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European Community Law
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 January 2008
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The previous contribution on the current developments in Transport focused on problems of financing new infrastructure and on the allocation of the true costs of transport among those who generated them.1 In 1999 a directive on charging heavy vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures was finally adopted.2 During the period under review, infrastructure matters and safety and environmental concerns remained high on the agenda of the Common Transport Policy. As far as individual modes of transport are concerned the most significant developments have been in rail transport where a package of measure to open up this market has finally been adopted. The required legislation to liberalise all modes of transport has also now been adopted.
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1 (1999) 48 ICLQ 229 covering the period up to Sept 1999.
2 Directive 1999/62 (1999) OJ L187/42.
3 Like most Commission policy documents in the field of transport, the publication of the White Paper has been continually delayed and is now expected in the autumn of 2001.
4 Commission Communication on European Transport Policy leading up to 2010.
5 [2001] OJ L75/1.
6 [2001] OJ L75/29.
7 [2001] OJ L110/1.
8 Annexes to the Directive list the minimum service facilities to which undertakings are entitled.
9 The four-year dispute between the Italian authorities, the Commission and the European airlines concerning the allocation of traffic at Malpensa airport (Milan) was finally settled at the end of 2000, after the Commission approved the national decree, subject to certain undertakings made by Italy.
10 COM(97)678.
11 Resolution of 14 Feb 2000, [2000] OJ C56/3.
12 Directive 2000/30, [2000] OJ L203/1.
13 Directive 2000/61, [2000] OJ L279/40, amending Directive 94/55.
14 The proposal, based on the ‘best practice’ in Member States, seeks to amend current directives on the harmonisation of seat belt legislation to require, inter alia, the compulsory use of seat belts in cars, seated passengers in lorries or coaches and for lorry/coach drivers themselves.
15 Commission Recommendation on the maximum permitted blood alcohol content for drivers of motorised vehicles, [2001] OJ C48/2.
16 Commission Communication entitled ‘Priorities in EU road safety: progress report and ranking of actions’, COM (2000) 125 and Council Resolution on the improvement of road safety, [2000] OJ C218/1, emphasised the need for progress on several proposals under discussion.
17 Commission Regulation 2082/2000, [2000] OJ L254/1.
18 Regulation 925/1999, [1999] OJ L115/1.
19 A Common Position was reached by the Transport Council in June 2001. The measure will come into effect on 1 September 2002 making it compulsory for Member States to eliminate single hull oil tankers flying European flags and ban access for ships that not comply with the standards of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO). The IMO agreement provides a timetable for elimination of such ships between 2003 and 2021 leaving the EU the possibility of anticipating the agreement by 2015.
20 [2000] OJ L332/81.
21 Directive 93/104, [1993] L307/18.
22 [2001] OJ L136/17.
23 Directive 94/58, [1994] OJ L319/28
24 Directive 1999/63, [1999] OJ L167/33 and Directive 1999/95,[2000] OJ L14/29.