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Jul 08 2022

Road-only transport needed in new EU state aid exemptions on greening

IRU is calling for the inclusion of road-only transport, representing almost half of EU transport, on an equal basis with rail and inland waterway transport in new EU state aid exemptions to promote decarbonisation.

The European Commission has proposed a Council Regulation enabling the Commission to exempt the need for prior notification under EU state aid rules of certain types of aid for rail, inland waterways and multimodal transport.

 

IRU EU Advocacy Director Raluca Marian said, “We welcome the Commission's proposal to make state aid procedures easier when it comes to decarbonising transport, and that multimodal, including intermodal, transport is included. However, it is wrong to exclude road-only modes of transport from subsidies that are designed to support the green transition of the whole transport sector. Read more

 

Source: IRU