EU policy

New ! Activity Report 2008

2008 has been a special year for the UITP European Union Committee (EU-Committee) and its
executive body, Euroteam. It was the first year after the final adoption of the European regulation
on public service requirements.

Thus after many years of endless discussions on the regulation, it
has been possible to concentrate on other dossiers. Many members were convinced that both the
EU-Committee and EuroTeam would now have a lot of spare time! This has not been the case, as next
to the traditional legislative instruments, there are also the non-legislative instruments, like for example
technical specifications and common standards, the European research and development programs,
guidelines and recommendations as well as tool-boxes for the implementation of policies, etc…
In this area, no limits are set to creativity and the creativity of the executive institution of the European
Union is huge!
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