Mission and organization

UETR was founded in 1998 and represents today more than 200.000 road transport undertakings in Europe (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) with a total capacity of 430.000 commercial vehicles.

UETR's mission:

1. To have a regular dialogue with EU institutions as well as other stakeholders, networks and sectoral organisations;
2. To give members an effective chance to give their input into EU policy-making;
3. To gather intelligence on current and future policies and legislation;
4. To represent an effective hub for national associations to cooperate and engage in joint projects and activities  

UETR is associate member (sectorial organization) of UEAPME, the European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises incorporating 83 member organisations consisting of national cross-sectorial SME federations, European branch federations and other associate members and representing over 12 million enterprises with nearly 55 million employees.

UETR takes the lead and chair the UEPME Transport Forum, a co-operation platform bringing together small and medium-sized enterprises from manufacturing and repair of road vehicles as well as road transport. The Forum aims to develop joint positions on all transport-related issues such as sustainable transport, organisation of the supply chain, road safety, infrastructure efficiency etc.