Editorial— A look back and the way forward

FrigoriscopeFrigoriscope News from Transfrigoroute International – Issue 8 - October 2011

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Dear Readers, I would like to welcome you to this edition of the Frig-oriscope, the first one after this beautiful AGM. As every year, the AGM provided us with controversial discussions, tough negotiations, but also beautiful memories. Beautiful memories of a great location, great hospitality and great people. Let me therefore thank the splendid work done by Transfrigoroute Es-paña. Carlos, Carlos, Ana, you truly did a great job. Unfortunately, this is now over and everybody has to

focus on their business during these busy months which are the end of the year. Although there will not be any official TI meeting until the end of the year, this does not mean that TI will not work behind the scenes. Our F-gas task force is working hard to draft an ap-propriate reply to the Commission’s consultation, and we are setting up a meeting programme to promote our TI White Paper on Transport. As always, member involvement in all of these issues will prove critical for their success and I can only call on you, dear mem-bers, to get active within TI as in the end, a trade as-sociation can only give back what it receives. I am also delighted to see that TI has achieved an enormous success on the question of multitempera-ture vehicles ATP approval, and invite you to read Joe Grealy’s article on page 6. On this note, I hope you will enjoy this Frigoriscope, which looks back to these last months’ TI activities, but also look forward to the regulatory challenges that await us. Happy reading, Russell Patten Secretary General TI

In this issue : P.2-3 AGM 2011 in retrospect

AGM 2011— TI ready for the future! P.4-5 TI White Paper

TI White Paper on Transport ready to be published P. 6 TI ATP Proposal

TI success at WP 11 ATP meeting

P.7-8 EU regulatory update/ Calendar of events

Replying to the F-Gas Consultation demands a con-

certed effort

Calendar of events P.9 News from our members

A key figure of international transport is saying good-

bye P.10 AGM 2011 Impressions

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Finalisation of TI’s transformation process During last year’s AGM in October, a new structure was decided upon. One year later, TI drew conclu-sions from a year of experiences in order to optimise the current work structures. As such, the Executive Committee – which will con-tinue to meet 4 times a year – has been enlarged from 5 to 7 members in order to make it more repre-sentative and ensure sufficient attendance of meet-ings. The two new VPs are Mr Igor Skutil from Trans-frigoroute Slovakia and Carlos Donat from Transfrig-oroute Spain.

Furthermore, the Board of Representatives has been merged with the FCI. This does not mean that the Board disappeared as such. On the contrary, this results in a stronger FCI whose members are now the Presidents and Secretaries and one designated member each national association. The new FCI, which still has to elect two vice-presidents, will have the objective to control, advise and support the EC and to input into the objectives of TI. Therefore, the FCI will draft a set of objectives and vision for the future as well as to how it will operate on a day-to-

day basis. This merger should resolve the low attend-ance BoR and FCI meetings have suffered from in 2011 and will suppress the duplication of work that has existed between those two bodies. The final statutes will now be drafted accordingly and will be submitted to a vote trough a virtual, extra-ordinary General Meeting. Finances – new structures necessary to improve TI’s functioning As opposed to previous years, the 2010 accounts had not to be approved during the AGM, as this al-ready took place during an extraordinary General Meeting. This is a requirement set up by Belgian law and was adopted during the 2010 AGM. However, finances were discussed insofar as there is a need to reform TI’s financial system, given that the current system is outdated and time consuming. Yet, as this topic proves to be sensitive, it was decided to set up a task force that will have to come up with pro-posals that allow modernizing the system and guar-anteeing TI’s financial stability. Nominated members of the task force are Volker Knemeyer, Valérie Ham-mer, Erik Runia, Igor Skutil, Roxana Ilie and Mauro Sarrecchia. TI starts engaging with EU decision makers During the AGM, TI adopted its own Transport White Paper. The paper was created in a 2 month process involving various TI members and will be an appropri-ate response to the Commission’s blueprint for the transport sector for the next 10 years. In particular, the paper points out the specificities of the refrigerat-ed transport sector. TI’s position was presented to the Deputy Director General of the European Commission Directorate General for Transport, Mr. Zoltan Kazatsay.

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To cut a long story short: the TI AGM 2011 was a very nice and constructive event with lots of interesting discus-sions and decisions taken by our Members. This feeling was shared by most of participants, as 54.3% of partici-pants who gave a feedback on the AGM believe that it was an event above average, and 31.4% even believe that it was an excellent event. Apart from the general satisfaction, one can note that a lot of important decisions have been taken as regards the finalisation of TI’s transformation process, on rethinking our financial structures, as well as regards TI engagement with political decision-makers.

The Executive Committee at the AGM in Valencia.

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AGM 2011 – TI ready for the future! Mr Kazatsay who bears a great responsibility for the White Paper within the Commission noted our points with great interest and TI will certainly continue work-ing with him. Furthermore, TI had an interesting session on the review of the F-gas regulation, involving stakeholders from other, allied associations. Given the enormous importance of the dossier, TI set up a Task Force, consisting of Joe Grealy, André Stumpf, Valérie Ham-mer and Erik Runia, to prepare a reply to the current-ly ongoing Commission consultation. The Task Force will prepare a draft reply on which national associa-tions will be consulted (please see corresponding article).

Great industry support Transfrigoroute Spain (TE) organised this congress in cooperation with ATFRIE, the association of refriger-ated transport in Spain with which TE collaborates on a close basis. This led to a broad support of the in-dustry, and provided many networking opportunities for our members.

Industry support was also present during the second day, with a large trailer exhibition. Therefore, TI would like to thank all sponsors and supporters and is looking forward to further collaboration.

Participants at the trailer exhibition.

Speakers at the AGM included seen from the left to the right: Mr. Marc Billiet from the IRU, Mr. Pere Padrosa, from the IRU and Ms. Andrea Voigt from EPEE.

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A response to the European Commission On 28 March 2011, the European Commission pub-lished its Transport White Paper, “Roadmap to a Sin-gle European Transport Area – Towards a competi-tive and resource efficient transport system”. Alt-hough not legally binging, this document sets out the European Union’s transport policy for the next 10 years and is therefore a document of paramount im-portance for TI. The key objectives of the European Commission are the following:

reduce greenhouse gas emissions of transport by 60% when compared with their 1990 levels by 2050;

reduce Europe’s dependency on oil;

for transports below 300 km: the Commission acknowledges that these shipments will largely remain on trucks and therefore states that it is important to improve their energy efficiency;

For transports over 300 km: the goal is set that 30% of road freight over 300 km should shift to other modes such as rail or waterborne transport by 2030, and more than 50% by 2050;

Aim to move towards a greater application of “user pays” and “polluter pays” principles.

The TI white paper task force TI needed to draft an appropriate reply to the Euro-pean Commission in the form of a position paper to make sure that TI’s concerns are being taken into account in the upcoming legislative debates. The TI white paper was drafted by a task force of volunteers with the support of the Secretariat. The active members were: Didier Michel, Joe Grealy, Oliver Fontaine, Valérie Hammer, Roxana Ilie, Isa-belle de Maegt, Lars Nielsen, Erik Runia, Roger Schwarz, and Mauro Sarrechia. In two rounds of contributions, the Task Force dis-cussed the content of the TI position paper which was then submitted to the Executive Committee on 1 September for approval. The Executive Committee approved the draft document and submitted it to the Delegates’ Assembly where no objections were raised TI’s vision for transport and logistics in Europe The social responsibility borne by the temperature controlled transport industry by far exceeds the pro-portion of the total EU fleet size, estimated to be ap-proximately 10% compared to other transport activi-ties. Our sector plays a vital role in ensuring the con-tinuation of the cold chain for perishable foodstuffs by assuming the legal obligations under the General Food Laws for the public health and safety of all 500 million EU consumers. TI welcomes the European Commission’s Transport White Paper’s goal to reduce greenhouse gas emis-sions by at least 60% by 2050 with respect to 1990. Although a large number of points are welcomed by our members, TI raises a number of points, which are of concern for our sector:

25% of all CO2 emissions occur in urban cycles: much of this is due to congestion, but also to inef-ficient urban distribution methods. The CO2 emis-sions caused by the distribution of perishable products in urban centres cannot be rectified by technology or taxation alone: more effective and

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TI White Paper on Transport ready to be published

The Valencia AGM of TI saw the final approval of the White Paper on Transport in which TI defines its own vi-sion for refrigerated transport in the coming years. This paper will now serve as a basis for lobbying and engage-ment of TI in the coming year.

Zoltan Kazatsay, Deputy Director General of the Transport Services of the European Com-mission discussed the white paper with the del-egates in Valencia.

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innovative urban planning is necessary. Con-sideration should also be given to the widespread introduction of off peak time / night time distribu-tion by vehicles which meet strict noise and emis-sion levels, where socially and commercially ac-ceptable.

The transport of perishable products may not lend itself to an easy and efficient modal shift or intermodality, as consideration has to be giv-en to the shelf life of the products and public health and safety, as well as to the necessity to maintain the cold chain and limit the number of manipulations likely to break it. Of course, this does not exclude the possibility of intermodality, or rather co-modality, with other transport modes where these might be appropriate and where an efficient way of maintaining the cold chain is found.

Investing new revenues, such as those gener-ated from the Eurovignette, into road infra-structure is essential. For example, there is an appalling lack of secure and fully equipped parking spaces, which are essential for refrigerated vehi-cles.

Strong social legislation is important and needs to be equally applied throughout the EU (including the levels of fines). However, given the very nature of the goods we are transporting, more flexibility would be extremely important from an environmental point of view, as when the truck stops to respect the mandatory breaks, the cooling machines continue to work.

Next steps Now that TI has a clear vision for the future of transport we will have to make it heard in Brussels and in the Member States. The European Parliament will define its own position on the European Commission’s White Paper on Transport by mid-December 2011. The Council of the EU Member States will also issue a position on the issue in the coming months. The upcoming FCI meeting in January in Brussels will be the perfect occasion to organize a launch event. TI will aim to invite key European Commission officials, Members of the European Parliament and representatives from the Member States as well as journalists to present the TI white paper. This would ideally be done over a networking lunch close to the institutions.

TI White Paper on Transport ready to be published

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Joint cooperation between body building and re-frigeration manufactures Under the leadership of Mr. Peter Grosskopf a group of experts from the body building and refrigeration manufacturers came together in a series of face to face as well as conference call meetings over the past 20 months. In previous discussions the group comprised mostly of the refrigeration manufacturers, Carrier, Thermo King and Frigoblock. Once the body building industry actively joined the discussions the project took on a renewed impetus. In order to ensure the success of the project the group was expanded to include other stakeholders such as the main ATP test stations, CEMAFROID, CRT and TÜV.

Many compromises were made on all sides to reach a common workable position without weakening the underlying technical arguments. The proposal was tested on the meeting of the test engineers from all ATP test stations in May 2011 and won overall ap-proval. Based on this first success a paper was pre-pared and sent to the UN WP11 group who have the responsibility to administer the ATP. Despite a minor hick-up on the first vote the Trans-frigoroute International proposal was unanimously adopted on 26.10.2011. Great credit and thanks are due to the TI delegation of Mr. Gosskopf and Mr. Bonnal. It was also a fitting tribute to years of dedi-cated work on the ATP done by Mr. Grosskopf on behalf of TI. What does this mean for the transporter? Four countries, France, Spain, Italy and Portugal use ATP for national transport. The TI proposal is based

on the French methodology with some slight tech-nical modifications. There will be a transition period between the methodology used today in France and its widespread application across the signatory coun-tries of the ATP. This will ensure that transporters can be assured of greater security when sourcing and operating multi-temperature/multi compartment vehicles. Great care was taken to ensure that no ad-ditional testing costs would accrue to the transporters in bringing this proposal to the ATP. The adoption of the proposal reflects well on the level of expertise across all sections of TI and enhances our standing in front of legislators and technical ad-ministrations that interface with our specialised transport activity. Thanks to all concerned who helped to bring a suc-cessful conclusion to these discussions, while at the same time protecting the interests , including costs, of the operating members of Transfrigoroute Interna-tional.

Joe Grealy CCT President

TI Vice-President

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TI success at WP 11 ATP meeting

October 26th 2011 represents a significant date in the annals of TI. Following many years of fruitless discussion a renewed focus began to reach a consensus within the industry and beyond as to how to develop a workable test-ing methodology for complex multi temperature vehicles which would be included in ATP.

“The adoption of the proposal reflects well on the level of expertise across all sections of TI and enhances our standing in front of legislators.“

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What are F-gases? F-gases are man-made gases which are used in a number of applications, including in the cooling ma-chines which are used by temperature-controlled trucks. F-gases have several advantages, both from an environmental perspective (they do not attack the ozone layer) as well as from an industrial perspective (they are are affordable and safe). However, F-gases have a high global warming po-tential, meaning that they are one important factor as regards global climate change: this is why F-gases are being regulated and this is why decision-makers are controlling and containing their use. Current regulations F-gases are regulated both at international and EU level. At the international level, F-gases are covered by the Kyoto Protocol since 1997. The protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change aimed at fighting global warming and com-mits the EU to reducing its greenhouse gas emis-sions by 8% compared to 1990 as a base year be-tween 2008 and 2012. At EU level F-gases are regulated by the Directive on emissions from air conditioning systems in motor vehicles (the MAC Directive), and the EU regulation on certain fluorinated gases which covers all key ap-plications in which F-Gases are used. The “F-Gas Regulation” is directly applicable in all Member States and its key principle is that the reduction emissions of f-gases by regulating their use, and not their production or their placing on the market. To achieve this objective, it suggests two tracks of ac-tion:

Avoiding the use of F-Gases where environmen-tally superior alternatives exist. Measures include use and marketing restrictions.

Improving leak-tightness of equipment containing F-Gases. Measures comprise: labelling of equip-ment containing F-gases, training and certification of personnel and companies handling this type of gases, containment and proper recovery.

The review: background and next steps Article 10 of the F-Gas Regulation requires the Com-mission to prepare and publish a report on the imple-mentation of the legislation by 4 July 2011. The Re-port is to propose a revision of the regulation if and as appropriate. In order to complete the report, in 2009 the Commis-sion asked the consultancy Öko Recherche to draft a preliminary preparatory study to get some scientific guidance on the best ways forward. Besides provid-ing data and recommendations for the review, the findings of Öko Recherche suggest that a revised F-gas regulation’s scope should include the transport sector and it has already been sig-nalled by the Commission that this is going to happen. Together with the publication of this study and in or-der to prepare its proposal for a revision, the Com-mission has launched a Public Consultation on the impact of the different policy options running until 19 December. The European Commission is then going to analyse the received responses and is expected to publish its impact assessment of the different policy options in Q1/Q2 2012. Based on this, it is expected that it will present it legislative proposal in Q2/Q3 2012, after which the dossier will be debated by the European Parliament and the Council. What would an inclusion of the transport sector mean for TI members? This will largely depend on the policy option which the Commission opts for.

Replying to the F-Gas Consultation demands a concerted effort

The European Commission is currently exploring ways to review its F-gas legislation. So far, the transport sector was exempted from this Regulation. It looks however as if this is about to change. Indeed, the European Com-mission has already stated that it wants to include the transport sector in the scope of the Regulation. Besides this, the European Commission is still being rather vague on its preferred options for the further control of f-gases. In the worst case scenario, the Commission might decide to ban the use of F-gases in certain applica-tions in a very short time frame. What remains a certainty is that the transport sector will need to abide to the rules that are regulating the use of F-gases. As this review will impact both the industry and transporters, it is therefore vital that TI as a whole makes an effort to input into the legislative process.

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Event Organiser Venue

5 December: Deadline for TI national associations’ input on F-Gas regulation to be submitted to TI Secretariat

TI Online

8 December: CCT Working Group 1 “Road Transportation” WG1 Frankfurt, DE

Mid-December: European Parliament’s position paper on the Commission’s Transport White Paper proposal is expected

EU Brussels, BE

January 2012: EC Meeting (tbd) TI Brussels, BE

January 2012: CCT Meeting (tbd) TI Brussels, BE

January 2012: FCI Meeting (tbd) TI Brussels, BE

Quartal 2/3 2012: European Commission is expected to publish proposal on F-Gas review

EU Brussels, BE

October 2012: TI AGM in Lyon, France TI France Lyon, FR

Should the EU decide to ban F-gases in certain appli-cations, including in the transport sector, the conse-quences for TI members could become dramatic as this would force members to opt for alternatives that are not yet available. Even in the case of a cap and phase-down, which does not ban the use of the f-gases but sets a timeline for a reduction of its use, the costs and impacts can be high if the time-limits are too short and unrealistic. In any case, it is very sure that including the transport sector into the F-gas regulation will force members to abide to the current rules, which include labelling of equipment containing F-gases, as well as the em-ployment of trained and certified personnel to handle this type of gases, to name a few. What are the next steps within TI? In order to ensure that the impact of the F-gas regula-tion remains acceptable, TI launched a Task Force to

draft a response to the Commission’s consultation. This F-gas group will submit a draft reply all national associations on 21 November to get their input until 5 December. National associations are therefore invit-ed to get familiarised with the Commission question-naire as of now. Moreover, in order to maximise the impact of our re-ply, it would be optimal if each national association could reply to the Commission using the TI reply as the core of its reply, but in which each national asso-ciation takes into account their local requirements.

Replying to the F-Gas Consultation demands a concerted effort

Calendar of events

* Please note: The TI Secretariat is working on the 2012 meeting programme and will circulate soon an update to the National Associations.

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A key figure of international transport is saying good-bye

Dr. Carlos Pascual has contributed for almost four decades in an exceptional way to the progress of the Spanish and European road transport sector by assuming various positions in a number of national and international road transport associations. This year Carlos has decided to go on a well-earned retirement. Carlos’ work will forever be remembered and with the superb AGM in Valencia he put a crowning point in his long and remarkable career.

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A moved life — from Madrid to Brussels and back In the end of the 1970s Carlos Pascual started his career in the road transport sector as Secretary Gen-eral for the newly founded Transfrigoroute España. His work contributed significantly to build up quickly the Spanish arm of Transfrigoroute International. Al-ready a few years’ after its foundation, Transfrig-oroute España had attracted a high number of trans-porters and industry stakeholders from the refrigerat-ed transport and the association has ever since grown in importance. In his longstanding role as Secretary General for Transfrigoroute España Carlos was in particular a key figure to set up fantastic Annual General Meet-ings in Spain, such as 2006 in Oliva and very recent-ly the 2011 AGM in Valencia. His creativity and en-thusiasm were essential to successfully organize our business meetings within a spectacular framework. Carlos’ work has also been fundamental for other associations in the road transport sector. He worked for more than 20 years as Secretary-General at ASTIC, Spain’s largest and most important road transporters’ association, and beyond that he took a very active role in the IRU. For eight years he advo-cated the freight transport’s interests as Vice-Chair

and later as Chair of the IRU Goods Transport Liai-son Committee from 1991 until 1998 in Brussels. His insights in the international road transport from a na-tional and European perspective led eventually to his appointment as Adviser to Mr. Pere Padrosa, IRU Vice-President and ASTIC President, in 2008. Moreover Carlos was for 12 years Director-General of the Spanish Foundation Francisco Corell created in 1997. The foundation aims at promoting and de-veloping an international road transport that respects the environment which is to the benefit of the whole society. A note of thanks Transfrigoroute International would like to take this opportunity to thank Dr. Carlos Pascual for his enthu-siasm and hard work within our association and for the road transport sector in general.

We hope to see you at the next Annual General Meeting in Lyon and wish you all the best for your future!

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“On behalf of TI I would like to thank Carlos for his fantastic work within Transfrigoroute International and Transfrigoroute España. His passion for road transport politics but also his enthusiasm when it came to or-ganise memorable AGMs, such as the one in Valencia this year, will be deeply missed in our association.” Russell Patten, Secretary General TI

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AGM 2011 in Valencia—”Green Cool Logistics”

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