Activities of Gheorghe FALCĂ related to 2022/2113(DEC)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for Railways for the financial year 2021
Amendments (7)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Welcomes in this regard the work of the Agency on the revision of the TSI package, which shall be delivered in 2022. Salutes the extensive work carried by the Agency in 2021 to assess the VA National Rules and is looking forward to the finalisation of the assessment for the remaining MSs in 2022, as well as to the results in terms of rules reduction over the next years;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Regrets the limited resources available to perform NSA and NoBo monitoring and provide only targeted scope;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Recalls that 2021 was also the European Year of rail, and highlighted rail as one of the most sustainable, innovative, and safest transport modes available. Notes that as part of the European Year of Rail, a special EU train travelled across the continent stopping in over 100 cities in 26 countries and this initiative showcased the potential of rail, as well as its achievements in development interoperable railways across Europe, together with the importance of removing any of the persisting cross-border barriers;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6 d. Highlights that the implementation of the 4thRailway Package in particular and the European Year of Rail 2021; calls for more resources for the Agency to be able to effectively deliver on the policy objectives for sustainable transport and mobility; calls for the Management Board to closely follow the implementation of the Strengthening Plan to make sure that the Agency will be granted an adequate level of resources in order to effectively cope with the priorities of work for the years to come, while highlighting its efforts for increasing efficiency;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6 e. Welcomes the publication by the European Commission of an ambitious Action Plan, with the aim to boost long- distance and cross-border passenger rail services, combined with changes to the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) and to increase high-speed rail capacity and improve cross border connectivity and interoperability; Urges that completion of the core TEN-T rail network shall be a key priority; calls for anew European Investment Bank (EIB) support for investment in rail, and measures to prepare the ground for the renaissance of rail;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6 f. Salutes the very high degree of digitalisation, eliminating paper-processes and bringing forward online solutions such as e-procurement, e-invoicing etc. - on digitalisation;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Commends the work on drafting the ERA Strengthening Plan. The structure for the Strengthening Plan included the identification of the streams of work for which the Agency does not have sufficient resources in line with the full level of ambition, together with the Agency’s commitments for an efficient and effective use of its human and financial resources;