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EU Legislation

TRANSPORT & TOURISM
Electronic Freight Transport
  • Electronic freight transport information
Road
  • Rules for the compilation of statistics regarding goods carried by road
  • Loading and unloading of bulk carriers
  • Joint rules on access to the EU road haulage market
  • Freight transport logistics action plan
  • Hiring of vehicles for the carriage of goods
  • Intermodal transport: combined transport of goods between EU countries
  • Interbus Agreement: the international occasional carriage of passengers by coach and bus
  • Cross-border transportation of euro cash by road
  • eCall in-vehicle system — type-approval
  • Driving time and rest periods in the road transport sector
  • Access to the international market for coach and bus services
  • Checks on the transport of dangerous goods by road
  • Bus and coach passengers’ rights
  • Type-approval requirements to ensure the general safety of vehicles and the protection of vulnerable road users
  • Road safety: Policy orientations on road safety 2011-20
  • Road safety: EU database on road traffic accidents
  • Road safety: driving licences
  • Road infrastructure safety management
  • Road haulage and passenger transport companies: operating rules
  • Roadside inspections of the safety of commercial vehicles
  • Roadmap to a single European transport area: Towards a competitive and resource-efficient transport system
  • Road tunnels: EU safety rules
  • Road transport: EU rules on the organisation of the working time of professional drivers
  • Road traffic offences – sharing information between countries
  • Testing to ensure the safety of vehicles and trailers
  • Tachographs in road transport
  • Transportable pressure equipment
  • The Transport Protocol of the Alpine Convention
Rail
  • ​Rail passenger rights
  • European Year of Rail (2021)
  • Interoperability of telematic applications for freight of the rail system in the EU
  • European Union Agency for Railways — ensuring a safe and interoperable railway area
  • Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF)
  • EU rail transport statistics
  • EU rail passengers’ rights
  • EU-wide rail safety
  • Cross-border train crews — working conditions
  • An interoperable EU rail system
  • Certification of train drivers operating locomotives and trains
  • A single railway network for Europe
  • A European rail network for competitive freight
  • State aid for railway companies
Maritime & inland waterways
  • Recognition of professional qualifications in inland navigation
  • Inland navigation: access to the market
  • Inland Waterways — Vessels
  • Inland waterways — river information services (RIS)
  • Inland waterway transport — jobs and skills
  • Inland transport of dangerous goods
  • Liability of ship owners in the event of accidents
  • Freedom to provide services within the EU (ocean trade)
  • Intensified European maritime surveillance cooperation
  • European Maritime Single Window environment (EMSWe)
  • EU statistics of goods transport by inland waterways
  • EU sea safety: ship inspection rules and standards
  • EU sea safety: rules & standards for ship inspection and maritime administration activities
  • EU maritime information and exchange system
  • Ensuring EU countries comply with and enforce the Maritime Labour Convention
  • EU–China maritime transport agreement
  • Compliance with flag State requirements
  • Anti-dumping protection — shipbuilding industry
  • Blue belt: a single transport area for EU shipping
  • Working hours on board ships using EU ports
  • Registration of persons on board passenger ships
  • Rights of passengers travelling by sea and inland waterways
  • Reporting formalities for ships
  • Transfer of cargo and passenger ships between registers within the EU
  • The insurance of shipowners for maritime claims
  • The supply of shipping services
  • Rules for promoting inland waterway transport in the EU
  • Safety rules and standards for passenger ships
  • Safety of ro-ro passenger ships and high-speed passenger craft
  • Safer and less polluting equipment on EU ships
  • Ship-source pollution and criminal penalties
  • Security for ships and port facilities
  • Seafarers’ working time
  • Sea transport — supply of services, competition, unfair pricing and access to ocean trade
  • Safe and efficient river transport: river information services
  • Ports: provision of services and financial transparency
  • Ports: an engine for EU growth
  • Port infrastructure: enhancing port security
  • Port facilities for waste from ships, including cargo residues
  • Promotion of inland waterway transport NAIADES
  • Maritime safety: port State control
  • Maritime safety: minimum level of training of seafarers
  • Maritime safety: International Safety Management (ISM) Code for shipping
  • Maritime safety: European Maritime Safety Agency
  • Maritime safety: accelerated phasing-in of double-hull oil tankers
  • Protecting the sea and the food chain from the effects of organotin compounds
Air
  • ​Montreal Convention on air carrier liability
  • Harmonisation of civil aviation requirements and procedures
  • Ground handling at Community airports
  • Liability insurance of air carriers
  • Information for passengers: air carriers’ identity
  • Interoperability of the European air traffic management network
  • Framework for creation of the single European sky (SES)
  • EU-Switzerland air transport agreement
  • European Common Aviation Area (ECAA)
  • EU-Moldova common aviation area agreement
  • EU-Georgia common aviation area agreement
  • Euro-Mediterranean aviation agreement between the EU and Morocco
  • Euro-Mediterranean aviation agreement between the EU and Jordan
  • Euro-Mediterranean aviation agreement between the EU and Israel
  • EU-US cooperation on civil aviation safety
  • EU-US aviation agreements
  • EU airport noise
  • EU air passenger rights in case of denied boarding, a delayed flight or a cancelled flight
  • Cooperation Agreement between the EU and the Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA)
  • EU-China agreement on civil aviation safety
  • EU–Canada air transport agreement
  • Commercial air transport operations
  • Computerised air ticket reservation systems
  • Civil aviation security: EU-wide rules
  • Civil aviation rules and the EASA
  • Civil aviation accidents and incidents
  • Allocation of time slots at EU airports
  • Airworthiness and environmental certification
  • Aircrew regulation
  • Air traffic management: organisation and use of airspace in the Single European Sky
  • Air traffic flow management
  • Air service agreements between EU and non-EU countries
  • Air carrier passenger and baggage liability
  • Agreement on civil aviation safety between the European Union and Brazil
  • A common framework for airport charges
  • Statistics in respect of the carriage of passengers, freight and mail by air
  • Unmanned aircraft systems – design and manufacture requirements
  • Unmanned aircraft — operating rules and procedures
  • Occurrences in civil aviation — reporting, analysis and follow-up
  • Obligation of air carriers to communicate passenger data
  • Operation of air services: EU rules
  • Rights of people with reduced mobility — air travel
  • Requirements for providers of air traffic management and air navigation services
  • The EU's aviation strategy
  • Safety regulation of aerodromes
  • Safeguarding competition in air transport
  • Single European Sky — EU rules on air navigation services
Clean & urban transport and sustainable transport
  • ​Reduction in CO2 emissions of new passenger cars and of new light commercial vehicles
  • European Year of Rail (2021)
  • Ecodesign requirements — electric motors and variable speed drives
  • Emissions from heavy-duty vehicles (Euro VI): certification rules
  • CO2 emissions and fuel consumption of heavy-duty vehicles
  • CO2 emission performance standards for new heavy-duty vehicles
  • Clean power for transport: a European alternative fuels strategy
  • Clean and energy-efficient road transport vehicles
  • Urban mobility in the EU
  • Worldwide harmonised Light-duty vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP) and Real Driving Emissions (RDE)
  • Roadmap to a single European transport area: Towards a competitive and resource-efficient transport system
  • The Marco Polo II programme
  • Safer and less polluting equipment on EU ships
  • Protecting the sea and the food chain from the effects of organotin compounds
  • Reducing pollution from light motor vehicles
Logistics and multimodal transport​​
  • The Marco Polo II programme
  • Freight transport logistics action plan
  • Interoperability of telematic applications for freight of the rail system in the EU
  • European Union Agency for Railways — ensuring a safe and interoperable railway area
  • Intermodal transport: combined transport of goods between EU countries
  • Authorised dimensions and maximum weights for trucks, buses and coaches
  • Charging of heavy goods vehicles: Eurovignette Directive
  • An interoperable EU rail system​
Passenger rights & social issues
  • Rail passenger rights
  • Liability of ship owners in the event of accidents
  • Information for passengers: air carriers’ identity
  • EU rail passengers’ rights
  • EU air passenger rights in case of denied boarding, a delayed flight or a cancelled flight
  • Bus and coach passengers’ rights
  • Use of passenger records to prevent terrorism and serious crime
  • Rights of people with reduced mobility — air travel
  • Rights of passengers travelling by sea and inland waterways​
Intelligent transport and navigation by satellite
  • ​The deployment of intelligent transport systems in Europe
Agreements — Transport
  • Montreal Convention on air carrier liability
  • Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF)
  • Interbus Agreement: the international occasional carriage of passengers by coach and bus
  • EU-Switzerland air transport agreement
  • European Common Aviation Area (ECAA)
  • EU-Moldova common aviation area agreement
  • EU-Georgia common aviation area agreement
  • Euro-Mediterranean aviation agreement between the EU and Morocco
  • Euro-Mediterranean aviation agreement between the EU and Jordan
  • Euro-Mediterranean aviation agreement between the EU and Israel
  • EU-US cooperation on civil aviation safety
  • EU-US aviation agreements
  • EU-US agreement on airline passenger name record data
  • Ensuring EU countries comply with and enforce the Maritime Labour Convention
  • Cooperation Agreement between the EU and the Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA)
  • EU–Canada air transport agreement
  • EU–China maritime transport agreement
  • EU-China agreement on civil aviation safety
  • Air service agreements between EU and non-EU countries
  • Agreement on civil aviation safety between the European Union and Brazil
  • The Transport Protocol of the Alpine Convention
  • The Transport Community
European Statistics
  • ​​Rules for the compilation of statistics regarding goods carried by road
  • EU statistics of goods transport by inland waterways
  • EU rail transport statistics
  • Statistics in respect of the carriage of passengers, freight and mail by air
  • Statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea
  • Road safety: EU database on road traffic accidents
Security and Safety
  • ​Maritime safety: accelerated phasing-in of double-hull oil tankers
  • Loading and unloading of bulk carriers
  • Inland transport of dangerous goods
  • Joint rules on access to the EU road haulage market
  • EU sea safety: ship inspection rules and standards
  • EU sea safety: rules & standards for ship inspection and maritime administration activities
  • EU emergency services: rolling out eCall infrastructure
  • EU-wide rail safety
  • eCall in-vehicle system — type-approval
  • Cooperation Agreement between the EU and the Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA)
  • EU-China agreement on civil aviation safety
  • Authorised dimensions and maximum weights for trucks, buses and coaches
  • Civil aviation security: EU-wide rules
  • Civil aviation accidents and incidents
  • Checks on the transport of dangerous goods by road
  • Certification of train drivers operating locomotives and trains
  • Air carrier passenger and baggage liability
  • Unmanned aircraft systems – design and manufacture requirements
  • Road safety: Policy orientations on road safety 2011-20
  • Road safety: EU database on road traffic accidents
  • Road safety: driving licences
  • Road infrastructure safety management
  • Roadside inspections of the safety of commercial vehicles
  • Road tunnels: EU safety rules
  • Testing to ensure the safety of vehicles and trailers
  • Transportable pressure equipment
  • Safety rules and standards for passenger ships
  • Safety regulation of aerodromes
  • Safety of ro-ro passenger ships and high-speed passenger craft
  • Safer and less polluting equipment on EU ships
  • Security for ships and port facilities
  • Safe and efficient river transport: river information services
  • Maritime safety: port State control
  • Maritime safety: minimum level of training of seafarers
  • Maritime safety: International Safety Management (ISM) Code for shipping
  • Maritime safety: European Maritime Safety Agency
Clean & urban transport and sustainable transport
  • Reduction in CO2 emissions of new passenger cars and of new light commercial vehicles
  • European Year of Rail (2021)
  • Ecodesign requirements — electric motors and variable speed drives
  • Emissions from heavy-duty vehicles (Euro VI): certification rules
  • CO2 emissions and fuel consumption of heavy-duty vehicles
  • CO2 emission performance standards for new heavy-duty vehicles
  • Clean power for transport: a European alternative fuels strategy
  • Clean and energy-efficient road transport vehicles
  • Urban mobility in the EU
  • Worldwide harmonised Light-duty vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP) and Real Driving Emissions (RDE)
  • Roadmap to a single European transport area: Towards a competitive and resource-efficient transport system
  • The Marco Polo II programme
  • Safer and less polluting equipment on EU ships
  • Protecting the sea and the food chain from the effects of organotin compounds
  • Reducing pollution from light motor vehicles​
Infrastructure, TEN-T, Connecting Europe
  • ​Advancing the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T)
  • European Year of Rail (2021)
  • EU guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network
  • Connecting Europe Facility (2021-2027)
Intelligent Transport System
  • ​The deployment of intelligent transport systems in Europe​
Public service obligations
  • Operation of air services: EU rules
  • Freedom to provide services within the EU (ocean trade)
  • Internal market and State aid — public passenger transport services by rail and road​
Source:  European Union, http://www.europa.eu/, 1998-2023
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