INDIC

Measure	Description	Open
1	Harmonise the minimum clauses in contracts governing transport activity in order to allow tariffs to be revised should costs increase (e.g. a fuel price rise).	View
2	Driving restrictions on heavy good vehicles involved in international transport on designated roads: to harmonise weekend bans on lorries	View
3	Training of professional drivers: keep the road transport profession attractive by promoting the necessary skills	View
4	Social harmonisation road transport: promote efficient, uniform interpretation, implementation and monitoring of existing road transport legislation through: - Harmonise inspections and penalties by the end of 2001 - Ensuring satisfactory working conditions (daily and weekly rest periods) - Establishing the liability of employers for certain offences committed by their drivers - Harmonising penalties and the conditions for immobilising vehicles - Increasing the number of checks which Member States are required to carry out (currently on 1% of days actually worked to 3%) on compliance with driving times and drivers' rest periods - Encouraging systematic exchanges of information, coordination of inspection activities, regular consultation between national administrations and training of inspectors to ensure better compliance with the legislation	View
5	The introduction, by the end of 2003, of the digital tachograph, and relationship with the Galileo programme to monitor various parameters relating to driving and other conditions	View
6	First railway package: support the creation of new infrastructure, and in particular rail freight freeways	View
7	Second railway package: opening up the national and international freight markets	View
8	Second railway package: ensuring a high level safety for the railway network based on rules and regulations established independently and a clear definition of the responsibilities of each player involved	View
9	Second railway package: updating the interoperability directives on high-speed and conventional railway networks	View
10	European Railway Agency: step up rail safety by setting up a Community structure for railway interoperability and safety	View
11	Third railway package: certification of train crews and trains on the Community rail network	View
12	Third railway package: gradual opening-up of international passengers services	View
13	Third railway package: Promoting measures to safeguard the quality of rail services and users’ rights	View
14	Third railway package: improving quality of the rail freight services	View
15	Enter into dialogue with the rail industries in the context of a voluntary agreement to reduce adverse environmental impact	View
16	Clarifying the role of the Community in OTIF (COTIF)	View
17	Single European Sky	View
18	Technical requirements in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Aviation Safety Authority (EASA)	View
19	Air transport insurance requirements	View
20	Airport charges: review the airport charges systems	View
21	Slot on community airports: present a revision in 2003 of the slot allocation system, in order to improve market access	View
22	Community framework for noise charges and introduction of noise related operating restrictions at Community airports	View
23	Protection against subsidisation and unfair pricing practices	View
24	Safety of third country aircraft	View
25	Air service agreements with third countries	View
26	Airport capacity expansion	View
27	Promotion of Short Sea Shipping, in particular by encouraging the creation of one-stop offices for administrative and customs formalities	View
28	Motorways of the sea: develop the infrastructure needed to build veritable “motorways of the sea”	View
29	Port services directive: propose a common legal framework to ensure free access to the port services market in the ports of the Member States open to general commercial traffic.	View
30	Ship and port facility security: tighten up the maritime safety rules in cooperation with the International Maritime Organisation and the International Labour Organisation, by incorporating the minimum social rules to be observed in ship inspections and a regulatory framework for safety controls for passengers embarking on ships offering European cruises (in order to combat the risk of attacks, along the lines of what is done in air transport)	View
31	European Maritime Safety Agency and safety rules and standards: tighten up the maritime safety rules by developing a genuine European traffic management system, establishing the European Maritime Safety Agency and safety rules and standards for passenger ships	View
32	Double hull oil tankers and penal sanctions for ship source pollution: phasing in double-hull tankers and establishing penal sanctions for those responsible for pollution	View
33	Oil pollution damage compensation fund: introduce a compensation system for victims of marine pollution	View
34	Transfer of ship registers: encouraging the reflagging of the greatest possible number of ships to Community registers, based on the best practices developed in social and fiscal matters, by proposing in 2002 measures on tonnage-based taxation and the revision of the guidelines on State aid to maritime transport	View
35	Training of seafarers: introduce a system of Community-wide recognition of labour-supplying third countries	View
36	Improving the situation of inland waterway transport through eliminating bottlenecks, establishing links to rivers, and installing transhipment equipment	View
37	Installing highly efficient navigational aid and communication systems	View
38	Greater harmonisation of boatmasters’ certificates throughout the Community’s inland waterway network, including the Rhine	View
39	Harmonisation of conditions in respect of rest periods, crew members, crew composition and navigation time of inland waterway vessels.	View
40	Reinforce port State controls	View
41	Sulphur content of marine fuels: reduction of environmental impacts of maritime transport	View
42	Establish by 2003 a new programme to promote alternative solutions to road transport (Marco Polo)	View
43	Intermodal loading units: propose by 2003 a new Community framework for the development of the profession of freight integrator and the standardisation of transport units and freight loading techniques.	View
44	Trans European Networks: in 2001 revise the trans-European network guidelines in order to eliminate bottlenecks by encouraging corridors with priority for freight, a rapid passenger network and traffic management plans for major roads, and adding to the “Essen” list other projects	View
45	Funding of TENs: in 2001 increase to 20% the maximum funding under the trans-European network budget for the main bottlenecks, including those still remaining on the Union's frontiers with the accession candidate countries, and then introduce conditionality rules	View
46	Tunnel safety: harmonise minimum safety standards for road and rail tunnels belonging to the trans-European transport network	View
47	Halving the victims of road accidents: set a target for the EU of reducing by half the number of people killed on European roads by 2010	View
48	By 2005 harmonise the rules governing checks and penalties in international commercial transport on TENs, particularly with regard to speeding and drink-driving.	View
49	Black spots: draw up a list of “black spots” on TEN where there are particularly significant hazards and harmonise their sign-posting	View
50	Seat and head restraints: require to fit seat belts in motor vehicles other than passenger cars.	View
51	Tackle dangerous driving and exchange good practices with a view to encouraging responsible driving through training and education schemes aimed in particular at young drivers	View
52	Develop a methodology at European level to encourage independent technical investigations, e.g. by setting up a committee of independent experts within the Commission.	View
53	Driving licenses: harmonisation of driving licensing systems and introduction of electronic driving licenses	View
54	Speed limitation devices: Commission proposal (June 2001) to make it compulsory to fit speed limitation devices in vehicles of more than 3.5 tonnes or vehicles carrying more than 9 passengers	View
55	Intelligent transport systems in the eEurope Plan (e-Safety)	View
56	Pedestrian and cyclist protection: increasing safety for vulnerable road users	View
57	Infrastructure charging: in 2002 propose a framework directive setting out the principles and structure of an infrastructure-charging system and a common methodology for setting charging levels, offset by for the removal of existing taxes, and allowing cross-financing	View
58	Fuel taxation: make the tax system more consistent by proposing uniform taxation for commercial road transport fuel by 2003 to round off the internal market	View
59	Electronic road toll system: n 2002 propose a directive guaranteeing the interoperability of means of payment on the trans-European road network	View
60	Proposal of harmonising entitlement to deduction is already before the Council (VAT strategy).	View
61	Passenger car taxation: a review of the overall consistency of automobile taxes and the scope for creating a broader framework at Community level for the introduction of mechanisms for differentiating passenger vehicle taxes according to environmental criteria.	View
62	New rules on energy products, allowing tax exemption for hydrogen and biofuels	View
63	Gradual introduction in each Member State of a minimum percentage of compulsory biofuel consumption: a 2% rate will be proposed as a first stage, of almost 6% by 2010 in a second stage	View
64	The available new clean car technologies and ITS will in future need to be given greater Community support, especially under the 6th framework programme of research	View
65	Compensation of air passengers: increase air passengers' existing rights through new proposals concerning in particular denied boarding due to overbooking, delays and flight cancellations (including a new version of the air transport Charter)	View
66	By 2004, and as far as possible, extend the Community measures protecting passengers' rights to include other modes of transport, and in particular the railways, maritime transport and, as far as possible, urban transport services. This concerns in particular service quality and the development of quality indicators, contract conditions, transparency of information to passengers and extra judicial dispute settlement mechanisms	View
67	Intermodality for people: the principle of subsidiarity notwithstanding, priority should be given in the short term to at least three fields of action: i) integrated ticketing; ii) baggage handling; iii) continuity of journeys	View
68	Public service requirements and the award of public service contracts in passenger transport by rail, road and inland waterway	View
69	Support (using Community funds) for pioneering towns and cities, with each Member States remaining responsible for coming up with national plans.	View
70	Increased use of clean vehicles and of forms of public transport accessible to all users, including people with reduced mobility (especially those with disabilities and the elderly)	View
71	Identification and dissemination of best urban transport system practice, including urban and regional rail services, and best practice in management of the relevant infrastructure	View
72	Link the future Member States to the EU's trans-European network by means of infrastructure of quality with a view to maintaining the modal share of rail transport at 35% in the candidate countries in 2010 by mobilising private sector finance	View
73	Make provision in the Community's future financial perspective for adequate public funding of infrastructure in the new member countries	View
74	Develop the administrative capacities of the candidate countries, notably by training inspectors and administrative staff responsible for enforcing transport legislation	View
75	EU External relation transport: full membership for the European Community in the main international organisations, in particular the International Civil Aviation Organisation, the International Maritime Organisation, the Rhine Navigation Commission, the Danube Commission and Eurocontrol	View
76	Galileo programme: in 2008 develop for EU a satellite navigation system (Galileo)	View