05 December 2025
CLECAT AIR AND SECURITY INSTITUTES MEET
On 3 December, CLECAT’s Air Freight Logistics and Supply Chain Security Institutes met to discuss recent EU developments in aviation legislation, logistics security, digitalisation, and land transport.
05 December 2025
EC AND EP RENEW FOCUS ON SUBCONTRACTING CHAINS
This week, the Commission adopted its Quality Jobs Roadmap, outlining a strategy to improve job quality while maintaining competitiveness across the EU. Among other important topics aimed at improving quality jobs across the EU, the Communication acknowledges the legitimacy of subcontracting as a business model that supports flexibility, innovation, and access to specialised expertise, particularly for SMEs.
05 December 2025
TRANSPORT COUNCIL CONCLUDES REVISION WEIGHTS & DIMENSIONS AND DEBATES ETS MARITIME AND CORPORATE FLEETS
At this week's Transport Council meeting, Ministers reached general approaches on two major legislative proposals: the revision of the Weights & Dimensions Directive and the Roadworthiness Package.
28 November 2025
CLECAT Newsletter 2025/39
28 November 2025
EU-UKRAINE INVESTMENT CONFERENCE BOOSTS PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT AND TRANSPORT CONNECTIVITY
On 13 November, the European Commission convened the EU-Ukraine Investment Conference in Warsaw, bringing together over 5,000 participants from the Ukrainian and international business communities, government institutions, financial organisations, and international partners. The conference marked a key step in the EU’s strategic engagement with the private sector to support Ukraine’s long-term resilience and reconstruction.
28 November 2025
COMMISSION PROPOSES TARGETED ADJUSTMENTS TO ETS2 MARKET STABILITY RESERVE
On 27 November, the Commission proposed targeted adjustments to the Market Stability Reserve (MSR) for the EU Emissions Trading System covering buildings and road transport (ETS2). These changes aim to improve market liquidity and reduce price volatility as the ETS2 prepares for full operation. The proposal follows recent agreements by the Council and European Parliament to postpone the start of ETS2 by one year to 2028.
28 November 2025
PORT CONGESTION AND BELGIAN STRIKE EXACERBATE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN PRESSURES
Earlier this week, the Loadstar reported that major global ports, including Antwerp and Rotterdam, continue to face extended wait times, with the latest three-day Belgian strike from 24 to 26 November further disrupting operations and threatening to block vessel movements.
28 November 2025
SURVEY ON DIGITALISATION OF COMBINED TRANSPORT
A sector-wide survey has been launched in the context of the CEF-funded BRIDGE project, which aims to support the development of a future digital ecosystem for combined transport. The project seeks to streamline data-sharing processes across the intermodal freight sector by harmonising and standardising both physical and digital procedures among all actors involved in door-to-door combined transport operations.
28 November 2025
SPAIN INTRODUCES MANDATORY DIGITAL FREIGHT DOCUMENTS
Earlier this month, Spain has adopted the Sustainable Mobility Law, becoming the first EU Member State to require the use of digital freight documents for transport controls. Under the new framework, electronic control documents for national transport operations will become mandatory 10 months after the law is published in the Spanish Official State Gazette.
28 November 2025
CLECAT ATTENDS ECCG
CLECAT took part in the 106th meeting of the Electronic Customs Coordination Group (ECCG), held jointly with the Trade Contact Group in Brussels on 27-28 November. The meeting gathered Member States, the Commission and trade representatives to review progress on major EU customs digitalisation projects and discuss upcoming deadlines.