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| e-call | EU initiative aimed at implementing a Pan-European system of emergency calls. The e-call system is supposed to be installed on the vehicles and to be used by drivers in order to call the European emergency number 112 in case of accident | Acronyms/European projects and initiatives; COPER II action domains/Road safety; |
| e-Safety | Joint initiative of the European Commission (DG Enterprise and DG Information Society), the industry and other stakeholders that aims to accelerate the development, deployment and use of Intelligent Integrated Safety Systems, that use information and communication technologies in intelligent solutions, in order to increase road safety and reduce the number of accidents on European roads | COPER II action domains/Road safety; COPER III action domains/Information Society; |
| Earmarking | Revenues received to a specific use (e.g. financing road network expansion) | COPER I action domains/Tolls; |
| Easy GO | Common EFC tolling service in the Nordic countries: Denmark, Norway and Sweden | Acronyms/European projects and initiatives; |
| EC - European Commission | The European Commission is a politically independent collegial institution which embodies and defends the general interests of the European Union. Its virtually exclusive right of initiative in the field of legislation makes it the driving force of European integration. It prepares and then implements the legislative instruments adopted by the Council and the European Parliament in connection with Community policies. The Commission also has powers of implementation, management and control. It is responsible for planning and implementing common policies, executing the budget and managing Community programmes. As "guardian of the Treaties", it also ensures that European law is applied. | EU legislative framework/EU Institutions and policies; |
| ECB | The European Central Bank is one of the world’s most important central banks. It is located in Frankfurt, Germany, and it was established on 1 June 1998. ECB is responsible for monetary policy covering the 13 Member countries of the Eurozone | EU legislative framework/EU Institutions and policies; |
| EDGE | Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution | COPER III action domains |
| EDS | Electronic Data Systems | COPER III action domains |
| EEA | European Environment Agency | EU legislative framework/EU Institutions and policies; COPER II action domains/Environment; |
| EEA Agreement | EEA Agreement was signed in May 1992 between the European Community and seven member countries of the EFTA. Switzerland decided, in a second time, not to participate following a referendum, and three others joined the EU. The EEA Agreement entered into force on 1 January 2004 | EU legislative framework/EU Institutions and policies; |
| EESC - Economic and Social Committee | The European Economic and Social Committee was set up, as an advisory body, by the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community in 1957 to represent the interests of the various economic and social groups. It consists of 317 members falling into three categories: employers, workers and representatives of particular types of activity (such as farmers, craftsmen, small businesses and industry, the professions, consumer representatives, scientists and teachers, cooperatives, families, environmental movements). Members are appointed by unanimous Council decision for four years and this term may be renewed. | EU legislative framework/EU Institutions and policies; |
| EETS (European Electronic Toll Service) | A service enabling users having only one contract and one set of OBU to use a vehicle in one or more toll domains under operation of Directive 2004/52. | COPER I action domains/Tolls; |
| EETS provider | Generic representative of an organisation taking the responsibility for the EETS Provision within the EETS provision role | COPER I action domains/Tolls; |
| EETS provision role | EETS orovision means providing equipment (OBE), contracts and payment measn to those who want to use EETS. EETS Provision includes claiming money from users and guaranteed payment for genuine claims received from the Toll Charging Role. | COPER I action domains/Tolls; |
| EFC | Electronic Fee Collection. The collection of fees/tolls based on automatic identification and classification of vehicles using electronic systems
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COPER I action domains/Tolls; |
| EFC | Electronic Fee Collection | COPER III action domains |
| EFT | Electronic Funds Transfer | COPER III action domains |
| EFTA | International organization of Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein. The EFTA Convention established a free trade area among its Member States in 1960. In addition, the EFTA States have jointly concluded free trade agreements with a number of countries worldwide |
Acronyms/Other International Organisations; |
| EGNOS | European geostationary navigation overlay system | Acronyms/European projects and initiatives; COPER I action domains/Tolls; COPER II action domains COPER III action domains |
| EGNOS | European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service | COPER III action domains |
| EIA | The European Intermodal Association (EIA) is an international independent platform promoting sustainable intermodal mobility in Europe by combining innovative rail, waterway, road, air and maritime transport solutions | Acronyms/Other International Organisations; |
| EIB | The European Investment Bank is the EU financing institution and was established under the Treaty of Rome in 1957 in order to provide financing for capital investment furthering European Union policy objectives, in particular regional development, Trans-European Networks of transport, telecommunications and energy, research, development and innovation, environmental improvement and protection, health and education. Contrary to one implied meaning of the bank's name, the EIB is not an investment bank. Outside the Union, the EIB contributes to European development co-operation policy in accordance with the terms and conditions laid down in the various agreements linking the Union to some 130 countries in Central, South and Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean region, Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Pacific | EU legislative framework/EU Institutions and policies; |
| EIF | The European Investment Fund, established in 1994, is a European Union agency for the provision of finance to SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises), providing finance through private banks. Its main operations are in the areas of venture capital and guaranteeing loans | EU legislative framework/EU Institutions and policies; |
| EIS | Electronic Integrated Systems | COPER III action domains |
| Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) | The collection of tolls/fees based on automatic identification and classification of vehicles using electronic systems | COPER I action domains/Tolls; |
| ELTIS | European Local Transport Infomation Service (ELTIS) is aiming at providing information and supporting a practical transfer of knowledge and exchange of experience in the field of urban and regional transport in Europe. It should give the user the opportunity to explore best practices from European cities and regions, to search for specific transport solutions and to be informed about the state of the art in a given transport application. | Acronyms/Other International Organisations; |
| EMC | Electromagnetic Compatibility, Emergency Management Center | COPER III action domains |
| Enforcement | The process of compelling observance of a law, regulation, etc. | COPER I action domains/Tolls; |
| ENVI | Environment committee in the European Parliament | EU legislative framework/EU Institutions and policies; |
| Enviromental indicators | In 2002 the European Commission has compiled a list of environmental indicators with a view to selecting seven key indicators to be inserted in the structural indicators to assess implementation of the strategy to make the European Union the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world, capable of sustained economic growth | EU legislative framework/EU Institutions and policies; COPER II action domains/Environment; |
| Environment | The European Union's environment policy, based on Article 174 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, aims to preserve, protect and improve the quality of the environment and to protect human health. It also focuses on the careful and rational use of natural resources and contributes to promoting, at international level, measures intended to combat regional or global environmental problems. It is based on the precautionary, preventive action, correction at source and "polluter pays" principles. | COPER II action domains/Environment; |
| Environmental effectiveness | Benefit/improvement to the environment that a given policy response generates, considered separately from the economic costs that may results from implementing the policy. | COPER II action domains/Environment; |
| Environmental liability | Environmental liability is an application of the "polluter pays" principle outlined in the Treaty establishing the European Community. Arrangements for applying it are set out in Directive 2004/35/EC | COPER II action domains/Environment; |
| EP - European Parliament | The European Parliament is the assembly of the representatives of the 435 million Union citizens. Since 1979 they have been elected by direct universal suffrage and today total 732, distributed between Member States by reference to their population. The European Parliament's main functions are as follows:legislative power: in most cases Parliament shares the legislative power with the Council, in particular through the codecision procedure; budgetary power: Parliament shares budgetary powers with the Council in voting on the annual budget, rendering it enforceable through the President of Parliament's signature, and overseeing its implementation; power of control over the Union's institutions, in particular the Commission. | EU legislative framework/EU Institutions and policies; |
| EP Committees | As in the national Parliaments, various committees have been set up within the European Parliament to prepare the proceedings of the full House. The core legislative work of Parliament is done in these committees. The members of each committee are elected from among the Members of Parliament at the beginning of and half-way through each parliamentary term, according to their political affiliation and their expertise. | EU legislative framework/EU Institutions and policies; |
| EPMS | Environment Protection Management Systems | COPER III action domains |
| EPS | Electronic Payment Systems | COPER III action domains |
| EPSS | European Payment Systems Services | COPER III action domains |
| Equipment interoperability | The ability of two or more pieces of equipment to operate in conjunction | COPER I action domains/Tolls; |
| ERA | The European Research Area brings together all of the Community's resources to better coordinate research and innovation activities at the level of both the Member States and the European Union. This concept was launched by the Commission in 2000 with the idea of developing truly attractive opportunities for researchers | Acronyms/European projects and initiatives; EU legislative framework/EU Institutions and policies; |
| ERF | European Union Road Federation | Acronyms/Other International Organisations; |
| ERIC | European Road Information Center | COPER III action domains |
| ERP | Electronic Road Pricing | COPER III action domains |
| ERSC (European Road Safety Charter) | EU Initiative aiming at promoting Road Safety in Europe, thus contributing to the objective of halving the number of deaths on the European roads by 2010. ASECAP and some of its members are signatory of the ERSC. | COPER II action domains/Road safety; |
| ERTICO | European Road transport Telematric Implementation Coordination Organization (ITS Europe ) | Acronyms/Other International Organisations; |
| ETC | Electronic Toll Collection | COPER III action domains |
| ETSC | European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) is a Brussels-based independent non-profitmaking organisation dedicated to the reduction of the number and severity of transport crash injuries in Europe. | Acronyms/Other International Organisations; |
| ETTM | Electronic Tolling and Traffic Management | COPER III action domains |
| EU - European Union | The European Union was created by six founding States on 25 March 1957 (following the earlier establishment by the same six states of the European Coal and Steel Community in 1952) and has grown up to 27 Member States. There have been five enlargements, with the largest occurring on May 1st 2004, when 10 states joined, and the most recent on January the 1st 2007, when Bulgaria and Romania joined | EU legislative framework/EU Institutions and policies; |
| EU law | It is the unique legal system which operates alongside the laws of Member States of the EU. It has direct effect within the legal systems of its Member States, and overrides national law in many areas, especially in terms of economic and social policy | EU legislative framework/EU legislative acts and procedures; |
| Eur-lex | It is a service on the official website of the European Union. It provides direct free access to European Union law. The system makes it possible to consult the Official Journal of the European Union and it includes inter alia the Treaties, legislation, case-law and legislative proposals | Acronyms/European projects and initiatives; EU legislative framework/EU legislative acts and procedures; |
| EUROBUS | European Reference Data Model for Public Transport | COPER III action domains |
| European Court of Auditors | The European Court of Auditors, based in Luxembourg, is composed of one national from each Member State. Its members are appointed for six years (renewable) by a qualified majority of the Council of the European Union after consulting the European Parliament. The Court of Auditors acts in complete independence. | EU legislative framework/EU Institutions and policies; |
| European Road Safety Day | 27th of April: the European Commission decided to dedicate a specific day to Road Safety. The first European Road Safety Day has been celebrated on the 27th of April 2007 and it has been dedicated to young drivers with the message: “Youth on the road: road safety is no accident” . | EU legislative framework/EU Institutions and policies; COPER II action domains/Road safety; |
| European Strategy on Transport and Environment | The European strategy on transport and environment defines the objectives for integrating environmental requirements into transport policy. It provides guidelines for a range of measures in the various transport sectors: road, air, rail, maritime, etc. It has been developed for the first time in the Council report of 6 October 1999 to the European Council of Helsinki on the strategy on the integration of environment and sustainable development into transport policy. This Council strategy defines the objectives of action by the European Union (EU) and the Member States to minimise the environmental impact of transport. It aims to ensure that environmental questions are taken into account when drawing up and implementing transport policy in the sectors concerned | EU legislative framework/EU legislative acts and procedures; COPER II action domains/Environment; |
| Euroregional projects | Projects co-financed by the European Commission, aimed at developing and implementing ITS in Europe, within the framework of TERN network, by using cross-border co-operation among regions with high traffic density | Acronyms/European projects and initiatives; COPER III action domains/Information Society; |
| EUROSTAT | Statistical Office of the EU | Acronyms/Other International Organisations; |
| EUROTOLL | European Project for Toll Effects and Pricing Strategies | COPER III action domains |
| Eurovignette directive | Directive 1999/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 1999 on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures : the Directive harmonises levy systems - vehicle taxes, tolls and charges relating to the use of road infrastructure - and establishes fair mechanisms for charging infrastructure costs to hauliers. It has been modified by Directive 2006/38 | EU legislative framework/EU legislative acts and procedures; COPER I action domains/Tolls; |