The transport sector has experienced a large number of positive impacts as a result of developments in information and communication technologies related to operational improvements, route planning, fleet and cargo monitoring and safety as well as security issues in the (recent) past. These deve...
This study provides a comprehensive insight into the current economic and legal state of combined transport (CT) operations in the European Union (EU) including all CT sectors and combinations. It establishes an extensive statistical database on CT operations in the reference year 2011 and time ...
In its 2011 White Paper the Commission set the objective of shifting 30% of road freight over 300 km to other modes, such as rail or waterborne transport, by 2030. By 2050 the share is to be increased to 50%. In addition to supporting these decarbonisation objectives, a shift from road to rail o...
This briefing draws on the latest available data to analyse the implementation and application of Regulation 261/2004 which introduces common rules on assistance and compensation to air passengers when their travel is disrupted. The briefing explains why the European Union enacted air passenger ...
The objective of the study is to provide an analysis of the impacts on the combined transport sector of Regulation 2020/1055 amending Regulation 1072/2009/EU (Mobility Package 1); specifically, the new provisions that allow Member States to apply the socalled “cabotage restrictions” to road legs...
As highlighted in the frame of past evaluations and stakeholders' feedback, the European legislation on Passenger Ship Safety (PSS) is fragmented and not always consistent. The Commission has therefore initiated a more systematic fitness check (FC) of the overall legislation in place. The EC wan...
The Directive 92/106/EEC is an EU instrument aiming to support the shift of road traffic to combined transport (CT) operations and thus reduce negative externalities of goods transport. A REFIT evaluation concluded that the Directive continues to be relevant for achieving EU transport policy's o...
The fourth railway package comprises six legislative proposals to enhance the efficiency and competitiveness of rail across the European Union, put forward by the European Commission in 2013. It aims to remove the remaining institutional, legal and technical obstacles, and create a truly integra...
The key objectives of the present study are related to the collection of data on Combined Transport (CT) in the EU and their analysis to provide different sets of indicators which can be used to inform the Impact Assessment of possible amendments by the European Commission to Directive 92/106/EE...
