Latest Transport, Telecommunications & Energy Council on Transport
7-8 June 2018, Luxembourg
Outcome of the Council meeting (press release)
During the Council meeting, ministers adopted a general approach about the draft Directive on the interoperability of electronic road toll systems and facilitating cross-border exchange of information on the failure to pay road fees. EU countries want to make it easier to trace owners of foreign vehicles that fail to pay road tolls by granting each other access to national vehicle registration data. The Council today adopted a general approach on updated electronic road tolling rules which include a legal basis for such information sharing. The possible administrative or legal consequences will depend on the national law of the country where the failure to pay a road fee took place.
The draft directive will also improve the interoperability of electronic tolling systems across Europe by removing administrative barriers, such as local technical specifications, and by giving electronic tolling providers easier access to the toll collection market. The aim is that road users could travel across the EU and pay their electronic tolls with one on-board unit, one contract and one invoice.
In its general approach, the Council has strengthened and clarified the provisions on data protection. The new measures would be applicable 30 months after the entry into force of the directive. The draft directive must be approved by both the Council and the European Parliament before it can enter into force.
Download the full text of the general Council approach.
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Council meetings & other types of meetings on transport under the EU Austrian Presidency (1 July - 31 December 2018)
19-20 July: Attachés' meeting for transport & telecommunications
29-31 October: informal meeting of transport and environment ministers
3-4 December: EU Transport, Telecomunications and Energy Council meeting (3 December: focus on transport; 4 December: focus on Telecommunications)
19 December: EU Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council meeting (focus on energy issues)
Third "Europe on the move" package for a safe, connected and clean mobility:
Click here to view the final set of actions that have been proposed by the European Commission to modernise Europe's transport system.
Connecting Europe Facility: the European Commission has prepared a long-term EU budget for the period 2021-2027. Read more
Website of the European Commission's DG MOVE: http://ec.europa.eu/transport/home_en
Website of the Austrian EU Presidency
Political meetings under the Austrian EU Presidency
Political meetings on transport and other issues of interest:
19-20 July: Attachés' meeting for transport & telecommunications
29-31 October: informal meeting of transport and environment ministers
13 November: European Transport Safety Council PIN Talk Road Safety Programme 2020 plus: The future of safe road transport
28-29 November: 4th High Level Dialogue on Connected and Automated Driving
3-4 December: EU Transport, Telecomunications and Energy Council meeting (3 December: focus on transport; 4 December: focus on Telecommunications)
3-4 December: Cyber Security Conference
4-6 December: ICT 2018: Imagine Digital - Connect Europe
19 December: EU Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council meeting (focus on energy issues)
Programme of the Austrian EU Presidency
Upcoming EU Presidencies up until 2020:
Romania: January-June 2019
Finland: July-December 2019
Croatia: January-June 2020
Germany: July-December 2020
The upcoming TRAN Committee will be held on Wednesday 29 August 2018 from 9:00 to 12:30 and from 15:00 to 18:30 in Brussels. The meeting will be webstreamed.
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Other documents of interest to download:
TRAN calendar 2019 (draft)
TRAN calendar 2018 (final)
Work in Progress (situation on 12.07.2018)
July 2018 issue of the TRAN Committee newsletter (reporting on the following issues: debate & vote about the combined transport of goods; debate and vote concerning the promotion of clean and energy-efficient road transport vehicles; presentation of the draft opinion about the 2019 Budget; presentation of the Austrian Presidency priorities in transport; exchange of views with EIB's Vice-President on transport funding; presentation by the European Commission of the transport pillar of its proposal for the Connecting Europe Facility 2021-2027)
June II 2018 issue of the TRAN Committee newsletter (reporting on the following issues: vote concerning the own-initiative report on Europe on the Move; public hearing on the digitalization in transport; Interparliamentary Committee meeting on EU Investing in its Transport Networks beyond 2020)
May II and June I 2018 issue of the TRAN Committee newsletter (reporting on the following issues: votes concerning Eurovignette and EETS)
May 2018 issue of the TRAN Committee newsletter (reporting on the following issues: debates concerning Eurovignette, EETS and the strategic own-initiative report on Europe on the Move)
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