Position papers
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CER Position - Boosting ERTMS deployment
Monday, 27 September 2021
The European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) system offers the necessary conditions for uninterrupted, safe, efficient and fast railway services with significant investments needed for its broad deployment.
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CER Position - Revision of TEN-T Regulation 1315/2013
Wednesday, 22 September 2021
Transport infrastructure policy at EU level is essential for the coordination of important transport projects, the overall development of cross-border and regional infrastructure as well as cohesion and social inclusion.
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CER Position - Revision of the Combined Transport Directive
Thursday, 9 September 2021
CER welcomes the launch of the work on the revision of the Combined Transport Directive and the draft roadmap which the Commission published on 19 August 2021 outlining its intended actions until a legislative proposal comes out in Q4 2022.
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CER position on current Subset 119 and Subset 121
Wednesday, 14 July 2021
CER does not agree on the versions of the Subsets 119 and 121 becoming mandatory in the TSI 2022 Package as proposed to the ERA TWG ARCHI by UNISIG.
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Interim Position Paper on International Rail Passenger Services
Wednesday, 9 June 2021
For the past decades, the international rail passenger offering was stagnating in comparison to the constant increase of air travel. In 2019, nearly 1 in 2 air passengers (46%) preferred intra-EU flights while a growth of +8% in the air market was documented between 2017 and 2019.
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Joint CER/EIM/UNIFE and EUTT Position Paper: Real-time information for high customer services
Monday, 7 June 2021
With this paper, the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER), the European Rail Infrastructure Managers (EIM), the European Rail Industry (UNIFE), and the European Travel Tech organisation (EUTT) jointly question the latest proposal of the European Union Agency for...
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TSI Migration and Transitions – TSI 2022 and beyond
Friday, 21 May 2021
On 24 January 2020 the European Commission sent a request to the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) for the preparation of the Digital rail and Green freight TSI revision package (2022 revision). Within the package the European Commission submitted the change request CR236 ‘Review and ...
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Decarbonisation of EU transport requires fair and transparent intermodal conditions
Wednesday, 19 May 2021
For more than two decades, internalisation of external costs has been high on the agenda of European transport and environment policy but so far little progress has been achieved.
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Extension of Regulation establishing measures for a sustainable rail market in view of the COVID-19 outbreak
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
In a joint letter to the European Commission, CER together with ALLRAIL, ERFA, UIP and UIRR outline their common position regarding the need to extend Regulation 2020/1429 by a further 6 months.
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CER comments to the EU Mobility Strategy
Wednesday, 21 April 2021
European railways welcomed the timely adoption of the EU Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy, which aims to help the transport sector to swiftly respond to the ongoing and accelerating climate crisis and seize the opportunities of modern and efficient technologies.
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