Liberalization of transportation services in the EU: the Polish perspective. Andrzej Cieslik/Jan Jakub Michalek (eds.) / Polish studies in economics ; Vol. 6

Tadelloses Ex. - Table of contents -- Introduction -- 1 The European Transport System - Major Challenges 13 -- 1.1 The role of transport costs in regional and international integration 13 -- 1.1.1 The role of intangible components in lowering transport costs 13 -- 1.1.2 Transportation costs and regional trading blocs 16 -- 1.2 Rationale for liberalization of the transport sector of the EU 18 -- 1.2.1 From public monopolies to contestable markets in the -- US and Europe 18 -- 1.2.2 Potential gains from European integration and the -- liberalization in transport sector 24 -- 1.3 Is there a common European transport system? 27 -- 1.3.1 Liberalization: a sectorial and horizontal approach 27 -- 1.3.2 Liberalization: a horizontal approach: Services Directive 2006 32 -- 1.4 The liberalization of European transport services: -- major challenges 37 -- 1.4.1 Weakness of common European infrastructure 37 -- 1.4.2 Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area - -- Toward a competitive and resource efficient transport -- system White Paper 2011 42 -- 2 Transportation Services and Global Value Chains 47 -- 2.1 The emergence of global value chains 47 -- 2.2 Transportation costs and global value chains 50 -- 2.3 Transportation services and inventories management -- for global value chains 56 -- 2.4 Some stylized facts on transportation services and -- global supply chains 61 -- 2.5 Poland in the global value chain - the role of the -- transport sector 67 -- 2.6 Conclusions -- 3 An Overview of the Inter Modal Transport Sectors in -- Poland and the EU-27 -- 3.1 The structure of the European transport sectors -- 3.2 The importance of the transport sector in Poland and the EU-27 -- 3.3 The transport sector in Poland 80 -- 3.3.1 Developments in transport sub-sectors 83 -- 3.4 Conclusions 107 -- 4 The Regulatory Framework and the Market Structure -- in Road Freight Transportation 109 -- 4.1 The liberalization of EU rules and regulations 112 -- 4.2 Road transportation in Poland 116 -- 4.2.1 Market access 116 -- 4.2.2 Prices, social conditions, technical conditions, and safety 118 -- 4.3 Road infrastructure in Poland 120 -- 4.4 The market structure of the Polish road freight transport sector 124 -- 4.5 Conclusions 127 -- 5 The Regulatory Framework and the Market Structure -- in Rail Transport Services 131 -- 5.1 International rules and regulations 133 -- 5.1.1 The International Union of Railways 133 -- 5.1.2 The Intergovernmental Organization for International -- Carriage by Rail (OTIF) 133 -- 5.2 Rules and regulations in the European Union 134 -- 5.2.1 The First Railway Package 136 -- 5.2.2 The Second Railway Package 137 -- 5.2.3 The Third Railway Package 138 -- 5.2.4 Further steps toward the Single European Railway Area 139 -- 5.2.5 Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T), -- Pan-European Rail Corridors, and transport infrastructure 140 -- 5.3 The regulatory framework in the Polish rail -- Transportation Sector 141 -- 5.3.1 The organization of Poland's railways and market access 142 -- 5.3.2 The state of competition 147 -- 5.3.3 International transport and the quality of Poland's -- rail infrastructure 150 -- 5.4 Conclusions 157 -- Appendix to Chapter 5 159 -- 6 The Regulatory Framework and the Market Structure -- of Maritime Transportation Services 161 ISBN 9783631655665