Crister Fritzson
ASTOC
From 2017 to 2019

CER Chair
Libor Lochman
Executive Director
From 2012

CER Executive Director
Violeta Bulc
From 2015 to 2019

EU Commissioner for Transport
56 members
+ 13 partners
Eurofima and Vy (formerly NSB) join CER as partners.
RDG changes its status to partner.
Voluntary commitments
- CER and ETF adopt social partners’ Joint Conclusions on their project ‘Rail Mobile Workers’
- Celebration of 20 years of Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee for Railways
- European rail social partners kick off negotiations to promote the employment of women in the sector
- CER becomes a member of the Stakeholder group of the European Labour Authority (ELA)
March 2019
- Adoption by the European Parliament of its position in first reading on the proposal for a Directive on collective redress.
- Adoption by the European Parliament of its position in first reading on the proposal for a Directive amending the Combined Transport Directive 92/106/EEC.
- Provisional partial agreement in trilogue on the proposal for a Regulation establishing the Connecting Europe Facility.
- Adoption by the European Parliament of a non-binding resolution on the European Commission’s 2050 climate plan.
April 2019
- Publication in the EU Official Journal of Directive (EU) 2019/882 on the accessibility requirements for products and services (European Accessibility Act).
- Publication in the EU Official Journal of Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/554 amending Annex VI to the Train Drivers Directive (2007/59/EC).
May 2019
- Adoption of the Council Progress Report on the revision of Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy goods vehicles.
June 2019
- Entry into force of the Fourth Railway Package’s Technical Pillar.
- Publication in the EU Official Journal of Directive (EU) 2019/1024 on open data and the re-use of public sector information.
November 2019
- Adoption of the Council General Approach on the proposal for a Directive on collective redress.
- Agreement in trilogue on the proposal for a Regulation on electronic freight transport information.
December 2019
- Adoption of the Council General Approach on the revision of Regulation 1371/2007 on rail passengers’ rights.
- Publication by the European Commission of its Communication ‘The European Green Deal’.
- Adoption of Council conclusions on widening the scope of PNR data to transport modes other than air.