Proposal for a Regulation on Military Mobility

Proposal for a Regulation on Military Mobility

CER welcomes the publication of the 'Military Mobility Package', which includes a Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing a framework of measures to facilitate the transport of military equipment, goods and personnel across the Union (2025/0847(COD)).

This Military Mobility Regulation is crucial to ensure fast and seamless military movements across Europe, in which railways play a key role.

Rail is the best suited land-based system to deal with large scale transport of heavy military assets over longer distances within Europe. A systemic approach to the railway system is essential to meet Europe's short-term military mobility needs while pursuing the long-term investments that will deliver maximum benefits for civilian and military users alike.

At the same time, the Regulation carries substantial implications for railways. To ensure swift and seamless military movements across the EU, transport realities must be taken into consideration, in particular the technical, operational and regulatory constraints faced by railway operators performing military but also civilian transport. The regulation must be consistent with other EU legislation, in particular the provisions for military mobility in the Regulation on the use of railway infrastructure capacity and the definitions included in the Connecting Europe Facility's proposal.

Download the abstract of the position paper below.