8 Amendments of Christine DE VEYRAC related to 2008/0247(COD)
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) Long-distance international freight traffic crosses several countries and it is necessary to ensure a journey without hindrance within the European Union, particularly when crossing borders. It is thus important that a minimum number of international train paths are reserved for this transeuropean transport. These special pre-established train paths should offer a high level of reliability contributing to the punctuality of goods trains.
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The governance body shall define the standard categories of freight trafficin paths, which shall be valid in the whole of the freight corridor. At least one of these categories (hereinafter referred to as “priorityfacilitated freight”) shall include goods whose transportation is very time-sensitive and which thereforeamong the freight train paths those which require an efficient transport time and guaranteed punctuality.
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. The criteria defining the standard categories of freight trafficin paths shall be adopted, where applicable, in compliance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 18(3).
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – Title
Article 12 – Title
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Notwithstanding Article 20(2) of Directive 2001/14/EC, the infrastructure managers of the freight corridorconcerned shall reserve the capacity needed for priority freight trafficto meet the requirements of international freight transport services making journeys of a minimum distance of 300 km 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) or the expected traffic changes on the network giving priority to freight.
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. The infrastructure managers shall keep 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 made for international freight transport covering a minimum distance of 300 km. 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 freight traffic.
Amendment 205 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. The infrastructure managers of the freight corridor shall draw up and publish the rules of priority between the different types of trafficcategories of freight train paths in the event of traffic disruption in the freight corridor in the network statement referred to in Article 3 of and Annex I to Directive 2001/14/EC.
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The rules of priority referred to pre-established international train paragraph 1 above must at least provide that the train pathth as defined in Article 12, allocated to a 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 modification of the train path.