Activities of Michael CRAMER related to 2013/0016(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
EU Agency for Railways - Interoperability of the rail system within the European Union - Railway safety (debate) DE
EU Agency for Railways - Interoperability of the rail system within the European Union - Railway safety (debate) DE
Reports (2)
RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on railway safety (recast) PDF (456 KB) DOC (85 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on railway safety (recast) PDF (475 KB) DOC (604 KB)
Amendments (30)
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) Train control and signalling systems play a critical role for railway safety. The harmonised development and deployment of the 'European Rail Traffic Management System' (ERTMS) on the Union railway network is an important contribution to improving safety levels.
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) Training and qualification of train staff is a critical factor for railway safety. Railway undertakings should ensure that their staff is adequately qualified and trained, including when operating on the network of another Member State. National safety authorities should monitor and enforce these requirements.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The national safety authorities should be fully independent in their organisation, legal structure and decision making from any railway undertaking, infrastructure manager, applicant and procurement entity. They should be adequately financed and staffed and carry out their tasks in an open and non-discriminatory way and cooperate with the Agency to create a single rail area and coordinate their decision-making criteria. To increase efficiency, two or more Member States may decide to merge the staff and resources of the respective national safety authorities.
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) In order to create a Single European Railway Area and to improve railway safety, the introduction of a single safety certificate is essential. This requires a clear distribution of tasks and responsibilities between the Agency and the national safety authorities. The Agency should become a one-stop shop for safety certificates in the Union, using the valuable expertise, local knowledge and experience of national safety authorities. It should delegate specific tasks and responsibilities to national safety authorities on the basis of contractual agreements referred to in Regulation [...] [Regulation on the European Railway Agency], but have the exclusive competence to issue, renew, amend or revoke safety certificates for both railway undertakings and infrastructure managers.
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point s
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point s
(s) ‘'keeper’' means the person or entity that, being the owner of a vehicle or having has the right to use it, exploits the vehicle as a means of transport and is registered as such in the national vehicle register referred to in Article 43 of Directive XX on the interoperability of the rail system ;
Amendment 163 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point s a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point s a (new)
(sa) 'owner' means the person or entity that is the owner of a vehicle and is registered as such in the European Vehicle Register referred to in Article 43 of Directive [...] [Interoperability Directive];
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point y a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point y a (new)
(ya) 'just culture' means internal procedures to be established by undertakings in order to encourage personnel to report potential safety risks, incidents and accidents in a climate of openness and trust, without having to fear punishment or discrimination;
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. In order to encourage personnel to consistently report accidents, incidents as well as potential safety risks, a just culture shall be established in the railway sector.
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) methods and devices that allow national safety authorities to check and enforce the respect of legal provisions concerning driving, working and rest times;
Amendment 232 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – title
Article 8 – title
National safety rules
Amendment 241 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. If a Member State intends to introduce a new national rule, it shall notify the draft of that rule to the Agency and the Commission, using the appropriate IT system in accordance with aArticle 23 of Regulation (EU) No …/….../... [Agency Regulation]. After receipt of the draft national rule, the Agency shall initiate a coordination process involving all national safety authorities in order to ensure the highest possible degree of harmonisation across the Union. In any case, the new national rule may not enter into force before being approved by the Agency. If the Agency objects to the draft rule, it shall provide a justification of this objection.
Amendment 248 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall establish, by means of implementing acts, elementsdelegated acts, elements of the safety management system, including an internally approved and communicated safety policy; qualitative and quantitative safety targets and procedures to reach those targets; procedures to meet technical and operational standards; risk evaluation procedures and implementing risk control measures; staff training and information measures; procedures ensuring communication and documentation of safety related information; procedure for reporting, reporting and analysing of incidents and accidents and other safety occurrences and for developing preventive measures; provision of emergency plans which are agreed with public authorities; provisions for the internal auditing of the safety management system. Those implementingdelegated acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 27(2)6.
Amendment 286 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Three months before the start of operation of any new service, the railway undertaking shall notify to the relevant national safety authority thee application for a single safety certificate shall contain documentation confirming that:
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Amendment 298 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 342 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
In order to be allowed to manage and operate a rail infrastructure, the infrastructure manager shall obtain a safety authorisation from the national safety authority in the Member State where it is establishedAgency.
Amendment 345 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The safety authorisation shall be renewed upon application by the infrastructure manager at intervals of five years. It shall be wholly or partly updated whenever substantial changes are made to the infrastructure, signalling or energy supply or to the principles of its operation and maintenance. The holder of the safety authorisation shall without delay inform the Agency and the national safety authority of all such changes.
Amendment 347 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The national safety authoritAgency may require that the safety authorisation be revised following substantial changes to the safety regulatory framework.
Amendment 348 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
If the Agency or a national safety authority finds that an authorised infrastructure manager no longer satisfies the conditions for a safety authorisation ithe Agency shall revoke the authorisation, giving reasons for its decisions.
Amendment 349 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. The national safety authoritAgency shall take a decision on an application for safety authorisation without delay and in any event not more than fourthree months after all the information required and any supplementary ireceipt of the application. Negative decisions shall be duly justified. If the Agency has doubts concerning the fulfilment of one or more conditions, it shall request further information from the railway undertaking within one month after receipt of the application for a safety authorisation. Information requested shasll been submitted supplied within a reasonable period set by the national safety authority.
Amendment 354 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. The national safety authority shall inform the AgencyAgency shall inform the national safety authorities within one month of the safety authorisations that have been issued, renewed, amended or revoked. It shall state the name and address of the infrastructure manager, the issue date, the scope and validity of the safety authorisation and, in case of revocation, the reasons for its decision.
Amendment 362 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. By 31 May 2014, the Agency shall identify railway components that are critical for railway safety and develop a system that allows for tracing these components.
Amendment 368 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 375 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) on request of the Agency and on the basis of contractual agreements referred to in Regulation [Regulation on the European Railway Agency], supporting it in the issue, renewal, amendment and revocation of single safety certificates granted in accordance with Article 10 and checking that the conditions and requirements laid down in them are met and that railway undertakings are operating in accordance with the requirements of Union or national law;
Amendment 377 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point e
Amendment 394 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) data on all inspections or audits of railway undertakings operating in the Member State in the course of supervision activities. , including information on the number of inspections, the number of infringements and main findings;
Amendment 403 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall establish, by means of implementingdelegated acts, the content of accident and incident investigation reports. Those implementing, which shall include the following elements: a summary; the immediate facts of the occurrence; the record of investigations and inquiries; analysis and conclusions. Those delegated acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 27(2)6.
Amendment 405 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 5(2) and 7(2) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of five years from [the date of entry into force of this regulation]. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of timean identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.
Amendment 408 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 28 a (new)
Article 28 a (new)
Article 28 a Enforcement and development of legislation on driving, working and rest times Given the critical importance of the human factor for railway safety, the Commission shall, within one year after the adoption of the present Directive, adopt a legislative proposal on the legal provisions and technical requirements needed to ensure the control and enforcement of working, driving and rest times of railway personnel. If appropriate, this proposal shall contain measures to develop relevant Union legislation, including on the certification of on-board personnel entrusted with safety-critical tasks.
Amendment 409 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Annexes III and V to Directive 2004/49/EC shall apply until the date of application of the delegated or implementing acts respectively referred to in Articles 6(2) and (3), 9(2), 14(7) and 23(2) of this Directive.