Beschreibung:
<jats:p>The previous contribution on the current developments in Transport focused on problems of financing new infrastructure and on the allocation of the true costs of transport among those who generated them.<jats:sup>1</jats:sup> In 1999 a directive on charging heavy vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures was finally adopted.<jats:sup>2</jats:sup> During the period under review, infrastructure matters and safety and environmental concerns remained high on the agenda of the Common Transport Policy. As far as individual modes of transport are concerned the most significant developments have been in rail transport where a package of measure to open up this market has finally been adopted. The required legislation to liberalise all modes of transport has also now been adopted.</jats:p>