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Joint letter to the European Commission to accelerate the set up of Shift2Rail

Joint Letter from the Group of Representative Bodies Within the European railway sector, the Joint Undertaking SHIFT²RAIL is broadly acknowledged to be the first European initiative focussing on research and innovation (R&I) and market-driven solutions by accelerating the demonstration and integration of new and advanced technologies into innovative solutions for the operational railway. The Group of Representative Bodies […]

GRB joint letter to CEN on closing of TSI open points

Paper prepared by the Group of Representative Bodies   This paper has been prepared by the Group of Representative Bodies (GRB) as a contribution to the work programme of CEN_CENELEC’s Sector Forum Rail (known to the rail community as the Joint Programming Committee – Rail (JPCR)) in order to influence the future work programme of […]

Joint Statement on the risks of shifting CEF money to EFSI

Joint letter to the European Commission on funding CEN budget

Joint letter from the Group of Representative Bodies to the Commissioner in charge of Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs   Dear Ms Bieńkowska, The Railway Sector is very active in supporting both the European Railway Agency and ‘CEN-CENELEC-ETSI’ for the development of the Interoperability and Safety regulations and the European technical standards. When it […]

Joint letter to the European Commission on the set up of European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI)

Open letter on the Commission proposal for a Regulation establishing a European Fund for Strategic Investments   The undersigned stakeholder associations (CER, EBU, EFIP, EIM, ERFA, ESC, ESPO, ESO, INE, UIP, FEPORT, UIRR and UNIFE) highlight the important need for investment in transport infrastructure. In the TEN-T Guidelines, the European Parliament and Member States have […]

Rail Freight industry associations ask for legislation governing transport by more than one mode

Joint letter to Italian National Safety Authority on NIB recommendations following Brixen accident

Joint letter from ASSOFERR and UIP to ANSF – Italian National Safety Authority   UIP, the International Association of Wagon Keepers and ECMs, shares your opinion that the derailment in Brixen and, in particular the results of the investigation process, are relevant and require thoughtful discussions at European level. However, having read the NIB report, […]

GRB joint letter to ERA on assessment of 2015 Annual Work Programme

GRB Assessment of the ERA 2015 Annual Work Programme   The Group of Representative Bodies (GRB) welcomes the ERA prioritisation of outputs. Building on this proposed prioritisation, the GRB recommends to classify further outputs as “significant”. These activities identified as “Top priority” or “High priority” are recommended to be quickly developed and implemented, and appropriately […]

UIP position paper on wagon performance

Provision of Vehicle Performance Data   UIP regularly points out the high importance of vehicle performance data for Wagon Keepers and ECMs around Europe. It has previously formalised its general demand on vehicle performance data in its Position Paper on a European Strategy for an Efficient Exchange of Rolling Stock Data in Rail Freight (July […]

Joint Statement on Weights and Dimensions directive