In an open letter published on Friday 10 January, twelve trade associations from the rail and logistics sectors urge the co-legislators to “adopt an ambitious and international approach” to the European regulation on rail capacity management.
At a time when inter-institutional negotiations (trilogues) have just begun (see EUROPE 13550/9), these associations are defending better coordination of capacity management. “This is increasingly important for markets which are particularly reliant on cross-border capacity such as intermodal”, they write.
They are also calling for the regulation to introduce strong and robust incentives, through reciprocal commercial conditions that effectively encourage capacity management, with an emphasis on the movement of cross-border trains in accordance with their original train path.
They are also calling for “a harmonised methodology” to assess the objective, transparent and balanced socio-economic and environmental criteria for allocating capacity as a last resort. In addition, they believe that the regulation must define a clear and independent governance structure that is driven by key performance indicators (KPIs) and focuses on improving performance.
Read the letter: https://aeur.eu/f/f1a (Original version in French by Anne Damiani)