CLECAT — 2023-01-20
News from Brussels
On 17 January, CLECAT together with the European Express Association (EEA), the European Shippers’ Council (ESC) and the European Transport Board (ETB) send a joint letter to EC Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans and Commissioner Adina Valean on the revision of the Weights and Dimensions Directive (96/53/EC).
The associations jointly support the revision of the Directive to address the market fragmentation across the EU which limits the further uptake of longer and heavier oversized and overweight vehicles, known as European Modular Systems (EMS) in international road freight transport. The letter calls inter alia for:
The Commission is expected to adopt a proposal revising the Directive in June 2023, as part of the “Greening Transport” Package. This package will also include a Revision of the Combined Transport Directive as well as an EU framework for harmonised measurement of transport and logistics emissions – the so-called “CountEmissions EU”.