SER – National Technical Day on Restraint Devices & Temporary Signage and Marking 2025

25 June 2025 | Lyon, France

SER (Syndicat des Équipements de la Route) held its National Technical Day on “Retainment Devices & Temporary Signage and Marking” on June 25, 2025, organized with Transpolis in partnership with ASCQUER, BNTRA, CEREMA, ERF, IDRRIM, and RGRA at the Transpolis site.

More than 450 stakeholders in the restraint systems and temporary signaling and markings met on June 25, 2025 at the TRANSPOLIS site, near Lyon, welcomed by Aly ADHAM, President of the SER, Pascal RICARD, President of the SER Restraint Systems section, Alain FABRE, President of the SER Temporary Signaling and Marking section, as well as the union’s partners and its permanent staff.

Christophe Nicodème, Director General of the European Union Road Federation (ERF), focused his intervention on the European Green Deal and its consequences for the road equipment sector. He recalled that the ERF, based in Brussels and representing more than 60 members from industry, research, and national associations, acts as the “voice of European roads,” closely monitoring EU transport and mobility policies. He explained that the Green Deal, launched in 2019, and the new Clean Industry Pact of 2025 aim at achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030, and promoting decarbonization, competitiveness, and circular economy principles. For the road sector, this translates into new regulatory frameworks such as Green Public Procurement, which will impose sustainability criteria in public contracts by 2026, the Digital Product Passport, which will require manufacturers to provide standardized environmental and lifecycle information, and Environmental Product Declarations, which will become essential for future CE marking.

He then underlined that these measures mark a profound shift for manufacturers, who must now prove not only the safety and performance of their products but also their environmental footprint, making sustainability a central dimension of competitiveness in the years to come.

Participants were able to interact with experts in restraint systems and temporary signage at their booths. This event was also an opportunity to attend various conferences on ecological transition, heritage maintenance, regulations, standardization, and certification, among many other topics.

A highlight of the day was a crash test demonstration on a TMA (Truck-Mounted Attenuator), as well as various demos offered by exhibitors. The jury members for the video competition organized by the SER during the JTN also presented the five winners with prizes to recognize their outstanding achievements.

To download presentations and watch the crash test as well as picture of the event click here : https://www.equipements-routiers-et-urbains.com/journees-techniques-nationales