Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies
CER
The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) brings together around 70 railway undertakings, their national associations as well as infrastructure managers and vehicle leasing companies.
Lobbying Activity
Meeting with Eva Schultz (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu), Francesco Corti (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu)
23 Oct 2025 · Train Drivers Directive and Erasmus+
Meeting with Yannis Maniatis (Member of the European Parliament) and Air France-KLM
13 Oct 2025 · Introductory meeting
Meeting with Joachim Luecking (Head of Unit Mobility and Transport)
9 Oct 2025 · Military mobility package
Meeting with François Kalfon (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
7 Oct 2025 · Mobilité militaire et grande vitesse ferroviaire
Meeting with Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Member of the European Parliament)
7 Oct 2025 · Current topics for the railway industry
Meeting with Joachim Luecking (Head of Unit Mobility and Transport)
30 Sept 2025 · Exchange of views on cross-border agreements between national safety authorities
Meeting with Andreas Schieder (Member of the European Parliament) and
25 Sept 2025 · Lunchdebate
Meeting with Andreas Schieder (Member of the European Parliament) and Deutsche Bahn AG
3 Sept 2025 · Raillunch
Meeting with Eric Von Breska (Director Mobility and Transport)
16 Jul 2025 · Exchange of views on High-Speed Rail, Ports, Military Mobility, Connecting Europe Facility
Meeting with Andreas Schieder (Member of the European Parliament)
16 Jul 2025 · Rail Breakfast
Meeting with Felix Fernandez-Shaw (Director Directorate-General for International Partnerships) and
9 Jul 2025 · Shaping a new Team Europe approach towards LAC in order to increase the success rate of EU Railways industry on tenders on the region.
Meeting with Andreas Schieder (Member of the European Parliament)
1 Jul 2025 · Exchange of views
Meeting with Apostolos Tzitzikostas (Commissioner) and
1 Jul 2025 · Strategic Dialogue on the EU Port Strategy
Response to Apply AI Strategy: strengthening the AI continent
4 Jun 2025
Meeting with Andreas Schieder (Member of the European Parliament)
6 May 2025 · Exchange of views
Meeting with Jens Gieseke (Member of the European Parliament) and
6 May 2025 · Austausch zu EU Politik
Meeting with Tilly Metz (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
1 Apr 2025 · Railway capacity regulation
Meeting with Simonas Satunas (Cabinet of Commissioner Andrius Kubilius)
25 Mar 2025 · Military Mobility
Meeting with Jens Gieseke (Member of the European Parliament)
12 Mar 2025 · Austausch zu EU Politik
Meeting with Johan Danielsson (Member of the European Parliament)
12 Mar 2025 · ERTMS
Meeting with Tilly Metz (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
12 Mar 2025 · Railway capacity regulation
Meeting with Herald Ruijters (Deputy Director-General Mobility and Transport)
19 Feb 2025 · Exchange of views on the future High-speed rail Communication
Meeting with Martine Kemp (Member of the European Parliament)
18 Feb 2025 · European Railway Infrastructure as Strategic Investment - Host of an event
Meeting with Apostolos Tzitzikostas (Commissioner) and
17 Feb 2025 · Exchange of views with CER CEOs on the margins of the 18th European Railway award event.
Meeting with Gabriele Giudice (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Raffaele Fitto)
23 Jan 2025 · High-speed rail in the future of EU transport sector, features of the rail sector, infrastructure financing and ticketing models, digitalisation of the rails service (ERTMS and FTRMCS).
Meeting with Joachim Luecking (Head of Unit Mobility and Transport)
21 Jan 2025 · Introductory meeting - new Head of Unit C4
Meeting with Jens Gieseke (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
17 Dec 2024 · Multimodal Passenger Rights
Meeting with Johan Danielsson (Member of the European Parliament)
17 Dec 2024 · Järnvägskapacitet och ERTMS
Meeting with Pasquale Tridico (Member of the European Parliament)
17 Dec 2024 · Meeting with Direttore Esecutivo CER Ing. Mazzola
Meeting with Anna Panagopoulou (Cabinet of Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas)
12 Dec 2024 · Courtesy Meeting for introduction
Meeting with Flavio Tosi (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and FERROVIE DELLO STATO ITALIANE S.p.A.
23 Oct 2024 · CTD
Meeting with Tilly Metz (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
23 Oct 2024 · Railway capacity
Meeting with Lena Schilling (Member of the European Parliament)
23 Oct 2024 · Rail Policy and Investment in rail infrastructure
Meeting with Rosa Serrano Sierra (Member of the European Parliament) and
2 Oct 2024 · Priorities for European Commission 2024-2029
Meeting with Magda Kopczynska (Director-General Mobility and Transport)
1 Oct 2024 · Speaker at a joint CER & Jacques Delors Institute event ‘On track for more than a single market’ to reflect on the future of railways
Meeting with Andreas Schieder (Member of the European Parliament)
17 Sept 2024 · Exchange of Views on Transport Policy
Meeting with Magda Kopczynska (Director-General Mobility and Transport)
10 Jun 2024 · - Funding for rail in next MFF - Digitalisation - Military mobility
Meeting with Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
2 Apr 2024 · Stakeholder Meetings on Passenger Mobility Package
Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and
6 Mar 2024 · Labour and skills shortages, the EU's social targets, the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan
Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President) and UNIFE
29 Jan 2024 · Railway
Meeting with Tilly Metz (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
23 Jan 2024 · Rail capacity proposal
Meeting with Dominique Riquet (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
17 Jan 2024 · Politique des transports
Meeting with Ciarán Cuffe (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and UIRR, International Union for Road-Rail Combined Transport
17 Jan 2024 · Weights and dimensions directive
Meeting with Nicola Danti (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and FedEx Express BE BV
12 Jan 2024 · CountEmissionsEU
Meeting with Elzbieta Lukaniuk (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean)
6 Dec 2023 · Speech on combined transports at high level meeting of Rail Freight CEOs
Meeting with Tilly Metz (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and
29 Nov 2023 · Rail Capacity proposal
Meeting with Tilly Metz (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and
28 Nov 2023 · Rail Capacity proposal
Meeting with Magda Kopczynska (Director-General Mobility and Transport)
25 Oct 2023 · 1. Weight and Dimensions 2. Combined Transport 3. Rail capacity 4. MDMS 5. Revision of Rail State Aid Guidelines 6. ERTMS
Meeting with Ciarán Cuffe (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and UIRR, International Union for Road-Rail Combined Transport
24 Oct 2023 · Rail Forum Event on Greening Transport Package
Meeting with Ciarán Cuffe (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
24 Oct 2023 · Weights and dimensions directive
Meeting with Liliane Karlinger (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)
25 Jul 2023 · MDMS
Meeting with Carlo Fidanza (Member of the European Parliament)
11 Jul 2023 · Railway situation in Italy
Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General Climate Action)
6 Jul 2023 · FF55
Meeting with Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg (Member of the European Parliament)
27 Jun 2023 · Multimodale Buchungsplattform, Train Drivers Directive, TEN-V
Meeting with Walter Goetz (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean)
6 Jun 2023 · Rail
Meeting with Isabel García Muñoz (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
19 Apr 2023 · TEN-T Revision
Meeting with Maria Grapini (Member of the European Parliament)
18 Apr 2023 · Multi-Modal Digital Mobility Services
Meeting with Elzbieta Lukaniuk (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean)
30 Mar 2023 · Meeting on MDMS
Meeting with Joost Korte (Director-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion) and
16 Mar 2023 · CMRD6
Meeting with Maria Grapini (Member of the European Parliament)
2 Mar 2023 · Multimodal Digital Mobility Services Initiative
Meeting with Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg (Member of the European Parliament) and UNIFE
31 Jan 2023 · Railway Award
Meeting with Izaskun Bilbao Barandica (Member of the European Parliament) and UNIFE
31 Jan 2023 · European Railway Award Ceremony
Meeting with Ismail Ertug (Member of the European Parliament)
18 Jan 2023 · TEN-T
Meeting with Barbara Thaler (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
17 Jan 2023 · TEN-T
Meeting with Isabel García Muñoz (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
17 Jan 2023 · TEN-T Revision
Meeting with Jakop G. Dalunde (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
17 Jan 2023 · TEN-T
Meeting with Ciarán Cuffe (Member of the European Parliament) and
13 Jan 2023 · Passenger rights
Response to Legislative initiative on setting up the European Disability Card
21 Dec 2022
Response to Fitness check of how the Polluter Pays Principle is applied to the environment
9 Dec 2022
Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and
14 Oct 2022 · ETS
Meeting with Ismail Ertug (Member of the European Parliament)
11 Oct 2022 · TEN-T
Meeting with Marco Campomenosi (Member of the European Parliament)
10 Oct 2022 · Meeting with Alberto Mazzola, CER
Meeting with Dorien Rookmaker (Member of the European Parliament)
4 Oct 2022 · Revision of TEN-T
Meeting with Dominique Riquet (Member of the European Parliament) and
20 Jun 2022 · Infrastructures de transport
Meeting with Ismail Ertug (Member of the European Parliament)
15 Jun 2022 · Employability in the railway sector
Meeting with Barbara Thaler (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
8 Jun 2022 · TEN-T
Meeting with Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
7 Jun 2022 · Action plan to boost long distance and cross border passenger rail
Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
18 May 2022 · ETS Revision
Response to Commission Communication on a new European Innovation Agenda
10 May 2022
Meeting with Annalisa Tardino (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
4 May 2022 · Meeting with CER
Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
16 Mar 2022 · ETS Revision
Meeting with Jakop G. Dalunde (Member of the European Parliament) and
16 Mar 2022 · Speaker: Rail and Fit for 55
Response to Revision of the Community guidelines on State aid for railway undertakings (2008/C 184/07)
28 Oct 2021
Meeting with Jakop G. Dalunde (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
20 Oct 2021 · TEN-T Regulation
Meeting with Isabel García Muñoz (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
6 Oct 2021 · TEN-T Revision
Meeting with Elzbieta Lukaniuk (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean), Walter Goetz (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean)
21 May 2021 · Meeting to discuss the state of play of rail files.
Meeting with Anne Funch Jensen (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager), Kim Jorgensen (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)
30 Apr 2021 · State aid issues of relevance for the rail sector
Meeting with Johannes Hahn (Commissioner)
26 Apr 2021 · EU action on post pandemic recovery and resilience, opportunities for the railway sector
Meeting with Adina-Ioana Vălean (Commissioner)
23 Mar 2021 · Meeting President
Meeting with Henrik Hololei (Director-General Mobility and Transport)
17 Mar 2021 · RFF
Meeting with Daniel Mes (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
1 Mar 2021 · Rail and the European Green Deal
Meeting with Celine Gauer (Head of Task Force Secretariat-General)
22 Feb 2021 · RRF
Meeting with Elisa Ferreira (Commissioner)
19 Feb 2021 · To discuss the role of rail in the transition of the European transport system in line with the objectives of the European Green Deal and the investment in the rail sector, cohesion policy in the post-COVID recovery.
Meeting with Elzbieta Lukaniuk (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean)
16 Feb 2021 · Meeting to discuss the European Year of Rail future events.
Meeting with Henrik Hololei (Director-General Mobility and Transport)
1 Feb 2021 · Covid-19, European Year of Rail
Meeting with Adina-Ioana Vălean (Commissioner) and UNIFE
25 Jan 2021 · Perticipation of the Commissioner to the European Railway award ceremony
Meeting with Carlo Fidanza (Member of the European Parliament)
2 Sept 2020 · Focus on TRAN files
Meeting with Daniel Mes (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
3 Jul 2020 · Discussion on rail transport and the economic recovery
Meeting with Walter Goetz (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean)
3 Jun 2020 · Meeting to discuss the subject of RAIL
Meeting with Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President) and
14 May 2020 · Recovery and Green Deal in Transport
Meeting with Elzbieta Lukaniuk (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean), Walter Goetz (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean)
21 Apr 2020 · Impact of Coronavirus crisis on the rail sector and road to recovery
Meeting with Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
19 Feb 2020 · Green Deal and the rail sector
Meeting with Daniel Mes (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
10 Feb 2020 · Preparation of an upcoming meeting of the Executive Vice President
Meeting with Dara Murphy (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)
27 Jan 2020 · European Green Deal
Meeting with Daniel Mes (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
10 Jan 2020 · Contribution of railways to the Green Deal
Meeting with Elzbieta Lukaniuk (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean)
10 Jan 2020 · Railways
Meeting with Jean-Eric Paquet (Director-General Research and Innovation) and
4 Sept 2019 · Joint meeting CER-EIM-UNIFE to discuss future of transportation in Horizon Europe
Meeting with Themis Christophidou (Director-General Education, Youth, Sport and Culture)
20 Feb 2019 · Speech at General Assemnly
Meeting with Violeta Bulc (Commissioner) and
18 Sept 2018 · Speech at Innotrans Opening ceremony and visit to stands, Commissioner Bulc as key note speaker at the Rail Leaders` Summit
Meeting with Violeta Bulc (Commissioner) and
20 Feb 2018 · Meeting with Mr Fritzsons, CEO of CER & CER Management Committee
Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President) and
6 Nov 2017 · 2nd Mobility Package
Meeting with Henrik Hololei (Director-General Mobility and Transport)
19 Oct 2017 · MFF, Shift2Rail
Meeting with Jocelyn Fajardo (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)
17 Oct 2017 · Meeting with Mr Fritzson and Mr Lochman
Meeting with Alessandro Carano (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)
11 Oct 2017 · MFF and the future of transport financing
Meeting with Jocelyn Fajardo (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)
18 May 2017 · Mobility package
Meeting with Alisa Tiganj (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)
12 May 2017 · rail security and passengers rights
Meeting with Christian Linder (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič) and
27 Apr 2017 · Road tollling
Meeting with Silvio Mascagna (Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King)
27 Mar 2017 · Rail security
Meeting with Jocelyn Fajardo (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)
2 Dec 2016 · Preparation of joint event
Meeting with Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen), Juho Romakkaniemi (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen) and VR-Group Plc
16 Nov 2016 · Investment plan / railways
Meeting with Henrik Hololei (Director-General Mobility and Transport)
20 Oct 2016 · Rail Passenger Rights Regulation
Meeting with Violeta Bulc (Commissioner) and
20 Oct 2016 · InterRail
Meeting with Juraj Nociar (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)
19 Oct 2016 · Energy Union
Meeting with Henrik Hololei (Director-General Mobility and Transport)
26 May 2016 · Freight CEO Task Force, 4th railway package
Meeting with Jocelyn Fajardo (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)
15 Apr 2016 · Commission’s road transport initiatives
Meeting with Violeta Bulc (Commissioner) and
16 Feb 2016 · Meeting board of Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER)
Meeting with Violeta Bulc (Commissioner) and
16 Feb 2016 · Meeting Freight CEOs Task Force on pending transport issues
Meeting with Matthias Ruete (Director-General Migration and Home Affairs)
15 Feb 2016 · Rail Transport Security
Meeting with Matthias Ruete (Director-General Migration and Home Affairs)
29 Sept 2015 · Rail Transport, Passenger Security
Meeting with Aurore Maillet (Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella) and
29 Sept 2015 · Metal Theft
Meeting with Peter Van Kemseke (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)
2 Sept 2015 · On train to COP21 – Paris
Meeting with Jocelyn Fajardo (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)
23 Apr 2015 · Meeting with CER
Meeting with Desiree Oen (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)
24 Feb 2015 · Transporting goods from Asia to the EU - what role for intermodality
Meeting with Friedrich-Nikolaus von Peter (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc), Jocelyn Fajardo (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)
6 Feb 2015 · ITS