Translation of "International Week Transport and Logistics " (English → French) :

In order to encourage tourism and the use of environmentally friendly means of transport, Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 should be amended to allow drivers engaged in a single occasional service providing international carriage of passengers to postpone their weekly rest period for up to 12 consecutive 24-hour periods if they are involved in passenger transport activities that typically do not include continuous and long driving hours ...[+++].

Building on Comparative strengths in response to humanitarian situations The EU should: commit to underpinning international efforts to map and plug identified gaps in capacities, in particular related to transport, communications, logistics and surge-arrangements for responding rapidly to disaster; examine ways to strengthen its own rapid response capacity by working together building on existing comparative strengths; adhere to ...[+++] and promote the Military and Civil Defence Assets and Oslo guidelines; reaffirm that Military and Civil defence/protection capabilities must be deployed in a way which complements and supports the work of humanitarian organisations, according to need/context for specialist tasks and support |

Prosperity: key actions envisaged for 2007 Lisbon Strategy Annual assessment of progress and identification of areas for further action Start of new programmes for 2007-2013: 7th Research Framework Programme; Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme; Galileo; Trans European Networks; Marco Polo; Lifelong Learning; Customs and Fiscalis Actions to boost investment in research and innovation by Member States and the private sector, in particular through supporting markets for innovative goods and services, to strive for an attractive single market for researchers, and to enhance university-based research Launch of the European Space Programme Employment Communication on “flexicurity”: aiming at a balance between flexibility and ...[+++] employment security Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) governance Enhanced monitoring of stability and convergence programmes and increase dialogue with the Member States likely to qualify for participation in the euro area Further development of the functioning of the euro area under the reformed Stability and Growth Pact and enhanced policy coordination Energy and Transport Preparing for the setting up of a European Observatory of energy markets Measures to support the completion of the internal market for electricity and gas Action Plan on intermodal transport logistics, aiming at alleviating traffic congestion and diminishing transport costs Measures foreseen by the NAIADES Action Plan to promote inland waterways transport and exploit its commercial potential Single Market Concessions (follow-up to the Green Paper on Public-Private Partnerships and EC public procurement and concessions) Payment services industry - to create a Single European Payment Area by 2010 Continued action to create a true internal market for financial services Proportionality of capital and control (one-share-one-vote) to enhance convergence between shareholders' financial contributions and their control rights in listed companies Promoting growth in wi ...

Action: examine experience in the internal road market and propose improvements to market access rules and rules on access to the profession where needed; address the issue of excessive differences in exise tax levels; implement the rail transport acquis with the help of strong regulatory bodies in the Member States; accelerate efforts to remove technical and operational barriers to international rail activities with the help of the rail industry and the European Railway Agency; examine a possible programme to promote a rail freig ...[+++]ht oriented network within a broader transport logistics policy; rail market monitoring including a scoreboard .

The EU seeks to underpin international efforts to map and plug identified response gaps, such as those related to the international coordination of logistics, transport, communications, and surge-arrangements for responding rapidly to disaster.

" HOWEVER , DURING THE PERIOD BETWEEN 1 APRIL AND 30 SEPTEMBER , THE WEEKLY REST PERIOD REFERRED TO IN THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH MAY BE REPLACED , FOR CREW MEMBERS OF VEHICLES USED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL ROAD TRANSPORT OF PASSENGERS , BY A REST PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN SIXTY CONSECUTIVE HOURS TO BE TAKEN IN FULL BEFORE THE EXPIRY OF A PERIOD NOT EXCEEDING FOURTEEN CONSECUTIVE DAYS .