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TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE INLAND TRANSPORT
COMMITTEE
(adopted by the Committee at its fifty-fifth session,
February 1993) |
| (a) |
The Inland Transport Committee provides
a forum for its member Governments for (i) cooperation
and consultation based on the exchange of information
and experiences, (ii) the analysis of transport trends
and economics and transport policy trends, and (iii) coordinated
action designed to achieve an efficient, coherent, balanced
and flexible transport system in the ECE region which
is based on principles of market economy, pursues the
objectives of safety, environmental protection and energy
efficiency in transport and takes into account transport
developments and policy of member Governments; |
| (b) |
The Committee promotes the harmonization and improvement
of technical and operational regulations, standards and
recommendations in the various fields of inland transport
in the ECE region, particularly in Road Safety, Road Vehicles,
the Transport of Dangerous Goods, Infrastructures and
Combined Transport; |
| (c) |
It promotes the facilitation of international road,
rail and inland waterway transport, particularly through
the simplification and harmonization of administrative
border crossing procedures and documentation, including
electronic data interchange (EDIFACT); |
| (d) |
It promotes the coordinated development of infrastructures
for road, rail and inland waterway transport as well as
for combined transport with a view to achieving coherent
international transport networks for each mode in the
ECE region; |
| (e) |
The Committee pursues the objective of sustainable transport
development by means of promoting both the reduction of
the negative impact of transport on the environment and
the utilization of environmentally sound modes of transport
including the development of combined transport; |
| (f) |
With a view to achieving the above objectives and ensuring
the above functions, the Inland Transport Committee elaborates,
administers and where appropriate revises Agreements,
Conventions and other international legally binding instruments
in the various fields of inland transport; |
| (g) |
It develops appropriate methodologies and definitions
for the collection, compilation and harmonization of transport
statistics for the purposes of comparability and consistency.
It also evaluates the need for the collection and coordination
of statistics at the international level and reviews ways
to improve their collection, presentation and quality; |
| (h) |
Upon request, the Committee advises and assists ECE
member countries particularly those facing major economic
changes through workshops, training and other appropriate
means on transport matters of specific interest in particular
in developing transport systems and infrastructures which
are compatible with those of neighbouring parts of the
ECE region; |
| (i) |
The Committee undertakes the study of problems at the
interface of inland transport with maritime and air transport
in the ECE region; |
| (j) |
In carrying out its mandate the Committee cooperates
closely with other ECE Principal Subsidiary Bodies, the
European Community and intergovernmental organizations,
in particular ECMT, regional organizations for economic
cooperation, financial institutions such as IBRD, EIB
and EBRD, as well as with non-governmental organizations
active in the field of European transport with a view
to avoiding duplication of work and maximizing the contribution
of each organization to coherent multilateral regional
transport development, safety, environment, and ultimately
to the economic development and benefit of member States. |
| (k) |
The Committee may establish subsidiary bodies or convene
meetings as it deems necessary to assist it in carrying
out the above mandate. |
