Financial experts from the European Commission and the rail sector think that public-private partnerships (PPPs) in rail infrastructure projects represent a good solution to complement insufficient budgetary funding and comitted to undertake a number of initiatives aimed at promoting successful PPPs. [ continuare ]
Bucharest last month hosted a debate on the crafting of the European legislation required for working out a standard insurance contract effective in all Member States. The need for a single unitary insurance contract arises from the principle of the free movement of persons, goods and services spelled out in the EU Treaty, which requires the existence of a single insurance contract effective and acknowledged in all EU member states. [ continuare ]
Member states are obliged to put in place appropriate legislation for the emissions trading scheme entered into force in February within a year, according to a directive incorporating aviation into the EU. [ continuare ]
Anti-crisis action packages are once again analysed by Professor Radu Pencea, who takes note that Governments all over the world started to throw money at the problems encountered by a wide range of economic sectors. [ continuare ]
A decision made in December 2008 by the European Parliament will make it possible for inland shipping operators to purchase clean fuel all over Europe by 2011. [ continuare ]
The Transport Comittee of the European Parliament approved the proposed revision of the Eurovignette Directive, agreeing that charges on heavy-goods vehicles should be based in part on the air and noise pollution they produce and the congestion they cause. [ continuare ]
Dupa 50 de zile de zamislire chinuitoare, avem buget. Si inca unul care acorda prioritate investitiilor in infrastructura, dupa cum se straduiesc sa ne convinga declaratiile carmuitorilor. Cu zece miliarde de euro trecute in contul acestui capitol de cheltuieli, mai mult ca oricand in ultimul deceniu si jumatate conform acelorasi declaratii, bugetul promite pe hartie accelerarea ritmului de rezolvare a problemelor de capatai pentru transportatori: drumuri proaste, sine subrede, cai navigabile doar temporar, aeroporturi cu terminale subdimensionate... [ continuare ]