The purpose of this document is to provide ECE Governments with a brief survey of the major transport trends and some provisional transport indicators in the ECE region in 1999 together with a summary monitoring of regulatory and infrastructure developments, particularly in Central and Eastern European countries, and indications of best practices in governmental activity related to transport. It has been prepared by the secretariat on the basis of the contributions of the following countries: Belarus, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom. Contributions from the European Commission (EC) and International Financial Institutions have also been taken into account, as well as traffic data provided by the International Road Transport Union (IRU) and the International Railways Union (UIC). (A) Sixty-second session, 15-17 February 2000, agenda item 5.
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