Topic: EU Council

Compromise proposal Hungarian EU Council presidency puts forward new combined transport definition

The Hungarian presidency of the Council of the European Union has proposed a new definition of combined transport. There is a lot of disagreement about…
file: greening freight package How does the role of IMs change with the latest Capacity Regulation draft?

The EU Council’s latest proposal for the Capacity Management Regulation (CMR) of the Greening Freight Package is bringing significant changes to the role of the…
File: Greening Freight Package ‘Policymakers are giving up on rail freight goals’

The EU Council adopted a General Approach on the Capacity Management Regulation of the Greening Freight Package on Tuesday, 18 June. This means that the…
EU Council gives final approval for new TEN-T regulation

The EU Council finally adopted the revised regulation concerning the development of the trans-European transport network (TEN-T). The act still needs to be signed by…
sector message ‘A fairer rail freight market means fewer state-owned companies’

“There is no reason for the member states to act indirectly as market participants via state-owned, integrated companies”. This was stated in a joint paper…
Is the Capacity Management Directive taking the wrong turn?

The Greening Freight Transport Package (GFTP) seemed to be a sign of EU-wide political will to bring significant changes and improve the transport sector in…
File: Greening Freight Package EU Parliament’s plenary says yes to ‘monstertrucks’ after all

With a marginal majority (300 votes against 295), the European Parliament has approved the legislative proposals of the Weights and Dimensions Directive (WDD) part of…
analysis (When) will paperless freight transport be a reality in the EU?

One of the next steps for the rail freight industry is to become fully digitised and digitalised. A key step towards digitisation would be a…
EU railway companies will help reconstructing Ukrainian railways

32 European rail companies and organisations signed a declaration to support the reconstruction of railways in Ukraine. The declaration was realised on 9 July at…

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EU Council adopts important rail conclusions

The European Transport Ministers, gathered virtually at their EU Council meeting, adopted two important sets of Council Conclusions on EU rail and on the EU…