Transport & Logistics Developments in the EU : The Case of E-Freight Initiative

The paper explores the first steps made by the European Union Commission toward a legal regime of co-modal transportation in Europe.The analysis starts by determining the place of the EU’s transport policy on the background of the national and international transport regulations. In a second step, the examination focuses on the Action n°7 of the European Commission concerning the Multimodal transport of goods – the so-called E-Freight Action. The last developments assess the predictable outcome of an E-Freight Project (European e-Freight capabilities for Co-modal transport). One can reasonably expect that, in 2 to 3 years from now, a first proposal from the EU Commission of European legislation on co-modality transportation