However, it is important to note that the procurement of energy efficient vehicles by the private sector is only one element of fleet management.

If, despite the measures taken by the competent authorities of the management company's home Member State or because such measures prove to be inadequate or are not available in the Member State in question, the management company continues to refuse to provide the information requested by the management company's host Member State pursuant to paragraph 2, or persists in breaching the legal or regulatory provisions, referred to in the same paragraph, in force in the management company's host Member State, the competent authorities of ...[+++]the management company's host Member State may take either of the following actions:

5. If, despite the measures taken by the competent authorities of the management company’s home Member State or because such measures prove to be inadequate or are not available in the Member State in question, the management company continues to refuse to provide the information requested by the management company’s host Member State pursuant to paragraph 2, or persists in breaching the legal or regulatory provisions, referred to in the same paragraph, in force in the management company’s host Member State, the competent authorities ...[+++]of the management company’s host Member State may, after informing the competent authorities of the management company’s home Member State, take appropriate measures, including under Articles 98 and 99, to prevent or penalise further irregularities and, in so far as necessary, to prevent that management company from initiating any further transaction within its territory.

In collective transport, the use of ITS ensures a better management of operations and new services (fleet management, traveller information systems, ticketing systems, etc).

(5) Whereas Article 4 of Directive 94/12/EC requires that the Commission propose standards which will be enforced after the year 2000, according to a new multi-faceted approach, based on a comprehensive assessment of costs and efficiency of all measures aimed at reducing road transport pollution; whereas the proposal should, besides the tightening of car emission standards, include complementary measures such as an improvement in fuel quality and a strengthening of the motor-vehicle inspection and maintenance programme; whereas the proposal should be based on the establishment of air quality criteria and associated emission reduction o ...[+++]bjectives and an evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of each package of measures, taking into account the potential contribution of other measures such as traffic management, enhancement of urban public transport, new propulsion technologies or the use of alternative fuels; whereas, given the urgency of community action on the limitation of pollutant emissions by motor vehicles, the present proposals are also based on present or anticipated best available anti-pollution technologies which are liable to speed up the replacement of polluting motor vehicles;

You can see from this list of endeavours the abilities of the company are broad and the company does have the capability of supplying whatever the government fleet requirements are in terms of assessment and analysis, development-of-use options, design and installation of on-site refuelling facilities, retrofit of existing vehicles, including sales, installation and service of NGV equipment, capital financing and operating programs, fleet- management-systems integration, service training and support, and single-source supply and integ ...[+++]ration management across the country.