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7ème Conférence Est-Ouest de l'IRU sur le Transport Routier
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7th IRU East-West Road Transport Conference
Budapest, 15-16 May 2003 Budapest Congress Centre (BCC), Alkotas u. 63-67 - 1123 Budapest, Hungary
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| Welcoming addresses: |
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Dr Istvan Csillag, Minister of Economy & Transport, Hungary
"An especially important role in this process (of EU enlargement) is played by the profession's representative bodies. It would be impossible to keep in effective contact with several tens of thousands of enterprises without the associations playing their representation-mediation role. The Hungarian Government is in direct contact with these organisations in the ... significant issues, we ask for their opinion regularly, and exchange ideas with their leaders during personal meetings."
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Paul Laeremans, IRU President, Belgium
"Today, sustainable development and road transport facilitation are the IRU's two over archiving strategic commitments, which influence all individual IRU policy initiatives."
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Tibor de Sorgo, ATRH President, Hungary
"The domestic market is experiencing a significant oversupply ... most of these people a struggling for their everyday living, without even thinking of replacing their old vehicles ... The situation is better in the international road haulage market ..."
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Franco Fenoglio, Vice-President, Commercial Operations, IVECO S.p.A., Italy
"IVECO was born in 1975 ... Nowadays, we are present in more than 100 countries all over the World ... I am certain that the EU Enlargement will offer many opportunities both to Candidate Countries and the EU Member States..."
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| ROUND TABLE 1: |
"Tourism, Trade and Traffic Prospects between the Enlarged EU and non-EU Countries on the Eurasian Continent" |
| Panel 1: Economic Progress & Prospects |
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Alain Rathery, Deputy Secretary General, European Conference of Ministers of Transport ECMT
"Despite the progress recorded, the standard of living of candidate countries to EU accession - although they are among the most advanced (in CEE) - still remains far below that in the EU.
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The development of production and trade structures, the application of the rules of market economy to the transport sector as well as the freedom of choice given to carriers and users have led to an upheaval in the transport systems of transition countries which is far from over." |
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Eva Molnar, Transport Sector Manager, The World Bank, Washington
"Trade can beat aid; transport costs in trade are higher than customs tariffs; removal of non-tariff barriers can save 2-3% of a country's trade value..."
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Janusz Lacny, ZMPD President, Poland
"...production companies search a reliable (logistics) partner (or partners) that would satisfy specific requirements. It is not easy because potential partners must fully trust one another... |
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Günter Verheugen, Member of the European Commission of the European Union
"... even in the area which will interest you most, in transport, there was a large number of difficulties. ... I shall never forget that right up to the very last day, the transport chapter could not be concluded with one country because there were difficulties between a large member country and a future member country regarding the future competition situation. This was, specifically, the question of cabotage."
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| Panel 2: Passenger and Goods Transport Growth 2015 |
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Stefan Rommerskirchen, Head of Transport Section, Prognos Basel, Switzerland
"The share of passenger transport by road - cars, buses and coaches - will shrink a little in the EU ... in Central and East-European countries, railways will reduce their loss of (passenger transport) market …. In the EU, the modal split in goods transport will be stable ... In the Central and East-European countries, there will be ... a road transport - oriented modal split development."
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Jan Burnewicz, Professor, Gdansk University, Poland
"The strong and continuous demand for road transport implies that this transport mode is generally acknowledged as a growth factor, despite certain environmental drawbacks."
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Arthur Gleijm, Director, NEA Research Institute, Netherlands
"Between now and 2015, international freight transport in Europe will grow enormously. Most important cause is the economy growing further. Also trade will grow rapidly because of continuing globalisation (inter-continental freight flows) and the process of integration in Europe..."
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EU enlargement – Are you prepared? |
| Panel 1: Progress of EU Enlargement |
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Dirk Van Vreckem, Head of Unit for Road Transport and Inland Waterway, DGTREN, European Commission of the European Union
"A wider marker will open up access to a broader choice of production factors and a wider customer base. In this context, enlargement provides opportunities for industry to draw from a large pool of currently lower-cost highly-skilled labour from the future Member States."
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Vladimir Starosta, CESMAD BOHEMIA President, Czech Republic
"... this Conference will be a historical milestone in the development of relations between transport companies in the EU and those in candidate countries ..."
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Ferenc Kovacs, Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of Economy & Transport, Hungary
"Since Hungary was no less prepared than the other applicant countries, the reason for the seven transitional exemption claims submitted was the desire for an open discussion of problems, the protection of domestic market operators and transport-related environmental considerations... the Hungarian party managed to achieve a common solution with the European Union at the talks, i.e. 6 out of the 7 exemption claims were accepted."
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Hermann Grewer, President, IRU Goods Transport Council, Germany
"According to Transport Report 2000 of the Federal Government, experts expect for Germany an increase of goods transport with Central and East-European countries of 190% in the years 1997-2015. The challenge of such a growth in transport demand can be met only if all transport modes take their share of this increase, rail and road alike."
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message delivered by Mr Causse, Vice Président, FNTR, France
Jean-Paul Deneuville, General Delegate, FNTR, France
"... we want liberalisation that will work towards standardising charges and internal regulation in the sector. If this does not happen the market will head towards all types of corrupt competition."
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Janos Nagy, Director General, Ministry of Finance, National Customs & Finance Guard, Hungary
"Our borders with non-EU states will be the external borders not only of Hungary, but also of the EU. Border control must be performed in accordance with Schengen rules (single border control system) - not only by the Schengen strictness, but with Schengen techniques"
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Oleg Kamberski, CEE/EU Liaison Officer, IRU Brussels
"The opportunity for a progressive market opening in the pre-accession period was lost ... Regarding post-accession, here again negotiators opted for a cabotage opening, which did not take into account all industry concerns and suggestions."
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Péter Balázs, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hungary
"As far as road carriers are concerned, the first step will necessarily be a process of getting acquainted with and understanding the relevant EU rules and regulations as well as an adaptation to those rules and regulations. A further challenge for them will be how to get involved in the competition process."
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| Panel 2: Pan-European & Asian Context of EU Enlargement |
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message delivered by Mr Abdullayev, vice-President, Azeroautonegliat, Azerbaijan
Gusein Guseinov, President, Azeroautonegliat, Azerbaijan
"Indeed, the access to the European market for Azeri transport operators is not easy. To achieve it, we must overcome serious barriers and take various organisational measures ..."
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David C. Green, IRU Past President, United Kingdom
"Transport is in the service sector of the economy. This means first that it is the level of trade and associated activity which will set the trend for transport activity. More significantly it is the type of trade and the relationship between imports and exports which can have an over-riding impact on the nationality of the transporter."
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Vladimir Florea, AITA President, Moldova
"... in spite of the fact that, unfortunately, we are not candidates to the EU, we still have the chance to continue the integration to the international transport market and not to stay outside Europe in isolation".
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Emanuele Grimaldi, CEO, Grimaldi Group, President ECSA, Italy
"In order to be ready to face this new situation and offer more integrated transport services to and from Central Europe, our Group (Grimaldi Shipping) has proceeded to extend its network of port facilities by creating, at the beginning of this year, a new dedicated terminal in Monfalcone ... Monfalcone is in a strategic position to be the gateway for cargo moving between Central Europe and the Eastern and Southern Mediterranean."
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Pierre Latrille, Counsellor, WTO
"The ... barriers are the following: ... limitation of the number of suppliers, the value and volume of transactions, the number of employees or the foreign persons employed, the type of legal entity, foreign ownership, national treatment ..."
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Nora Neuefeld, Legal Affairs Officer, WTO
"WTO retains ... non-discrimination guarantees ... The freedom of transit (is) guaranteed by Article V of the GATT … Since the WTO is a member driven organisation, it is only members (Governments) who can introduce ideas and make proposals. The (transport) industry has to go through its national institutions ... (to) introduce proposals into the WTO negotiating process."
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Francesco Pacifico, President, IRU Passenger Transport Council, Italy
"... I would like to request east-European decision-makers not to commit the same mistakes committed in Western Europe, namely by proceeding to cross subsidising and neglect the investment in appropriate (road) infrastructure ..."
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Valery Demtschuk, President D-Trans, Russian Federation
"Between 1990 and 1997 Western transport operators started taking an active part in conquering the Russian market. Many Italian, Dutch, German and French operators started coming but, unfortunately, trucks from Western countries are seen rarely on Russian roads today."
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| ROUND TABLE 3: |
Road Transport in the 21st Century |
| Panel: Sustainability = Quality = Profitability |
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Kallistratos Dionelis, Secretary General, European Association of Tolled Motorway Companies ASECAP, France
"The private sector is there not only to apply already agreed legislation but to propose and sometimes co-decide with the EU-bodies on the future orientations."
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Ulrich Höpfner, Executive and Scientific Director, Institute for Energy and Environment Research, IFEU, Germany
"In the future Europe, there will be so much goods to be carried that the best would be for the people and the environment if every transport mode concentrates on its advantages and takes care of providing the highest possible ecologic sustainability. Road transport should reduce its specific emission".
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Jean Sauvaire, Business Development Department Director, IVECO S.p.A., Italy
"We have heard of the marvels of intelligent transport systems for many years ... There are constant rumours about being on the edge of a breakthrough but my personal feeling is that this breakthrough has been announced for too long and has not been achieved yet."
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György Wàberer, CEO, Hungarocamion, Transport Co., Hungary
"The Hungarocamion-Volan Tefu Group is the largest provider of logistical services in Hungary ... that is significant on a European scale ..."
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Graham Smith, Commercial Director, Heyfordian Travel Ltd. - Oxford, United Kingdom
"I believe that there is no contradiction between quality and sustainability. Sustainability equals profitability. It is a win-win situation for the operator and the environment."
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Martin Marmy, IRU Secretary General
We will go home (from this Conference) with a truckload of new ideas and motivations inspired by this highly professional and exciting debate ... Acting alone is the surest road to failure. Pooling our efforts is key ...
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Toivo Kulkepp, Secretary General, Association of Estonian International Road Carriers (ERAA)
Invitation to the next IRU East-West Road Transport Conference - 2005 Estonia / Tallin
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Masoud Khansari, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Roads & Transportation
Invitation to the 2nd IRU Euroasian Road Transport Conference - 6-7 October 2003 Tehran / Iran
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