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On 21 February, CLECAT, together with the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER), the Alliance of Passenger Rail New Entrants in Europe (ALLRAIL), the European Passenger Federation (EPF), Erasmus by Train e.V. (EbT) and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF), met in Paris to formally close the European Year of Rail, on the occasion of the European Railway Summit organised within the framework of the French Presidency of the Council of the EU.

The French Presidency of the Council of the EU organised on 21 and 22 February an informal meeting of transport ministers in Le Bourget (France). Presided by Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, French Minister for Transport, participants exchanged views on three main priorities: decarbonisation, innovation and social regulation.

CLECAT has called on the European Commission to put the container shipping market under close scrutiny as the industry enters the third year of its Block Exemption from normal competition rules whilst services are at record low levels and rates continue to beyond reach for many of the clients of the forwarders, particularly SMEs. In the light of the recent market developments and the new vertical integration strategy of the Global Alliances, the Commission urgently must take the necessary steps to initiate a sector inquiry, so that it can use the results in its forthcoming review of the CBER.

On 14 February, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) and the Computer Emergency Response Team for the EU Institutions, bodies and agencies (CERT-EU) published a joint set of cybersecurity best practices for public and private organisations in the EU.

On 16 February, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) launched a community website designed for professionals active in cybersecurity in aviation. The website offers detailed information about regulations and standards, with a particular emphasis on information sharing and collaboration initiatives.

On 7 February, the European Parliament’s Transport and Tourism (TRAN) Committee held a joint debate following the presentations of the opinions on the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) for aviation (Rapporteur MEP Oetjen) and on the CORSIA (ICAO Carbon Offsetting Scheme for International Aviation) notification (Rapporteur MEP Zile).

On 2 February, the European Commission presented the Master Plan of Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking (EU-Rail) at the meeting of the European Parliament’s Transport and Tourism (TRAN) Committee. Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking, the successor of Shift2Rail, is the new European partnership on rail research and innovation.