Those goods have to be transported, and because of the abandonment of rail lines those goods are transported currently by rubber-tired trucks.

In particular, the Commission should be empowered to establish the specific procedures, tests and requirements for the type-approval of motor vehicles, components and separate technical units; to define more precisely the characteristics a tyre must fulfil to be defined as ‘special use tyre’, ‘off-road professional tyre’, ‘reinforced tyre’, ‘extra load tyre’, ‘snow tyre’, ‘T-type temporary-use spare tyre’ or ‘traction tyre’; to set out specific safety requirements for vehicles intended for the transport of dangerous goods by road within or between Member States; to exempt certain vehicles or classes of vehicles of categories M, M, N a ...[+++]nd N from the obligation to install advanced emergency braking systems and/or lane departure warning systems; to amend the limit values on rolling resistance and rolling noise for tyres as a result of changes in test procedures without lowering the level of protection of the environment; to establish rules on the procedure for the determination of noise levels of tyres; to shorten the sell-off period for tyres not complying with the requirements set out in this Regulation and its implementing measures; and to amend Annex IV to include the Regulations of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE Regulations) which are mandatory under Council Decision 97/836/EC of 27 November 1997 with a view to accession by the European Community to the Agreement of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concerning the adoption of uniform technical prescriptions for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted to and/or be used on wheeled vehicles and the conditions for reciprocal recognition of approvals granted on the basis of these prescriptions .

The mandatory and consistent use of state-of-the art tyre manufacturing technologies and low rolling resistance tyres is essential to reduce the share of greenhouse gas emissions of road traffic in the transport sector, while at the same time promoting innovation, employment and the competitiveness of the Community automotive industry.

For the transport companies, what security measures do they have in place; do they have two drivers; do they have air suspension systems; and what are the climate controls available within the trucks?

The Directive applies to original and replacement tyres fitted to motor vehicles in category M1 (motor vehicles used for the carriage of passengers comprising of no more than eight seats in addition to the driver's seat) and trailers in Council Directive 70/156/EEC concerning the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers

Salomon Islands Rural Transport 6th EDF ECU 1 500 000 GRANT The purpose of the project is to address the fundamental need of the Solomon Islands land transport system and its interface with interislands shipping : that is 1) the elimination of the backlog of maintenance and rehabilitation caused by the inadequacy of financial and human resources of the Ministry of Transport, Works and Utilities (MTWU, aggravated by cyclone damage, and 2) the strengthening of the MTWU's capacity to carry out effective and timely maintenance in the futu ...[+++]re.