Summary
As the European Parliament and the Council are engaged in trilogue negotiations on the revision of the Weights and Dimensions Directive on road transport, Cefic shares its updated position to reiterate the chemical sector’s key concerns and priorities. Cefic believes the revision of the Weight & Dimensions Directive is important to reduce emissions in both road-only and combined transport. On the other hand, it needs to ensure the harmonisation of heavy-duty road freight transport and increased efficiency by removing the regulatory barriers in cross-border transport. Efficient operations and technology neutral incentives for lower emission solutions are essential.
Key takeaways
- Urgent regulatory action is needed to optimise vehicle utilisation and realise emission reductions
- Intermodal transport operations should be encouraged by allowing higher maximum weights compared to road-only transport
- It is important that Member States authorise cross-border transport operations involving heavier, longer, or taller vehicles when these configurations are already permitted in their neighbouring countries’ in national traffic
- Harmonised implementation of the electronic Freight Transport Information (eFTI) Platforms is to be ensured.
- The implementation timeline should be ambitious.