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Common Transport Policy

Common Transport Policy. Information Systems Management Institute Vladimirs Mihailovs Group: 1510 2012/2013. History.

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Common Transport Policy

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  1. Common Transport Policy Information Systems Management Institute VladimirsMihailovs Group: 1510 2012/2013

  2. History • A Common Transport Policy (CTP) was first proposed in the Treaty of Rome (1957). However, progress was very slow until 1983, when the European Parliament successfully took the Council of Ministers to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for failing to implement its treaty obligation. Shortly afterwards, transport was included in the Single European Act (1986) that formed the basis of plans to complete the single market.

  3. History • In 2001, the EU published a White Paper on the future of the CTP that again stressed safety, the environment and creating a balance between different modes of transport. • In 2011, the EU Commission announced a new White Paper, which detailed plans across 25 policy areas. These included: moving away from a reliance on fossil fuels; making more journeys available by rail; ensuring at least 40% of aviation fuel comes from low carbon sources by 2050. The paper also set out plans for a single market in transport.

  4. Transport • Transport is fundamental to our societies and our economy– vital for growth and job creation. The transport industry directly employs around 10 million people and accounts for about 5% of GDP. Effective transport systems are key to European companies' ability to compete in the world economy. Logistics such as transport and storage account for 10–15% of the cost of a finished product for European companies. The quality of transport services has a major impact on people's quality of life. The average household spends 13.2% of its budget on transport goods and services.

  5. Competition and smart regulation • Road – trucks can now operate in countries other than their own, and no longer return empty on international journeys.

  6. Competition and smart regulation • Rail – in 2003, a first liberalisation package opened about 70-80% of long-distance rail freight traffic to competition. Now the Commission is proposing that passenger rail transport networks should also be open to competition. All administrative and regulatory obstacles should be removed too – in relation to rail and other transport modes.

  7. Competition and smart regulation • Air – liberalisation has brought more competition, lower fares and more connections between EU countries. The EU's Single European Sky will help that trend continue. Transatlantic traffic is freer too: the EU's "open skies" agreement with the US allows any EU airline to fly from any EU airport to any city in the US.

  8. Competition and smart regulation • Travellers in the EU have passenger rights that protect their interests, especially when something goes wrong.

  9. Competition and smart regulation • Safety The EU: • works with regional and national authorities on road safety, aiming to halve the number of road deaths over the next 10 years • has banned unsafe airlines from Europe • sets safety and security standards and only funds new infrastructure projects that meet those standards • promotes safety and security standards in the rest of the world through cooperation and agreements, for example with the International Civil Aviation Organization and the International Maritime Organization

  10. Trans-European Transport Networks • The Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T) are a planned set of road, rail, air and water transport networks in Europe. The TEN-T networks are part of a wider system of Trans-European Networks (TENs), including a telecommunications network (eTEN) and a proposed energy network (TEN-E or Ten-Energy). The European Commission adopted the first action plans on trans-European networks in 1990

  11. Trans-European Transport Networks TENs facilitate: • The economic and social integration of the Union • Free movement of people and goods • The development of less favoured EU areas In the context of the transport corridors in the countries of the wider European neighborhood, there is also a focus on EU neighbors, specifically: • Accession Countries (Croatia and Turkey) • The European Economic Area (Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein) • The Balkans • The Mediterranean Partner Countries • Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus

  12. Facts and Figures • 40% of investment made by member states' governments is in transport. • Transportation consumes 30% of the energy used within the EU each year. • The 2007-13 TEN network budget is €390 billion. • The EU predicts that between 2010 and 2020, the amount of transport activity in the EU will increase by 1.6% a year.

  13. List of references • http://www.civitas.org.uk/eufacts/FSPOL/EC7.htm • http://europa.eu/pol/trans/index_en.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-European_Transport_Networks • http://www.eib.org/projects/topics/tens/index.htm • http://tentea.ec.europa.eu/en/home/welcome_to_the_ten-t_executive_agency.htm

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