Activities of Lily JACOBS related to 2008/0247(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
European rail network for competitive freight (debate)
Amendments (15)
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. For each freight corridor the Member States concerned shall set up an executive board responsible for authorising the corridor implementation plan by the governance body and supervising its execution. The individual members of the executive board shall be mandated by the competent Ministers.
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. For each freight corridor the infrastructure managers concerned and interested railway undertakings, as defined in Article 2 of Directive 2001/14/EC, or groups of railway undertakings using the corridor shall create a governance body responsible for defining and steering the performance and updating of the implementation plan for the freight corridor. The governance body shall make regular reports on its activity to the Member States concerned and, where necessary, to the European coordinators of the TEN-T priority projects referred to in Article 17a of Decision No 1692/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council10 involved in the freight corridor.
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Applicants for the use of the freight corridor shall be consulted by the governance body before the implementation plan is approved and when it is updated. In the event of a disagreement between the governance body and the applicants, the latter may contact the Commission, whichexecutive board or the regulatory bodies of the corridor. They shall consult the committee referred to in Article 18(1), in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 18(2), on this matter.
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – Title
Article 8 – Title
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8
Article 8
The infrastructure managers in the freight corridor shall coordinate at least once a year, in accordance with an appropriate manner and timeframe and respecting their respective contractual agreements as defined in Article 6 of Directive 2001/14EC, their schedule for carrying out heavy maintenancall the works on the infrastructure and its equipment that would restrict available capacity on the network.
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Individual infrastructure managers of a corridor may be assigned to function as the front office of the one-stop shop for the applicants requesting train paths.
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The governance body shall defin, after consulting the executive board or where appropriate the Ministers concerned, define and periodically update the standard categories of freight traffic, which shall be valid in the whole of the freight corridor. At least one of these categories (hereinafter referred to as "priority freight") shall include goods whose transportation is very time-sensitive and which therefore require an efficient transport time and guaranteed punctualityshall be defined as "priority freight".
Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. NotwithstandIn addition to the cases mentioned ing Article 20(2) of Directive 2001/14/EC, the infrastructure managers of the freight corridor shall reserve, if necessary and on the basis of the evaluation of such a need, the capacity needed for priority freight traffic for the coming financial year, prior to the annual exercise to define the working timetable referred to in Article 18 of Directive 2001/14/EC and using as a basis the freight traffic observed and the market study defined in Article 5(1).
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. The infrastructure managers shall keep, if necessary, a reserve of capacity within the final working timetable to allow them to respond quickly and appropriately to ad hoc requests for capacity as referred to in Article 23 of Directive 2001/14/EC. This capacity must be sufficient to allow requests for train paths to be met while guaranteeing a sufficient level of quality for the allocated train path in terms of journey times on the train path and timetables adapted to priority freight traffic.
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5
Article 12 – paragraph 5
5. Save in the case of force majeure,If a train path allocated to a “priority freight” operation may not beis cancelled less than three monthdays before its working timetable iwithout the approval of the applicant concerned does not give their approval for such cancellation, the applicant may refer the matter to the regulatory body. As referred to in Article 27 of Directive 2001/14/EC, infrastructure managers may specify in their network statement conditions whereby they shall take account of previous levels of utilisation of priority freight train paths in determining priorities for the allocation process.
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13
Article 13
Notwithstanding Article 16(1) of Directive 2001/14/EC, applicants other than railway undertakings and the international groupings that they make up, may request train paths for freight transport where the latter concern one or more sections of the freight corridor. As defined in Article 16(2) and Article 16(3) of Directive 2001/14/EC, infrastructure managers of the corridor may set and publish requirements for applicants to ensure that their legitimate expectations about future revenues and utilisation of the infrastructure are safeguarded.
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The rules of priority referred to in paragraph 1 above must at least provide that the train path allocated to a aim at minimising overall delays while focusing on “priority freight” train complying with the initial provisions for its train path may neither be reallocated to another train, nor modified, except where the initial holder of the train path agrees to reallocation to another train or modificadelays. The governance body shall, in conjunction with applicants, develop and publish: a) train regulation principles that shall ensure that “priority freight” trains receive the best treatment possible regarding the allocation of the reduced capacity, b) contingency plans in case of disruption ofn the train path.corridor that are based on these principles,
Amendment 218 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. The infrastructure managers for the freight corridor shall ensure consistency between the performance schemes along the freight corridor, as defined in Article 11 of Directive 2001/14/EC. This shall include, where applicable, the incentives to retrofit freight wagons for noise. This shall not limit Member States' own initiatives to introducing more progressive incentive schemes for retrofitting for freight.
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. The regulatory bodies referred to in Article 30 of Directive 2001/14/EC which are responsible for the freight corridor shall cooperate to supervise the international activities of the infrastructure managers and applicants in the freight corridor. They shall consult each other and exchange information. Where necessary, they shall request the necessary information from infrastructure managers in the Member State for which they are responsible. Infrastructure managers and other third parties involved in international capacity allocation are obliged to provide the regulatory bodies concerned without delay all the information that is needed on the international train paths and capacity they are responsible for.