average new car fleet of 120 g CO2/km; • Road transport needs to use less oil: there is a direct link between improved fuel efficiency and lower CO2 emissions. Road transport relies heavily on oil for which [...] far as overall CO2 emissions from road transport are concerned, a wide range of factors influence the observed and predicted growth in CO2 emissions from passenger road transport, such as supply and demand [...] 1990-2004 period and emission have been declining in non-transport sectors, the CO2 emissions from road transport have increased by 26%. This is partly linked to the limited progress in fuel efficiency
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ples:12 1. A person is only subject to the rules of one state, i.e. he/she only pays contributions in one state and only receives benefits from one state. 2. A person has the same rights and duties [...] In order to ensure that people do not lose the social security rights which they have acquired in one Member State, when they move to another Member State, common rules to coordinate the social systems [...] benefits is basically appropriate. People who have acquired a right to claim unemployment benefits in one state, should also be able to claim these benefits when they are looking for work in another state
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vehicle sales in 2020. 9. The above criteria suggest a benchmark number of 4 million EVs on the road in the EU by 2020, less than half of the sum of the targets announced by Member States. 10. EVs [...] primary locations for the use of LNG in shipping. Equipping with LNG also the inland waterway and road transport corridors and assuring enough number of refuelling stations for CNG vehicles would provide [...] European mobility. EN 4 EN 17. The proposed action only addresses two transport modes (road and waterborne) for which the development of a minimum necessary network cannot be achieved without
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of passenger cars and slower growth in mobility (by 6% between 2007 and 2011)4. About one quarter5 of road transport CO2 emissions are estimated to be produced by Heavy Duty Vehicles (HDVs). In view [...] barriers to increased efficiency in the European on-road freight sector; 2012; http://www.theicct.org/market-barriers-increased-efficiency-european-road-freight-sector 4 technologies is [...] led to an increasing share of road transport. • Measures to reduce fuel GHG intensity have led to alternative fuels representing some 6%14 (2010) of energy use in road transport. Existing legislation15
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of 2007. The radical shift in their priorities means that one quarter of resources is now earmarked for research and innovation and about one third on environmental infrastructure and measures combating [...] efficient products. The setting of minimum efficiency and labelling requirements is widely recognized as one of the most effective policy tools in the area of energy efficiency. Against this background, the [...] from the purchasing of energy-efficient appliances will have a cumulative effect and are not simply 'one-off' savings – thus, earlier implementation of standards by industry is of added value. Certain measures
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Most large retailers have at least one sustainability supply chain program and the world’s three largest retailers – Walmart, Carrefour, and Tesco – all have one or more programs in place to source greener [...] only using criteria concentrating on one, or on a small number of specific environmental aspects of the product having a high importance for the public authority. One example is the energy consumption of [...] on a single issue (being it carbon, water, sustainable sourcing, etc.). There is though not a one-to-one relationship between methodologies and labels. Without a specific legislation aiming at avoiding
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Most large retailers have at least one sustainability supply chain program and the world’s three largest retailers – Walmart, Carrefour, and Tesco – all have one or more programs in place to source greener [...] only using criteria concentrating on one, or on a small number of specific environmental aspects of the product having a high importance for the public authority. One example is the energy consumption of [...] on a single issue (being it carbon, water, sustainable sourcing, etc.). There is though not a one-to-one relationship between methodologies and labels. Without a specific legislation aiming at avoiding
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Cross-Border Road connection Sofia - Bucureşti via Ruse Road studies ongoing Cross-Border Road and Rail connection Sofia to Skopje Multimodal studies ongoing Cross-Border Road and rail connection [...] all Member States with direct payments below 90% of the EU-27 average will, over the period, close one third of the gap between their current level and 90% of the EU average direct payments. The allocation [...] €210 million EN 12 EN CLIMATE ACTION 1. POLICY OBJECTIVES Tackling climate change is one of the great challenges facing the EU and its global partners. The need for urgent action is reflected
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€ 21 billion1 by paying special attention to the use of EFSI guarantees. However, there is only one way to avoid EFSI losses affecting Member States’ budgets in all cases: The EIB should issue bonds [...] publicly financed. Figure 3 demonstrates a downturn in US net public investment, similar to the one in the Eurozone. However, US public investment is net clearly positive. Within the Eurozone, the [...] are applied on a general basis. For example, depreciations do not take into account whether a road has been build on a useful spot or whether it is underused from the start on. Many of the investments
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be achieved by replacing the current 50 base Directives (and 100 related amending Directives) with one Council and Parliament Regulation. An advantage of such an approach would be that such a Regulation [...] there are four areas, some of them inter-related, where action has been proposed. These concern tyre/road noise, rolling resistance, tyre pressure monitoring systems and tyre wet grip performance. With
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