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European Maritime Single Window
Reporting formalities for ships arriving in and/or departing from ports of the Member States are currently set out in Directive 2010/65/EU – the Reporting Formalities Directive (RFD). The directive aims to simplify and harmonise administrative procedures in maritime transport by introducing a single window for reporting formalities for ships. The European Commission's ex-post evaluation of the functioning of the directive showed that, eight years after its adoption, several serious problems are hampering ...
La energía nuclear
Las centrales nucleares producen en la actualidad alrededor de un tercio de la electricidad y el 14 % de la energía que se consume en la Unión Europea. La energía nuclear es una alternativa con pocas emisiones de carbono a los combustibles fósiles y constituye un elemento esencial de la combinación energética de muchos Estados miembros. Sin embargo, a raíz del accidente de Chernóbil en 1986 y de la catástrofe nuclear de Fukushima (Japón) en 2011, ha surgido una intensa polémica en torno a la energía ...
El transporte por carretera: normas de tráfico y de seguridad
La Unión Europea se ha fijado el objetivo de crear un espacio europeo de seguridad vial durante el periodo 2010-2020. La competencia en la materia es sobre todo nacional; las medidas europeas se centran en el estado técnico de los vehículos, el transporte de mercancías peligrosas y la seguridad de las infraestructuras viarias.
Community System for Registration of Carriers of Radioactive Materials: Initial Appraisal of the European Commission's Impact Assessment
This note seeks to provide an initial analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the European Commission's Impact Assessment (IA) accompanying the proposal for a Council Regulation establishing a Community system for registration of carriers of radioactive materials.
Workshop on Seveso III Directive : Control of Major-Accident Hazards Involving Dangerous Substances - Brussels, 13 April 2011
These proceedings summarise the presentations and discussions at the Workshop on the proposed Seveso III Directive, held on 13 April 2011. The aim of the workshop was to allow an exchange of views between the European Commission, MEPs and stakeholders. Topics for discussion included the impacts on the scope resulting from the alignment with the CLP Regulation, informational requirements and proposed obligatory inspection intervals. The workshop was chaired by MEP János Áder, rapporteur for the Seveso ...
Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Pollutants by Sea : The Safety Aspect
A survey of safety at sea within the framework of the international conventions and the powers of EC and States.