Hearing on 'A European Strategy for Low-Emission Mobility', Brussels - Main contents
date | March 22, 2017 15:00 |
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city | Brussels, Belgium |
location | József Antall building (JAN) i |
organisation | Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) i |
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT AND TOURISM
Public Hearing
“A European strategy for low-emission mobility”
PROGRAMME Brussels, 22 March 2017 15h00-17h00 Room JAN4Q1
15h00 Opening by Karima DELLI, Chair of the TRAN Committee 15h05 Introductory remarks by Bas Eickhout, Rapporteur
15h10 ACADEMIC PANEL:
Transport emissions - an overview of where we are and where we are going
Alfredo Sanchez Vicente, Project Manager for Transport, European Environment Agency (EEA)
External cost of transport and the role of prices, levies and taxes
Daniel Sutter, Associate Partner, INFRAS
15h25 DISCUSSION PANEL
What are the sectors’ current efforts and expectations?
Moderator: Bas Eickhout
Road: Erik Jonnaert, Secretary General, European Automobile
Manufacturers' Association (ACEA)
Matthias Maedge, General Delegate to the EU, International Road Transport Union (IRU)
Rail: Michael Bösch, Expert, Swiss Railways (SBB AG)
Air: Thierry Nowaczyk, European Affairs Director, Corporate
Environmental Affairs, Airbus Group
Inland Waterways: Karin de Schepper, Director, Inland Navigation Europe
Maritime: Patrick Verhoeven, European Community Shipowners’
Association (ECSA)
16h10 Questions and answers
16h55 Concluding remarks by the Chair, Karima DELLI
17h00
End of programme
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