1、Message from UNIFE Chairman2Message from UNIFE Director General401.UNIFE in 2022702.European Affairs1703.International Affairs41Table of Contents05.Standards and Regulation5506.R&I Activities7107.Signalling and ERTMS8908.ERWA:The UNIFE Railway Wheels Committee10309.IRIS:International Railway Ind

2、ustry Standard10710.Communications11311.UNIFE Staff12412.UNIFE Members in 202212904.World Rail Market Study51Message from Henri Poupart-Lafarge,UNIFE ChairmanAt the end of last year I was looking forward to 2022,expecting that,as the world emerged from the Covid pandemic and the induced economic sho

3、ck,we would be able to focus on tackling the most pressing challenge faced by our society climate change.This was not to be,as the return of war to the European continent due to Russias invasion of Ukraine has radically altered the picture.Beyond the devastation and the suffering brought by the conf

4、lict,it has exacerbated the instability in global supply chains for all sectors including ours,extended disruptions to the energy sector and sustained inflation levels that we had not seen for decades.Yet,Europe has done its best to maintain the momentum of the Green Deal,and the pressing need to re

5、duce our dependency on imported fossil fuels is leading us to accelerate the green and digital transitions.This can be done in part thanks to the implementation of the national recovery&resilience plans,funded by joint EU debt,with 55 billion of investment for rail at stake!The upcoming COP 27 w

6、ill determine whether the same momentum remains at the global level,but the energy that we could see in our sector at InnoTrans and the results of the latest World Rail Market Study give us some ground for optimism.We are therefore challenged to bridge the gap between the immense short-term pressure