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    EU Express

    Electronic Newsletter - N°129 - 18 March 2010

    European Union developments
     
    TRANSPORT
    ®        Council adopts positions at first reading on rights of ship and bus and coach passengers  [More]
    ®        3001st Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council meeting (provisional version) -
    Brussels, 11 and 12 March 2010  [More]
    ®        ERTICO - ITS Europe talks to Zita Gurmai MEP and Dieter-Lebrecht Koch MEP  [More]
    ENVIRONMENT
    ®        Greens/EFA: New study highlights urgent need to increase EU emissions reduction target [More]
      See also Euractiv’s article: EU emissions target compromises green jobs, Greens warn [More]
    ®        EU report favours trading for air pollutants  [More]
    ®        Climate change: European Commission sets out strategy to reinvigorate global action after Copenhagen
    [MoreFR  DE  ES
      See also the EU communication “International climate policy post-Copenhagen: Acting now to reinvigorate
      global action on climate change” EN

     
     and the CEMR communication “Climate change strategy: Commission omits local and regional authorities” EN  FR
    ®        Commission decision grants Germany more time to comply with EU air quality legislation in parts of
    North-Rhine Westphalia and Saxony  [MoreFR  DE
    ENERGY
    ®        Council conclusions on the Commission Communication "Investing in the Development of Low Carbon
    Technologies (SET Plan)"  [More]
    ®        NGOs take Commission to court over biofuels reports  [More]
    REGIONAL POLICY
    ®        EU strengthens the European Neighbourhood Policy with increased funding for the period 2011-2013
    [More]  FR  DE
    UiTP EUROPEAN UNION
    POSITIONS
    UITP European Union Committee Draft Position on Urban ITS Platform  EN
    Comments on the common position of the Council from 17 December 2009 on passenger rights bus/coach
    EN  FR  DE  IT

    PUBLICATIONS
    (see also here)
    European Union Environmental Legislation - Existing and Proposed Legislation and the Potential Impact
    on Public Transport EN
    UITP and European Rail Legislation Impacting Local Rail Networks (Urban, Suburban and Regional) EN  FR  DE
    EVENTS
     “6 months after the entry into force: Current situation of the application of the Public Service Obligations regulation”
    All the info about the Joint UITP/UTP Conference is now online on www.uitp.org/events/2010/paris
     
    Save the date: Sunday 19 September 2010! Join us in celebrating the 125th anniversary of UITP!

    See the last issues of EU Express:

    Electronic Newsletter - N°135 - 3 August 2010
    Electronic Newsletter - N°134 - 2 July 2010
    Electronic Newsletter - N°133 - 16 June 2010
    Electronic Newsletter - N°132 - 2 June 2010
    Electronic Newsletter - N°131 - 4 May 2010


     



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