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What?
A one-day seminar
Who?
The European Union Committee of the International Association of Public Transport (UITP)
Why?
By February 2009, the European Council and the Parliament will have adopted a new Directive on the Promotion of Clean and Energy Efficient Road Transport Vehicles.
The text pursues a dual goal: on the one hand, to create a market for vehicles with alternative drive technologies and fuels; on the other hand, to reduce energy consumption, CO2 and pollutant emissions.
The Directive will introduce environmental aspects into public procurement and purchase of road vehicles. The new text covers all road vehicles (such as police cars, buses, waste collection vehicles, etc) which are procured under European public procurement law or purchased by public authorities and by operators providing public transport services. When procuring or purchasing vehicles, public authorities as well as operators will be obliged to take into account lifetime costs for energy consumption, CO2 and pollutant emissions as award criteria. These lifetime costs will have to be calculated according to a methodology proposed by the European Commission.
The application of environmental criteria for the procurement or purchase of vehicles will first be optional, then mandatory from around autumn 2010 (18 months after the publication in the Official Journal).
The purpose of the seminar is to inform about the final outcome of the European legislation process and will give valuable information on how to interpret the criteria mentioned in the new proposal for the purchase or procurement of buses and other road vehicles used in public transport.
When?
29 January 2009
Where?
FEB Offices, Rue Ravenstein 4, 1000 Brussels
To find out more, visit: http://www.uitp.org/events/2009/brussels/en/index.cfm
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Notes for editors
UITP is the international network for public transport authorities and operators, policy decision-makers, scientific institutes and the public transport supply and service industry. It is a platform for worldwide co-operation, business development and the sharing of know-how between its 3,100 members from 90 countries. UITP is the global advocate for public transport and sustainable mobility, and the promoter of innovations in the sector.
The UITP EU Committee was established in 1965. The objective of the EU Committee and its secretariat, EuroTeam, is to represent the common interests of public transport undertakings to the EU institutions. It monitors legislation and provides members with information regarding EU policy developments, prepares EU Committee positions papers, and assists and advises members concerning all aspects of European policies related to the public transport sector.
Press contacts
Cara McLaughlin | Director of Communications
Direct phone: 32 2 6636639 | Fax: 32 2 6601072 | cara.mclaughlin@uitp.org
Brigitte Ollier | Director of EuroTeam
Direct phone: 32 2 6636626 | Fax: 32 2 6636623 | brigitte.ollier@uitp.org |
