HC Deb 03 July 1995 vol 263 cc52-3W
Ms Walley

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the draft EC directives currently being discussed by either the European Parliament or Commission relating to transport. [31826]

Mr. Norris

The following Commission legislative proposals are currently being discussed by either the European Parliament or the Council of Ministers:

  • proposal for a decision on Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network;
  • proposal for a directive on the reporting of movements of vessels carrying dangerous or polluting goods;
  • proposal for a directive on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of goods and passengers by sea;
  • proposal for a regulation on the implementation of the International Safety Management code for roll-on/roll-off ferries;
  • proposal for a regulation on the free provision of services in transport by inland waterway;
  • proposal for a directive on the liberalisation of airport ground-handling facilities;
  • proposal for a directive on the licensing of railway undertakings;
  • proposal for a directive on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the charging of infrastructure fees;
  • proposal for a directive on the interoperability of the high-speed rail network;
  • proposal for a directive on the transport of dangerous goods by rail;
  • proposal for a directive on dangerous-goods safety advisers;
  • proposal for a directive on the weight and dimensions of certain motor vehicles;
  • proposals for directives on the standards of and fitment of seatbelts in buses and coaches;
  • proposal for a multichapter directive on whole type approval for motorcycles;
  • proposals for directives on frontal and side-impact standards for cars;
  • proposal for a directive on emissions from light commercial vehicles and small diesel engines;
  • proposal for a directive on the harmonisation of rules for the use of self-propelled machinery on public highways;
  • proposal for a directive on recording equipment in road transport;
  • proposal for a directive on the hiring of road-haulage vehicles without drivers; and
  • proposal for a directive on passenger-carrying cableways.