Position papers
Position papers
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Commission proposal 2013/0297 on rail transport statistics as regards the collection of data on goods, passenger, and accidents
Friday, 15 November 2013
The European Commission published on 30 August 2013 a proposal amending Regulation 91/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on rail transport statistics.
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CER position paper on single wagonload
Thursday, 14 November 2013
The 2011 Transport White Paper set clear objectives in terms of competitiveness, efficiency and sustainability of the transport sector.
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Modalities for the determination and computation of direct cost
Tuesday, 22 October 2013
Rigorous, transparent and fair calculation of track access charges (TAC) is of fundamental importance in order to provide correct economic incentives to infrastructure managers (IMs) and railway undertakings (RUs).
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Consultation on the Revision of Technical Specifications of Interoperability relating Telematics Applications for Freight TAF TSI
Monday, 21 October 2013
This Position Paper makes public the official CER beliefs and recommendations on and for the Technical Specifications of Interoperability relating Telematics Applications for Freight (TAF TSI).
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European Rail System Subsystem Traffic Operation and Management “OPE TSI” On-going OPE TSI revision
Monday, 21 October 2013
This Position Paper makes public the official CER beliefs and recommendations on and for the Technical Specifications of Interoperability relating to Operation and Traffic Management (OPE TSI) Draft revised version and the draft of the revised Appendix A.
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The Economic equilibrium test
Thursday, 10 October 2013
Article 11 of Directive 2012/34/EU foresees the execution of an economic equilibrium test, to be carried out by the regulatory body upon request, in order to determine whether and to what extent a prospective open access service may be detrimental to a Public Service Contract in place.
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Scarcity charging in rail
Thursday, 10 October 2013
Scarcity charging should only be applied after other mechanisms to solve conflicting path requests have failed and only on sections that have been designated as congested by the infrastructure manager.
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Policy principles for rail freight noise mitigation
Thursday, 10 October 2013
The rail sector has a long history of noise mitigation and is committed to continue making progress based on cost-effective noise mitigation solutions.
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Proposal amending Directive 96/53/EC on weights and dimensions for certain road vehicles in national and international traffic
Monday, 15 July 2013
The Commission’s Proposal for amending Directive 96/53/EC on weights and dimensions for certain road vehicles in national and international traffic, published in April 2013, covers four main areas. These are:
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CER comments on the Commission’s Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning measures to ensure a high common level of network and information security across the Union (COM(2013) 48 final)
Thursday, 30 May 2013
CER welcomes the Commission’s proposal and the efforts made to ensure a high level of network and information security in all MS. Although we realise the importance of this issue, CER expresses concerns about some of the aspects of the proposed directive that need to be further clarified.
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