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This thematic briefing provides the European Parliament’s Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) with an overview of the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic on EU transport workers and their working conditions, as well as policy recommendations to address the challenges emerging from the crisis.

This thematic briefing provides the European Parliament’s Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) with an overview of the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic on EU transport workers and their working conditions, as well as policy recommendations to address the challenges emerging from the crisis.

The fourth railway package was proposed by the Commission in January 2013. This is the latest in a series of reforms over the past 15 years that have led to deep-seated changes in the rail sector aimed at improving the quality of services, cutting their cost and creating greater interoperability within the European railway area, while provoking a radical rethink of public monopolies in the rail sector. Spurred on by the EU, European railway companies have gradually opened up to competition. Freight ...

Serving as access points to the continent, Europe’s approximately 1 200 seaports are crucial to both the European transport sector and the competitiveness of the European Union (EU). They also have significant potential for creating jobs and attracting investors. There are huge disparities in performance levels between the various EU ports, however, and this has resulted in traffic diversions, longer journeys by sea and by land, and, consequently, higher CO2 emissions. The European Commission plans ...

The study provides an analysis of the state of enforcement of European social legislation in the field of professional road transport in the different Member States. Main issues are related to the state of implementation of European legislative measures, checks performed and penalties applied. After an overall analysis which includes the general enforcement of social rules in the European Union, detailed data on checks performed, offences detected and penalties imposed for different years are reported ...