Studies

“External costs” in transport: Commission prepares the ground for efficient and fair pricing of transport services

The European Commission has released a comprehensive compilation of existing studies on external costs in the transport sector. This handbook, jointly prepared by several transport research institutes, summarises the state of the art as regards the valuation of external costs. The Commission intends to make use of the handbook as one element which prepares the communication on the internalisation of external costs for all modes of transport that is due in June 2008 and a proposal to revise the directive on the charging of heavy goods vehicles. Read all »

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The impact of the Air Transport Single Market on Employment and Working conditions

The European Commission publishes the executive Summary of a preliminary study on the impact of the Air Transport Single Market on Employment and Working conditions. This study is not comprehensive: it covers only the EU-15 and will need complementary information. The European Commission is deepening the research on the social dimension -working with both administrations and operators-, and widening the scope to the whole EU-27.

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