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European rail CEOs set course for EU green mobility with VP Timmermans
Wednesday, 19 February 2020
Meeting in Brussels today, Europe’s leading rail CEOs set the course for the EU’s shift to a sustainable mobility system together with European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans. The CEOs...
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Geert Pauwels receives European Railway Award 2020
Tuesday, 18 February 2020
The 2020 European Railway Award was presented tonight to Geert Pauwels, for successfully developing a strategy making rail freight a profitable business, thereby boosting the attractiveness of rail...
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ÖBB CEO Andreas Matthä takes over as CER Acting Chair
Tuesday, 21 January 2020
The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) welcomes ÖBB CEO Andreas Matthä as Acting Chair of its Management Committee as of 20 January 2020. As the longest serving Vice-...
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A shift to rail is vital for delivering the European Green Deal
Wednesday, 11 December 2019
The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) welcomes the European Green Deal, which recognises the role of rail in delivering the target of reducing transport greenhouse gas...
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EU Member States should not fail to introduce tolling and external-cost charging on all major roads
Tuesday, 26 November 2019
The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) notes with disappointment a preliminary decision taken by the Council last week on the Eurovignette Directive revision that would...
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Rail's priorities for the European Green Deal
Tuesday, 12 November 2019
The EU and its Member States should implement a number of policy measures to set transport on a path to full decarbonisation by 2050, with a modal shift to rail, effective tools to implement 'user...