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White Paper on transport

Roadmap to a single euRopean tRanspoRt aRea — towaRds a competitive and ResouRce-eFFicient tRanspoRt system

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illustrated brochure comPrises the text of the

euroPean commission’s White PaPer ‘roadmaP

to a single

euroPean

transPort area — toWards a comPetitive and resource -efficient transPort system’ (com(2011) 144 final of 28 march 2011) and a foreWord by vice -President

siim K allas, commissioner for transPort.

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I am proud to present this ‘Roadmap to a single European transport area’. This strategic document presents the Commission’s vision for the future of the EU transport system and defines a policy agenda for the next decade. The programme in question is part of the Europe 2020 strategy