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Brussels, September 09, 2010
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Internalisation of external costs can place a 414 billion euro burden on the EU economy per year, while profiting only two EU countries
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A new ProgTrans study concludes that only two Member States will benefit from extra wealth and national income from the internalisation of external costs whereas most EU Member States will end up paying much more than they will receive. Road charges, when including excessive external costs, can reach up to 436 billion Euros per year, yet without generating any effective action aimed at removing the externalities by earmarking the charges to effectively reduce road transport’s environmental impact.
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Yalta, September 09, 2010
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IRU Liaison Committee to Eurasia elects new Chairman
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The IRU Liaison Committee to Eurasia (CLEA) today elected President Kakhramon Sydiknazarov, from IRU’s Uzbek Member Association AIRCUZ, and elected Leonid Kostiuchenko, from IRU’s Ukrainian Member Association AIRCU, and Tofik Nurullaev, from IRU’s Azerbaijani Member Association ABADA, as Vice Presidents. Vladimir Florea, who chaired the Committee from 2004 to 2010 was elected Honorary President of the Committee.
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From left to right: IRU President, Janusz Lacny, CLEA Vice President, Leonid Kostiuchenko, CLEA President, Kakhramon Sydiknazarov, CLEA Vice President, Tofik Nurullaev, IRU General Delegate to Eurasia, Igor Rounov and IRU Secretary General, Martin Marmy.
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Rankweil, September 07, 2010
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IRU Academy Supports World Safety Driving Championship
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The world’s best drivers gathered in Rankweil, Austria, from 2 to 5 September 2010 to compete in the World Championship in safety driving for trucks and buses, organised by the Union Internationale des Chauffeurs Routiers (UICR) with the support of the IRU Academy. During 4 days, over 250 nationally-qualified professionals from 15 countries took theoretical and practical tests focused on driver safety skills including maneuvering, safe loading and securing, eco-driving and first aid.
This event effectively demonstrated the need for road transport professional training for all drivers to increase road safety worldwide. Each participant received an IRU Academy-UICR diploma and became ambassador of road safety and champion of the road.
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Geneva, August 31, 2010
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The IRU's Commission on Customs Affairs appoints a new board
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The IRU's Commission on Customs Affairs (CAD) today appointed Ms Michaela Havelkova from the IRU Czech Member Association Cesmad Bohemia as the new CAD President - succeeding Mr Jan Mejlander-Larsen from the IRU Norwegian Member Association NLF who stepped down as CAD President after more than 30 years of constructively contributing to the IRU's various activities -and appointed Mr. Mikhail Savin from the IRU Russian Member Association ASMAPas CAD Vice President .
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Caption : CAD President Michaela Havelkova (Cesmad Bohemia), and Vice President Mikhail Savin (ASMAP).
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Geneva, July 26, 2010
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LABEL, IRU and ITF sign cooperation agreement on truck parking areas
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IRU, together with the International Transport Forum (ITF), today signed a cooperation agreement with the EU funded LABEL project to stimulate the development of truck parking areas (TPAs) offering sufficient levels of security and comfort.
The agreement notably includes the setting of criteria for security and service quality levels, public display of LABEL test audits of TPAs and the support from IRU and ITF to ensure the sustainability of LABEL TPA standards and certification, involving all competent governmental and non-governmental authorities, as well as business partners at national and international levels.
All partners will be encouraged to enter TPAs location and available services into TRANSPark, a web-based application jointly developed by the IRU and ITF to help drivers / operators to identify and locate safe parking areas best suited for their needs along their routes.
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Brussels, July 22, 2010
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1st IRU-EU Presidency Road Transport Conference & Ministerial Meeting
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The IRU will organise, in cooperation with the Belgian EU Presidency, the 1st IRU-EU Presidency Road Transport Conference and Ministerial Meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on 1 December 2010, on the theme: “Efficient, Safe and Sustainable Road Transport for the Future”.
Over 400 participants including transport Ministers, EU officials as well as road transport industry and business leaders from all 27 EU Member States are expected to attend the Conference, which will be opened by the European Commission Vice-President and Commissioner for Transport, Siim Kallas, and Chair of the Committee on Transport and Tourism of the European Parliament, MEP Brian Simpson.
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