14 Amendments of Brian SIMPSON related to 2008/0247(COD)
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a
a) stand-alone local and regional networks for passenger services using the railway infrastructure except where the services operate on part of a freight corridor;
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
a) "freight corridor" shall mean all of the railway lines created on the territory of Member States and, where necessary, third European countries linking one or more strategic terminals to one or more other strategic terminals, including a principal axis, alternative routes and paths linking them, and railway infrastructure and its equipment in the freight terminals, marshalling yards and train formation facilities, and branch lines to the latter, including all rail related services as mentioned in Annex II to Directive 2001/14/EC;
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
c) it shall be justified on the basis of a socio-economic analysis. This shall include the impact on those parts of the transport system where the allocation of infrastructure capacity in the freight corridor significantly affects freight and passenger traffic. It shall also include an analysis of the major effects in terms of external costs including carbon emissions;
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The creation or modification of a freight corridor shall be proposed by the Member States concerned. For this purpose they shall send the Commission a proposal drawn up with the infrastructure managers and the railway undertakings concerned, taking into account the criteria set out in the Annex.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. For each freight corridor the infrastructure managers concerned, as defined in Article 2 of Directive 2001/14/EC, shall create a governance body responsible for defining and steering the performance and updating of the implementation plan for the freight corridor. The governance body shall make regular reports on its activity to the Member States concerned and, where necessary, to the Commission and European coordinators of the TEN-T priority projects referred to in Article 17a of Decision No 1692/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council10 involved in the freight corridor.
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. A working group made up of managers and owners of the strategic terminals of the freight corridor, including sea and inland waterway ports, referred to in Article 9, shall be set up. It may issue an opinion on any proposal by the governance body which has direct consequences for investment and the management of strategic terminals. The governance body may not take any decision contrary to that opinion.
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Applicants, including rail freight operators, passenger operators, shippers, forwarders and their representative bodies, for the use of the freight corridor shall be consulted by the governance body before the implementation plan is approved and when it is updated. In the event of a disagreement between the governance body and the applicants, the latter may contact the Commission, which shall consult the committee referred to in Article 18(1), in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 18(2), on this matter.
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Where applicable, investment plans shall refer to the Community contribution envisaged under the TEN-T programme as well as all other investment programmes at EU and national level and prove that their strategy is consistent with it.
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8
Article 8
The infrastructure managers in the freight corridor shall coordinate at least once a year their schedule for carrying out heavy maintenance work on the infrastructure and its equipment. The infrastructure managers shall ensure that the route corridors are kept open to traffic to the maximum extent possible during maintenance periods. During heavy maintenance periods alternative routes of similar gauge clearance shall be found by the infrastructure managers and three months' notice given of such events to the railway undertakings.
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. In agreement with the working group referred to in Article 4(5), the governance body shall draw up a strategy for the development of strategic terminals to enable them to meet the needs of rail freight running on the freight corridor. This shall include co-operation with regional, local and national governments; the sourcing of land to develop rail freight terminals and the accessing of funds to encourage such developments. The governance body shall ensure that sufficient terminals are created in strategic locations, based on the expected volume of traffic.
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. The governance body shall put in place a one-stop shop for requests for train paths for freight trains crossing at least one border along the freight corridor. When one-stop shops are introduced, they shall work to guidelines approved by the Commission and the relevant national regulatory body.
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Notwithstanding Article 20(2) of Directive 2001/14/EC, the infrastructure managers of the freight corridor shall reserve the capacity and publish the working timetable of the route needed for priority freight traffic for the coming financial year, prior to the annual exercise to define the working timetable referred to in Article 18 of Directive 2001/14/EC and using as a basis the freight traffic observed and the market study defined in Article 5(1).
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – point c
Annex – point c
c) where the itinerary for the freight corridor coincides with a section (or part of a section) of one or more priority TEN-T projects13, this must be integrated into the freight corridor, unless it is dedicated to thesolely used by high speed passenger transport service;s.
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – point e
Annex – point e
e) the forecasting of future freight traffic demand, the economic feasibility and the socio- economic benefits of the freight corridor;