Position papers
Position papers
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RAC way forward
Monday, 24 March 2014
This position paper makes public the official CER position on and for the way forward for the development of explicit harmonised RAC.
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Joint declaration of the PSEF - Re-building confidence in Europe requires sound public services
Friday, 21 March 2014
The Tripartite Social Summit on 20 March 2014 will tackle the very crucial topic of “Rebuilding confidence in Europe: Focus on job creation – lessons learned and future orientations”.
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The Principal Purpose Test
Tuesday, 11 March 2014
The role of the Principal Purpose Test is to determine whether the principal purpose of a cross-border service is to carry passengers between stations located in different Member States, as opposed to entering a domestic passenger market.
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Consultation - State Aid - Draft Communication on State Aid to Promote Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI)
Monday, 10 March 2014
The European Commission has opened on 28 January 2014 a consultation related to a Draft Communication on State aid to promote Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI). The IPCEI will modernise state aid control in order to foster smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.
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Consultation - Draft Guidelines on environmental and energy aid for 2014-2020 (EEAG consultation)
Friday, 14 February 2014
The European Commission has opened on 18 December 2013 a consultation related to Guidelines on environmental and energy Aid for 2014-2020 (EEAG) aimed to replace the 2008 Community guidelines on state aid for environmental protection.
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Proposal for a Council regulation establishing the Shift2Rail joint undertaking
Tuesday, 4 February 2014
This CER Position Paper covers the “Proposal for a Council Regulation establishing the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking” [Amendments 1.1 – 1.7] and “Annexes to the Proposal for a Council Regulation establishing the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking“ [Amendments 2.1 – 2.17].
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Common statement: road legislation harms intermodality
Wednesday, 29 January 2014
European transport associations in the road-rail, rail and inland waterway sector are increasingly worried about the upcoming vote in the European Parliament on the amendment of Directive 96/53 on the weights and dimensions of road vehicles, as well as the commencement of the proposal's...
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Joint CER-EIM Position Paper on Register of Infrastructure - Request to adopt the principles of an industry standardised data exchange format for RINF
Thursday, 19 December 2013
In the architecture of RINF there is an interface between a Member State (represented by a National Registry Entity (NRE)) and the centralized part of the RINF system (CUI).
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Proposal for clarification of TSI INF
Friday, 13 December 2013
The Technical Specification for Interoperability – subsystem Infrastructure (TSI INF) is designed to enhance interoperability of the European railway system so far as it is economically and technically practicable.
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Revision of Directive 97/68/EC on emissions from nonroad mobile machinery engines
Thursday, 21 November 2013
The purpose of this paper is to share with the European Commission CER’s view in respect to the state of play of the Revision of Directive 97/68/EC for non-road mobile machinery (NRMM) and the presentation of the structure of the Impact Assessment work, including underlying emission limit values...
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