Interoperability and safety
Interoperability and safety enhance and ensure the seamless and safe circulation of passengers and goods on railway vehicles across the European Union and even beyond its borders.
Related CER Publications
Sector Position Paper - The use of SAIT
The European Union Agency for Railways, Member States and sector stakeholders have been intensively discussing the exchange of safety-related information for many...
EU rail sector declaration on traction energy metering and s
This CER, EIM, EPTTOLA, ERFA, NB-Rail, UIC sector Declaration expresses how the rail sector wants to be compliant with European Regulation. It includes timings on fulfilling...
Joint letter - Transforming Europe’s rail system: budget
In this joint letter to European Commissioners Adina Vălean and Mariya Gabriel, CER, UNIFE, UIP and EIM express the strong commitment of the railway stakeholders...
Transport sector calls for an EU framework on the governance
Representatives from the road, air, maritime, rail, manufacturing and logistics sectors call on European decision makers to adopt an EU framework on the governance of business-to-...
A blueprint for greater focus on rail in the quest for green
European transport must be carbon-neutral at the latest by 2050, with clear mid-term milestones set for 2030 and 2040. This is the objective proposed by the Community of European...
CER input to the EU Strategy for Sustainable and Smart Mobil
Rail is the safest, most sustainable transport mode. It contributes to making the European economy greener and more efficient. Yet much must be done in order to create the...
CER & UNIFE call for an EU budget that integrates rail i
On 20 April, CER and UNIFE addressed a letter to European Commission Vice-President Timmermans, Transport Commissioner Adina Vălean, Cohesion and Reforms Commissioner Elisa...
Strategic Deployment Agenda for 5G Connectivity and Spectrum
The CER-EIM Strategic Deployment Agenda for 5G Connectivity and Spectrum for Rail describes and provides guidance on how to implement two 5G lighthouses that will enhance...
CER Position Paper on noise differentiated track access char
CER welcomes the evaluation of the Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2015/429, setting out the modalities for the application of the charging of the cost of noise effects. Following...
CER Policy Agenda 2019-2024
Railways are the backbone of European mobility and the European transport system. Railways play a vital role for society: over the last decade, rail saw a renaissance in...
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TSGA - the TAP TSI Services Governance Association
The TSGA (TAP TSI Services Governance Association) is a non-profit association helping to improve rail distribution and digitalisation. The TSGA was set up in December...
Group of Representative Bodies
The Group of Representative Bodies (GRB) is a grouping of railway associations in Europe with the role of supporting, in a transverse way, the rail sector’s input to the European...
ERRAC - The European Rail Research Advisory Council
ERRAC was set up in 2001 with the ambitious goal of creating a single European body with both the competence and capability to help revitalise the European rail sector and make it...
European Railway Agency Database of Interoperability and Safety
The ERADIS database shall ensure that the information relevant to the safety and interoperability of the railways in the Member States is accessible and transparent to all...
European Union Agency for Railways
The European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) was established in 2004 to devise the technical and legal framework for creating a Single European Railway Area (SERA) as mandated...
