Activities of Werner KUHN related to 2008/0247(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
European rail network for competitive freight (debate)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 101 #
Council position
Article 2 - paragraph 2 - point c a (new)
Article 2 - paragraph 2 - point c a (new)
ca) "one-stop shop" means the entity set up by each national infrastructure manager of the freight corridor which offers applicants the opportunity to request in a single place and a single operation a train path for a journey crossing at least one border along the corridor.
Amendment 121 #
Council position
Article 7 – paragraph 6
Article 7 – paragraph 6
6. The management board shall set up an advisory group made up of managers and owners of the terminals of the freight corridor, including sea and inland waterway ports, as well as railway undertakings, including rail freight and passenger operators, shippers, forwarders and/or their representative bodies The management board shall inform the advisory group regularly and in due time about all matters which affect them and the timeframe for dealing with them in the management board and the executive board. This advisory group mayshall issue an opinion on any proposal by the management board which has direct consequences for investment and the management of terminalts members. The advisory group may also issue own-initiative opinions. The management board shall take anyll of these opinions into account. The final decision, however, shall be taken by the management board. The management board shall provide the advisory group with reasons for any decision which differs from the opinion of the advisory group. In the event of disagreement between the management board and the advisory group, the latter may refer the matter to the executive board. The executive board shall act as an intermediary and provide its opinion in due time.
Amendment 125 #
Council position
Article 7 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. The management board shall require the infrastructure managers involved in the corridor to use IT applications (e.g. Pathfinder, Europtirails) or alternative solutions available in future such as interfaces to handle requests for international train paths and the operation of international traffic on the corridor.
Amendment 134 #
Council position
Article 12 - paragraph 1
Article 12 - paragraph 1
1. The management board forshall require each national infrastructure manager involved in a freight corridor shallto designate or establish a joint body and/or an information system through collaboration between infrastructure managers offering applicants the opportunity to request, in a single place and a single operation, infrastructure capacity for freight trains crossing at least one border along thone-stop shop for receiving and replying to requests for train paths for freight trains crossing at least one border along the corridor (international train path). The infrastructure managers involved in a freight corridor shall use IT applications (e.g. Pathfinder) or alternative solutions available in future such as interfaces to handle freight corridor (the "one-stop shop")quests for international train paths.
Amendment 140 #
Council position
Article 12 - paragraph 4
Article 12 - paragraph 4
4. The activities of the one-stop shop shall be carried out under transparent and non- discriminatory conditions. These activities shall be subject to control of the regulatory bodies in accordance with Article 18.
Amendment 148 #
Council position
Article 13 - paragraph 7
Article 13 - paragraph 7
7. Save in the case of force majeure and in the event of safety-critical line closures and construction work required at short notice on the railway infrastructure, a train path allocated to a freight operation under this Article may not be cancelled less than one month before its scheduled time in the working timetable except if the applicant concerned gives its approval for such cancellation. In such a case the infrastructure manager concerned shall make an effort to propose to the applicant a train path of an equivalent quality and reliability which the applicant has the right to accept or refuse. This provision shall be without prejudice to any rights the applicant may have under an agreement as referred to in Article 19(1) of Directive 2001/14/EC.