Régions de France and the FIF join forces for InnoTrans 2024

Paris, 16 September 2024 – Régions de France, a key player in mobility in France, and the French Railway Industry Association (FIF) will take part for the first ti me jointly in the InnoTrans 2024 trade fair, the world's largest exhibition dedicated to trans port technologies, in Berlin. A delegation of local elected officials mobilised for rail On Tuesday 24 September 2024, a delegation from Régions de France, made up of regional elected officials and technical directors in charge of mobility and transport infrastructure, will be pre sent at InnoTrans, illustrating the central role of the regions and the importance they place on the modernisation and development of rail in France. Through this delegation, Régions de France, in partnership with the FIF, intend to strengthen their collaboration with companies in the railway industry. On the first day of th e trade fair, the delegation from Régions de France and the FIF will tour the exhibi tion floor to meet companies in the railway sector, discover their latest innovations and ex plore the best solutions for improving rail mobility in the regions. These exchanges will be an opportunity to strengthen the synergies between regional authorities and the railway industry, thus contributing to a future in which rail transport, the backbone of o ur decarbonised mobility, will be more efficient, innovative and suited to citizens' needs. A political force serving transport In 2023, the Regions allocated a budget of €12 billion to mobility, of which €2.5 billion was invested directly in the railway sector. In 2024, this investment is s et to rise significantly by €1.3 billion compared with the previous year. This massive invest ment reflects the growing role of the Regions in improving and modernising rolling stock and transport infrastructure, in particular rail, in order to meet the needs of the regions. They are thus fully playing their part in the New Deal for rail that they proposed to the Government. This momentum is made possible by the political stability of the Regions, which offers companies in the railway industry the visibility and predictability essential to the development o f their activities. In this still highly uncertain national political context, the Regions provide a stable and coherent working framework, enabling companies to plan their invest ments over the long term. This regional stability is a major asset for the railway sector, gu aranteeing solid partnerships and continuity in mobility projects. Régions de France and the French Railway Industry Association standing side by side with railway industry manufacturers at the InnoTrans 2024 trade fair in Berlin PRESS RELEASE 16 September 2024 PRESS RELEASE Marine Latombe Email: mlatombe@fif.asso.fr Mobile: 06.59.40.33.96 Press Contact: About the FIF The French Railway Industry Association (FIF) brings together 83 direct members and more than 600 indirect members through its clusters. The railway industry generates an annual turnover of more than €4 billion in France and through exports. The FIF brings together all French railway manufacturers and industrial pla yers through the groupings of its different trades: rolling stock manufacturers, railway equipment suppliers, track and signalling industrialists, the digital technologies grouping and the maintenance, retrofit and modernisation grouping. Recognised by both public auth orities and by all users, players and decision-makers in the railway system, the FI F is representative of railway industry companies in France. Its main missions help estab lish a framework and favourable conditions for value creation within the French rail way industry. The FIF therefore works actively to support the development and gro wth of the railway industry in both the national and international context, by highlighting i ts strategic challenges and fostering effective collaboration between the various stakeholders and players across the entire railway industry. Violaine Hacke Email: vhacke@regions-france.org Mobile: 06.28.47.53.55Email: vhacke@regions-france.org Mobile: 06.28.47.53.55 About Régions de France Régions de France has, since 1998, brought together the Regions and regional authorities of mainland France and overseas territories. A high-level network of experts and influence, Régions de France builds, develops, carries , disseminates and enriches the regional political project. Cross-partisan, this project is one of a truly de centralised France in the service of our fellow citizens. It covers all regional policies across the ir 3 dimensions: development of human capital, economic and ecological dynamics, cohesion of local territories. Régions de France acts at national and European level, to convin ce institutions, and beyond that public opinion, of the benefits brought by decentralisation. In the service of regional elected officials, our network pools the experiences of the Regions, gathers and analyses data, com piles the arguments, and carries advocacy to the right level. The Régions de France association is chaired by Car ole Delga, President of the Occitanie Region. The regions and their public bodies, such as Ile-de-France Mobilités, are the authorities responsible for organising intercity road and rail passenger transport, as well as school transp ort outside urban areas, and the entirety of public transport services in Île-de-Franc e. As mobility organising authorities, they are also increasingly frequently involved in financing railway infrastructure and rolling stock. Recent legisla tive developments, through the Mobility Orientation Law, also strengthen their role as architects of mobi lity for the regions and in the roll-out of digital tools to support mobility. Lastly, the applic ation of the New Railway Pact allows them to consider a gradual opening to competition of the ir regional trains, in accordance with applicable European legislation