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14 May 2012
Leaving their family owned campsite behind for the weekend, Mariam Mardini García and Julio Mendoza Ruiz from Granada (Spain) left for Barcelona to experience their first Formula One Grand Prix on 12-13 May 2012.
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19 April 2012
A new agreement on the transfer of EU air passengers' personal data to the US authorities was approved by the European Parliament on Thursday.
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12 April 2012
In a resolution, adopted on 29 March, the European Parliament asks the European Commission to take EU Court of Justice case law into account in its upcoming revision of Regulation 261/2004 on air passengers’ rights.
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12 April 2012
The European Emergency Number Association (EENA) released today (11 April 2011) the first public version of the Next Generation 112 Long Term Definition standard ("NG112 LTD"). To ensure global interoperability, EENA has re-used existing standards as much as possible.
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05 April 2012
The EU guarantees citizens the right of free movement, but the persistence of national rules has made it a bumpy road for drivers.
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05 April 2012
If you are touring England during the Olympics or Paralympics this summer, The Caravan Club guide will help you plan journey. While the advice is clearly useful for getting to the Games, much of it is also useful if you just want to avoid any Games-related disruption.
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05 April 2012
Members of the European Parliament have once again taken on the role of spokespersons for air passengers, calling for strengthening of their rights and effective application of existing legislation.
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28 March 2012
European airlines must pay for meals and accommodation for passengers whose flight was cancelled because of the eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull, in April 2010.
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08 March 2012
72% of EU citizens travelled in 2011, and more than 80% said that they would do so in 2012, choosing to go either on short trips or longer holidays. These are the results of the new Eurobarometer survey on the attitudes of Europeans towards tourism, which also sheds light on the preferences and travel patterns of EU citizens.
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01 December 2011
Which countries have a disability parking card scheme? Where and when can it be used? What parking privileges are available? Will the parking card of a visitor from another country be recognised? The answers to these questions and others for around 130 countries worldwide can be found in the FIA Guide for the disabled traveller.
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25 November 2011
Airlines are pressing the European Commission to revamp the 6-year-old rules on passenger rights that guarantee compensation for flight cancellations and delays that typically soar during the chaotic winter travel season.
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09 November 2011
Today the Vice-president of the European Commission Antonio Tajani has launched the ICT and tourism platform which will open the door to global market for tourism businesses and especially for SMEs.
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05 October 2011
Expensive detours of up to 213 percent compared to the most direct route, speed violations exceeding the limit by up to 42km/h (in the city!), red light violations, aggressive driving, drivers swearing about traffic and complaining about passengers using taxis for short trips.
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02 October 2011
n 2010, EU27 residents made one billion holiday trips, of which more than three-quarters were domestic trips – ie within their country of residence – and around one quarter were outbound trips.
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02 October 2011
The new directive that will allow member states to exchange information to combat road traffic offences has completed its legislative course. The Council of Ministers officially adopted, on 29 September, the second-reading text agreed with Parliament, a compromise between the two institutions.
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27 September 2011
A renewed focus on road safety as a key element of a sustainable EU Tourism Strategy has been welcomed today by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). This follows the adoption of a resolution by the European Parliament on the EU Tourism Strategy which has the goal of promoting Europe as the world's no. 1 tourism destination.
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02 September 2011
ACI has now made available a new section on its website called “Driving in Italy”. In this section, information and tips about the main Italian Highway Code rules and sanctions are provided in four languages (English, French, German and Italian), with an eye to providing information for people driving in Italy or visiting as a tourist.
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30 August 2011
In light of the increased number of visitors who will visit London for the Olympic Games during the summer of 2012, the FIA Region I office will be setting up a dedicated part of its website providing access to travel advice on best routes to take, best parking places, best accommodation, as the information becomes available from its Clubs.
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15 April 2011
Automobile and Touring Club representatives from Botswana, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Uganda, and South Africa met today in Johannesburg to discuss club priorities for the FIA African Council of Touring & Automobile (ACTA) and possible areas for future cooperation.
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14 February 2011
Automobile and Touring Club representatives from Botswana, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Uganda, and South Africa met today in Johannesburg to discuss club priorities for the FIA African Council of Touring & Automobile (ACTA) and possible areas for future cooperation.
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07 February 2011
The European Travel Commission (ETC) has just published its fourth quarterly report on European Tourism in 2010 - Trends & Prospects...
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21 January 2011
Siim Kallas, European Commission Vice President in charge of transport, met today in Brussels with CEO's from major European airports to discuss how to prevent the problems that occurred at airports last month due to heavy snow fall...
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22 November 2010
The European Commission unveiled a road map to implement the main actions set out in its communication during the European Tourism Forum in Malta...
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20 October 2010
While the travel recovery in Europe has been generally broad, gains have favoured Western Europe while Northern Europe continues to lag behind last year.
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30 September 2010
The European Commission, the European Parliament, Member States and the Council of Europe are ready to cooperate further on the promotion of the "Cultural Routes"...
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16 September 2010
MEP Ramon Tremosa y Balcells (ALDE) asks the European Commission to take greater consideration on safety matters in tourism...
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16 September 2010
The European Commission published a press release analysing the trends of the European tourism industry...
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02 August 2010
The EC published a directive proposal on July 20 on a letter of rights, thus completing the framework creating procedural safeguards for Europeans caught in criminal proceedings outside of their country of residence...
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26 July 2010
European Commission’s annual report on EU customs enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR) was published
on 22 July...
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20 July 2010
The Commission adopted today the Road Safety Action plan for the next ten years.
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01 July 2010
The European Commission released a communication on June 30th, which proposes a series of action to increase european tourism competitiveness and its capacity for sustainable growth...
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30 June 2010
MEP Morten Messerschmidt (EFD) asks the Commission whether it has envisaged to introduce a travel guarantee fund on the model of what exists in Danemark...
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30 June 2010
As millions of Europeans prepare to travel by plane or train, the Commission wishes to remind citizens that assistance and compensation rules exist for cases of cancellation, delay, over-booking, lost luggage and so on...
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28 June 2010
In a meeting held on June 24, the EU ministers discussed on the potential update of the passengers rights regulation 261/2004 following the ash cloud crisis...
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31 May 2010
The Guide will show travellers where and when a disability Parking Card holder may use his or her card around the world.
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30 April 2010
International tourism is steadily gaining momentum following an extremely challenging 2009. International tourist arrivals grew by 7% in the first two months of 2010...
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30 April 2010
The European Commission, answering an extensive written question by Frieda Brepoels (Verts/ALE), gives its view on the future of tourism policy...
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26 April 2010
The European Commission hopes to secure, a political go-ahead from member states to speed up the deployment of single European sky legislation on May 4th...
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23 April 2010
The European Commission organised on April 22nd, a stakeholders' meeting to which FIA took an active part...
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23 April 2010
The tens of thousands of passengers still stranded in airports add up to huge costs for airlines. Moreover, carriers are more and more openly starting to challenge EU rules on air passengers’ rights...
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22 April 2010
As air traffic slowly resumes in Europe’s skies, the European Commission is reiterating its warnings on respect for passengers’
rights established in Regulation 261/2004...
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20 April 2010
During the informal ministerial meeting on Tourism on April 15, national ministers from the EU underlined that tourism remains a national competence...
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31 March 2010
According to the study carried out for the EC, air passengers rights of in the event of denied boarding, cancellation or delays
in their flights, recognised in Regulation 261/2004, are a long way from being uniformly applied in the EU...
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19 March 2010
In its answer to the EC consultation, the European Bureau insisted on safety, sustainablity and the challenges ahead...
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15 March 2010
The directive proposals on the rights of passengers of busses and coaches & and that on the rights of passengers travelling by seas and inland waterways are heading back to the EP for a second reading...
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18 February 2010
“Not bad but could do better!” that was the verdict of EuroTest’s latest local public transport survey around Europe.
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11 February 2010
The Package Travel Directive is aimed at protecting consumers in the area of package travel. Some of the most important rules concern the liability of package organisers and retailers.
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05 February 2010
The ECJ led down preliminary ruling on carriers' liability in the event of lost baggages...
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08 October 2009
A general sense of safety is the most important factor in choosing Europeans’ holiday destinations.
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20 August 2009
The FIA Eurocouncil calls upon national road authorities from all European Member States to set and enforce minimum quality standards for motorway rest areas with the view of improving road safety.
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10 August 2009
Forget no-frills airlines. Forget inter-railing. Car sharing is becoming an even simpler solution to explore Europe on a budget. Economical, ecological, and you might even make some new friends along the way.
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10 August 2009
The continuing slump in Ireland's tourism sector shows no sign of easing with data for June showing a further sharp decline in visitor numbers.
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10 August 2009
If frugal Britons are swapping a holiday in Spain for their local beaches this summer, Ian Rogers has not seen any sign of them.
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19 May 2009
For the third time the EuroTest partner clubs tested car rentals in holiday destinations. It was disappointing that this test failed to show any improvements compared to previous years.
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08 April 2009
According to the first results of a European survey carried out the by the FIA European Bureau, most European visitors want Slovenia to introduce a short-stay vignette at a fair price.
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24 March 2009
The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) joined forces with its automobile clubs to gather citizens’ discontent with the Slovenian road-toll system introduced in July last year.
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23 March 2009
For the first time the Commission has done such an extensive survey, which offers to all tourism stakeholders a wealth of information, presented analytically by country and demographic categories.
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02 March 2009
WRITTEN QUESTION by Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou (PPE‑DE) to the Commission
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24 February 2009
The world economic crisis: Consequences on tourism
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