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CLECAT joined a panel debate today co-organised by ACEA and Euractiv addressing the challenges and opportunities in transitioning to zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) in the heavy-duty vehicle (HDV) sector. The panel featured Harald Seidel, President of DAF Trucks and Chairperson of the ACEA Commercial Vehicle Board and Kristian Schmidt, Director for Land Transport at DG MOVE.

On 20th November, CLECAT joined the informal meeting of the Trade Contact Group (TCG), hosted by the World Shipping Council (WSC) in Brussels.

On Monday, 18th November, members of CLECAT’s Customs and Indirect Taxation Institute (CITI) gathered at the CLECAT office in Brussels. The meeting featured updates on critical issues, including the state of play on the EU Customs Reform, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), the Import Control System (ICS2) Release 3, and the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).

The International Transport Forum (ITF) published this week a report evaluating the current state of GHG accounting and reporting practices in the transport sector providing recommendations to overcome the key challenges to improve transparency and consistency of GHG reporting exercises.

On 19 November, members of the CLECAT Sustainable Logistics Institute met to exchange views on the latest developments regarding sustainability policies affecting transport and logistics at national and EU level. Members discussed the upcoming sustainability reporting requirements, the recent EU institutional changes and its consequences on the implementation of pending legislative files

The CLECAT General Assembly took place on 20th November in Brussels, providing an opportunity for members to reflect on the association’s action plan and initiatives, and the evolving policy landscape affecting the logistics sector. Dimitri Serafimoff, representing FORWARD Belgium, was elected as the new President of CLECAT succeeding Willem van der Schalk (DSLV). The General Assembly also welcomed new Board Members, including Joël Glusman of TLF Overseas as Chair of the Air Freight Logistics Institute and Tomas Arvidsson of SIFA as Chair of the Rail Freight Logistics Institute.

On 12 November, the EU’s Official Journal published a list of 93 non-EU countries that will implement the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), starting with emissions from 2024. These countries have committed to apply CORSIA with a baseline set at 85% of 2019 emissions for each year from 2024 onward.

On 13 November, CLECAT joined the 20th-anniversary celebrations of FERRMED at its conference held in Brussels. The event, titled "How to Solve the Stagnant Rail Freight Share in the EU: +FIRRST is the Solution," showcased the findings of FERRMED’s groundbreaking study on traffic and modal shift optimization in the EU.

Combined transport in Europe experienced a slight decline of 0.79% in the third quarter of 2024 compared to the same period last year, according to the European combined transport association, UIRR.