Position papers

  • CER Position - CountEmissions EU

    Friday, 17 December 2021

    According to the EU Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy, the Commission plans to establish a European framework for the harmonised measurement of transport and logistics greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2022.

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  • CER Position - Making transport fit for 55

    Wednesday, 15 December 2021

    With this position paper, CER would like to contribute to the legislative discussion on the Fit for 55 package with concrete policy suggestions that recognise the role of rail as the most energy-efficient transport mode and the existing solution that reconciles economic growth and job creation...

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  • CER Position - Multimodal Digital Mobility Services Regulation

    Tuesday, 2 November 2021

    Responding to the European Commission's inception impact assessment on the proposal for a Regulation on Multimodal Digital Mobility Services, CER put forward the below position paper calling for support of sector-based solutions as the starting point when improving multimodal ticketing.

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  • CER Position - Inception Impact Assessment on Revision of Rail State aid Guidelines

    Friday, 29 October 2021

    CER members welcome the European Commission's Inception Impact Assessment (IIA) for the Revision of the Community Guidelines on State aid for railway undertakings. 

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  • CER Ticketing Roadmap

    Thursday, 30 September 2021

    European railways realise that the railway system is a fundamental pillar to reach the European carbon emission goals of the ‘European Green Deal’ and therefore we will actively contribute to its successful implementation. In order to achieve the necessary modal shift, we will need to focus on...

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  • CER Position - Boosting ERTMS deployment

    Monday, 27 September 2021

    The European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) system offers the necessary conditions for uninterrupted, safe, efficient and fast railway services with significant investments needed for its broad deployment.

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  • CER Position - Revision of TEN-T Regulation 1315/2013

    Wednesday, 22 September 2021

    Transport infrastructure policy at EU level is essential for the coordination of important transport projects, the overall development of cross-border and regional infrastructure as well as cohesion and social inclusion.

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  • CER Position - Revision of the Combined Transport Directive

    Thursday, 9 September 2021

    CER welcomes the launch of the work on the revision of the Combined Transport Directive and the draft roadmap which the Commission published on 19 August 2021 outlining its intended actions until a legislative proposal comes out in Q4 2022.

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  • CER position on current Subset 119 and Subset 121

    Wednesday, 14 July 2021

    CER does not agree on the versions of the Subsets 119 and 121 becoming mandatory in the TSI 2022 Package as proposed to the  ERA TWG ARCHI by UNISIG.

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  • Interim Position Paper on International Rail Passenger Services

    Wednesday, 9 June 2021

    For the past decades, the international rail passenger offering was stagnating in comparison to the constant increase of air travel. In 2019, nearly 1 in 2 air passengers (46%) preferred intra-EU flights while a growth of +8% in the air market was documented between 2017 and 2019.

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