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INTERNATIONAL INTERMODAL NEWS
PERSPECTIVE - from page 37
being offered. The range of incentives by
member states include the encouragement of investment into transshipment
terminals (intermodal platforms) as well
as a range of measures to enhance the
competitiveness of combined transport
operations.
The modernized CTD is presently
under deliberation in the European Parliament - equivalent to the U.S. Congress
- and the European Council - equivalent
to the U.S. Senate. The intermodal sector's
hopes are high that the bill can be passed
into law before the European Parliament
elections, which are slated for May 2019.
The CTD amendment draft and
UIRR's commentary can be found here:
www.uirr.com/en/media-centre/pressreleases-and-position-papers/2017/
mediacentre/907-uirr-press-releasecommission-proposes-new-rules-forct-dir-92106.html
The mobility package proposal is
available here:
ec.europa.eu/transport/modes/road/
news/2017-11-08-driving-clean-mobility_en

Intermodal Insights thanks Akos
Ersek, chief policy advisor at UIRR, for
contributing this article.

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UIRR Policy Statement
UIRR portrays the incentives outlined
in the legislation as 'temporary
compensatory measures' and
views them as a biased regulatory
framework in favor of road haulage.
The European intermodal sector
does not desire to permanently base
its business models on the receipt of
otherwise unreliable and inconsistent
state aid measures.
UIRR prefers the ultimate correction
of the regulatory framework to
become fair and mode neutral in
every aspect of infrastructure access
by assessing other modes with
external costs such as congestion,
pollution, accidents and greenhouse
gas emissions. Once the needed
corrective regulatory changes
take effect, these 'temporary
compensatory measures' towards
combined transport should in
principle be phased out.

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