Position papers
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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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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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CER-EIM-UNIFE Recommendation to apply the Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) & Good practices in the domain of railway procurement
Friday, 12 July 2019
Public procurement is the most common process for railway projects in Europe and can be a driver for more sustainable, high-performing and innovative products.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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