Position papers
Position papers
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CER Position Paper - New Deal for Consumers
Monday, 1 October 2018
CER acknowledges the need for the EU legislative acquis to guarantee to all citizens the highest degree of protection against corporate misbehavior: the railway sector strongly supports this line of thought and believes that the right regulatory environment, coupled with joint industry-consumers...
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The Strategy for long-term EU greenhouse gas emissions reductions
Friday, 28 September 2018
CER welcomes the European Commission’s initiative to present a strategy for long-term EU greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions in accordance with the Paris Agreement.
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Joint letter on accessibility in CEF
Tuesday, 11 September 2018
In the context of the ongoing discussions on the new budget proposal for the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), CER joined up with AGE Platform Europe, the European Disability Forum (EDF) and the European Passengers' Federation (EPF) to highlight the need for a coherent CEF in addressing and...
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CER Position Paper - Commission Proposal on Connecting Europe Facility
Monday, 10 September 2018
CER welcomes the Commission proposal establishing the Connecting Europe Facility but feels that the proposed budgetary resources for transport of EUR 30.6 billion are not sufficient.
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CER position on the Directive on re-use of public sector information (recast)
Monday, 3 September 2018
This document sets out CERs position as regards the legislative proposal for the review of the PSI Directive.
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GRB Position Paper - Route Compatibility Check
Thursday, 19 July 2018
This position paper sets out the Group of Representative Bodies’ (GRB) view on the general principles for the route compatibility check (RCC) before the use of authorised vehicles as outlined in Article 23 of the Interoperability Directive (EU) 2016/797.
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CER-EIM-UIC Position Paper - COR SMD: A European safety Database
Tuesday, 17 July 2018
CER, EIM and UIC support a form of enhanced safety management data capture at European level. CER and EIM suggest to openly consider UIC to set up and maintain the European safety database as a neutral service provider for the Agency.
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GRB/SFR - Sector Vision for the Future of Reference Standards
Friday, 13 July 2018
This paper sets out the railway sector’s vision for how referenced standards within the Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSIs) should be managed in the future.
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Minimum Connections Times (MCTs)
Monday, 2 July 2018
The scope of this CER Position Paper is to propose to all the sector stakeholders and the European Union Agency for Railways the adoption of a fair and non-discriminatory obligation to use existing and regulated minimum connection time (MCT) data in journey planners.
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Public consultation on the draft Implementing Regulation on the Economic Equilibrium Test (EET)
Friday, 18 May 2018
During the past months CER presented in several meetings with the European Commission and other stakeholders concerns of the railway sector regarding the Draft Implementing Regulation on the Economic Equilibrium Test proposed by the European Commission (DG MOVE).
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