Position papers
Position papers
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European Rail System Subsystem Traffic Operation and Management “OPE TSI” On-going OPE TSI revision
Monday, 21 October 2013
This Position Paper makes public the official CER beliefs and recommendations on and for the Technical Specifications of Interoperability relating to Operation and Traffic Management (OPE TSI) Draft revised version and the draft of the revised Appendix A.
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The Economic equilibrium test
Thursday, 10 October 2013
Article 11 of Directive 2012/34/EU foresees the execution of an economic equilibrium test, to be carried out by the regulatory body upon request, in order to determine whether and to what extent a prospective open access service may be detrimental to a Public Service Contract in place.
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Scarcity charging in rail
Thursday, 10 October 2013
Scarcity charging should only be applied after other mechanisms to solve conflicting path requests have failed and only on sections that have been designated as congested by the infrastructure manager.
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Policy principles for rail freight noise mitigation
Thursday, 10 October 2013
The rail sector has a long history of noise mitigation and is committed to continue making progress based on cost-effective noise mitigation solutions.
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Proposal amending Directive 96/53/EC on weights and dimensions for certain road vehicles in national and international traffic
Monday, 15 July 2013
The Commission’s Proposal for amending Directive 96/53/EC on weights and dimensions for certain road vehicles in national and international traffic, published in April 2013, covers four main areas. These are:
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CER comments on the Commission’s Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning measures to ensure a high common level of network and information security across the Union (COM(2013) 48 final)
Thursday, 30 May 2013
CER welcomes the Commission’s proposal and the efforts made to ensure a high level of network and information security in all MS. Although we realise the importance of this issue, CER expresses concerns about some of the aspects of the proposed directive that need to be further clarified.
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CER-UIC position paper: A vision for rail standardisation in Europe
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
This paper is a reflection on the current framework within which rail standardisation is undertaken today, highlights a number of points of concern and sets out some possible remedies.
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CER position on the NRMM Directive
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
The purpose of this paper is to share with the European Commission CER’s view in response to the public consultation “Stakeholder Consultation on the revision of Directive 97/68/EC on emissions from non-road mobile machinery engines”.
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Joint declaration of the PSEF - Three elements for reshaping the future
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
With this joint declaration, partners of the Public Service Employers' Forum would like to present three key messages that are essential for the future of Europe:
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Public consultation on enablers for European multimodal travel planning and information services
Tuesday, 12 March 2013
CER, the Community of European Railways and Infrastructure Companies, welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the public consultation on Enablers for European Multimodal Travel Planning and Information Services.
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