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Draft position of the UITP European Union Committee on TEN-T

UITP - International Association of Public Transport

A policy review – towards a better integrated trans- European transport network at the service of the common transport policy"

1. General remarks
The UITP European Union Committee (EUC) represents public transport undertakings offering rail, road or waterborne urban and regional transport services in the European Union. These include cross-border local and regional rail and/or bus services operated by some of our members.

UITP EU Committee Position on the ERA Draft Final Report

UITP - International Association of Public Transport

IU-ExtScope-20090320-FinalReport dated 20th March 2009
on the Extension of field of application of TSIs

The UITP European Union Committee, which brings together urban, suburban and regional public transport undertakings in the European Union has read with great interest the draft Final report dealing with the Extension of field of application of the Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSIs) dated 20th March 2009.

Eurofound

Eurofound, the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, is a European Union body, one of the first to be established to work in specialised areas of EU policy. Specifically, it was set up by the European Council (Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1365/75 of 26 May 1975), to contribute to the planning and design of better living and working conditions in Europe.

Our website: www.eurofound.europa.eu.

Public transport offers better value for money than usually stated

UITP - International Association of Public Transport

These are the findings of a recent Focus Paper of UITP on the assessment of the benefits of public transport. Current appraisal techniques do not do justice to the full benefits public transport schemes provide to the wider economy.

A systematic cost benefits analysis enables decision-makers to asses transport schemes and policies, to develop and prioritise transport strategies and monitor their outcomes.

The European Parliament supported by trade unionists took up its role in safeguarding Social Europe

CESI - European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions

The European Parliament and the Council finally failed to reach an agreement on the revision of the Working Time Directive. A group of countries within the Council considered the individual opt-out quite a fundamental right not to be given up. Considering that opt-outs are not designed to be the rule but a temporary exception this is not acceptable for the trade unionists and the majority of the European Parliament.

Challenges faced in protecting children’s health from hazardous environments

WHO

Challenges faced in protecting children’s health from hazardous environments

Opting in into consumer protection

ANEC - The European Consumer Voice in Standardisation

The European Commission is expected today to adopt a Recommendation on privacy, data protection and information security in RFID applications. ANEC calls for consumers to be properly protected from risks to their privacy and security through implementation of the ‘opt-in’ principle. Not all RFID applications raise concerns or even affect consumers. However, consumers should not be obliged to ask for the RFID tag to be deactivated at the point of sale in order to avoid risks of being tracked or profiled.

This should be done by default if consumers are to have trust in RFID.

Working time directive scores a new negative record: first failure ever of a conciliation committee

CEEP - European Centre of Employers and Enterprises providing public services

“The failure of negotiations in the conciliatory committee assigns to the working time directive a new record: having being able to make such a procedure collapse for the first
time since it was installed by the Treaty of Amsterdam”, said Ralf Resch, General Secretary of CEEP.

This has to be added to the many negative points already scored by this political file since the SIMAP and Jaeger rulings, according to which on call time should be regarded as working time.

Message from Athens:hope for the planet, homework for politicians

BirdLife International

High-level meeting sends strong backing for EU nature legislation, but disappoints on sectoral policy reform
European NGOs outline key asks for future policy framework and ask Barroso to turn words into action

Enhancing competition in the deregulated European gas distribution market

EUREKA

The EUREKA E! 3688 INTELLGAS project has developed a cost-effective and easyto-use approach to forecasting gas consumption up to 48 hours ahead to keep the wholesale price of gas purchases under control. The project developed a hardware and software system that measures and corrects gas consumption figures at user premises, transmits the data to the distribution centre and then
uses it to predict consumption based on historic use data and temperature forecasts.

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