Position papers
Position papers
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Joint CER/EIM/UNIFE and EUTT Position Paper: Real-time information for high customer services
Monday, 7 June 2021
With this paper, the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER), the European Rail Infrastructure Managers (EIM), the European Rail Industry (UNIFE), and the European Travel Tech organisation (EUTT) jointly question the latest proposal of the European Union Agency for...
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TSI Migration and Transitions – TSI 2022 and beyond
Friday, 21 May 2021
On 24 January 2020 the European Commission sent a request to the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) for the preparation of the Digital rail and Green freight TSI revision package (2022 revision). Within the package the European Commission submitted the change request CR236 ‘Review and ...
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Decarbonisation of EU transport requires fair and transparent intermodal conditions
Wednesday, 19 May 2021
For more than two decades, internalisation of external costs has been high on the agenda of European transport and environment policy but so far little progress has been achieved.
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Extension of Regulation establishing measures for a sustainable rail market in view of the COVID-19 outbreak
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
In a joint letter to the European Commission, CER together with ALLRAIL, ERFA, UIP and UIRR outline their common position regarding the need to extend Regulation 2020/1429 by a further 6 months.
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CER comments to the EU Mobility Strategy
Wednesday, 21 April 2021
European railways welcomed the timely adoption of the EU Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy, which aims to help the transport sector to swiftly respond to the ongoing and accelerating climate crisis and seize the opportunities of modern and efficient technologies.
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Creosote use in railways
Tuesday, 20 April 2021
Under the provisions of the European Biocidal Products Regulation and the REACH Regulation, the EU is currently evaluating the renewal of approval of the biocidal active substance creosote.
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CER Position Paper - Hyperloop
Wednesday, 17 March 2021
CER and its members are following ongoing discussions and activities on hyperloop with great attention. The new technology is still not ready for deployment as not yet mature enough.
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CER reply to public consultation: EU Zero Pollution Action Plan
Wednesday, 10 February 2021
In this accompanying statement to our reply to the public consultation on the EU's Action Plan, CER supports the EU’s zero-pollution ambition and highlights the actions taken by the railway sector on a variety of fronts to become a zero-pollution mode of transport.
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CER/EIM position on the CSM ASLP implementation
Friday, 5 February 2021
CER and EIM support the objective to improve collecting and sharing harmonised safety data at EU level in order to continue learning and improving safety. The development process and planning for the Common Safety Methods on the assessment of Safety Level and Safety Performance of railway...
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CER reply to public consultation: Updating the EU Emission Trading System
Friday, 29 January 2021
In this accompanying statement to our reply to the public consultation on updating the EU emission trading system, CER supports a robust carbon pricing for transport and proposes recommendations for the reform of the EU ETS.
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