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CER’s members considers the protection of their customers first and foremost as the sector’s own long-standing commitment. CER members understand that the passenger experience is the decisive factor when customers choose their transport mode.

We have uploaded our position paper on the Regulation on passenger rights in the context of multimodal journeys and Review of the passenger rights Regulations. For a short overview, our main messages are: Responsibilities and duties of each entity need to be better defined and balanced. Proposal introduces many new obligations for carriers, while being unreasonably light on the responsibility of the intermediaries.

The Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions considers that the Regulation should not apply to journeys by local and regional public transport, but only to long-distance journeys. For local and regional public transport, adequate passenger rights are generally available in the Member States.

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In view of the European Green Deal and the European Commission’s goal to reach climate-neutrality by 2050, efficient and optimized capacity management is key to ensure the modal shift to rail. Rail is the backbone of sustainable movement of goods, businesses and people, and fundamental for sustainable and connected economy in the EU.

The Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR) welcomes the overall objective of the European Commission, to enable more efficient use of railway infrastructure and rail capacity, and to increase European coordination.