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Today, the General Assembly of EIM unanimously elected as Vice-President Luc Lallemand, CEO of the Belgian Infrastructure Manager Infrabel. Pier Eringa, EIM President and CEO of […]

From member : Groupe Eurotunnel EIM Members Eurotunnel, HS1, SNCF Réseau and Infrabel committed to join forces to coordinate the deployment of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) on their networks. CEOs met on the 19th July on this occasion.

The EIM Technical Steering Group (TSG) elected as Vice-Chairs Francisco José Contreras Martinez from the International Department at the Spanish rail Infrastructure Manager ADIF, and Jean-Marc Pourchier, Interoperability Manager at the French rail Infrastructure Manager SNCF Réseau (FR). They will support Andy Doherty, the Chair of EIM’s TSG Chair and Chief Technical Officer of the British rail Infrastructure Manager Network Rail (UK) in his duties.

Today, the General Assembly of EIM unanimously re-elected Pier Eringa, Chief Executive Officer of the Dutch rail Infrastructure Manager ProRail, as EIM President. EIM’s General Assembly also elected two EIM Vice-Presidents, Miguel Nieto Menor, Director General of the Spanish rail Infrastructure Manager ADIF (ES) and Graham Hopkins, Group Director of Safety, Technical & Engineering of the British rail Infrastructure Manager Network Rail (UK).

On 6th June, the European Commission presented its proposal for the Connecting Europe Facility Regulation as part of the next Multiannual Financial Framework for the period of 2021-2027. The proposal foresees €12.8 billion for the general CEF Transport envelope, €11.3 billion for the contribution from the Cohesion Fund, and €6.5 billion for the military mobility.

EIM supports the “Ljubljana Declaration” with 45 Stakeholders members of the CEF Transport Campaign

The MFF Transport Campaign including EIM launched the website More EU budget for Transport EIM supports the campaign @MFF4transport and calls for relevant stakeholders to sign the petition on https://www.change.org/p/more-targeted-budget-programs-for-eu-transport

EIM and CER jointly published a Position Paper on MFF - A Sufficient EU Budget for the best Rail System in Europe

The European railway sector is fully committed to develop a sustainable and energy efficient railway system by deploying energy efficient measures and energy efficient products. However, the European railway sector is concerned about the envisaged ban of the placing on the market of fluorescent tube T8 lamps in the European Union by 2020 as such a short transition period is not consistent with the sustainability goals of the railway sector. The European railway sector fears that it would go against the intended energy savings and reduction of emissions while causing an important economic burden to the railway sector.