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FACORA FACTS ON COMPETITION AND DISTORTIONS IN THE EUROPEAN TRANSPORT MARKET. Snejana MARKOVIC-CHENAIS Chargée de Mission Economie. Time table. 09/03 - Proposal from Executive Committee 11/03 - C6 - meeting, Executive Committee, AA 02/04 - Kick-off meeting (INFRAS / IWW)
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FACORA FACTS ON COMPETITION AND DISTORTIONS IN THE EUROPEAN TRANSPORT MARKET Snejana MARKOVIC-CHENAIS Chargée de Mission Economie
Time table 09/03 - Proposal from Executive Committee 11/03 - C6 - meeting, Executive Committee, AA 02/04 - Kick-off meeting (INFRAS / IWW) 28/07 - Draft Final report - discussion 31/08 - Final report in September 2004
Scope of the study • EU+Norway+Switzerland (EU17) • Transport modes : • for passengers : rail, private cars, buses and coaches, air • for freight : rail, road, inland navigation, coastal and short-sea shipping • market segmentation only where relevant to competition.
Expected results • Neutral fact-finding report : • information on competitive distortions between transport modes in EU17; • policy instruments to deal with these distortions; • recommendations for cross-modal funding; • real case studies. • Appendixes with detailed tables showing, in a quantitative and/or qualitative way, the different elements of distortion for each of the EU17 countries.
6 indicators • External effects • Taxation • Pricing • Infrastructure investments • Public sector contributions • Safety and social regulations
(a): Current price structures, (b): Minimum infrastructure charges according to UNITE accounts, (c): Minimum harmonised road user charges: 0.05 €/km for passenger cars and 0.15 €/km for HGVs. Rail and aviation prices remain according to (b)