Overview
Lobbying Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
4
High-level Commission meetings
17
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
UIRR, International Union for Road-Rail Combined Transport (UIRR)
EU Transparency Register
49307536642-11 First registered on 12 Sep 2011
Goals / Remit
The International Union for Road-Rail Combined Transport (UIRR) represents European road-rail Combined Transport Operators, as well as Transhipment Terminal Managers, who organise this ecologically and economically sustainable system of freight transport.
---intermodal transport is the shipping of freight through the collaboration of two or more modes of transport in a single transport assignment when the cargo is carried in an intermodal loading unit [container, swap body or (craneable) semi-trailer] throughout the entire transport operation. Intermodal loading units enable quick, easy and cheap transhipment between the various modes of transport.
UIRR was founded in 1970 by 7 Combined Transport (CT) Operators with a mission to assist the organisation of border-crossing road-rail traffic within Europe. The membership of UIRR exceeds 50 companies, who operate a network which spans the entire continent, and provides connections beyond Europe to destinations as far as China.Main EU files targeted
- Revision of Directive 92/106 concerning Combined Transport
- new Regulation on Railway Infrastructure Capacity Management
- new CountEmissionEU Regulation
- Revision of the Directive on Weights and Dimensions
- the revision of the Land Transport Block Exemption Regulation (T-BER) and the State Aid Guidelines for railways
- the Guidelines on Track Access Charging
- the implementation of the Electronic Freight Transport Information (eFTI) Regulation, of the TEN-T Guidelines Regulation, the REPowerEU Regulation
- TSIs developed by the European Union Agency for Railways and collaboration under its Intermodal Task Force
- Upgrading of intermodal-related standards by CEN/CENELEC
- Fundamental interest in every EU legislative initiative which impacts the functioning of freight transportAddress
Head Office
Montoyerstraat 31
Brussel B-1000
BELGIUMEU Office
Montoyerstraat 31
Brussel B-1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 2 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
4 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 27 Jul 2024
Name Start date End Date Ralf Charley Schultze 22 Jul 2024 22 Jul 2025 Balazs Akos Ersek 22 Jul 2024 22 Jul 2025 Remi PENET 13 Dec 2023 12 Dec 2024 Eric FEYEN 12 Dec 2023 11 Dec 2024 Akos Balazs ERSEK 30 Jun 2023 29 Jun 2024 Ralf-Charley SCHULTZE 29 Jun 2023 29 Jun 2024 Akos Balazs ERSEK 25 Jun 2022 24 Jun 2023 Ralf-Charley SCHULTZE 25 Jun 2022 24 Jun 2023 Ralf-Charley SCHULTZE 29 Nov 2019 28 Nov 2020 Akos Balazs ERSEK 09 Oct 2019 09 Oct 2020 Ralf-Charley SCHULTZE 02 Oct 2018 01 Oct 2019 Akos Balazs ERSEK 02 Oct 2018 01 Oct 2019 Ralf-Charley SCHULTZE 05 Oct 2017 23 Sep 2018 Akos Balazs ERSEK 15 Sep 2017 15 Sep 2018 Ralf-Charley SCHULTZE 07 Sep 2016 07 Sep 2017 Akos Balazs ERSEK 22 Aug 2016 01 Sep 2017 Ralf-Charley SCHULTZE 04 Sep 2015 02 Sep 2016 Akos Balazs ERSEK 04 Sep 2015 23 Aug 2016 Ralf-Charley SCHULTZE 08 Jul 2014 04 Jul 2015 Akos Balazs ERSEK 08 Jul 2014 04 Jul 2015 Mr Martin Burkhardt 24 Aug 2013 02 Jul 2014 Akos Balazs ERSEK 24 Aug 2013 08 Jul 2014 Mr Rudy COLLE 16 Nov 2011 12 Sep 2012 Akos Balazs ERSEK 08 Dec 2011 01 Nov 2012 Complementary Information
Activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register do not exclusively constitute the scope of responsibilities of the aforementioned colleagues.
Person in charge of EU relations
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Person with legal responsibility
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Categories
Category
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
UIRR is formally not a member of any legal organisation or body.
There is regular collaboration between UIRR and peer organisations (in alphabetical order) such as
Allianz Pro Schiene
Association of the European Rail Industry (UNIFE)
Combinet (Austria)
Community of European Railways and Infrastructure Companies (CER)
European Association for Forwarding, Transport, Logistic and Customs Services (CLECAT)
European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC)
European Barge Union (EBU)
European Shipowners Association (ECSA)
European Federation of Inland ports (EFIP)
European Rail Infrastructure Managers (EIM)
European Logistics Platform (ELP)
European Rail Freight Association (ERFA)
European Rail Research Council (ERRAC)
European Shippers Council (ESC)
European Seaports Organisation (ESPO)
Federation of European Private Port Operators and Terminals (Feport)
GNTC (France)
Groupement Fer (Switzerland)
IBS (Germany)
Intermodal Association of North America (IANA)
International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA)
International Road Union (IRU)
International Transport Forum (ITF/OECD)
International Union of Railways (UIC)
Hungarian Logistics Clusters' Association (MLSZKSZ)
Hungarian Railway Association (HUNGRAIL)
LIMOWA (Finland)
Promotion of the Axis of goods Ferroviaire Rhine-Rhone western Mediterranean (FERRMED)
Rail Forum Europe (RFE)
RailGood (The Netherlands)
SGKV (Germany)
Transport and Environment (T&E)
UOTC (Spain)
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN ECE)Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
100,000€ - 199,999€
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant various EU R&D grant programmes 510,592€ Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Other financial info
UIRR participates in R&D projects funded from different EU programmes (i.e. H2020, CEF Transport), which aim at developing and/or implementing a particular solution for intermodal transport. These do not cover operating expenses of the association.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Implementation of Directive 2012/34/EU report#E03441/4#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=104433 #MEMBER #C#IndustryConsultation of stakeholders by rail Infrastructure Managers#E03441/3#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=104434 #MEMBER #C#IndustryCommission expert group on the technical pillar of the 4th Railway Package#E03430#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3430 #MEMBER #C#ProfessionalsCo-ordinating group for statistics on transport#E01509#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1509 #OBSERVER #C#Industry#ProfessionalsSingle European Railway Area Forum#E03441#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3441 #MEMBER #C#IndustryDigital Transport and Logistics Forum#E03280#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3280 #MEMBER #C#Industry
Groups (European Parliament)
Competitive European Industry: long-term and sustainable investment,Trade unions,Green new deal,Climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development
- Rail Forum Europe
- European Logistics Platform
- I AM Connectivity AllianceCommunication activities
- Position papers and press releases: http://www.uirr.com/en/media-centre/press-releases-and-position-papers/2017.html
- Newsletters: http://www.uirr.com/en/media-centre/newsletters/2017.html
- UIRR Report and statistics: http://www.uirr.com/en/media-centre/annual-reports/annual-reports.html
- UIRR General Assembly - UIRR CEOs' consultation with DG MOVE, DG CLIMA, DG ENERGY and DG INDUSTRYOther activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
17 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 03 Oct 2023 Location online Subject Greening Freight Transport Package Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Elzbieta Lukaniuk (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Jul 2023 Location Brussels Subject Combined transport Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Mar 2023 Location Brussels Subject Green freight package Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Walter Goetz (Cabinet member)
- Elzbieta Lukaniuk (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 May 2022 Location video-call Subject Keynote on Zero-Carbon Combined Transport Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
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Date 31 Jan 2022 Location virtual Subject Rail freight DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)
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Date 02 Dec 2021 Location virtual Subject Intermodal transport DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)
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Date 22 Apr 2021 Location video call Subject Combined transport in the European Green Deal Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Mar 2021 Location Conference call Subject Meeting to discuss the latest developments of the EYR, the SSMS and the TEN-T guidelines Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Elzbieta Lukaniuk (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Sep 2020 Location Online meeting Subject Meeting to discuss the intermodal developments Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Elzbieta Lukaniuk (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 Sep 2020 Location Online event Subject Presentation meeting on rail policy developments Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Elzbieta Lukaniuk (Cabinet member)
- Adina-Ioana Vălean (Commissioner)
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Date 19 May 2020 Location virtual Subject future of intermodal transport DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)
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Date 05 Mar 2020 Location Brussels Subject Transport and green Deal Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet member)
- Elzbieta Lukaniuk (Cabinet member)
- Pablo Fabregas Martinez (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Jan 2020 Location Brussels Subject Combined Transport in the Green Deal Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Nov 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Combined transport DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)
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Date 28 Feb 2017 Location Brussels Subject Introductory meeting with Mr Ralf-Charley SCHULTZE, President of UIRR Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Jocelyn Fajardo (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Feb 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject REFIT, Combined Transport Directive DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)
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Date 24 Feb 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Meeting with UIRR Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Violeta Bulc (Commissioner)