10.1 to pursue vigorously the decisions of the ministerial council of the ECMT for a future European transport policy, and in particular the guide-lines adopted at its May 1993 meeting in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, for improving the accessibility of peripheral regions and for upgrading the transport network of central and eastern Europe;
10.2 to work in favour of Europe-wide solutions to the continent's transport issues - in particular avoiding any split between European Union members and other European countries - and to develop a general investment plan for a pan-European railway system;
10.3 to attach as much importance to north-south transport links as to east-west links in their co-operation with the countries of central and eastern Europe, and to seek to establish priorities on the basis of appropriate studies and simulation experiments as regards long-term demand;
10.4 in particular, to plan for modern motorways linking the Baltic states with Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey, and the Iberian peninsula with the Balkans;
10.5 to pursue the ECMT's work in "transport telematics" - that is, the use of electronic data processing to assist traffic management - and in particular to realise the ECMT's goal of ensuring "inter-operability" among different national systems, while paying due attention to the need to protect the privacy of citizens;
10.6 to heed the Assembly's call, in
Resolution 938 (1990) on European transport problems for "considering an extension of the ECMT's competence to include also maritime transport", notably the question of ship safety, and to foster the development of integrated maritime and inland-waterway transport;
10.7 to promote close co-operation between the ECMT and the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC), as well as with the European Union, on issues of interface between air and other modes of transport, such as transport to and from airports, or the development of high-speed trains;
10.8 to ensure that the end of summer time is on the same date throughout Europe, in the interest of transport efficiency;
10.9 to place environmental protection at the centre of European transport policies, in accordance with the agreements reached at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. Measures should aim at counteracting "global warming" via a reduction of CO2 emissions through improved vehicle and engine design, as well as through research into alternative fuels, and at reducing vehicle noise and emissions damaging to human health and buildings. It is also necessary that the social costs of the damages caused to the environment be reflected in the total transport costs;
10.10 to take into account the environment-friendly principles of regional planning in any projects concerning expansion and improvement of travel links, giving priority to improvement of existing travel links;
10.11 to introduce gradually co-ordinated solutions to the issue of the taxation of road transport, aiming to have vehicles pay for road costs in a first stage, and for the external costs they engender in a second stage;
10.12 to pursue consultation on the complicated issue of railway privatisation, bearing in mind the differing circumstances prevailing in each country, and paying particular attention to the problems in this regard facing the countries of central and eastern Europe;
10.13 to assist, materially and conceptually, the countries of central and eastern Europe in the modernisation of their railway systems, notably with regard to the efficiency and comfort of passenger transport;
10.14 to ensure that the Interrail Card, permitting young people to travel by rail across Europe on affordable conditions, is continued, and to include in the system all European countries;
10.15 to adopt adequate safety standards for lorry, coach and railway transport - as regards both the condition of vehicles and the alertness of drivers, especially on major holiday routes - through the speedy conclusion of a revised Europe-wide agreement concerning the work of crews engaged in international transport.
