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...

The Directive 92/106/EEC is an EU instrument aiming to support the shift of road traffic to combined transport (CT) operations and thus reduce negative externalities of goods transport. A REFIT evaluation concluded that the Directive continues to be relevant for achieving EU transport policy's...

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...

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 ex-post evaluation covers Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 on driving times and rest periods, Directive 2002/15/EC on mobile workers' working time and Directive 2006/22/EC on enforcement requirements for Member States. These pieces of legislation form part of the EU road transport social...

The Commission wishes to undertake a study to compare, assess, and evaluate the impacts of performance incentive mechanisms and policy options for new and/or revised indicators in the context of the Single European Sky (SES) performance and charging schemes. The SES initiative will reform air...

he evidence collection of this study represents a cross-cutting task consisting of data collection from two main sources: desk research and stakeholder consultation. It involved multiple tools and wase conducted throughout the study supporting the analyses performed throughout the study. The...

This document forms the Final Report of the Impact Assessment (IA) Support Study for the Revision of Directive 2005/44/EC on Harmonised River Information Services (RIS). This IA study, which ran from February 2022 until February 2023, was awarded by the Directorate-General for Mobility and...

This study aimed to support the Commission in identifying and analysing policy options for possible revision of the RIS Directive. IAs aim to collect evidence (typically starting from the evaluation results, in this case especially the Commission Staff Working Document (SWD)2, as well as older...

The Combined Transport Directive (Council Directive 92/106/EEC, hereafter CTD) aims to support the transport of freight over long distances where rail or waterborne transport is used for a significant part of the journey. The use of road transport in the context of combined transport is limited...