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JOINT STATEMENT ON THE WEIGHTS AND DIMENSIONS DIRECTIVE 29 October 2025 In the ongoing discussions around the revision of the Weights and Dimensions Directive...

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 - including UIRR - to offer a plea to Minister Patrick...

Combined Transport Directive Amendment withdrawal Brussels, 22 October 2025 — Yesterday the College of Commissioners adopted its work programme for 2026...

The next CEF must be strong enough to drive EU transport infrastructure funding and enhance EU competitiveness and security 7 October 2025 The ten signatory...

Military Mobility: a natural task for Combined Transport Brussels, 3 September 2025 — Reflecting on the joint meeting of the European Parliament’s Transport...

The European Combined Transport Community, represented by UIRR, has completed its first year under its new Board of Directors and Chairman. The adjustment of...

Brussels, 2 July 2025 — The European Commission adopted its proposal to amend the European Climate Law1 by, among others, specifying a 2040 EU climate target of...

Wednesday, 21 May 2025, Brussels: The General Assembly of UIRR oversaw the formal closing of the 2024 business year of European Combined Transport. The year...

Rail Freight needs more reliability and better infrastructure quality in Germany Herrn Bundesminister Patrick Schnieder Bundesministerium für Verkehr...

Call for the successor to the Europe´s Rail Joint Undertaking in the next European Research Framework Programme As the greenest transport mode, rail transport...

28 April 2025, Brussels: The signatories of this Statement representing the railway, inland waterway, maritime and intermodal sectors, welcome the Political...

Open letter to the Ministers of the General Affairs Council and the Ministers of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council A competitive and resilient Europe...

The 5 th European Intermodal Summit* was opened by UIRR Chairman, Michail Stahlhut on Wednesday, 22 January. UIRR’s annual online conference brought together...

10.01.2025 OPEN LETTER TO THE COMMISSION, COUNCIL AND EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PROVIDING INPUT TO THE TRILOGUE NEGOTIATIONS ON THE NEW RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE...

Action plan for intermodal rail freight The European Commission has published an Action Plan to Boost Long - Distance and Cross-Border Passenger Rail 1 on 14...

Combined Transport: carbon footprint and energy efficiency 6 December 2021: The results of the study on the carbon footprint and energy efficiency of Combined...

The future of EU transportation infrastructure UIRR welcomes the proposal of the European Commission that has been adopted on 14 December 2021 to revamp the...

Intermodal freight should be a transport mode in its own right 30 November 2021: The European Intermodal Summit 2021 1 took place, with more than 300...

Commission launches process to revise the CT Directive 19 August 2021, Brussels: The European Commission unveiled the Inception Impact Assessment (IIA) 1 that...

Download as a pdf at the bottom of this page Fit for 55: Combined Transport is the low hanging fruit for the decarbonisation of freight transport 14 July 2021...