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CLECAT, ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers Association), ECG (The Association of European Vehicle Logistics) and ESC (European Shippers’ Council), representing transport operators, users of freight transport services and truck, bus, van and passenger car manufacturers welcome the European Commission proposal aimed at establishing a common European framework for calculating GHG emissions of transport operations in the freight and passenger transport sector, the so-called CountEmissions EU initiative.

On 4 April, the last day of the Connecting Europe Days, the campaign leaflet ‘More Money for Transport’ was officially handed over to Magda Kopczyńska, Director General of DG MOVE.

On 20 March the European Commission presented an action plan to tackle labour and skills shortages proposing to work together with Member States and social partners to address these issues over the coming months and years. The action plan is part of the EU’s strategy to boost its competitiveness and enhance its economic and social resilience.

The European Commission has launched a call for proposals under the Connecting Europe Facility – Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility (AFIF). €1 billion is available to support the deployment of alternative fuels supply infrastructure for road, maritime, inland waterway and air transport along TEN-T, the trans-European transport network:

On 31 March, the European Clean Trucking Alliance – ECTA, of which CLECAT is a member – published an in-depth analysis of the challenges for financing the transition towards zero-emission trucks (ZETs) faced by the logistics industry, considering the high upfront costs of vehicles and the corresponding charging/refuelling infrastructure.

On 22nd March the European Commission announced plans to increase tariffs on cereal, oilseed, and grain product imports from Russia and Belarus, including wheat and sunflower meal, to prevent EU market destabilization and tackle the illegal export of Ukrainian grain mislabelled as Russian.