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25 August 2023
SWEDEN ANNOUNCES 590KM HIGH-CAPACITY VEHICLE ROAD NETWORK
As of 1 December 2023, Sweden will allow longer high-capacity vehicles, up to 34.5 meters in length, on approximately 590 kilometres of state roads. Today, the maximum length for trucks in Sweden is 25.25 metres. During Spring this year, the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) carried out consultations with stakeholders and municipalities.
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25 August 2023
EP COMMITTEES ADOPT OPINIONS ON EURO 7
During the last committees’ meetings before the summer recess, MEPs from the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO), Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE), and Transport and Tourism (TRAN) Committees adopted their opinions on the Commissions’ Euro 7 proposal.
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25 August 2023
EC ADOPT EUROPEAN SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING STANDARDS
On 31 July, the European Commission adopted the delegated act (+ annex) setting out the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) which will be used by companies for their reporting requirements under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).
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14 July 2023
CLECAT Newsletter 2023/22
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14 July 2023
CLECAT Newsletter 2023/22
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14 July 2023
EP ENDORSES REFUELEU MARITIME AND AFIR TRILOGUE AGREEMENTS IN PLENARY
On 11 July, during a plenary session in Strasbourg, the European Parliament endorsed the provisional agreements reached with the Council on two important components of the Fit for 55 package: RefuelEU Maritime and AFIR.
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14 July 2023
CLECAT COMMENTS ON DRAFT RULES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CBAM
CLECAT has posted its feedback to the draft reporting obligations during the transitional period of the carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM). Whereas CLECAT supports the CBAM mechanism as a way to address the risk of carbon leakage when production is moved abroad to avoid carbon pricing, CLECAT has concerns with the way the European Commission now seeks to implement the mechanism.
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14 July 2023
SLOW DEMAND AND POLICY INTERVENTION DRIVE D&D CHARGES DOWN
Over the past year, average detention and demurrage (D&D) charges dramatically fell by 25% and were below pre-pandemic levels for the first time in three years, according to the latest Container xChange’s annual D&D survey.
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14 July 2023
JOINT INDUSTRY CALL IN SUPPORT OF SSTPA’S
Following the European Commission’s announcement of the results of the second Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) call for funding, a joint letter – supported by CLECAT - was sent to and Commissioner Valean and Members of the European Parliament TRAN Committee to express concern about the record low number of truck parking projects selected for funding.
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14 July 2023
MAGDA KOPCZYNSKA NEW DG OF DG MOVE
The European Commission has appointed long-term staffer Magda Kopczynska as the next full-time director general of its transport department, replacing Henrik Hololei who left the position in March.