Celebrating European social dialogue in the railway sector

Tuesday, 12 November 2019

Existing since 1972, the railway social dialogue is one of the longest-standing in Europe.

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 pays' and 'polluter pays' principles and proper funding for clean mobility.

PSEF Joint Statement on the EU Priorities 2019-2024

Wednesday, 16 October 2019

In view of the new legislative term and future dialogue with EU decision makers, the members of the Public Services Employers’ Forum (PSEF) - including CER - have published the following joint statement to introduce their role and priorities.

Commission study results suggest greater role for European railways

Monday, 14 October 2019

European railways comply with the principles of 'user pays' and 'polluter pays' better than any other motorised transport mode, both for passengers and freight. This is a key insight from the European Commission's recent study on transport cost internalisation.

Creosote use in railways

Tuesday, 1 October 2019

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.

Targeted review of the General Block Exemption Regulation: extension to national funds combined with certain Union programmes

Friday, 27 September 2019

In July 2019 the European Commission launched a public consultation on the review of the General Block Exemption Regulation with the view to extend its scope to national funds combined with certain Union programmes. The General Block Exemption Regulation (“GBER”) sets which public support... Read More

Commission study supports shift to clean transport modes like rail and proper internalisation of external costs

Wednesday, 11 September 2019

In June 2019, the European Commission published a study entitled "Sustainable Transport Infrastructure Charging and Internalisation of Transport Externalities".

This CER Fact Sheet highlights three key insights from the study which show that:

CER-EIM Joint Position Paper - Fitness check on State aid rules

Thursday, 18 July 2019

The Community Guidelines on State Aid for Railway Undertakings are the relevant legal basis for the approval of national rail funding measures and therefore play a significant role for the sector.

Implementing user-pays and polluter-pays in road charging

Wednesday, 3 April 2019

As a competitor to road transport, railways are affected by road charging rules. For an efficient provision of transport, but also for fair competition with rail, the principles of user-pays and polluter-pays must be implemented quickly on Europe's roads.

CER Position Paper on noise differentiated track access charges

Friday, 8 March 2019

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.