January
Communications & partnerships
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CER meets with ITF Secretary General Young Tae Kim.
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The Digital Transport & Logistics Forum, including CER as a member, kicks off its second mandate.
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CER, EIM, and UIC Chairs and Directors hold coordination meeting in Paris.
Meetings & events
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CER participates in the European Commission’s first Transport Cyber Security Conference.
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CER and Dutch Railways NS organise a panel debate at the Dutch Permanent Representation to the EU discussing how rail can help deliver on urgent climate goals.
Publications
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CER publishes a joint position paper with ERFA ‘Getting the price signals right: why national governments should speed up the adoption of new road charging rules’.
February
Meetings & events
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CER speaks at a Shift2Rail event on the future of rail research and innovation.
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Catherine Trautmann receives the European Railway Award 2019 at the annual ceremony organised by CER and UNIFE and followed by their annual reception.
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The CER General Assembly meets in Brussels, where members endorse its Policy Agenda 2019-2024.
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CER attends the high-level DG MOVE conference ‘Multimodal transport - towards the future’ closing the year of multimodality.
Publications
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CER publishes the brochure ‘Customers & society first’ outlining its Policy Agenda 2019-2024.
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CER publishes a position paper contributing to discussions on the recast of the Rail Passenger Rights Regulation.
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CER and ETF publish the fifth Women in Rail report.
March
Communication & partnerships
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CER takes part in the spring ERRAC Plenary meeting.
Meetings & events
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CER meets Latvian Transport Minister Tālis Linkaits.
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The Group of Representative Bodies (GRB) holds their annual event with the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA), Josef Doppelbauer, this time dedicated to the implementation of the Fourth Railway Package’s Technical Pillar.
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CER contributes to two high-level conferences: ‘Space for Innovation in rail’, jointly organised by ERA, Shift2Rail, and the European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency (GSA); and an international railway congress sponsored by ÖBB, JSC Russian Railways and the Austrian Ministry of Transport.
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CER and the Romanian Presidency of the EU hold their joint event looking at the question of transport financing.
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CER takes part in a roundtable on the digitalisation of railways, bringing together for the first time the European Commission Directors-General of DG MOVE, Henrik Hololei, and DG CONNECT, Roberto Viola, with rail sector representatives.
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CER meets with Moldovan Railways and the Moldovan Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure on their planned railway reform.
Publications
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CER publishes a position paper on noise differentiated track access charges in light of the evaluation of the related Implementing Regulation.
May
Communications & partnerships
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CER spreads the word on Twitter about the upcoming entry into force of the Fourth Railway Package’s Technical Pillar on 16 June 2019.
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Ahead of the informal European Council meeting in Sibiu to shape the Council Strategy for 2019-2024, CER calls on EU heads of State to recognise the pivotal importance of the transport sector for the future of the EU.
Meetings & events
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CER contributes to second expert hearing in the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) on ‘Citizens mobility in the EU with all modes of public transport’.
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CER customs experts meet in Sofia with the European Commission’s DG TAXUD and national customs authorities at the annual Joint Customs Meeting.
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At the CER/UIC High-Level Freight Meeting in Paris, European freight CEOs adopt a joint work programme for 2019-2020.
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CER participates in the 2019 ITF Summit in Leipzig and speaks at the session ‘Connecting regions through rail’.
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CER participates in the first meeting of the Transport Community Rail Working Group, established under the Transport Community Treaty (TCT).
April
Communications & partnerships
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CER and CIT management hold coordination meeting in Geneva.
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CER Customer Liaison Group meets in Brussels.
Meetings & events
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CER shares rail experience in view of the next Transport White Paper at a hearing organised by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC).
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CER hosts 6th meeting of the Sector Statement Group (SSG) in Brussels.
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CER speaks alongside EU policymakers at several international events including the Rail Baltica Global Forum 2019 and Eurasia Rail 2019.
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CER organises a workshop to present the sector’s policy priorities to DG MOVE.
Publications
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CER publishes its position paper ‘Implementing user-pays and polluter-pays in road charging’ ahead of Council discussions on the revision of the Eurovignette Directive.
June
Communications & partnerships
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CER takes part in the 70th General Assembly of COLPOFER.
Meetings & events
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The European Commission’s DG MOVE and DG CONNECT call a meeting to get the vision of CER on the future of 5G technology and the role of rail in the digitisation of the overall rail system.
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The 120th meeting of the CER Human Resources Directors Group takes place in Prague.
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CER speaks at the annual conference of the European Passengers’ Federation (EPF).
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European rail infrastructure managers meet at the CER/EIM High-level Infastructure Meeting hosted by SBB in Bern.
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CER hosts the first Digital Rail Steering Group meeting agreed between DG MOVE, DG CONNECT and the rail sector.
July
Meetings & events
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CER speaks at a Committee of the Regions hearing on the potential of the rail sector in delivering EU policy.
Publications
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CER publishes a joint position paper with EIM responding to the fitness check on State aid rules.
October
Communications & partnerships
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The European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) and CER kick off negotiations to promote the employment of women in the sector.
Meetings & events
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The CER/UIC High-Level Passenger Meeting is hosted by Renfe in Barcelona.
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CER participates in DG MOVE’s Digital Transport Days in Helsinki.
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To mark one year of Noah’s Train, CER attends the anniversary event in Rotterdam.
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CER takes part in ERA’s major ‘#CCRCC2019 ERTMS’ conference in Valenciennes.
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CER plays an active role at the Silk Road Forum in Tbilisi.
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The 12th World Congress on Railway Research (WCRR) in Tokyo is attended by CER.
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The CER Group of Human Resource Directors gathers in Brussels.
Publications
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CER publishes the position paper ‘Commission study results suggest greater role for European railways’ calling for policymakers to create the right framework conditions for rail to flourish, including proper internalisation of transport’s external costs.
September
Communications & partnerships
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The CER Customer Liaison Group meets in Brussels.
Meetings & events
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CER presents the railway’s policy priorities at its 2019 Summer Cocktail.
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DG CLIMA meets with CER to discuss railways’ role in the EU’s decarbonisation agenda.
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Security in the rail sector is discussed during a meeting between CER and DG HOME.
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The CER General Assembly is hosted by PKP in Gdansk, where Management Committee elections take place.
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CER attends the Commission’s European Research and Innovation Days in Brussels.
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CER participates in the first edition of the Europa Connectivity Forum dedicated to EU-Asia connectivity.
Publications
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CER publishes a fact sheet highlighting key takeaways from the Commission’s study ’Sustainable Transport Infrastructure Charging and Internalisation of Transport Externalities’.
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CER publishes a position paper feeding into the targeted review of the General Block Exemption Regulation..
November
Communications & partnerships
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CER attends first meeting of the European Labour Authority Stakeholder Group (ELA), a new EU agency established as one of the main initiatives under the European Pillar of Social Rights.
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CER takes part in the first ‘Women in Transport Talks’ event, an industry initiative developed under the Women in Transport Platform.
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CER takes part in the fall ERRAC Plenary meeting.
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CER attends the 71st COLPOFER General Assembly in Prague.
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CER participates in the Plenary of the Sectoral Social Dialogue and publishes a joint declaration with ETF celebrating the Committee’s 20-year anniversary.
Meetings & events
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CER contributes to the annual meeting of the central-southern European rail CEOs in Ljubljana.
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CER in cooperation with VR Group and the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the EU hosts an event on Mobility-as-a-Service.
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CER speaks at InnoRail conference in Budapest on the theme of railways in the digital age.
Publications
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CER publishes ‘Rail’s priorities for the European Green Deal’.
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CER publishes a position paper on the potential widening of the EU passenger name record (PNR) framework to rail.
December
Communications & partnerships
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CER attends a European Logistics Platform (ELP) debate on the next CEF budget, hosted by MEP Marian-Jean Marinescu.
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CER sends a letter congratulating European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Vice-President Frans Timmermans, Transport Commissioner Adina Ioana Vălean, and the rest of the team for its election and looking forward to a fruitful cooperation.
Meetings & events
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CER meets DG MOVE to share its views on the upcoming European Green Deal.
