The Commission is undertaking an ex-post evaluation of the Airport Charges Directive (Directive 2009/12/EC). The evaluation covers the period since 15 March 2009 when the Directive entered into force. The Commission requested this study to include the airports (79 in 2015) covered by the...

This report was drafted by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), as part of the Regulatory Fitness and Performance Programme (REFIT) evaluation of Directive 2008/106/EC on the minimum level of training of seafarers and Directive 2005/45/EC on mutual recognition of seafarers' certificates...

European maritime transport is currently disadvantaged compared to other transport modes, as it carries a significantly higher administrative burden. The reporting procedures that can be observed in the sector stand in contrast with fundamental objectives of the European Union (EU), such as free...

The EU Single European Sky (SES) policy is a key pillar of the Community's aviation policy. SES should lead to an improvement of the performance of air traffic management in Europe, to the benefit of industry, environment, passengers and society at large. The EU Performance and Charging Schemes...

This report presents the outcomes of the interim evaluation of the Policy orientations on road safety 2011-2020. The evaluation takes stock of EU road safety actions completed between 2011 and March 2015 within this policy framework. It assesses the progress made towards the target of reducing...

The installation of speed limiters and Intelligent Speed Adaption Systems (ISA) is believed to be an effective way to improve road safety and to reduce emissions and traffic noise. It addresses specifically unadapted driving speed, which is one of the main causes of traffic accidents,...

This report presents the findings of the support study for the ex-post evaluation of the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Directive 2010/40/EU commissioned by DG MOVE under contract MOVE/B4/SER/2016-237. The work was performed by Ricardo Energy & Environment and TEPR between November 2017 and...