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Newsletters | 13 October 2023
CLECAT SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE MEETS
Members of the CLECAT Sustainable Logistics Institute met this week in hybrid format to exchange views on the latest developments regarding sustainability policies affecting transport and logistics at national and EU level.
Newsletters | 13 October 2023
ELP EVENT ON COUNTEMISSIONS EU
At the third event organised by the European Logistics Platform (ELP) this year, over 60 EU policymakers and industry stakeholders convened to discuss the CountEmissionsEU proposal as proposed by the European Commission and how measuring emissions support companies in making better informed freight transport decisions.
Newsletters | 13 October 2023
LOGISTICS FOR EUROPE 2023: PARTNERING COMPLIANCE AND COMPETITIVENESS IN THE EU – IS IT POSSIBLE?
On 16 November, CLECAT and ESC will host the Logistics for Europe 2023 event, entitled ‘’Partnering Compliance and Competitiveness in the EU - Is it Possible?’’ The event aims to facilitate a constructive dialogue among industry representatives from freight forwarding, customs agents, shippers, and European policymakers to address the challenges faced by the European industry.
Newsletters | 13 October 2023
CLECAT WELCOMES EC DECISION NOT TO RENEW CBER WHICH IS NO LONGER ‘FIT FOR PURPOSE’
In a press statement following the EC decision not to renew the CBER CLECAT notes that freight forwarders have long resisted the granting of these extraordinary exemptions to shipping lines and have opposed a renewal of the Block Exemption, especially in its present form, at previous reviews.
Newsletters | 13 October 2023
COMMISSION DECIDES NOT TO EXTEND ANTITRUST BLOCK EXEMPTION FOR LINER SHIPPING CONSORTIA
The European Commission has decided not to extend the EU legal framework which exempts liner shipping consortia from EU antitrust rules (Consortia Block Exemption Regulation or ‘CBER'). The Commission has concluded that the CBER no longer promotes competition in the shipping sector and therefore it will let it expire on 25 April 2024.
Press releases | 10 October 2023
CLECAT welcomes EC decision not to renew CBER which is no longer ‘fit for purpose’
News | 09 October 2023
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Newsletters | 06 October 2023
EP FORMALLY APPROVES AGREEMENT ON ITS DIRECTIVE
On 3rd October, MEPs in Plenary session formally approved the inter-institutional agreement on the revision of the 2010 Directive on the deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS).
Newsletters | 06 October 2023
AIR CARGO DEMAND GROWS IN AUGUST
On 3 October, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) released its global air cargo data for August 2023, highlighting that year-on-year demand grew for the first time in 19 months.