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The European Rail Associations’ vision paper on international standardisation
The supporting organisations have reflected on the specific strategic challenges connected to international standardisation in their field and on how to address them. The result of this exercise is outlined in the attached vision paper, shared in a common letter with the Commission DG MOVE, which presents the European perspective on international standardisation in the […]
UIP position paper – Rail system innovation should be classified as important project of common European interest
While the current IPCEI rules provide an effective tool to incentivise Member States cooperation to fund cross-border innovation projects of common European interest, the greenest mode of transport rail needs to be duly recognised to its due worth and play a more prominent role to achieve the European Green Deal ambitions. Consequently, we strongly believe […]
Joint sector call for prominent role of transport in National Recovery and Resilience Plans
COVID-19: European Parliament resolution on EU action
Joint paper – Creating a fair and balanced temporary state aid framework for rail freight in the context of COVID-19
Rail freight will face significant challenges to continue operations over the coming months, particularly in light of a significant slowdown in industrial output due to national measures taken to control the outbreak of COVID-19. These short-term measures could cause longer term damage to the sector, namely the disappearance of operators and capacity, if measures are […]
Joint letter from the European rail sector on concrete measures to face the COVID‐19 pandemic and its economic consequences
The representatives of European railways, combined transport and wagon load operators, wagon keepers, workshops and mobile services associations, on behalf of our members and of the European rail and intermodal sectors would like to thank all public authorities at all levels – European, national and local – for their efforts to ensure a coordinated and […]