Translation of "Entreprise de transport en commun des voyageurs " (French → English) :

EUROVOC descriptor: illegal migration penalty carriage of passengers disclosure of information border control personal data transport company

EUROPA - EU law and publications - EUR-Lex - EUR-Lex - 32007R1371 - EN - Regulation (EC) No 1371/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on rail passengers’ rights and obligations - REGULATION - OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL // Extract from Uniform Rules concerning the contract for international carriage of passengers and luggage by rail (CIV) // Appendix A // to the Convention Concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) of 9 May 1980, as modified by the Protocol for the modification of the Convention Concerning International Carriage by Rail of 3 June 1999 // MINIMUM INFORMATION TO BE ...[+++]PROVIDED BY RAILWAY UNDERTAKINGS AND/OR BY TICKET VENDORS // MINIMUM SERVICE QUALITY STANDARDS

‘carrier’ means the contractual railway undertaking with whom the passenger has concluded the transport contract or a series of successive railway undertakings which are liable on the basis of this contract.

Given the limited nature of the local market, the companies which provide scheduled public passenger transport cannot on their own bear the cost of renewing the fleets in such a way as to guarantee the conditions of safety and quality currently required.

The consultative Green Paper entitled The Citizens' Network, published today, aims to open a public debate about how better to fulfil the potential of public passenger transport in Europe.

The OECD estimates put the cost of congestion at 2 per cent of GDP, that implies that congestion costs in the European Union are about 120 billion Ecus.