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EU decisions on the issue of transport
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Mar 25, 2004
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Jul 07, 2021 01:03 AM
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transport policy, transport planning,
transalpine transport
During a Conciliation meeting held on 16 March the European Parliament and the European Commission reached an agreement on issues concerning the Second railway package. Under the agreement rail freight markets (incl. cabotage) are to be completely opened up as of 2007. Agreement was also reached on new regulations for railway safety and interoperability as well as the establishment of a European Railway Agency.
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EU Energie [R]evolution 2012
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zopemaster
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Jul 07, 2021 01:13 AM
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energy policy,
renewable energy,
energy efficiency
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EU Enlargement - Opportunity or Threat for Nature?
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zopemaster
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Jul 07, 2021 01:03 AM
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landscape conservation/support,
landscape
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EU funds for fifty harmful projects
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zopemaster
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Mar 13, 2008
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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development/support measures
At the end of February Friends of the Earth Europe and CEE Bankwatch published a list of 50 environmentally damaging and economically dubious infrastructure projects in Central and Eastern Europe, which are either financed or planned to be financed by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and EU regional development funds.
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EU Green Paper on Mountain Regions
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zopemaster
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Feb 14, 2008
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Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
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development/support measures,
players / networks,
environmental protection,
environment
The EU is planning to begin work on drawing up a Green Paper on EU policy on mountain regions this September. In doing so it accedes to a demand expressed by mountain regions over many years and takes an important step towards acknowledging the special status of mountain regions.
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EU Greening Transport Package
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zopemaster
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Jul 17, 2008
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Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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traffic avoidance, traffic calming,
transport policy, transport planning,
road pricing,
principle of true costs
On 8 July the Commission of the European Union presented a package comprising various initiatives for environment-friendly and sustainable transport. The package includes a strategy for internalisation of external costs in the transport sector, a proposal for a Directive on road tolls for lorries, and proposals for reducing the perceived noise from rail freight trains.
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EU Marco Polo Programme for the displacement of traffic now in force
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zopemaster
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Aug 28, 2003
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:10 AM
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traffic transfer,
transport policy, transport planning,
alpine regional traffic
The EU's Marco Polo Programme came into force on August 3. The Programme's objective is to shift increased international freight traffic from the road to other modes of transport.
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EU measures on climate change
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zopemaster
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Sep 11, 2008
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Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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climate change, climate policy,
climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy,
environmental education
When the time comes for the new European Commission to take office in 2009, it is possible that the EU will appoint a Commissioner for Climate Change, according to the environmental news service ENDS Europe Daily.
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EU nature protection database
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zopemaster
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Oct 22, 2003
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:10 AM
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biodiversity,
nature descriptions,
nature,
information systems
Together with the European Topic Centre for Nature Protection and Biodiversity (ETC/NPB in Paris/F) and the European Environmental Information Observation Network (EIONET) the European Environmental Agency EEA has just published a new database with information on the protection of nature: EUNIS - European Nature Information System.
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EU Parliament agrees to ratify Transport Protocol
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zopemaster
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May 07, 2009
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:19 AM
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filed under:
Alpine Convention,
international treaties,
transport policy, transport planning
At the end of April 2009 the European Parliament agreed to the ratification of the Alpine Convention's Transport Protocol.
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