CER Newstrack September 2011

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CER Newstrack - September 2011

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Editorial of the Executive Director

Future of Transport

Moving People,
Moving Goods

Editorial

Dear Visitor,

After a restful summer period, CER is back with full speed ahead, ready for the busy months to come.
On 12 September, the CER General Assembly unanimously elected Libor Lochman as new Executive Director of CER. Currently holding the position of CER Deputy Executive Director, Lochman has not only extensive knowledge of the European rail sector and EU policy making but also knows the association inside out. He will take over from me and be in charge as of 1 January 2012.
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	Future of Transport

	Libor Lochman to follow Johannes Ludewig as CER Executive Director Libor Lochman was unanimously elected as new Executive Director of CER by the CER General Assembly on 12 September in Bonn, Germany. He will succeed the current Executive Director Johannes Ludewig and take office on 1 January 2012. Read the complete article TRAN Committee discussion on the recast proposal: finalization of compromise amendments in sight The European Parliament’s TRAN Committee met on 31 August to further discuss the main points of the European Commission proposal to recast the first railway package. The shadow rapporteurs together with the rapporteur, MEP Debora Serracchiani (S&D, IT), are seeking compromise amendments. Read the complete article Grosch presents his draft report to the TRAN Committee MEP Mathieu Grosch (EPP, BE) presented his own-initiative report on the Transport White Paper to the Parliament’s TRAN Committee on 8 September. While CER welcomes the intention to introduce intermediate goals for 2020, it does not support specific reduction targets for individual modes of transport. Read the complete article CER members discuss the Commission’s upcoming Fourth Railway Package CER members gathered at CER office on 31 August 2011 to discuss the positions that CER should take with respect to the Commission’s upcoming Fourth Railway Package. Read the complete article Dialogue launched between CER and IRG-Rail CER Executive Director Johannes Ludewig and Matthias Kurth, President of the Bundesnetzagentur, who has recently taken on the new function of Chairman of the Independent Regulators' Group (IRG-Rail), met for the first time on 18 July in Bonn to discuss current international regulation issues. Read the complete article


	Moving People, Moving Goods

	Swiss retain rail enthusiasm Freight and passenger railway markets keep on growing in Switzerland. Read the complete article


	Infrastructure

	Infrastructure financing and PPP investments discussed at Informal Transport Council Methods for financing transport infrastructure from non-public funds and sharing experiences concerning Public-Private Partnership (PPP) investments were the subjects of the informal session of EU transport ministers held on 5-6 September in Sopot, Poland. CER believes that new financial instruments can be combined with state funding in order to develop Europe’s goals for a sustainable transport system. Read the complete article


	News in short

	Eurovignette revision finally passed by Council The revised Eurovignette Directive finally completed its last legislative stage on 12 September, when it received the approval of member states at a meeting of the General Affairs Council. Read the complete article


	CER events

	Putting European High-Speed Rail on the Fast Track The Polish Presidency and CER in co-operation with the EPP political group of the European Parliament are organising an event entitled "Putting European High-Speed Rail on the Fast Track" which will take place on 19 October from 18.30 to 20.30 in the European Parliament in Brussels. Read the complete article Efficient Public Service Transport – At What Cost? CER, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, and JSC Lithuanian Railways have invited experts from the EU institutions, national ministries and the rail sector to reflect about public service contracts in the transport sector on 21-22 November in Vilnius, Lithuania. Read the complete article Second Symposium: Devising smart regulation in the EU CER together with BusinessEurope is organizing the second symposium on devising smart regulation in the EU. The event will take place on 20 October, from 16.30 to 19.00 in the Permanent Representation of Bavaria to the EU. Read the complete article


	Upcoming events

	19 October - Putting European high-speed rail on the fast track, jointly organized with the Polish Presidency (Brussels) 20 October - Second Symposium BusinessEurope/CER: Devising smart regulation in the EU (Brussels) 21-22 November - Efficient public service transport – at what cost?, jointly organized with LG and VGTU (Vilnius) For more information please refer to www.cer.be/events/upcoming-events

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Libor Lochman to follow Johannes Ludewig as CER Executive Director

TRAN Committee discussion on the recast proposal: finalization of compromise amendments in sight

Grosch presents his draft report to the TRAN Committee

CER members discuss the Commission’s upcoming Fourth Railway Package

Dialogue launched between CER and IRG-Rail

Swiss retain rail enthusiasm

Infrastructure financing and PPP investments discussed at Informal Transport Council

Eurovignette revision finally passed by Council

Putting European High-Speed Rail on the Fast Track

Efficient Public Service Transport – At What Cost?

Second Symposium: Devising smart regulation in the EU