Activities of Alviina ALAMETSÄ related to 2022/2133(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 2021
Amendments (6)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Welcomes the efforts of the Undertaking, based on its replies to the European Parliament’s discharge of 2020, to further develop synergies between the new partnership and existing funding mechanisms of the Union, including projects funded under Union programmes such as the Connecting Europe Facility, the Digital Europe Plan, the European Regional Development Fund and the Cohesion Fund, as well as InvestEU; notes that these efforts include activities planned to promote potential links with other Union programmes, work with Member States in the States Representatives Group, and the setting up of a Deployment Group to support the identification and alignment of deployment and investment plans with other Union funding instruments; underlines the importance of continuing this work in order to achieve a more sustainable, reliable and attractive railway system for the Union's long-term climate ambitions, as outlined in the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy and the broader European Green Deal objectives;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Congratulates the Undertaking for the definition of key goals to strengthen the role of rail in the transport system in its Multi-Annual Action Programme, in order to maximise its contribution to reaching the goals of the European Green Deal and the defined climate goals therein;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the commitment of the Undertaking to facilitate research and innovation activities to deliver an integrated European railway network by design, eliminating barriers to interoperability and delivering smart, sustainable, and resilient rail system to ensure a harmonised approach to the evolution of the Single European Rail Area.; highlights the importance of supporting the Undertaking given rail’s inherent advantages in terms of environmental performance, land use, energy consumption, and safety;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Welcomes the fact that issues with the publication of the CVs and declarations of interest of the governing board of the Undertaking, which were raised in the European Parliament’s discharge procedure for 2020, have reportedly been solved with the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking and its new Governing Board, as stated in the Undertaking’s response to the European Parliment’s discharge for the year 2020; strongly stresses the importance that CVs as well as annual declarations of interests of all EU-Rail Governing Board members coming from the private sector are indeed publicly available in the Undertaking´s official website and encourages follow-up on this assurance;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Congratulates the Undertaking for its continued, active reporting on the undertaking’s contributions to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as well as its contribution to the goals outlined in the Commission’s Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy and the Digital Decade, thereby maximizing its potential alignment with the EU strategic goals and the necessary shift of transport flows to rail;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Notes the continued effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the activities of the Undertaking, its predecessor, and the rail sector in general and the resulting further delays in some of the programme outputs, as reported in the Undertaking’s annual activity report; calls attention to the fact underlined by the Undertaking, that the pandemic will continue to affect certain operations in the rail sector even after its most severe effects are receding; congratulates and encourages, therefore, the Undertaking to continue the detailed risk analysis and mitigation plans that have been carried out by its Programme Team and Project Coordinators since the onset of the pandemic;