Taxibot is an innovative product that can be connected to large commercial aircraft so as to allow a plane's pilot to taxi to and from the runway using the plane's controls while relying on Taxibot's engine and fuel.

These categories are: ramp handling (marshalling aircraft, loading and unloading food and beverages, etc.), baggage handling, air-side freight and mail handling and fuel and oil handling.

As I have said before, I like cycling in Brussels and in Strasbourg, where I enjoy the safety of the cycle paths and I particularly the consideration shown by motorists, as if not just pedestrians but also cyclists have complete priority here.

(vi) Vehicles which need to be used airside shall remain airside to the extent practicable.

Dates of entry into force and reference thresholds: - Self-handling = land-side self-handling from 1 January 1998 for every airport, regardless of its volume of traffic; air-side liberalization will be introduced on 1 January 1998 for airports with a volume of traffic not less than one million passengers a year; - Handling for third parties = from 1 January 1999 for every airport with annual traffic of not less than three million passengers; = from 1 January 2001 for every airport with annual traffic of not less than two million passengers.

Whilst the ESC welcomes the Commission's efforts, in principle, it thinks it imperative to differentiate between "land-side" and "air-side" services.