EU Commission postponed the adoption of the action plan on energy efficiency (October 2006)
Nearly one car per two inhabitants in the EU25 in 2004 (October 2006)
Commission acknowledges carmakers progress on CO2 emissions but calls for extra efforts (October 2006)
EEA underlines the link between climate change battle and air quality improvement (July 2006)
Results of the pilot program on hydrogen-fuel cell buses (July 2006)
New orientation for EU Transport Policy (July 2006)
Political agreement on the revised proposal for a regulation of PSO in public transport (July 2006)
The European Commission adopted the Thematic Strategy on the Urban Environment (March 2006)
EU Commission proposes clarification of EU rules on public-private partnerships (March 2006)
Attitudes towards car use in Great-Britain (March 2006)
New proposal for Euro 5 standards (March 2006)
EU Commission has launched the mid-term review of its transport policy (January 2006)
One step forward for the third railway package (November 2005)
EU Parliament supports road safety targets (November 2005)
UITP presented Mobility in Cities Database, illustrating current mobility worldwide (July 2005)
Energy efficiency addressed at European level (July 2005)
International Energy Agency call governments to "Save oil in a Hurry" (July 2005)
PLUME final conference promotes integration of land use and transport planning (July 2005)
Benchmarking initiative: end of year 2 (July 2005)
UK Department for Transport launches debate on road charging (July 2005)
European environment agency stresses the underestimation of car pollution (April 2005)
New law for accessibility in France (April 2005)
UE gets ready for Kyoto...and looks further (April 2005)
EU Ministers aim to enhance the urban dimension within the Union (April 2005)
Working Program for transport field in 2005 presented to EU Parliament (April 2005)
New European transport research program (April 2005)
Towards integration of electronic ticketing in The Netherlands (December 2004)
First track for "LGV Est" (December 2004)
Norway experiments competition in national rail services (December 2004)
European Union Sustainable Development Strategy to be updated (December 2004)
New BEI funding agreement for urban transport in France (December 2004)
The Council of Ministers welcomes the Commission’s strategy on urban environment (December 2004)
New European Commissioner for Transport (December 2004)
New European Transport Research Knowledge Centre available on the Internet (September 2004)
New European Commissioner for Transport (September 2004)
EU and US sign an agreement on interoperability between GALILEO and GPS (September 2004)
New environmental impact assessment rules for major public projects (September 2004)
The European Railway Agency starts its work (September 2004)
New Transport Committee in the European Parliament (September 2004)
Green Paper on Public Private Partnerships (PPP) (July 2004)
CIVITAS II : the European Commission will support clean urban transport projects in 17 cities (July 2004)
Adoption of the second railway package (July 2004)
The Commission releases a White Paper on services of general interest (July 2004)
New European transport research program (April 2004)
The European Commission proposes a new Directive to ensure that Member States save each year at least 1% more energy (March 2004)
The European Commission proposes new rules to increase the legal certainty of services of general economic interest (March 2004)
From the second to the third "Rail Package" (March 2004)
Towards a European strategy for sustainable urban environment (March 2004)
Directory of public transport in the European Metropolitan Areas (January 2004)
Transport Ministers aim to reduce road mortality by 50% by 2010 in Europe (December 2003)
Galileo : the European satellite navigation initiative gains momentum (December 2003)
LibeRTIN : a thematic network sponsored by the European Commission to harmonise light rail systems (December 2003)
Results of European surveys in the field of public transport now available (December 2003)
New Urban Transport Benchmarking initiative sponsored by the European Commission (December 2003)
EMTA surveys the potential application of new technologies on information of passengers with reduced mobility (December 2003)
The European Court of Justice rules that financial support which only represents compensation for public service obligations imposed by authorities does not have the status of State aid (September 2003)
European Directive on biofuels adopted (September 2003)
Fuel duty rebate for biodiesel used by public transport in the United Kingdom (September 2003)
Contributions of EMTA authorities to the European research programme on integration of public transport systems (September 2003)
Survey on funding of public transport systems through land value capture (September 2003)
European Directive on biofuels adopted (September 2003)
New statistics on travel habits of British people (June 2003)
Road traffic accidents are the first cause of injury-related deaths in the world (June 2003)
The transport sector will be the biggest energy user in 2020 (June 2003)
The European Ministers of Transport agree on the second rail package (June 2003)
The European Commission proposes generalisation and harmonisation of electronic charging systems (June 2003)
The European Commission launches a public debate on services of general interest (June 2003)
EMTA is 5 years old ! (April 2003)
EMTA enriches its website (April 2003)
Joint EMTA - UITP Conference on contractual relationships between authorities and operators (Vienna, 24 - 26th February 2003) (February 2003)
Public authorities can take account of ecological considerations for tendering procedures (December 2002)
The European Commission launches a High Level Group on Hydrogen and Fuel Cells (December 2002)
Lorry tolls on German highways as of August 2003 (December 2002)
European research project on integration in public transport (September 2002)
Launch of the CIVITAS Forum (September 2002)
Horizontal evaluation of services of general interest at the European level (September 2002)
New step towards harmonisation of taxation on commercial diesel fuel in the European Union (September 2002)
Operating companies take position on the project of new European regulation on public service requirements (September 2002)
Birmingham joins EMTA (July 2002)
Project of new European Regulation on Public Service Obligations: work is going on (July 2002)
Launch of the European mobility week (16-22 September 2002) (July 2002)
Best practice for mobility centres (July 2002)
Italy boosts car-sharing (July 2002)
New version of the project of Regulation on public service requirements in passenger transport (March 2002)
Towards a new rail package? (March 2002)
2,780 m for the Trans-European Transport Network (December 2001)
The European Commission proposes to encourage alternative fuels for transport (December 2001)
The European Parliament votes on the project of new Regulation on public transport services (December 2001)
EMTA Workshop: "What public transport authorities for the European Metropolitan Areas?" (Barcelona - 8 November 2001) (November 2001)
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the project of European Regulation on public service requirements in passenger transport (September 2001)
CIVITAS Initiative: 14 cities rewarded by the European Commission (September 2001)
Revision of the European transport policy: decoupling of transport and economic growth, and rebalancing between the modes (September 2001)
EMTA Meeting in Prague (26-27 April 2001) (January 2001)
Position of EMTA on the project of EU Regulation on the award of public service contracts in the field of passenger transport (2001)
New EU co-ordinated research call on "Clean Urban Transport" (July 2000)