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European Inland Waterway Transport Policy - NAIADES – UNECE Inland Transport Committee, Working Party on Inland Water Transport, 53 Session 4 November 2009, Geneva Pawel Stelmaszczyk, HoU, DG TREN. EUROPEAN COMMISSION. Agenda. Facts & Figures EU Common Transport Policy

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  1. European Inland Waterway Transport Policy- NAIADES –UNECE Inland Transport Committee,Working Party on Inland Water Transport, 53 Session4 November 2009, GenevaPawel Stelmaszczyk, HoU, DG TREN EUROPEANCOMMISSION

  2. Agenda Facts & Figures EU Common Transport Policy Inland Waterway Transport Policy – NAIADES Excursus “Technical Requirements” and “Boatmasters’ certificates”

  3. Facts and figures (1) 20 out of 27 Member States have inland waterways >37.000 km of waterways connect 100s of cities and industrial regions 

  4. Facts and figures (2) • 20/27 Member States have inland waterways • 12 are connected • Modal share of IWT: ca. 6% of total inland transport • Modal share in NW Europe: up to 43% • 500 million tons of freight p.a. • 140 billion ton-kilometres p.a. • 12.000 vessels = 480.000 trucks • ca. 8.000 enterprises • ca. 30.000 employees

  5. EU Common Transport Policy (1) • White Paper: European transport policy for 2010: time to decide (COM (2001) 370, 12/09/2001) • Mid-term Review of the 2001 White Paper (COM (2006) 314, 22/06/2006) • Future of Transport • Ongoing revision of the European transport policy • Communication “A sustainable future for transport” (COM (2009) 279, 17/06/2009) • Public Consultation closed 30 September 2009 • 2nd High-Level Conference 20 November 2009

  6. EU Common Transport Policy (2) • TEN-T policy revision • Green paper on the future of the TEN-T network and policy (COM (2009) 44, 4/2/2009) • Public consultations, TEN-T days Naples in October 2009 • Process is supported by expert groups • Possible legislative action foreseen for late 2010

  7. EU Common Transport Policy (3)- Objectives for Inland Waterway Transport - • to promote and strengthen the competitive position of inland waterway transport in the transport system • to facilitate its integration into the intermodal logistic chain • to create favourable conditions for the further development and innovation of the sector • to encourage companies to use this mode of transport

  8. EU Inland Waterway Transport Policy (1)- NAIADES - • Beginning of 2006 the EC launched for the first time a comprehensive inland waterway transport policy and a a multi-annual action programme for the promotion of inland waterway transport – NAIADES • Instruments ? • Legislative measures, policy measures, financial support • Who ? • European Union, Member States, industry, social partners, river commissions, European Commission • When ? • 2006 - 2013

  9. NAIADES – Five areas(2) • MARKET • Create favourable conditions for services • FLEET • Stimulate fleet modernisation and innovation • JOBS AND SKILLS • Promote jobs and skills • IMAGE AND AWARENESS • Improve image and knowledge of IWT • INFRASTRUCTURE • Provide adequate infrastructure 9

  10. NAIADES - PLATINA(3) • In order to support the EC in the implementation of NAIADES, a platform for the implementation of NAIADES was launched – PLATINA • PLATINA is a project within the 7th Framework Programme for Research, Technology Development and Demonstration • PLATINA is aimed at coordinating and supporting research activities and policies • PLATINA runs from 06/2008 to 05/2012 • PLATINA is organised around the five NAIADES action areas (markets, fleet, jobs & skills, image, infrastructure) • PLATINA is strategically guided by key industrial stakeholders, associations and Member States administrations • www.naiades.info/platina

  11. NAIADES – Five areas (4)

  12. NAIADES – Five areas (5)

  13. NAIADES – Examples of achievements and work on-going and in preparation (6) • Legislative measures Achievements: • Directive on technical requirements • Directive on statistics of good transport by inland waterways • De-minimis rules • Directive on the transport of dangerous goods • Directive on fuel quality On-going/in preparation: • Manning requirements • Boatmasters’ certificates • Education and training

  14. NAIADES – Examples of achievements and work on-going and in preparation (7) • Policy measures Achievements: • Funding handbook • Screening of administrative and regulatory barriers On-going/in preparation: • Market observation • Social dialogue (working time, professional profiles etc) • Infrastructure Development Plan

  15. NAIADES – Examples of achievements and work on-going and in preparation (8) • Support measures Achievements: • Simplified access to the Marco Polo II programme for the IWT sector and doubling of actual funding per tkm shifted from road • First successful TEN-T call for proposals in the area of River Information Services • On-going: • Support to promotion structures under the DG TREN grant programme

  16. Excursus(1):Technical requirements - state of play • DIRECTIVE 2006/87 EC, as AMENDED • RHINE VESSEL INSPECTION REGULATIONS (RVIR) • UN-ECE RESOLUTION 61 • Annex II from the Directive and RVIR are made equivalent • Resolution 61 has been reformed into the same structure as RVIR and Annex II

  17. Excursus (2):Harmonisation of boatmasters’ certificates – state of play • Directive 96/50 EC of 23 July 1996 • Collection of external expertise completed • the final report of the external study available on http://ec.europa.eu/transport/inland/studies/inland_waterways_en.htm • Impact assessment by the Commission services on-going • Subject to the result of the impact assessment the Commission may possibly come forward with a legislative proposal in 2010

  18. Thank you for your attention Pawel STELMASZCZYK pawel.stelmaszczyk@ec.europa.eu European Commission, DG Energy and Transport Unit B 3 - Logistics, co-modality, inland waterways, motorways of the sea & Marco Polo http://ec.europa.eu/transport/iw/index_en.htm

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