CER letter on EFSI and the Technical Pillar of the 4th Railway Package

Thursday, 26 February 2015

In this letter to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc, CER Chairman Christian Kern and CER Executive Director Libor Lochman express concerns of the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies regarding the European...

Assessment for the mid-term review of the Transport White Paper 2011

Monday, 23 February 2015

The Transport White Paper, adopted by the European Commission in March 2011, provided a comprehensive strategy and vision for tomorrow’s transport in Europe. In the context of the Commission’s forthcoming mid-term review of the Transport White Paper CER reiterates that:

Amendment of the Commission implementing Regulation N°402/2013 on the CSM for risk evaluation and assessment

Friday, 19 December 2014

CER, EIM and UNIFE support the proposed legal text. An agreement of these design targets is a valuable and significant step forward for the sector in the application of the CSM RA regulation. Some minor clarifications are still proposed to further improve the text. 

Cooperation agreements

Tuesday, 4 November 2014

The guide ("Issuing a safety certificate or safety authorisation – A guide for national safety authorities" ERA Safety Unit 07/07/2014) and especially ERA assumption that RUs “operate under the safety certificate of another RU” raise a substantial lack of understanding among the members of CER...

ETCS-related track access charges

Friday, 31 October 2014

Article 32 (4) of Directive 2012/34/EU (Recast Directive) foresees the introduction of a differentiation of track access charges in order to give incentives to equip trains with the European Train Control System (ETCS).

Users’ expectations for ERTMS breakthrough program

Friday, 31 October 2014

CER welcomes the ERTMS breakthrough initiative proposed by the European Commission. Indeed, important ERTMS issues remain to be solved.

Future radio communication system

Tuesday, 24 June 2014

CER is welcoming the initiative of ERA in defining the next radio communication system for Railways. Many CER members supported this activity and sent their answers to the questionnaire on the operational requirements for radio communication systems.

A 2030 Framework for Climate and Energy Policies

Tuesday, 24 June 2014

The Commission Communication on the 2030 Framework for Climate and Energy Policies lists three key goals: a reduction in total domestic greenhouse gas emissions of 40% on the 1990 level by 2030; an EU-level binding target for renewable energy of at least 27% in total energy consumption; and...

Metal theft

Friday, 30 May 2014

There is a need that the Member States, the EU institutions, the sectors affected by metal theft, as well as international bodies get more involved and work more closely together to tackle metal theft.

CER-CIT-EPF-EDF letter to the Permanent Representation of Greece to the EU: implementation of Directive 2013/11/EU on Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

Thursday, 8 May 2014