Implementing user-pays and polluter-pays in road charging

Wednesday, 3 April 2019

As a competitor to road transport, railways are affected by road charging rules. For an efficient provision of transport, but also for fair competition with rail, the principles of user-pays and polluter-pays must be implemented quickly on Europe's roads.

CER Position Paper on noise differentiated track access charges

Friday, 8 March 2019

CER welcomes the evaluation of the Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2015/429, setting out the modalities for the application of the charging of the cost of noise effects.

CER Position Paper - Commission proposal COM(2017)548 – recast of Regulation (EC) 1371/2007 on Rail Passenger Rights

Tuesday, 5 February 2019

The EU institutions are currently discussing the recast of Regulation 1371/2007 on rail passenger rights (Rail PRR). CER considers the protection of their customers first and foremost as the sector’s own long-standing commitment. 

Getting the price signals right: why national governments should speed up the adoption of new road charging rules

Monday, 21 January 2019

CER and ERFA call on the Romanian Presidency of the EU Council hand in hand with EU Transport Ministers to support the "Eurovignette" Directive's revision.

Drones - CER Position on draft legal acts

Thursday, 13 December 2018

CER acknowledges the intense work done to prepare drone regulation and calls for a simplified regime supporting drone operations for railway purposes, but also for appropriate protection of the railway environment from drones. 

Read more in this CER Position Paper.

EU Strategy for long-term greenhouse gas emissions reductions – The crucial role of rail

Thursday, 29 November 2018

Welcoming the newly published initiative on a long-term EU Strategy for emissions reductions, the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER), the Association of the European rail infrastructure managers (EIM) and the Association of the...

Electronic freight transport information (eFTI)

Wednesday, 10 October 2018

This CER position paper examines Commission proposal COM(2018)279 for a Regulation on electronic freight transport information (eFTI Proposal). CER agrees with the Commission’s proposal that the acceptance of regulatory data in “electronic” format by authorities is one important prerequisite for...

Exchange of domestic tariff data - NeTEx standard

Monday, 8 October 2018

In the framework of the TAP TSI revision activity, the European Union Agency for Railways launched a study to analyse domestic tariffs of European railways in order to check whether they can be accommodated in NeTEx (CEN/TS 16614-3:2014) standards, or, otherwise, to provide mitigation measures...

Joint Statement - Directive on representative actions

Monday, 8 October 2018

CER and the associations AIRE, Airlines 4 Europe, AmCham EU, Bitkom, DIGITALEUROPE, EDiMA, EFPIA, European Banking Federation, European Justice Forum, IATA, MedTech Europe and U.S.

CER Position Paper - New Deal for Consumers

Monday, 1 October 2018

CER acknowledges the need for the EU legislative acquis to guarantee to all citizens the highest degree of protection against corporate misbehavior: the railway sector strongly supports this line of thought and believes that the right regulatory environment, coupled with joint industry-consumers...