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21 Amendments of Bogusław LIBERADZKI related to 2013/0028(COD)

Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 2 – point c
“competent local authority” means any competent authority whose geographical area of competence is not national and which covers the transport needs of an urban agglomeration or, a rural district or a region;
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1 – point a a (new)
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) Article 2aa is inserted: (aa) "public rail passenger transport" means public passenger transport by rail, excluding passenger transport on other track-based modes such as metros, tramways or tram-train systems.
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1 – point b b (new)
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 2 – point n (new)
(bb) The following point is inserted: (n) "Network effects" arise through the integration of transport services which makes public transport more attractive for the passenger and more efficient for the public transport sector. Network effects can be generated at various levels such as geographical-, train schedule- or tariff wise.
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
basic requirements to be fulfilled by public transport offer such as accessibility, territorial connectivity, security,inter alia modal and intermodal interconnections at main connecting hubs, offer characteristics such as times of operation, frequency of services and minimum degree of capacity utilisation and frequency of services;
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
quality standards related to items such as equipment features of stops and of rolling stock, punctuality and, reliability, cleanliness, and customer service and information, complaint handling and redress, monitoring of service quality;
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 170 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
operational requirements such as transport of bicycles, traffic management, contingency plan in case of disturbances.deleted
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
principles of tariff policy; such as social tariffs.
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
In establishing public transport plans, competent authorities shall have regard in particular to applicable rules regarding passenger rights, social, mandatory modal shift targets, employment and environmental protection. This includes the mandatory transfer of staff.
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The competent authorities shall adopt the public transport plans after consultation of relevant stakeholders and publish them. For the purpose of this Regulation, relevant stakeholders to be taken into consideration are at least transport operators, infrastructure managers if appropriate, and, representatives of passengers and employee organisations.
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) they shall deliver public services that ensure that all citizens can participate in socio-economical activities.
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
achieve the objectives of the public transport plan in the most cost-effective manner; while ensuring that quality aspects have been taken into account ensuring a quality based public service contract.
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 227 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) prevent social exclusion of groups of the citizens due to their limited access to public transport and hence mobility.
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 231 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The competent authority shall in an appropriate manner consult relevant stakeholders such as a minimum, transport operators, infrastructure managers if appropriate and representative passenger and employee organisations on these specifications and take their positions into consideration.
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 6 – point b
the maximum annual volume of a public service contract in terms of train-km shall be the higher value of either 1025 million train-km or one third of the total national public rail passenger transport volume under public service contract. incumbent operator for public service contracts of a higher volumeOr. en (The experiences in Member States shows that there are generally no competitors of either 25 million train- km per year.)
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 258 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3 – point b
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – last sentence
In the case of public service contracts not awarded according to Article 5(3), these parameters shall be determined in such a way that no either over- nor undercompensation payment mayshall exceed or fall below the amount required to cover the net financial effect on costs incurred and revenues generated in discharging the public service obligations, taking account of revenue relating thereto kept by the public service operator and a reasonable profit;
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 261 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3 – point b b (new)
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 4 – paragraph 5
(bb) Paragraph 5, the first sentence is replaced by the following: Without prejudice to national and Community law, including collective agreements between social partners, competent authorities shall require the selected public service operator to grant staff previously taken on to provide services the rights to which they would have been entitled if there had been a transfer within the meaning of Directive 2001/23/EC.
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4 – point -a c (new)Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007

Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(-ac) The following paragraph 3a is added: “Member States may exclude railway companies licensed in a Member State where competent authorities are not allowed to tender public service contracts in the sense of paragraph 6 of this Article from tendering procedures organised by competent authorities in their territory in accordance to paragraph 3 of this Article. This also includes direct or indirect controlled subsidiaries of these railways and any railway company having a shareholder which is a railway company licensed in a Member State where competent authorities do not allow to tender public service contracts.”
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 300 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4 – point a
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 - point a
where their average annual value is estimated at: less than EUR 1 000 000 or less than EUR 56 000 000 in the case of a public service contract including public transport by rail or,
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 303 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4 – point a
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 - point a
where they concern the annual provision of less than 300 000 vehicle-kilometres of public passenger transport services or less than 1500 000 vehicle-kilometres in the case of a public service contract including public transport by rail.
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 341 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4 – point b a (new)Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007

Article 5 – paragraph 6 a (new)
(ba) The following paragraph is inserted: "(6a) If the competent authority awards a public service contract directly for public rail passenger transport, it shall publish a statement no later than 9 months before the start of the contract in which it shall explain why the viability, efficiency and quality objectives of the public service can only be achieved through its chosen award procedure."
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 393 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 point 8 – point a
Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
'2. Without prejudice to paragraph 3, the award of public service contracts by rail with the exception of other track-based modes such as metro or tramways, tramways or tram- train systems shall comply with Article 5(3) as from 3 December 2019. All public service contracts by other track-based modes and by road must have been awarded in compliance with Article 5(3) by 3 December 2019 at the latest. During the transitional period running until 3 December 2019, Member States shall take measures to gradually comply with Article 5(3) in order to avoid serious structural problems in particular relating to transport capacity.'
2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN