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Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1

(1) The application of Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council17 has revealed that some operators in national markets armay be facing unjustified obstacles to the development of inter-urban coach services. Moreover, road passenger transport services have not kept pace with the evolving needs of citizens in terms of availability and quality and sustainable transport modes continue to have a low modal share. As a consequence, certain groups of citizens are placed at a disadvantage in terms of availability of passenger transport services, and there are more road accidents, emissions and congestion due to greater use of ca of benefit to passengers. _________________ 17 Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 on common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services, and amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 (OJ L 300, 14.11.2009, p. 88).

2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN

Lucy ANDERSON, Marita ULVSKOG, Theresa GRIFFIN, Matt CARTHY

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2

(2) To ensure a coherent framework for the inter-urban carriage of passengers by regular coach and bus services throughout the Union, Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 should apply to all inter-urban carriage by regular services~~. The scope of that Regulation should therefore be extended~~, subject to appropriate safeguards and limitations.

2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN

Lucy ANDERSON, Marita ULVSKOG, Matt CARTHY

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

(4) Commercial regular service operations should not compromise the ~~economic~~ equilibrium of existing public service contracts. ~~For this reason, the regulatory body should be able to carry out an objective economic analysis to ensure that this is the case.~~

2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN

Lucy ANDERSON, Marita ULVSKOG, Theresa GRIFFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6

(6) In order to ensure fair competition in the market when necessary, operators of regular services should be provided with access rights to terminals in the Union on fair, equitable, non-discriminatory and transparent terms~~. Appeals against decisions rejecting or limiting access should be lodged with the regulatory body~~ if it is in the public interest to do so.

2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN

Lucy ANDERSON, Marita ULVSKOG, Matt CARTHY

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) Authorisation for both national and international regular services should be subject to an authorisation procedure. Authorisation should be granted, unless there are specific grounds for refusal attributable to the applicant, or the service would compromise the economic equilibrium of a public service contract. A distance threshold should be introduced to ensure that commercial regular service operations do not compromise the economic equilibrium of existing public service contracts. In the case of routes already served by more than one public service contract, it should be possible to increase that threshold.

2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN

Lucy ANDERSON, Marita ULVSKOG, Theresa GRIFFIN, Matt CARTHY

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9

(9) Non-resident carriers should be able to operate national regular services under the same conditions as resident carriers, as long as they can demonstrate compliance with all relevant provisions of national, Union and international law.

2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN

Lucy ANDERSON, Marita ULVSKOG, Theresa GRIFFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10

(10) Administrative formalities should be reduced ~~as much as~~where possible without abandoning the controls and penalties that guarantee the correct application and effective enforcement of Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009. The journey form constitutes an unnecessary administrative burden and should therefore be abolished.

2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN

Lucy ANDERSON, Marita ULVSKOG

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) In order to take into account market developments and technical progress the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission to amend Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009, and to supplement that Regulation with rules concerning the format of certificates for own-account transport operations, the format of applications for authorisations and authorisations themselves, the procedure and criteria to be followed to determine if a proposed service would compromise the ~~economic~~ equilibrium of a public service contract, and the reporting obligations of Member States. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in line with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making18 . In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council should receive all documents at the same time as the Member States’ experts, and the European Parliament and the Council experts should systematically have access to the Commission’s expert group meetings dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. _________________ 18 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.

2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN

Lucy ANDERSON, Theresa GRIFFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c

Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 2 – paragraph 9

9. ‘terminal’ means any staffed facility with a minimum area of 600m2, wh~~ich provides a parking place that is used by coaches and buses for the set~~ere according to the specified route a regular service is scheduled to stop for passengers to board or alight, equipped with facilities such as a check-in counter, waiting ~~down~~room or ptick~~ing up of passengers~~et office;

2018/10/04
Committee: TRAN

Activities of Lucy ANDERSON related to 2017/0288(COD)

Plenary speeches (2)

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