Position papers
Position papers
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Europe's economic recovery after Covid-19: help finance it by applying user-pays and polluter-pays principles in transport
Wednesday, 1 July 2020
Since March 2020, the EU and its member states have committed more than €3trn to support their economies against the Covid-19 pandemic's immediate economic fallout. Further public money will be spent for the post-crisis recovery. How to finance all that?
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Revision of TEN-T Regulation 1315/2013 - ensuring the core network
Wednesday, 17 June 2020
The trans-European transport network (TEN-T) is an essential tool for the development of multimodal, green and efficient mobility in Europe and for enabling rail to unleash its full potential in view of the European Green Deal's ambitious climate targets.
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CER comments on Commission’s Guidelines on the progressive restoration of transport services and connectivity
Wednesday, 10 June 2020
On 13 May 2020 the European Commission published the Communication ‘Guidelines on the progressive restoration of transport services and connectivity – COVID-19’. In this paper CER analyses the recommended measures from a railway perspective, stressing some critical points.
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Rail’s contribution to the European Climate Pact
Tuesday, 2 June 2020
CER welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the development of the European Climate Pact, which is needed to fulfil the EU Green Deal’s climate neutrality objective by 2050.
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Passenger Name Record - widening the scope to rail?
Friday, 15 November 2019
The EU and the railway sector have been working for many years on facilitating cross-border rail transport by focusing on improving rail interoperability, investing resources into rail infrastructure and creating a common market for rail services.
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Rail's priorities for the European Green Deal
Tuesday, 12 November 2019
The EU and its Member States should implement a number of policy measures to set transport on a path to full decarbonisation by 2050, with a modal shift to rail, effective tools to implement 'user pays' and 'polluter pays' principles and proper funding for clean mobility.
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Commission study results suggest greater role for European railways
Monday, 14 October 2019
European railways comply with the principles of 'user pays' and 'polluter pays' better than any other motorised transport mode, both for passengers and freight. This is a key insight from the European Commission's recent study on transport cost internalisation.
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Creosote use in railways
Tuesday, 1 October 2019
Under the provisions of the European Biocidal Products Regulation and the REACH Regulation, the EU is currently evaluating the renewal of approval of the biocidal active substance creosote.
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Targeted review of the General Block Exemption Regulation: extension to national funds combined with certain Union programmes
Friday, 27 September 2019
In July 2019 the European Commission launched a public consultation on the review of the General Block Exemption Regulation with the view to extend its scope to national funds combined with certain Union programmes. The General Block Exemption Regulation (“GBER”) sets which public support...
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CER-EIM Joint Position Paper - Fitness check on State aid rules
Thursday, 18 July 2019
The Community Guidelines on State Aid for Railway Undertakings are the relevant legal basis for the approval of national rail funding measures and therefore play a significant role for the sector.
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