Eurailspeed Parallel Session B.1. Colin Hall Deputy Executive Director, CER

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1 Eurailspeed Parallel Session B.1 Colin Hall Deputy Executive Director, CER 1 1

2 Rail Interoperability and European Transport Policy The view of CER Eurailspeed Milano, 7 th November 2005 Colin Hall, Deputy Executive Director CER 2

3 What is CER? What does it do? CER team The CER deals with all policy areas of significance to railway transport (close collaboration with Paris-based UIC) and offers advice & recommendations to policy makers in Brussels The CER brings together 45 railway companies and infrastructure managers from the EU Member States, the EU accession countries, Norway, Croatia, Serbia/Montenegro, Bosnia/Herzegovina and Switzerland 3

4 CER publications 2004/05 Annual report 2004/05 Position paper: Eurovignette CER Report: Passenger Progress report 2005 The EU Transport Policy White Paper: An assessment of progress By Professor Chris Nash, Institute of Transport Studies (ITS), University of Leeds, UK CER Report: Freight quality progress report 2005 Position paper: Rolling Stock financing European Railway Legislation Handbook (in three languages) Reforming Europe s Railways (in English and German) Position paper: Third Railway Package UIC/CER Brochure: The true cost of transport" UIC/CER Brochure: Railways and the Environment On CER website 4

5 The foundations of European rail transport policy European rail transport policy Rail Infrastructure Infrastructure pricing Market opening / competition CER priorities 5

6 Interoperability potential CER supports the policy principle - EU Transport policy objective - product quality improvement - cost reduction benefits - economies of scale But the cost-benefit equation has to be established An important role for the new Railway Agency....and the railways themselves Source: VDB 6

7 European Railway Agency CER fully supports the new Agency New, disciplined structure can boost railway development Leadership e.g. Change Control for ERTMS Rail sector representativity needs to be balanced - CER as the main railway representative body Cost-benefit assessment a key Agency process Rail competitiveness the key driver 7

8 Railway standards and competitiveness Railway standards and Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSI) must reflect the real challenge for the railway business: to become more competitive with the other modes of transport, in particular road. To be avoided (e.g.) additional costs, e.g. for unplanned ETCS investments bureaucratic, long and expensive approval (homologation) procedures Otherwise: rail will end up losing instead of gaining market share! 8

9 Interoperability is already improving in practice Examples Whoippy - Mannheim Belgium - Basel Woippy (Metz) Sibelin (Lyon) Gremberg (Köln) Mannheim Original Woippy Mannheim concept Extensions Interoperable locomotives Interoperable train crew Cross-border service monitoring Source: VDB 9

10 A Memorandum of Understanding on ERTMS Deployment (MOU) The MOU offers a way forward: Partners: European Commission and railway sector (CER, UIC, EIM, UNIFE) signed in March 2005 Common study methodology, corridor approach Managed by a commonly steered implementation process Appointment of an ERTMS and rail corridor coordinator by the Commission (July 2005) Karel Vinck Ex SNCB CEO 10

11 ERTMS MOU - a corridor approach ERTMS corridors See next slide! 11

12 ERTMS MOU corridor approach Which corridors? Corridor A Rotterdam- Bâle Genova B C Palermo-Bologna-Verona- Munchen Hamburg Copenhagen Stockholm. Antwerpen Namur Luxemb. Metz Strasb. - Bâle Antwerpen Namur Athus Dijon - Lyon D E F Sevilla - Barcelona Lyon Torino - Trieste - Ljubljana Dresden Prag Brno Wien Bratislava - Budapest Duisberg Berlin - Warsaw 12

13 There are human borders, too Language level? Language tools? CER study under development Source: VDB 13

14 Infrastructure pricing: Basic to the health of the railway system Research has confirmed that trucks do not pay for all of their costs (1) Road taxes < env. damage ; rail taxes > env. damage (2) Rail is significantly less environmentally damaging (1) (2) UK NL D UK NL D Environmental damage in Euros per thousand ton-km Taxes on operations in Euros per thousand ton-km Source: ECMT (2003), CER 14

15 Infrastructure pricing Eurovignette Directive is progress still possible? European Commission makes proposal to revise Eurovignette Directive European Parliament First reading (2003) was favourable for rail, including internalisation of external costs and cross-modal financing Council of Ministers position far too restrictive for rail European Parliament now seeks status quo acceptable to Council: core issue of external costs not addressed Likely final decision end-2005 We continue to press the case for rail 15

16 The Third Railway Package - first reading in the EP Results of the European Parliament s first reading on 28 Sept 05 votes on all 4 texts of the package now in the hands of the Council (+ regulation on public service obligations) 1. Liberalisation of cross border passenger traffic by 2010 (Directive) adopted (401 MEPs yes, 201 no) accelerated and national 2. European locomotive drivers license (Directive) adopted, large consensus 3. Passenger rights (Regulation) adopted, but concerns remain: extension of the scope; ticket sales; obligation to transport bicycles in all trains 4. Quality of rail freight services (Regulation) rejection of the proposed Regulation (but EC could possibly present a new proposal in the future) 16

17 European Transport Policy Priorities 2001 White Paper objectives Progress made More competition on the tracks Happening now: EU Commission revision of the White Paper critical Eliminate distortions of competition with other transport modes Eurovignette Increase in long-distance market share (400km+) critical Infrastructure development esp. track capacity Trans-European Network 17

18 Thank you for your attention CER website 18