CER Position Paper on the European Commission Report on the Implementation of the First Railway Package

The report from the Commission on the implementation of the First Railway Package shows that significant progress has been made by EU Member States in creating a legal framework for market opening and fair competition.

CER position paper comments on the most significant elements in the report, such as infrastructure charging, ownership separation and organisational separation, the practice of cross-subsidy and high infrastructure charges for rail freight or the Cohesion Policy.