Joint Statement: Rail Stakeholders’ Red Lines Following EU Council’s Deal on Trucks Weights and Dimensions

On 4 December, UIP, together with CER, ERFA, RFF, UIRR and UNIFE, issued a statement to highlight the damaging impact that the proposal may have by consciously widening the competitiveness gap that has disadvantaged rail freight for far too long.

As the Commission, the Council and the European Parliament prepare for interinstitutional negotiations, the European associations representing rail and intermodal transport send their red lines to the EU legislators and urge them not to lose sight of the broader, long-term vision of a logistics ecosystem that is interoperable and capable of delivering on shared transport, energy, climate, environmental, and social objectives.

Read the full statement on the right.