This report is based on work carried out in WP1 Task 1.1 of the PEPPER project, addressing strategy / policy issues of Traffic Law Enforcement (TLE). It is based on interviews with high level officials in EU Member States and EU institutions, survey questionnaire in several countries, and reviewing literature in print or on the web. It describes the policy making process at the EU level, identifies the main actors in the Transport and TLE areas in EU institutions and describes the evolution of an EU TLE policy out of the general Road Safety Policy. It then provides an analysis and reframing of the Recommendation on Enforcement, which provides a framework for analysis of the role of TLE in National Road Safety plans of EU Member States. The reality of TLE is shown to be much more complex than the idealized description of the enforcement chain. Barriers to planning and implementing Road Safety and TLE policies are described at EU and National levels. Detailed examination of TLE policy process and practice in three states, demonstrates the priority of management mechanisms and skills over the specific organizational structure of policing. (Author/publisher) For the project website, and other reports, see http://www.vtt.fi/sites/pepper/
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