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On 28 March, the European Parliament and the Swedish Presidency of the Council struck a deal on the provisional deal on the Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR). The agreement aims to expand the deployment of recharging or alternative refuelling stations for cars, trucks and ships, setting minimum mandatory national targets for the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure and requires EU countries to present their plans on how to achieve them.

On 21 March, CLECAT participated to the Commission’s stakeholder workshop on the impact of digitalisation and automation in the transport workforce. Representatives of employers’ organisations, trade unions and public authorities got the chance to identify the challenges related to the digital transition in transport and discuss possible solutions.

The ISO 14083 standard – “Greenhouse gases — Quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions arising from transport chain operations” was published by the ISO Committee on 20 March 2023, after around three and a half years of preparation. CLECAT welcomes the much-awaited publication of the new international standard which is expected to support the industry globally in its carbon reduction efforts by providing the first universal method for logistics emissions accounting.

CLECAT participated this week to a dinner debate organised by ECG, the European Association of Vehicles Logistics, at the European Parliament. Hosted by MEP Peter Lundgren (ECR, Sweden), the event was the opportunity to discuss the current shortage of drivers in road freight transport and the possible measure to alleviate it.

On 24 March, EU-UK Joint Committee adopted a decision laying down the arrangements relating to the Windsor Framework. The meeting, which took place in London, was attended by Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič and British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly.

On 21 March, the Transport and Tourism Committee of the European Parliament adopted the draft resolution by EP rapporteur Andrey Novakov (EPP, BG) on the new EU urban mobility framework.

On 23 March, the Council and the European Parliament’s negotiators struck a provisional agreement on the FuelEU Maritime Regulation. The agreement provides the shipping sector with a framework to accelerate their green transition through reduced emissions during navigation and at berth. The ambitious requirements for ships to reduce emissions starting in 2025 will help drive the uptake of alternative fuels in shipping.

The European Commission today announced 26 projects from 12 Member States selected for funding to install alternative fuels infrastructure along the trans-European transport network (TEN-T). Between them, they will receive EU grants totalling roughly €189 million from the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility (AFIF), which combines grants from the Connecting Europe Facility with capital from financial institutions to increase the impact of investment.