Activities of Silvia-Adriana ȚICĂU related to 2010/0253(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Single European railway area (debate)
Amendments (31)
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The separation between the provision of transport services and the management of infrastructure should not have adverse consequences for the employment and social conditions of workers in the rail sector. The social clauses should be respected in order to avoid any social dumping and unfair competition by new entrants that fails to respect the minimum social standards of the rail sector.
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 9
Article 2 – paragraph 9
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that the essential functions determining equitable and non discriminatory access to infrastructure, are entrusted to bodies or firms that do not themselves provide any rail transport services. Regardless of organisational structures, this objective shall be shown to have been achievedmay assign to railway undertakings, or any other body, responsibility for contributing to the development of the railway infrastructure, for example through investment, maintenance and funding. However, each Member State shall remain responsible for developing its national railway infrastructure, bearing in mind the general objectives of the European Union, such as that of creating a ‘single European railway area’, ensuring mobility and co-modality and reducing the pollution generated by the transport sector.
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The balance sheet of the unit may be charged with all the loans raised by the railway undertaking both to finance investment and to cover excess operating expenditure resulting from the business of rail transport or from railway infrastructure management, until such time as these loans are extinguished. Debts arising from subsidiaries' operations shall not be taken into account.
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
(4) Based on the experience of regulatory bodies, competent authorities and railway undertakings and based on the activities of the working group referred to in Article 57(1), the Commission mayshall adopt measures setting out the details of the procedure and criteria to be followed for the application of paragraph 3 of this Article. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 62(3).
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The separation between the provision of transport services and the management of infrastructure should not have negative consequences for the employment and social conditions of workers in the rail sector. The social clauses should be respected in order to avoid any social dumping and unfair competition by new entrants which would not respect the minimum social standards of the rail sector.
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The separation between the provision of transport services and the management of infrastructure should not have negative consequences for the employment and social conditions of workers in the rail sector. The social clauses should be respected in order to avoid any social dumping and unfair competition by new entrants which would not respect the minimum social standards of the rail sector.
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 10 a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 10 a (new)
- the part of the passenger station infrastructure and the facilities functionally necessary for rail operations: common transit areas, platforms and platform roofing, platform access facilities (underpasses, footbridges, escalators, lifts), public information systems (monitors, electronic displays), movement control areas (control centre, movement controllers’ offices, telephone switchboards, etc.).
Amendment 327 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Member States may, however, assign to railway undertakings or any other body the responsibility for contributing to the development of the railway infrastructure, for example through investment, maintenance and funding. However, each Member State shall remain responsible for developing its national railway infrastructure, bearing in mind the general objectives of the European Union, such as that of creating a ‘single European railway area’, ensuring mobility and co-modality and reducing the pollution generated by the transport sector.
Amendment 327 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Member States may, however, assign to railway undertakings or any other body the responsibility for contributing to the development of the railway infrastructure, for example through investment, maintenance and funding. However, each Member State shall remain responsible for developing its national railway infrastructure, bearing in mind the general objectives of the European Union, such as that of creating a ‘single European railway area’, ensuring mobility and co-modality and reducing the pollution generated by the transport sector.
Amendment 342 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
(1) Member States shall develop their national railway infrastructure by taking into account, where necessary, the general needs of the Union. For this purpose, they shall publish, at the latest two years after the entry into force of this Directive and after consultation of all the stakeholders and in particular trade unions, sectoral unions and users’ representatives, a rail infrastructure development strategy with a view to meeting future mobility needs based on sound and sustainable financing of the railway system. The strategy shall cover a period of at least ten years, with five –years interim objectives, and be renewable.
Amendment 342 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
(1) Member States shall develop their national railway infrastructure by taking into account, where necessary, the general needs of the Union. For this purpose, they shall publish, at the latest two years after the entry into force of this Directive and after consultation of all the stakeholders and in particular trade unions, sectoral unions and users’ representatives, a rail infrastructure development strategy with a view to meeting future mobility needs based on sound and sustainable financing of the railway system. The strategy shall cover a period of at least ten years, with five –years interim objectives, and be renewable.
Amendment 357 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The balance sheet of the unit may be charged, until they are extinguished, with all the loans raised by the undertaking both to finance investment and to cover excess operating expenditure resulting from the business of rail transport or from railway infrastructure management. Debts arising from subsidiaries’ operations shall not be taken into account.
Amendment 357 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The balance sheet of the unit may be charged, until they are extinguished, with all the loans raised by the undertaking both to finance investment and to cover excess operating expenditure resulting from the business of rail transport or from railway infrastructure management. Debts arising from subsidiaries’ operations shall not be taken into account.
Amendment 363 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The right of access to the infrastructure of the Member States for which the share of international carriage of passengers by train constitutes more than half of the passenger turnover of railway undertakings in that Member State shall be granted by 31 December 2011at the latest within six months of the date of publication of this directive.
Amendment 363 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The right of access to the infrastructure of the Member States for which the share of international carriage of passengers by train constitutes more than half of the passenger turnover of railway undertakings in that Member State shall be granted by 31 December 2011at the latest within six months of the date of publication of this directive.
Amendment 366 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
In no event must the conditions of access to railway infrastructure result in it being impossible for passengers to obtain information on, or to purchase a ticket for, travel from one location to another, regardless of the number of railway transport operators providing, in whole or in part, passenger transport services between those two locations.
Amendment 366 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
In no event must the conditions of access to railway infrastructure result in it being impossible for passengers to obtain information on, or to purchase a ticket for, travel from one location to another, regardless of the number of railway transport operators providing, in whole or in part, passenger transport services between those two locations.
Amendment 375 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(1a) The conditions of access to railway infrastructure must not result in it being impossible for passengers to obtain information on, or to purchase a ticket for, travel from one location to another, regardless of the number of railway transport operators providing, in whole or in part, passenger transport services between those two locations.
Amendment 375 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(1a) The conditions of access to railway infrastructure must not result in it being impossible for passengers to obtain information on, or to purchase a ticket for, travel from one location to another, regardless of the number of railway transport operators providing, in whole or in part, passenger transport services between those two locations.
Amendment 460 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
(1) The Commission shall make the necessary arrangements to monitor technical and economic conditions and market developments in European rail transport, employment development and social conditions in European rail transport, as well as its compliance with EU competition rules.
Amendment 460 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
(1) The Commission shall make the necessary arrangements to monitor technical and economic conditions and market developments in European rail transport, employment development and social conditions in European rail transport, as well as its compliance with EU competition rules.
Amendment 465 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
(2) In this context, the Commission shall closely involve representatives of the Member States and of the sectors concerned in its work, including usertrade unions, sectoral unions and users’ representatives, so that they are able better to monitor the development of the railway sector and the evolution of the market, to assess the effect of the measures adopted and to analyse the impact of the measures planned by the Commission.
Amendment 465 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
(2) In this context, the Commission shall closely involve representatives of the Member States and of the sectors concerned in its work, including usertrade unions, sectoral unions and users’ representatives, so that they are able better to monitor the development of the railway sector and the evolution of the market, to assess the effect of the measures adopted and to analyse the impact of the measures planned by the Commission.
Amendment 487 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 3
Article 24 – paragraph 3
(3) Notwithstanding paragraph 1, where a licence is suspended or revoked on grounds of non compliance with the requirement for financial fitness, the licensing authority may grant a temporary licence pending the re-organisation of the railway undertaking, provided that safety is not jeopardised and that, for the duration of the temporary licence, the undertaking has paid in full any outstanding taxes and social security contributions arising from its activities. A temporary licence shall not, however, be valid for more than six months after its date of issue.
Amendment 487 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 3
Article 24 – paragraph 3
(3) Notwithstanding paragraph 1, where a licence is suspended or revoked on grounds of non compliance with the requirement for financial fitness, the licensing authority may grant a temporary licence pending the re-organisation of the railway undertaking, provided that safety is not jeopardised and that, for the duration of the temporary licence, the undertaking has paid in full any outstanding taxes and social security contributions arising from its activities. A temporary licence shall not, however, be valid for more than six months after its date of issue.
Amendment 719 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex 8 – point 5 – Table 1
Annex 8 – point 5 – Table 1
For freight transport: Year Reduction 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 2020 53% 2021 43% 2022 3% 2023 23% 2024 13%
Amendment 719 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex 8 – point 5 – Table 1
Annex 8 – point 5 – Table 1
For freight transport: Year Reduction 2015 2016 2017 2018 20195% 5% 5% 5% 5% 2020 53% 2021 43% 2022 3% 2023 23% 2024 13%
Amendment 720 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex 8 – point 5 – Table 2
Annex 8 – point 5 – Table 2
For passenger transport: Year Reduction 2020 53% 2021 53% 2022 53% 2023 53% 2024 53% Aims to promote the fitting-out of trains with the European Train Control System (ETCS), and to afford railway transport operators sufficient time to plan and realise the requisite investmentsOr. ro Justification
Amendment 720 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex 8 – point 5 – Table 2
Annex 8 – point 5 – Table 2
For passenger transport: Year Reduction 2020 5% 3% 2021 53% 2022 53% 2023 53% 2024 53%