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The EU commission has adopted a proposal in order to improve the directive on the arranged transport
It satisfies in great part - it has emphasized the UIRR - the expectations of the field
November 10, 2017
The EU commission, to conclusion of a which lasted process almost seven years, has adopted Wednesday own proposal in order to improve on December 7, 1992 relative directive 106 to the fixation of common norms for some arranged transports of goods between Member States, directive - the Commission remembers explaining the motivations and the objectives of own proposal - that it is the only legal instrument at the level of the European Union face to directly stimulate the transfer of the transport of the goods from the road to less polluting modalities of transport as the fluvial transport, the marine transport and that railway one.
The scope of the proposal is to on the road increase ulteriorly the competitiveness of the transport arranged regarding the transport on long distances, objective that the Commission intends to achieve clarifying and widening the definition of arranged transport, improving the conditions of admissibility to the programs of promotion of the arranged transport and their application, increasing the effectiveness of the incentives and improving the conditions of monitoring and communication of the directive.
The association International Union for Road-Rail Combined Trasport (UIRR), remembering that it has collaborated closely with the Commission for the definition of the proposal, has specified that this satisfies in great part the expectations of the field. The UIRR has confirmed own support to the proposal, having perfected it in order to obtain turned out optimal, also in the conclusive phase of the legislative process, than it is previewed can be carried to term within remaining the 18 mandate months of the current European Parliament. The UIRR has specified that the renewed directive would have to take effect in 2020, year in which the association it will celebrate the 50° anniversary of its institution.
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