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Following the election of Oana Gherghinescu as the new Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA), UNIFE has been in Valenciennes exchanging with ERA, the Network of National Safety Authorities and Network of Representative Bodies on the key technical items for sector cooperation – #FRMCS, Vehicle Authorisation, #TSIs, Railway Safety, and ERA Regulation

Congratulations to Oana Gherghinescu on her selection as the Executive Director of @ERA_railways. We look forward to working together for a stronger European rail sector! era.europa.eu/content/era-ma…

Oana Gherghinescu was confirmed as the new Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) 👇👇👇 railwaypro.com/wp/era-welcome…

The management board of the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) selected Oana Gherghinescu to be the next ERA executive director on March 19. railjournal.com/regions/europe…

📢 New @ERA_railways Executive Director Oana Gherghinescu has the opportunity to shape the European Rail’s future 🇪🇺🚆! The appointment is welcomed by the European Rail Supply Industry, at a time when leadership and key regulatory decisions are required to ensure the European rail industry and broader sector remain as world leaders. The newly appointed Executive Director has many challenges and opportunities ready to meet, amongst them: ➡️Decisive action on ETCS, onboard signalling and operational rules harmonisation ➡️Streamlining of the Vehicle Authorisation and @ERTMS trackside approval processes ➡️#FRMCS and #DACroll-out ➡️Simplification of the Technical Specifications for Interoperability (#TSIs) ➡️Ensuring an on-going focus on Cybersecurity and digital network resilience. ➡️Strengthening the Agency’s resources ➡️Completion of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) and Single European Railway Area (SERA) UNIFE has an unwavering dedication to ERA and its overall mission, and backs the newly appointed Executive Director achieveher mandate. UNIFE Director General Enno Wiebe stated: My warmest congratulations to Oana Gherghinescu, on her appointment. The Agency has consistently been a deeply valued and reliable partner with UNIFE, and we want to keep this relationship strong, for the benefit of consumers, the European industry, and the railway sector. It is now time to bring increased efficiency of procedures and regulatory predictability to the sector, which is vital to maintain the competitiveness of the European Rail Supply Industry. We are banking on the next ERA Executive Director to offer fresh ideas, problem-solving efforts, and practical methods that can achieve this goal in a supportive and collaborative environment. Read more👉 unife.org/news/new-era-e…

💬 Minister @DariuszKlimczak at the press conference in #Warsaw: Without clear, solid financial frameworks for implementing projects, especially those requiring specific funding that links transport infrastructure with military-related topics. #Poland25eu

EU Transport Ministers met in Warsaw to focus on strengthening Europe's transport resilience. A strong, secure transport system is vital for Europe’s stability and safety! Read more ➡️ polish-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/en/news/resili… #Poland25eu

Some quick takeaways from this morning’s @RailForum_EU event at @Europarl_EN: Are EU regulatory and financing frameworks adequate to boost EU competitiveness and meet transport decarbonisation and climate goals? PKP/PLK: ▪️Adequate rail financing ▪️Regulatory framework ensuring level playing field ▪️Priority to rail in national decarbonisation strategies ▪️Ensuring military mobility @EUAmbSchmidt Director Land Transport @Transport_EU: ▪️No continuation of business as usual, in particular for defence and military mobility!

🚆🔊 Help us reduce rail noise! We are gathering insights on noise emissions from hydrogen and battery-powered trains as part of the #EU_Rail co-funded #QuieterRail project. Your input will help shape future rail designs. 📝 Take the survey: bit.ly/41Z0RHj

We agree, @steph_sejourne!👍 🇪🇺 🚄 @UNIFE welcomes the comments of the Executive Vice President for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy yesterday in the @Europarl_EN, who underlined the importance of buying quality and assessing the European value of a product. 🌍 As part of the upcoming review of Public Procurement Directives, we are strong supporters of clarity, flexibility and transparency. ⚖️ On top of this, we need to ensure the provision of legal clarifications and achieving a level-playing field with third country bidders, in conjunction and coordination with other instruments (e.g. Foreign Subsidies Regulation). 🖹 Read more about this, and other potential reforms here: @EU_Commission #CleanIndustrialDeal #PublicProcurement #Competitiveness #EURail

Happy #IWD2025! Today, we celebrate #WomenInRail and their contributions to the rail industry. 📅Women in Rail Award 2025-coming soon! 🏆 #EU_Rail, @TransportEU @ERA_railways, @CER_railways, @UNIFE, @EIMrail, and @AleDrivers are coming together to honour women in rail.

Yesterday (and again today!), @UNIFE attended the European Employment & Social Rights Forum, where the @EU_Commission launched it's Union of Skills Package. It is a much needed step in the right direction to reducing skills shortages, however more will be required to ensure the European Rail Supply Industry can attract, train and support women and young people going forward. Vital reforms such as developing targets for women studying #STEM and delivering a Skills Guarantee pilot are welcome, however we call on the Commission to implement STAFFER's Final Report from October 2024. Our industry - and the broader rail sector - needs to foster a new pool of talent, which is ready to drive Europe’s digital mobility transition. Growth, prosperity and greater #productivity is not possible without targeting more of the public, and diversifying the industry. #WomeninSTEM #Skills #EURail #EUSocialForum

🚨 Warsaw call adopted🚨 EU ministers met in Warsaw for the first-ever TTE Telecom Council entirely dedicated to cybersecurity. The result? The Warsaw Call – a bold step towards strengthening Europe’s digital resilience, civil-military cooperation, and crisis management.

🌍 The European rail industry is all over the world! 🇪🇺 Thanks to our partnership with the @EU_Commission and a range of other stakeholders, UNIFE is involved in the EU’s #GlobalGateway! 🚄 Through rail, the Global Gateway program is ensuring that rail projects and critical infrastructure across the world is being improved for locals wherever they live, with the help of European companies, while creating jobs at home. 📗 You can learn more about Global Gateway, UNIFE’s involvement in 2024, and our members role in the program in our Annual Report below! Read more here: unife.org/publication/an…

🇪🇺 📗 The @EU_Commission today unveiled the Clean Industrial Deal, which is a welcome pathway to balancing sustainability and competitiveness, at a time when the European economy requires boosting. ⚙️🌐 Unlocking and unleashing the potential of the European #rail supply industry – a world leader facing an increasingly unfair competition landscape – is paramount. By reducing burdens and ensuring pathways to sustainable investment, Europe can entrench the European rail supply industry as a strategic asset. 🏗️ While there are many elements in this package which will support energy-intensive industries, its implementation must acknowledge the rail supply industry as a strategic sector in upcoming public procurement initiatives, and provide it with simpler and broader access to funding. #Competitiveness should be approached in a coherent way, and clean downstream industries such as rail supply, need to remain world leaders. 🆙 The European rail supply industry is responsible for approx. 650,000 jobs, and according to the World Rail Market Study 2024, the global rail market is worth €201.8bn. It is forecast to increase at the end of the decade to €240.8bn – growth of 3% per year. 💼 However, this forecast growth must also be safeguarded through appropriate legislative measures. We remain ready to work with the Commission on its plan to drive greener growth across the European economy.

📢Together with 20 other industry associations, we are urging the EU to reconsider Appendix C of the EU Taxonomy framework, which outlines the 'Generic criteria for Do No Significant Harm (DNSH) in pollution prevention and control regarding the use and presence of chemicals'. 💚 This appendix presents a major usability challenge, preventing companies developing critical green transition technologies from aligning their reporting with the #EUTaxonomy. ❌🌍 If not addressed, European companies could face a competitive disadvantage — unable to access #greenfinancing, while still bearing the heavy costs of complying with the EU Taxonomy’s reporting requirements 📊. 👉 Check out our joint letter for more details: unife.org/publication/jo…

💪We’re working to ensure rail is funded, and the industry remains competitive across Europe and the world. 💼 As part of our Public Affairs work, we engage, meet, co-operate and manage relationships with Europe’s policymakers, to ensure the rail industry will continue to be the backbone of Europe’s mobility. 🗳️Learn more about how UNIFE navigated the EU Elections in 2024, and organised to ensure the industry’s voice is heard heading into the @EU_Commission's new mandate in our Annual Report. 📗Read all about it here: unife.org/publication/an…