Transcript Philippe Citroën

Competitiveness of the European rail supply industry:
Reinforcing European Leadership of the World Market
Philippe Citroën
Director General of UNIFE
Railway PRO Investment Summit
Bucharest – 11 October 2016
About UNIFE
 UNIFE represents the European Rail Supply Industry (rolling
stock, infrastructure, sub-systems and signalling)
 UNIFE is a trusted partner of European and international
institutions in all matters related to rail transport and industrial
competitiveness
 Over 85 full members of the largest and small and medium-sized
companies in the rail supply sector and 16 associated members
including 14 National Associations, representing almost 1000
suppliers of railway equipment
World leaders:
UNIFE Members have a 84% market
share in Europe and supply 46% of
the worldwide rail production
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A strategic industry for the European economy
400 000 JOBS IN EUROPE!
INNOVATIVE
WORLD LEADER & EXPORTER
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Major opportunities to seize on the world rail market
 Publication of the new World Rail Market Study (by Roland
Berger) with forecasts 2016-2021
 Megatrends: growing urbanisation, energy scarcity, climate
change and digitalisation
3.1%
2.8%
0.9%
2.2%
Western
Europe
2.6%
NAFTA
World
rail
supply
market
2.3%
Latin
America
Eastern
Europe
CIS
2.6%
3.0%
Asia
Pacific
Africa/Middle
East
Compounded annual growth rate of total market 2019-2021 vs. 2013-2015
Source: UNIFE WRMS 2016
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A growing challenge: international market access
 Only 63% of the total
market
is
truly
accessible to European
suppliers
 Increasing difficulties on
some markets (China,
Japan, etc.)
Source: UNIFE WRMS 2016
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Increasingly fierce competition with Asian companies
The case of China
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Key factors for the world competitiveness of the EU RSI
Research and Innovation
Strengthen
the offer
Skills and Training
Quality (IRIS)
Technical harmonisation & Interoperability
Improve the
EU and
International
business
environment
Internal Market & Public Procurement
Internationalisation and Market access
Business environment for SMEs
Stimulate
demand in
the EU
and
worldwide
Public grants for rail projects
Mobilising development banks and private
investment
Rail-friendly Transport policy
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European Parliament Resolution on the
Competitiveness of the European RSI
 Unanimous adoption by the European Parliament 9
June 2016 of a Resolution on the Competitiveness of
the European Rail Supply Industry
 Crucial for the future of the strongly-rooted Romanian
rail supply industry
 Key role of Rapporteur MEP Martina Werner who has
initiated, drafted the Resolution and continues to fight
for its timely implementation
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European Parliament Resolution on the
Competitiveness of the European RSI (2)
 An ambitious EU industrial strategy with concrete recommendations on all
EU policies impacting the world leadership of EU rail suppliers
1) Specific nature and strategic relevance of the European Rail Supply
Industry for a European Industrial Renaissance
2) Maintaining global leadership of the European Rail Supply Industry
3) A renewed European rail industry innovation agenda
4) Getting the right skills for a future-proof rail supply industry
5) Supporting SMEs
6) Improving the European market environment for suppliers and
encouraging the demand for sustainable products
7) Boosting investment in rail projects
8) Strengthening the global competitiveness of the rail supply industry
9) Improving strategic political support for the sector
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Key EP recommendations fully supported by UNIFE (1)
 Research and Innovation
 “Swift and timely implementation of all Shift2Rail R&D
activities as soon as possible”
 European Commission to “explore and exploit additional
sources of financing for Shift2Rail”
 European Commission to “exploit additional EU funding
instruments for rail technology outside of Shift2Rail
(e.g. dedicated rail research calls in Horizon 2020 outside of
Shift2Rail, InnovFin, CEF, Structural Funds, EFSI)”
 Commission and the Member States to “increase their
support for innovation projects developed by rail clusters
and other initiatives that bring together SMEs, larger
companies and research institutes at local, regional,
national and European level”
Crucial to foster
the participation
of Romanian and
Central and
Eastern
European
players in
European R&D
initiatives
(cf. Shift2Rail
Open Calls)
 “One focus of research activities should be digitalisation”
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Key EP recommendations fully supported by UNIFE (2)
 Technical harmonisation & Interoperability
 “Speedy implementation of the Technical Pillar of
the Fourth Railway Package as key enabler for a
real single market for rail products”
 Increased interoperability and a stronger role for
the European Agency (EUAR) […] with sufficient
human and financial resources to realise its new
extended tasks”
 “Further European standardisation in the railway
sector driven by stakeholders (including the
European
RSI)
under
the
leadership
of
CEN/CENELEC”
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Key EP recommendations fully supported by UNIFE (3)
 Internal Market and Public Procurement
 “Swift implementation of the 2014 EU public procurement
directives [which] oblige contracting authorities to base
tendering
decisions
on
the
most
economically
advantageous tender (MEAT) principle, focusing on lifecycle costs and environmentally and socially sustainable
products”
 Commission to “monitor non-European rail investment in
EU Member States and to guarantee compliance with
European public procurement legislation, for example the
legislation on abnormally low tenders and unfair
competition”
 Commission and Member States to “remind contracting
authorities of the existence of a provision […] which makes it
possible to reject bids if more than 50 % of the value is
added outside the EU (Article 85 of Directive 2014/25/EU)”
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Key EP recommendations fully supported by UNIFE (4)
 Internationalisation and Market access
 “Need for a fair and level-playing field in global competition and
reciprocal market access”
 European Commission to “ensure that future trade agreements – including
the ongoing negotiations with Japan, China and the USA – and the
revisions of existing trade agreements include specific provisions which
significantly improve market access for the European rail supply industry”
→ NB: EU-Canada Trade Treaty (CETA) to be approved soon
 European Commission to “strive to lift the major non-tariff barriers
impeding access by the European rail industry to foreign markets, including
barriers to investment, and discrimination and lack of transparency in public
procurement procedures (particularly increasingly onerous requirements
concerning local content)”
 European Institutions to “reach a swift agreement on the International
Procurement Instrument (IPI)”
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Key EP recommendations fully supported by UNIFE (5)
 Boosting investment in rail projects
 “Existing EU funding instruments (e.g. CEF, Structural Funds)
to be used to the full so that demand is stimulated for rail
projects” → crucial for Romania’s rail development
 “Member States and public authorities to invest significantly in
their mainline and urban railway systems and, where possible, to
increase absorption rates of cohesion funds for rail projects”
 Commission to “help with further harmonised deployment of
ERTMS”
 “Importance of a successful implementation of the European
Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) as one tool to mobilise
private capital for the rail sector”
 Commission and the EIB to “intensify advisory support to rail
projects through the newly established European Advisory Hub
under EFSI” → will Romania take advantage of EFSI?
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Concluding remarks
 Thanking the Romanian Government for its
continuous support on all the previouslymentioned topics (Transport / Industry / Trade)
 Thanking the Romanian Minister for Economy and
Trade for signing the Joint Warsaw Declaration of
the Friends of Industry (22 April 2016) which
recognises the rail supply industry as one of the most
strategic manufacturing industries in Europe
 Looking forward to working with the Romanian
rail supply industry and the Romanian Authorities
on the implementation of the EP Resolution on
the Competitiveness of the European Rail Supply
Industry
Thank you for your attention
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