Activities of Gheorghe FALCĂ related to 2023/2176(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2022
Amendments (7)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Stresses the importance of delivering a sustainable and resilient rail system by developing a zero-emission, silent rail system and climate resilient infrastructure, applying circular economy to the rail sector, piloting the use of innovative processes, technologies, designs and materials in the full life cycle of rail systems and developing other innovative solutions to guided surface transport;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Calls to facilitate research and innovation activities to deliver an integrated European railway network by design, eliminating barriers to interoperability and providing solutions for full integration, covering traffic management, vehicles, infrastructure also including integration with non-standard national gauges, such as 1520, 1000 or 1668 mm railway which showed to be important for the Solidarity Lanes in Ukraine, and services, and providing the best answer to the needs of passengers and businesses, accelerating uptake of innovative solutions to support the Single European Railway Area, while increasing capacity and reliability and decreasing costs of railway transport;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Calls for support of innovation activities related to rail freight and intermodal transport services to deliver a competitive rail freight fully integrated into the logistic value chain, with automation and digitalisation of freight rail at the core; stresses the importance to support the development of demonstration projects in interested Member States and to contribute to the development of a strong and globally competitive European rail industry; also calls for the promotion, enabling and exploit synergies with other Union policies, programmes, initiatives, instruments and funds in order to maximise its impact and added value;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7 d. Welcomes the EU-Rail’s Master Plan and the Agency’s ongoing work on this plan; notes that the Plan builds also upon the “Rail Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda” of the European Rail Research Advisory Council (ERRAC) with the mission to deliver a vision of the railway’s future enabled by Research and Innovation activities;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7 e. Welcomes the new Europe’s Rail Programme presented during the 5th FCC-EC Joint Workshop for Railways on 7 March 2022; notes that the Executive Director and the Head of Rail Safety and Interoperability Unit at Directorate General for Mobility and Transport, talked about the structure of Europe’s Rail, with an emphasis on the System Pillar, the Innovation Pillar, and the Deployment Group; welcomes that explanatory research such as Hyperloop and other possibilities for cooperation with GCC were also discussed, such as participation in UNIFE events and the Hyperloop Conference together with the representatives from European Commission; salutes that in 2022 the activities of the initial research on Hyperloop concluded by delivering the Observatory, the Technical definitions, and the Transferability and roadmap for future research;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the JU’s commitment to facilitate research and innovation activities for an integrated European railway network, ensuring interoperability sustainability, and resilience; notes that EU-Rail being the research and innovation component and ERA being the key system authority for ERTMS and telematics applications creates the opportunity for the European rail industry to present its views and ambitions with "one voice", awaiting a systemic and coherent approach at institutional level; points out, however, that the EU-Rail program does not cover all the necessary developments for telecommunications and localization, which in the course of 2022 need more attention;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls to ensure a fast transition to more attractive, user-friendly, competitive, affordable, easy to maintain, efficient and sustainable European rail system, integrated into the wider mobility system and to support the development of a strong and globally competitive European rail industry;