{"id":242791,"date":"2025-06-27T19:47:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T09:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=63589"},"modified":"2025-06-27T19:47:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T09:47:26","slug":"fusion-of-combined-transport-and-weights-and-dimensions-directive-remains-unlikely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=242791","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Fusion of Combined Transport and Weights and Dimensions Directive remains unlikely\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many representatives of the rail freight industry have been calling on European institutions to consider the Combined Transport Directive (CTD) and the Weights and Dimensions Directive (WDD) as one entity. However, institutions do not seem to have the political will to make this happen, as Flavio Tosi MEP, rapporteur of the CTD, told in an exclusive interview with RailFreight.com.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>Tosi pointed out that the reasons brought forward by the industry to combine the two directives are surely understandable, as they both have a direct impact on rail freight competitiveness and intermodal efficiency. He highlighted how such a move could reduce the current regulatory fragmentation and possibly favour the modal shift.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, these are two separate legislative initiatives, with independent processes, including in terms of timing and negotiation phases. The decision on any alignment rests primarily with the European Commission and the Member States in the Council, but at present I have not perceived any institutional willingness to proceed with a merger,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n