Activities of Debora SERRACCHIANI
Plenary speeches (64)
Regulation on mandatory marking of origin for certain products imported from third countries (debate)
Information and consultation of workers, anticipation and management of restructuring (A7-0390/2012 - Alejandro Cercas)
Introduction of noise-related operating restrictions at European Union airports - Groundhandling services at European Union airports - Allocation of slots at European Union airports
Forthcoming World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-2012) of the International Telecommunications Union, and the possible expansion of the scope of international telecommunication regulations (debate)
Approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles - Approval of agricultural or forestry vehicles (debate)
Explanations of vote
Passenger rights in all transport modes (short presentation)
Single European railway area (A7-0196/2012 - Debora Serracchiani) (vote)
Single European railway area (A7-0196/2012 - Debora Serracchiani) (vote)
Explanations of vote
Single European railway area (debate)
Recording equipment in road transport (debate)
Explanations of vote
Strengthening the rights of vulnerable consumers (short presentation)
Explanations of vote
Maritime piracy (debate)
Explanations of vote
Single European transport area (debate)
Explanations of vote
Explanations of vote
Single European railway area (debate)
Single European railway area (debate)
Explanations of vote
Explanations of vote
Tourism in Europe (debate)
Situation in Libya (debate)
Revised Hungarian constitution (debate)
Application of Schengen acquis in Bulgaria and Romania (debate)
Migration flows and asylum and their impact on Schengen (debate)
Explanations of vote
Review of the European Neighbourhood Policy - Eastern Dimension - Review of the European Neighbourhood Policy - Southern Dimension
Situation in Japan, including the nuclear power plant alerts (debate)
Explanations of vote
Explanations of vote
2010 progress report on Croatia (debate)
Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate)
Explanations of vote
Situation of Christians in the context of freedom of religion (debate)
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Trafficking in human beings (debate)
Single application procedure for residence and work (debate)
Situation in Western Sahara (debate)
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Upcoming EU-US summit and Transatlantic Economic Council - EU-US Data Protection Agreement (debate)
Integrated Maritime Policy (debate)
Explanations of vote
Combating late payment in commercial transactions (debate)
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Investigation and prevention of accidents and incidents in civil aviation (debate)
Postal services
Explanations of vote
Discrimination of same-sex married or in civil-partnership couples (debate)
Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport - Rights of passengers when travelling by sea and inland waterway (debate)
Reporting formalities for ships arriving in or departing from ports (debate)
A sustainable future for transport (debate)
European rail network for competitive freight (debate)
Institutional aspects of accession by the European Union to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms - Review Conference of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in Kampala, Uganda (debate)
Volcanic ash crisis (debate)
Aviation security charges (debate)
Railway safety, including the European signalling system (debate)
2009 progress report on Croatia - 2009 progress report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - 2009 progress report on Turkey (debate)
Restrictive measures affecting the rights of individuals following the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty (debate)
European Crime Prevention Network (EUCPN) - Rules on the confidentiality of Europol information - Implementing rules governing Europol’s relations with partners, including the exchange of personal data and classified information - List of third States and organisations for Europol agreements - Implementing rules for Europol analysis work files - Accreditation of forensic laboratory activities (debate)
Freedom of information in Italy (debate)
Reports (3)
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 establishing a single European railway area (recast) PDF (367 KB) DOC (527 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a single European railway area (recast) PDF (615 KB) DOC (955 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Croatia on the participation of the Republic of Croatia in the work of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction PDF (139 KB) DOC (69 KB)
Amendments (210)
Amendment 45 #
2012/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on carriers to make greater efforts to inform passengers more fully, particularly in case of cross-border travels; considers that information must be provided in time, in different formats, and be readily understandable, exact, accessible and complete, and that, as regards possible travel problems, passengers must be made aware of their rights at the outset, when they book a trip;
Amendment 68 #
2012/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recommends that adequately staffed info points and help desks, whose staff is sufficient and adequately trained to respond to persons with reduced mobility needs, be set up at places of departure and arrival (airports, railway stations, bus terminals, and ports) and that both carriers and the operators of the above facilities provide more comprehensive assistance to passengers, including in the event of massive travel disruption;
Amendment 116 #
2012/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Urges the Commission to prevent airlines from making unfair requests which oblige passengers to use both legs of an airline journey in sequential order;
Amendment 121 #
2012/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to use its influence in order to provide joint complaint-handling machinery for the national enforcement bodies in the form of a central electronic clearing-house; believes that the clearing-house should advise passengers lodging complaints and, to save time and costs, refer them to the appropriate national enforcement body; recommends, as regards the information and advice to be obtained through the clearing-house, that a standard e-mail address be adopted and an inexpensiv free EU-wide hotline set up;
Amendment 126 #
2012/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to promote guidelines for the prompt settlement of complaints using simplified procedures;
Amendment 161 #
2012/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to consider what action to take should airlines go bankruptmake a legislative proposal requiring airlines to protect passengers in case of airline insolvency, and draws attention in this connection to its resolution of 25 November 2009;
Amendment 190 #
2012/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on carriers, together with industry, to devise comprehensible standard notification procedures and, if possible, set up coordinated notification systems, so as to make travel easier for people with disabilities or reduced mobility and enable them to easily communicate their assistance needs in advance;
Amendment 201 #
2012/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Maintains that the transport infrastructure must be such as to enable people with disabilities or reduced mobility to have access without discrimination to all means of transport and at all stages of the travel, from being able to book a ticket, access the platform, get in the vehicles to being able to lodge a complaint if needed; as regards the cases in which unaccompanied people with disabilities are denied boarding on account of safety regulations, draws attention to the judgment handed down by a French court in January 2012;
Amendment 207 #
2012/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Urges carriers to take into account the needs of people with disabilities or reduced mobility in the development of any new service, notably of new means of payment such as smartphones and smart cards;
Amendment 213 #
2012/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Maintains that carriers must improve the quality of assistance to people with disabilities or reduced mobility and train their staff to be more aware of and capable of responding to the needs of people in those categories;
Amendment 39 #
2012/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets the delays and lack of progress in the voluntary deployment of eCall to date and urges all the parties involved to act simultaneously in order to establish this service;
Amendment 145 #
2012/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up their activities as regards implementing coordinated awareness-raising campaigns concerning the eCall system and its benefits for Europe’s citizens with the aim of increasing understanding and the demand for services;
Amendment 14 #
2012/2031(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
calls on the Commission to assess the need to standardise sanctions in the various Member States in relation to the transport of animals, who are forced to travel in conditions that are not conducive to their well-being;
Amendment 29 #
2012/2031(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new)
calls on the Commission to consider all aspects that may have repercussions on animal welfare, including the length of time live animals are transported;
Amendment 59 #
2012/0184(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Agricultural vehicles with a maximum design speed exceeding 40 km/h are more and morein some instances being used to replace trucks in local transport activities. Their risk potential is comparable to that of trucks and therefore this vehicle category should bfor commercial road haulage purposes. It is important to ensure that where agricultural vehicles are used in this way, that they are treated in the same way as trucks regarding roadworthiness testing.
Amendment 79 #
2012/0184(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Odometer fraud is considered to affect between 5% and 12% of used carsdomestic used cars sales and between 30% and 40% of cross border sales, resulting in a very important cost to society of several billions Euros yearly and in an incorrect evaluation of a roadworthiness condition of a vehicle. With a view to combat odometer fraud, the recording of mileage in the roadworthiness certificate combined with the obligation to present the certificate of the previous test would facilitate the detection of tampering or manipulation of the odometer. Odometer fraud should also be more systematically considered as an offence liable to a penalty. Member States should take all necessary measures to ensure the accuracy of the odometer reading during the entire lifetime of a vehicle. This can be done by gathering in a mileage registration database information on the vehicle's mileage that is already being recorded by the various actors of the automobile sector, such as official dealers, repairers, or testing centres.
Amendment 95 #
2012/0184(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 5
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 5
Amendment 116 #
2012/0184(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 8
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 8
– wheeled tractors of category T5 the use of which mainly takes place on public roads for commercial road haulage purposes with a maximum design speed exceeding 40 km/h – vehicle category T5.
Amendment 127 #
2012/0184(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – indent 3
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – indent 3
– vVehicles used byfor agricultural, horticultural, forestry, farming or fishery undertakpurposes only operatings with a maximum design speed not exceeding 40 km/hin the territory of the Member State,
Amendment 162 #
2012/0184(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 15
(15) ‘testing centre’ means public or private bodies or establishments, including those carrying out vehicle repairs, authorised by a Member State to carry out roadworthiness tests ;. If a private body or establishment charged with carrying out roadworthiness testing also carries out commercial manufacturing, selling, leasing, and maintenance and repairing of vehicles, Member States have to pay particular attention to the impartiality and high standards of quality of their testing.
Amendment 166 #
2012/0184(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – indent 1 (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – indent 1 (new)
- 'mileage registration data base' means a data base set up by a Member State in which the odometer readings of the vehicles registered in that Member State are stored
Amendment 196 #
2012/0184(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
– Vehicles of category M1, N1 and O2: four years after the date on which the vehicle was first registered, then two years and thereafter annually;
Amendment 247 #
2012/0184(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – indent 1 (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – indent 1 (new)
– The testing centres shall communicate the mileage readings recorded during every roadworthiness test to the mileage registration data base, if applicable.
Amendment 264 #
2012/0184(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Roadworthiness tests shall be carried out by inspectors fulfilling the minimum competence, education and training requirements laid down in Annex VI. laid down in Annex VI and the requirements of the Member State in which they are appointed. The Member States may prescribe additional requirements for their territories.
Amendment 284 #
2012/0184(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall examine the feasibility, costs and benefits of themost efficient and effective way to establishment of an electronic vehicle information platform with a view to exchange information on data related to roadworthiness testing and odometer readings between the competent authorities of Member States responsible for testing, registration and vehicle approval, the testing centres and the vehicle manufacturers.
Amendment 296 #
2012/0184(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
It shall, on the basis of that examination, put forward and evaluate different policy options, including the possibility to remove the requirement of a proof of test as provided for in Article 10 and the establishment of a dedicated mileage information exchange system between the national mileage data bases in the Member States. Within two years after the date of application of this Regulation, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the results of the examination, and accompany it with a legislative proposal, if appropriate.
Amendment 314 #
2012/0184(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the manipulation or tampering of an odometer is regarded as an offence and is punishable by effective, proportionate, dissuasive and non-discriminatory penalties and to ensure the accuracy of the odometer reading during the entire lifetime of a vehicle.
Amendment 325 #
2012/0184(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 5 – point 5.3 – indent 8 a (new)
Annex I – part 5 – point 5.3 – indent 8 a (new)
- Recommended Tyre Pressure
Amendment 335 #
2012/0184(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Item 5.2.3. – column 2
Annex II – Item 5.2.3. – column 2
5.2.3. Tyres Visual inspection of the entire tyre by either rotating the road wheel with it off the ground and the vehicle over a pit or on a hoist, or by rolling the vehicle backwards and forwards over a pit. Use a pressure gauge to measure tyre pressure and compare it with the values given by the manufacturer.
Amendment 350 #
2012/0184(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – Item 5.2.3.
Annex III – Item 5.2.3.
Amendment 353 #
2012/0184(COD)
- A pressure gauge to measure tyre pressure;
Amendment 209 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on Member States to take action to combat not only all forms of discrimination relating to cultural and religious differences but also all those suffered by members of linguistic minorities;
Amendment 50 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Sustainable development of air transport necessitates the introduction of measures aimed at reducing the noise nuisance from aircraft at airports with particular noise problems. A large number of EU citizens are exposed to high noise levels which may lead to negative health effects.
Amendment 56 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
Amendment 59 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) While a noise abatement objective should be chosen by comparing all costs and all benefits, the tool to reach this objective should be cost-effective, requiring a comparison of only the costs.
Amendment 61 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Suspension of noise mitigating measures is important to avoid unwanted consequences on aviation safety, airport capacity and competition. Whilst an appeal procedure against noise-related operating restrictions may relate to noise abatement objectives, assessment methods and selection of cost-effective measures, the appeal may not suspend their implementation. Therefore, tThe Commission should well before implementation of the measures be able to use the right of scrutiny and to suspend measures deemed towhere the Balanced Approach proceducre unwanted or irreversible consequenceshas not been implemented in accordance with Article 4 of this Regulation. It is recogniszed that the suspension should be for a limited period.
Amendment 66 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) The use of approved noise abatement operational procedures must ensure that the necessary safety of flight is maintained by considering all factors that might affect a particular operation.
Amendment 80 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation lays down the rules on the introduction of noise-related operating restrictions in a consistent manner on an airport-by-airport basis and where a noise problem has been identified so as to help improve the noise climate and to limit or reduce the number of people significantly affected by the harmful effects ofaffected by aircraft noise, in accordance with the Balanced Approach.
Amendment 89 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
This Regulation shall apply to aircraft flights engaged in civil aviation.
Amendment 92 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
It shall not apply to aircraft flights engaged in military, customs, police, or similar services.
Amendment 108 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) ‘'Operating restrictions’' means a noise- related action that limits the access to or reduces the optimal capacity use of an airport, including operating restrictions aimed at the withdrawal from operations of marginally compliant aircraft at specific airports as well as operating restrictions of a partial nature, affecting thwhich for example apply for an identified time operationd of civil aircraft according to time period.nly for certain runways at the airport
Amendment 113 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall designate competent authorities responsible for adopting measures on operating restrictions, as well as an independent appeal body in accordance with national laws and practices.
Amendment 160 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) not as a first resort, operating restrictions. operating restrictions only after consideration of the benefits to be gained from the other three principal elements of the Balanced Approach.
Amendment 183 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. Measures or a combination of measures taken in accordance with this Regulation for a given airport shall not be more restrictive than necessary to achieve the environmental noise abatement objectives set for that airport. Operating restrictions shall be non-discriminatory, in particular on grounds of nationality, identity or activity of aircraft operators and be non- arbitrary.
Amendment 245 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Following the assessment carried out in accordance with Article 5, the notification of the decision shall be accompanied by a written report explaining the reasons for introducing the operating restriction, the environnoise abatemental objective established for the airport, the measures that were considered to meet that objective, and the evaluation of the likely cost-effectiveness of the various measures considered, including, where relevant, their cross- border impact.
Amendment 254 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) aircraft on flights operated for humanitarian purposes.
Amendment 288 #
2011/0398(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 2 – point 2.4
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 2 – point 2.4
2.4 Forecast noise contours – including an assessment of the number of people likely to be affected by aircraft noise – distinguish between established residential areas and newly constructplanned residential areas.
Amendment 111 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e – indent 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e – indent 2 a (new)
- For integrators, self-handling shall extend to groundhandling services performed for all aircraft dedicated to its transport network, whether owned or leased and whether operated by an air carrier owned by the integrator or by third parties. For the purposes of this section, the undertaking providing the groundhandling services need not be an airport user but must be affiliated with the integrator.
Amendment 121 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point j – indent 1 (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point j – indent 1 (new)
- "integrator" means an undertaking that offers door-to-door transport, being a contractually governed service guaranteeing the transportation of freight and/or mail from origin until final destination and where the transport operations, groundhandling, sorting and delivery services form an integral and seamless part of that service.
Amendment 132 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The managing body of the airport shall provide, at the users' request, the secretariat of the Airport Users' Committee. If the managing body of the airport refuses to do so or if the Airport Users' Committee does not accept this, the managing body of the airport shall designate another entity which has to be accepted by the Airport Users' Committee. The secretariat of the Airport Users' Committee shall keep and maintain the list of airport users or their representatives that are part of the Airport Users' Committee. Any possible costs linked to the provision of the secretariat can be recovered from airport users.
Amendment 396 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 5
Article 29 – paragraph 5
5. At the close of each financial year an independent auditor shall verify the situation and publicly declare that such financial cross-subsidisation from aeronautical activities has not occurred. Where the legal entity providing groundhandling services receives cross- subsidisation from non-aeronautical activities, the entity managing the airport infrastructure or the entity managing the centralised infrastructure shall demonstrate that this is compliant withsubsidies do not come from aeronautical activities as referred to in paragraph (3).
Amendment 450 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 3
Article 32 – paragraph 3
3. Suppliers of groundhandling services and self-handling airport users shall respect these minimum quality standards. In addition, airport users and suppliers of groundhandling services shall respect the minimum quality standards in their contractual relations. The airport operator shall be empowered to enforce the minimum quality standards. The adopted measures shall be transparent, proportionate and non- discriminatory.
Amendment 505 #
2011/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 4
Article 35 – paragraph 4
4. A supplier of groundhandling services as referred to in Article 11 (1) mayshall not subcontract groundhandling services except if it is temporarily unable to provide these groundhandling services due to force majeure.
Amendment 97 #
2011/0391(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
13) ‘sFor the summer scheduling period a "Series of slots’" shall mean at least 15 slots for a summer scheduling period and 10 slots for a winter scheduling period requested for the same time on the same day of the week for consecutive weeks andof which at least 5 shall be consecutive unless agreed otherwise through a local rule. For the winter scheduling period a "series of slots" shall mean at least 10 slots of which at least 5 shall be consecutive unless agreed otherwise through a local rule. The slot allocated by the coordinator shall be on thate basis or, if that is not possible, allocated at approximately the same time;that it is on the same time of the day and the same day of the week,
Amendment 189 #
2011/0391(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 8
Article 9 – paragraph 8
8. The coordinator shall also take into account additional guidelines established by the air transport industry Union -wide or world-wide as well as local guidelines proposed by the coordination committee and approved by the Member State or any other competent body responsible for the airport in question, provided that such guidelines do not affect the independent status of the coordinator, comply with Union law, aim at improving the efficient use of airport capacity and have been notified in advance to and pre-approved by the Commission . Local Rules concern the allocation and monitoring of slots. These can be applied where performance or throughput improvements can be delivered through locally applied rules, these must be transparent and non- discriminatory. The local guidelines may only concern the monitoring of the use of slots allocated or the amendment of the definition of a series of slots to reduce its length below 10 slots for the winter scheduling period or below 15 slots for the summer scheduling period, but under no circumstances below 5 slots. The reduction of the length of the series of slots applies only at airports where demand for air services is highly seasonable.
Amendment 243 #
2011/0391(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The managing body of a coordinated airport may decide to use the airport charges system with the aim of dissuading air carriers from belatedly returning slots to the pool referred to in Article 9 and to hold them liable for having reserved airport infrastructure without using it-the scheme shall be revenue neutral for the airport managing body. The following principles shall be respected:
Amendment 270 #
2011/0391(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13a Member States may adopt measures aimed at earmarking some of the proceeds from the sale of time slots to a fund designed to support the enlargement of airport infrastructure.
Amendment 629 #
2011/0302(COD)
Algeciras – Madrid – Tarragona Sevilla – Valencia – Tarragona Tarragona – Barcelona – Perpignan – Lyon – Torino – Milano – Venezia – Ljubljana – Budapest – UA border Barcelona/Valencia – Livorno/Pisa – Firenze
Amendment 643 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I – point 3 – rows 17 a-i (new)
Annex – Part I – point 3 – rows 17 a-i (new)
Barcelona/Valencia/Livo Motorways of the sea upgrading rno Livorno Port/RRT Port system Livorno and piombino: studies and work Interconnection Rail: studies and works Pisa, Firenze Airport Interconnection Rail; studies and works Livorno/Pisa-Firenze Rail and Road Rail: Firenze-Pisa (collegamento al upgrading corridoio Helsinki- Valletta Rail:Firenze-Prato- Pistoia-Lucca-Viareggio upgrading Road: upgrading Livorno-Grosseto Rail and Road Rail/Road Upgrading Grosseto-Siena-Arezzo- Road Upgrading Fano-Ancona Port
Amendment 90 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Growth in traffic has resulted in increased congestion on international transport corridors. In order to ensure the international mobility of goods and passengers, the capacity of the trans- European transport network and the use of this capacity should be optimised and, if necessary, expanded by removing infrastructure bottlenecks and bridging missing infrastructure links within and between Member States and towards the countries of the Balkan peninsula, with a view to the accession of Croatia to the Union in 2013 and the negotiations under way with other candidate countries and potential candidates from the same geographical area.
Amendment 96 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The trans-European transport network policy has to take into account the evolution of the transport policy and infrastructure ownership. In the past, Member States were the principal entity in charge of creating and maintaining transport infrastructure. However, other entities, including private, have also become relevant for the realisation of a multimodal trans-European transport network, including for example infrastructure managers, concessionaires or port, interport and airports authorities.
Amendment 132 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Cooperation with neighbouring and third countries is necessary to ensure connection and interoperability between the respective infrastructure networks. Therefore the Union should, where appropriate, promote projects of mutual interest with those countries, giving priority to projects with countries undergoing the accession process to join the Union, candidate countries and potential candidates, so that they can integrate more rapidly within the Union. These projects should seek to develop the trans-European transport network by avoiding traffic congestion on existing infrastructure and ensuring a balanced growth of the network, which should include improved integration of logistics and connections in the Mediterranean area, with a view to giving that area a key role once again.
Amendment 147 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) In order to implement the core network within the given time horizon, a corridor approach could be used, focusing on the corridors with the heaviest traffic, as an instrument to coordinate on a transnational basis different projects and synchronise the development of the corridor, thereby maximising network benefits.
Amendment 164 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) In developing core network corridors due account should be given to the rail freight corridors set up in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 of 22 September 2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning a European rail network for competitive freight25 as well as to the European Deployment Plan for ERTMS provided for in Commission Decision 2009/561/EC of 22 July 2009 amending Decision 2006/679/EC as regards the implementation of the technical specification for interoperability relating to the control-command and signalling subsystem of the trans-European conventional rail system. Existing cooperation structures under these legal acts can be maintained and work carried out pursuant to those structures can feed into the work of the multimodal network corridors, taking fully into account the new multimodal dimension.
Amendment 171 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) In order to maximise consistency between the guidelines and the programming of the relevant financial instruments available at Union level, trans- European transport network funding should be based on this Regulation and draw on the Connecting Europe Facility. Correspondingly, it should aim at aligning and combining funding from relevant internal and external instruments such as structural and cohesion funds, the Neighbourhood Investment Facility (NIF), the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA), and from financing from the European Investment Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and other financial institutions. In particular, when developing the trans-European transport network, Member States should take into account to the ex ante conditionalities applicable to transport as provided for in Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No XXX/2012 [Regulation laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund covered by the Common Strategic Framework and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006]. Moreover, Member States should widely adopt appropriate instruments to ensure cross-subsidisation, the expense of which should be borne by motorway operators, in order to begin implementing the TEN-T core network railway corridors.
Amendment 183 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Article 1 – paragraph 4
4. The guidelinesIt provides for measures for the implementation of the trans-European network. The implementation of projects depends on their degree of maturity and the availability of financial resources, without prejudging the financial commitment of a Member State or the Union.
Amendment 191 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)
(ga) a transport infrastructure which reflects the specific situations in various parts of the Union and provides a balanced coverage of the Union regions, including the outermost and other remote regions, also with a view to the accession of Croatia to the Union in 2013 and, subsequently, that of other candidate countries and potential candidates;
Amendment 254 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point h
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) the establishment of infrastructure requirements, notably in the field of interoperability, safety and security, which will benchmark quality, efficiency and sustainability in line with the positive socio-economic benefits of transport services;
Amendment 295 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. With a view to the accession of Croatia to the Union in 2013 and the negotiations under way with other candidate countries and potential candidates, the Union shall promote, as a matter of priority, projects of common interest and projects of mutual interest that concern the Mediterranean cross-border area. The key aims of these projects shall be to relieve traffic pressure on existing infrastructure and to ensure a balanced development of the priority projects, in synergy with the development of cohesion policy which seeks to achieve an overall territorial balance.
Amendment 299 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Amendment 305 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Efforts shall be made to complete the comprehensive network and comply with the relevant provisions of this Chapter by 31 December 2050.
Amendment 403 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) connecting railway transport infrastructure to inland port infrastructure.
Amendment 424 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) rivers, canals and lakes comply with the minimum requirements for class IV waterways and continuous bridge clearance as laid down in the European Agreement on Main Inland Waterways of International Importance (AGN) on the new classification of inland waterways and ensure continuous bridge clearancein full compliance with the provisions laid down in Articles 41 and 42 of this Regulation.
Amendment 447 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Amendment 509 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) maritime links between maritime ports of the comprehensive network or between a port of the comprehensive network and a third-country port, should this be of strategic importance to the Union;
Amendment 522 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2 - point c a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 2 - point c a (new)
(ca) constitute a maritime link and its hinterland connections between a core network port and ports situated in third countries which represent strategic connections in terms of the enlargement of the Union, the development of relations with North African countries or the link between comprehensive network transport infrastructure on the mainland that is separated from third countries.
Amendment 583 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 1
Article 44 – paragraph 1
1. The core network shall consist of those parts of the comprehensive network which are of the highest strategic importance for achieving the objectives of the trans- European transport network policy. It shall be structured in such a way as to take into consideration the future geographical framework with a view to the enlargement of the Union and the possible development and completion of the priority corridors. The core network shall in particular contribute to coping with increasing mobility and to the development of a low-carbon transport system.
Amendment 642 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 a (new)
Article 45 a (new)
Article 45 a Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 17 as regards inland waterway transport infrastructure, at the request of a Member State, exemptions from the minimum requirements may only be granted by the Commission in duly justified cases as long as the proportionality of the exemption can be demonstrated and the implementation of the core network is ensured.
Amendment 643 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 3
Article 46 – paragraph 3
Amendment 647 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 46 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Efforts shall be made to complete the core network and comply with the relevant provisions of this Chapter by 31 December 2030.
Amendment 700 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 51 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. harmonise work with Coordinators of Priority Areas of existing and future macro-regional strategies, which are specifically dedicated to the improvement of transport links, in cases where the core network corridor for which the European Coordinator is responsible forms part of the territory covered by a EU macro- regional strategy.
Amendment 711 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 2
Article 52 – paragraph 2
2. The corridor platform shall be composed of the representatives of the Member States concerned and, as appropriate, other public and private entities. In any case, the relevant infrastructure managers as defined in Directive 2001/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2001 on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure shall participate in the corridor platform. As appropriate, other public and private entities shall be included.
Amendment 722 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) a description of the characteristics of the core network corridor, including bottlenecks and disconnections from adjacent corridors;
Amendment 730 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point f – indent 2
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point f – indent 2
the related financial plan, with the various sources envisaged for funding and financing, at international, national, regional, local and Union level, iencluding, whenever possible,ouraging earmarked cross- financing systems as well as private capital, in particular those deriving from public motorway concessions and including private capital, where possible, together with the amount of commitments already made and, where applicable, reference to the contribution of the Union envisaged under the Union's financial programmes.
Amendment 920 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 19/33
Annex I – Volume 19/33
On page 3, of the map of Italy (north- eastern sector) includes among the planned roads athe section between Vicenza and Trento, which corresponds to the Valdastico motorway, is deleted.
Amendment 921 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 19/33
Annex I – Volume 19/33
To add the Grosseto-Fano trunk road (E78) to the core network
Amendment 958 #
Amendment 28 #
2011/0242(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The Commission needs to provide clear indicators for assessing the scale of the threat to public policy and national security.
Amendment 35 #
2011/0242(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Before any decision is taken on the temporary reintroduction of certain controls at internal borders, the possibility of resorting to measures aimed at addressing the underlying situation, including assistance by Union bodies such as Frontex or Europol, and technical or financial support measures at the national and/or Union level, should be fully explored. Moreover, any decision to reintroduce internal border control should be based on substantiated information, which may be provided by the Member State(s) requesting the reintroduction, or come from other sources, including inspection visits.
Amendment 63 #
2011/0242(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 562/2006
Article 23a – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 23a – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission shall provide clear indicators for assessing the scale of the threat to public policy and national security, in order to ensure coherent implementation of the Schengen Borders Code.
Amendment 66 #
2011/0242(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 562/2006
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Where a Member State considers that border control at internal borders should be reintroduced under Article 23(1), it shall submit a request toand notify the Member States and the Commission accordingly at the latest six weeks before the planned reintroduction, or within a shorter period where the circumstances giving rise to the need to reintroduce border control at internal borders do not become known until less than six weeks before the planned reintroduction, and shall supply the following information:
Amendment 154 #
2011/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Council Regulation (EEC) N. 3821/85
Article 2–paragraph 2–point j
Article 2–paragraph 2–point j
(j) “daily workcontrol period” means the period comprising the driving time, all other periods of work, the periods of availability, breaks in work and periods of rest not exceeding nine hours.
Amendment 260 #
2011/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85
Article 29 – paragraph 3
Article 29 – paragraph 3
3. A transport undertaking shall be liable for infringements against this Regulation committed by drivers of the undertaking, consignor, freight forwarder, tour operator, contractor and driver employment agency shall be liable for contractually agreed transport time schedules not respecting this Regulation. Without prejudice to the right of Member States to hold transport undertakings fully liable, Member States may consider any evidence that the transport undertaking cannot reasonably be held responsible for the infringement committed.
Amendment 138 #
2010/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Urges the Commission to promote the use of more sustainable means of transport and to pay particular attention tohe development of connections with islands, rural areas and mountainous areas and, more generally, with less accessible destinations;
Amendment 151 #
2010/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses the need to promote electronic ticket sales systems for the various means of transport, stimulating in this way the system’s intermodality; points also to the need to promote the sale of integrated tickets for various museums;
Amendment 173 #
2010/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Considers that the Commission and the Council of Europe should continue to support the development of routes that highlight the European identity through circuits linking symbolic sites in Europe,not only sites such as cathedrals, castles, universities and industrial settlements, but also symbolic European figures or advocates;
Amendment 49 #
2010/2154(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 2 (new)
Paragraph 6 – indent 2 (new)
- Calls on the Commission to continue with the technical assessment of the various technologies available on the market to ensure that these satisfy the need for greater airport security while simultaneously safeguarding the health both of passengers and airport staff.
Amendment 50 #
2010/2154(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 3 (new)
Paragraph 6 – indent 3 (new)
- Calls for a prudent approach to be adopted, given the lack of information on the potential harm caused by radiation and the incomplete understanding of its medium- and long-term effects on human health.
Amendment 112 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) To ensure transparency and non- discriminatory access to rail infrastructure and to services in service facilities for all railway undertakings, all the information required to use access rights shouldis to be published in a network statement. The network statement should be published in at least two official languages of the Union in line with existing international practices.
Amendment 114 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 83 a (new)
Recital 83 a (new)
(83a) In order to ensure the development of competition, continued investment and the cost-effectiveness of service provision of the railway sector the separation of accounts provided for by Art 6 should require the organisation of distinct divisions within a single undertaking or the management of infrastructure and transport services by separate entities;
Amendment 115 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 83 b (new)
Recital 83 b (new)
(83b) When managing the traffic on the network, effective cooperation between railway undertakings and infrastructure managers is essential;
Amendment 116 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 83 c (new)
Recital 83 c (new)
(83c) The Commission should prepare a comparative analysis of the methods for the setting of the amounts of the levies in the Member States in order to establish a uniform method of calculation to determine the amount of the levies
Amendment 117 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 83 d (new)
Recital 83 d (new)
(83d) Analogously to EU co-funding provided for the equipment of rolling stock with ERTMS, Member States are encouraged to make use of all available EU co-funding opportunities, such as the European Regional Development Fund and the Cohesion Fund, and to include the objective of reducing rail noise in the Operational Programmes, targeting both the infrastructure and the rolling stock. Furthermore, funds provided for the TEN-T and through the CEF should also be used for this purpose.
Amendment 118 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 83 e (new)
Recital 83 e (new)
(83e) Noise reduction measures adopted for the rail sector should be considered as a model for noise reduction efforts for other modes of transport.
Amendment 120 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – point 10 a (new)
Article 3 – point 10 a (new)
'heavy maintenance' means works that cannot be carried out during normal idle periods and require the vehicle to be removed from service.
Amendment 128 #
2010/0253(COD)
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, including the need to cooperate with neighbouring third countries. For this purpose, they shall publish by [at the latest two years after the entry into force of this Directive], after consultation with the interested parties, an indicative rail infrastructure development strategy with a view to meeting future mobility needs in terms of maintenance, renewal and development of the infrastructure based on sustainable financing of the railway system. The strategy shall cover a period of at least five years and be renewable.
Amendment 129 #
2010/0253(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
– having regard to the resolution of the European Parliament of 17 June 2010;
Amendment 129 #
2010/0253(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
– having regard to the resolution of the European Parliament of 17 June 2010;
Amendment 130 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that, under normal business conditions and over a reasonable period […] which shall not exceed the period of the contractual agreement referred to in Article 30(2) and in any case a period of five years, the accounts of an infrastructure manager shall at least balance income from infrastructure charges, surpluses from other commercial activities and State and priv, non refundable incomes from private sources and State funding on the one hand, including advance payments from the State, where appropriate, and infrastructure expenditure, including for long-term asset renewals and enhancements on the other hand.
Amendment 132 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Amendment 134 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The competent authorities and the railway undertakings providing the public services shall provide the relevant regulatory body or bodies with the information reasonably required to reach a decision. The regulatory body shall consider the information provided, consulting by these parties, and, as appropriate shall ask for any relevant additional information and initiate consultation with all relevant parties within one month from the receipt of the request. The regulatory body shall consult all the relevant parties, as appropriate, and shall inform the relevant parties of its reasoned decision within a pre-determined, reasonable time, and, in any case, within two monthsix weeks of receipt of all relevant information.
Amendment 135 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Amendment 138 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
To guarantee full transparency and non- discrimination of access to the service facilities referred to in point 2 (a), (b), (c) and (g) of Annex II, and the supply of services in these facilities where the operator of such a service facility is under direct or indirect control of a body or firm which is also active and holds a dominant position in national railway transport services markets for which the facility is used , the operators of these service facilities shall be organised in such a way that they are independent of this body or firm in organisational and decision-making terms. Such independence shall not entail the requirement of the establishment of a separate body or firmlegal entity for service facilities and may be fulfilled with the organisation of distinct divisions within a single undertakinglegal entity.
Amendment 141 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 6
Article 13 – paragraph 6
6. Where a service facility referred to in point 2 of Annex II, has not been in use for at least threewo consecutive years and interest by railway undertakings for access to this facility has been expressed to the operator of that service facility on the basis of demonstrated needs, its owner shall publicise the operation of the facility as being for lease or rent as a rail service facility, as a whole or in part, unless the operator of that service facility demonstrates that an on-going process of reconversion prevents its use by any railway undertaking.
Amendment 144 #
2010/0253(COD)
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 user, including representatives of the regulatory bodies referred to in Article 55, and of the sectors concerned in its work, including, where appropriate, the railways sector's social partners, users and local and regional authorities representatives, so that they are better able 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. Where appropriate, the Commission shall also involve the European Railway Agency, in accordance with its functions as provided for in Regulation (EC) 881/2004.
Amendment 145 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall monitor the use of the networks and the evolution of framework conditions in the rail sector, in particular infrastructure charging, capacity allocation, investments made in railway infrastructure, developments as regards prices and the quality of rail transport services, rail transport services covered by public service contracts, licensing and the degree of market opening and harmonisation between Member States, development of employment and the related-social conditions in the rail sector. These monitoring activities are without prejudice to similar activities existing in Member States and to the role of social partners.
Amendment 146 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) the evolution of the internal market in rail services and services to be supplied to railway undertakings, as referred to in Annex II;
Amendment 147 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) the framework conditions referred to in paragraph 3, including for public passenger transport services by rail;
Amendment 148 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5
Article 15 – paragraph 5
5. For the purposes of the market monitoring by the Commission, Member States shall, while respecting the role of the social partners, supply to the Commission on an annual basis the necessary information on the use of the networks and the evolution of framework conditions in the rail sector.
Amendment 149 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Amendment 151 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 5
Article 17 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission mayshall adopt measures setting out the details for the use of a common template for the licence and, if needed to ensure fair and efficient competition in rail transport markets, details on the procedure to be followed for the application of this Article. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 62(3).
Amendment 152 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to their competence regarding railway infrastructure planning and financing, and to the budgetary principle of annuality, where applicable, Member States shall ensure that a contractual agreement, fulfilling the basic principles and parameters set out in Annex V, is concluded between the competent authority and the infrastructure manager covering a period of not less than threfive years.
Amendment 154 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 31 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 31 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Before ...*the deadline for transposition set in Article 64(1), the Commission shall adopt measures setting out the methodology for the calculation of the cost that is directly incurred as a result of operating the train. Those implementingdelegated acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 62 (3). ––––––––––––––––– * OJ: Please insert date- 36 months after the entry into force of this Directive0.
Amendment 156 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 31 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Article 31 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
The infrastructure manager may decide to gradually adapt to this methodology referred to in paragraph 4 during a period of no more than fivetwo years after… *. * OJ: Please insert the date - 36 months after the entry into force of this Directive the deadline for transposition set out in Article 64(1).
Amendment 157 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 31 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 31 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 158 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 31 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 31 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Based on the experience gained by infrastructure managers, railway undertakings, regulatory bodies and competent authorities, and recognising existing schemes on noise differentiation, the Commission may adopt implementingshall propose measures setting out the detailed arrangementmodalities to be followed for the application of the charging for the cost of noise effects including its duration of application and enabling the differentiation of infrastructure charges to take into account, where appropriate, the sensitivity of the area affected, in particular in terms of the size of population affected and the train composition with an impact on the level of noise emissions. Thoese implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 62 (3)measures shall not result in an undue distortion of competition between railway undertakings and take into account the overall competitiveness of the rail sector.
Amendment 159 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 32 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. The infrastructure charges may be differentiated to giverains equipped with European Train Control System (ECTS) compliant with the version adopted by the Commission Decision 2008/386/EC and successive versions running on railway corridors specified in Commission Decision 2009/561/EC which are not equipped with the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) according to the timetable indicated in this Commission Decision shall enjoy a temporary reduction of the infrastructure charge in accordance with Annex VIa. The infrastructure charges for the use of railway corridors specified in the Commission Decision 2009/561/EC which are equipped with the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) according to the timetable indicated in this Commission Decision shall be differentiated. This differentiation shall give sufficient incentives to equip trains with the European Train Control System (ETCTS) compliant with the versand to compensate the cost for railway undertakings of maintaining other rail traffic management systems operational. Notwithstanding this obligation, Member States may decide that this differentiation adopted by the Commission Decision 2008/386/EC and successive versions. es not apply to railway lines on which only ETCS equipped trains may run. Member States may decide to extend this differentiation to railway lines not specified in Commission Decision 2009/561/EC.
Amendment 160 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 32 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 32 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 162 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 56 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 (new)
Article 56 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 (new)
The regulatory body shall also cooperate closely with the national safety authority within the meaning of Directive 2008/57/EC, and the licensing authority within the meaning of the present Directive. Member States shall ensure that these authorities jointly develop a framework for information-sharing and cooperation aimed at preventing adverse effects on competition or safety in the railway market. This framework shall include a mechanism for the regulatory body to provide the national safety and licensing authorities with non-binding recommendations on issues that may affect competition in the railway market and for the national safety authority to provide the regulatory body and licensing authority with non-binding recommendations on issues that may affect safety. Without prejudice to the independence of each authority within the field of their respective competences, the relevant authority shall examine any such recommendation and give justifications if it intends to deviate from these recommendations before adopting its decisions.
Amendment 164 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 56 – paragraph 4
Article 56 – paragraph 4
4. The regulatory body shall have the necessary organisational capacity to carry out its functionsin terms of human and material resources, which shall be proportionate to the importance of the rail sector in the Member State.
Amendment 165 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 56 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 56 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The regulatory body shall regularly, and in any case at least every two years, consult representatives of users of the rail freight and passenger transport services, to take into account their views on the rail market.
Amendment 166 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 56 – paragraph 6
Article 56 – paragraph 6
6. TIn the exercise of all of its tasks, the regulatory body shall have the power to request relevant information from the infrastructure manager, applicants and any third party involved within the Member State concerned. Information requested shall be supplied without undue delay and in any case within a period set by the regulatory body that shall not exceed one month. The regulatory body shall be enabled to enforce such requests with the appropriate sanctions, including fines. Information to be supplied to the regulatory body includes all data which the regulatory body requires in the framework of its appeal function and in its function of monitoring the competition in the rail services markets in accordance with paragraph 2. This includes data which are necessary for statistical and market observation purposes.
Amendment 167 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 56 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Article 56 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
7. The regulatory body shall be required toconsider any complaints and, as appropriate, shall ask for relevant information and initiate consultations with all relevant parties, within one month from the receipt of the complaint. It shall decide on any complaints and, take action to remedy the situation within a maximum period of two monthand inform the relevant parties of its reasoned decision within a pre- determined, reasonable time, and, in any case, within six weeks from receipt of all relevant information. Without prejudice to the powercompetences of the national competition authorities for securing competition in the rail service markets, the regulatory body shall, where appropriate, decide on its own initiative on appropriate measures to correct discriminations against applicants, market distortions and any other undesirable developments in these markets, in particular with reference to points (a) to (g) of paragraph 1.
Amendment 169 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 57 – paragraph 1
Article 57 – paragraph 1
1. The regulatory bodies shall exchange information about their work and decision- making principles and practice and otherwise cooperate for the purpose of coordinating their decision-making across the Union. For this purpose they shall participate and work together in a networking group that convenes at regular intervals. To ensure active cooperation between the appropriate regulatory bodies, the Commission shall support them in this taskhe Commission shall be a member, coordinate and support the work of the network and make recommendations to the network, as appropriate. It shall ensure active cooperation of the appropriate regulatory bodies.
Amendment 170 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 57 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 57 – paragraph 6 a (new)
At the request of a regulatory body, the Commission may participate in the activities listed under paragraph 2 to 6 for the purpose of facilitating the cooperation of regulatory bodies as outlined in the above mentioned paragraphs.
Amendment 172 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 63 – paragraph 2
Article 63 – paragraph 2
Amendment 174 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 63 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 63 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2. In light of the experience acquired through the network of regulatory bodies, the Commission shall no later than one year after the deadline for transposition of this Directive, submit to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of Regions a report on the cooperation between regulatory bodies. The Commission shall, if appropriate, present a legislative proposal establishing a European regulatory body. This body shall have a supervisory and arbitration function to deal with cross-border and international problems and to hear appeals of decisions taken by national regulatory bodies.
Amendment 175 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 64 – paragraph 1
Article 64 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive including as regards compliance by undertakings, operators, applicants, authorities and other entities concerned by ...*. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions. ________________ * OJ: Please insert date - 3612 months from the entry into force of this Directive
Amendment 177 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – paragraph 2 – point a
Annex II – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) passenger stations, their buildings and other facilities, including travel information display and suitable location for ticketing services, allocated in a non- discriminatory way;
Amendment 178 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – paragraph 2 – point e
Annex II – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) maintenance facilities, with the exception of heavy maintenance services supplied in maintenance facilities exclusively dedicated to specific types ofhigh-speed rolling stock, and other technical facilities, including cleaning and washing facilities;
Amendment 182 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – paragraph 4 – point e
Annex II – paragraph 4 – point e
(e) heavy maintenance services supplied in maintenance facilities exclusively dedicated to specific types ofhigh-speed rolling stock.
Amendment 186 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI a (new)
Annex VI a (new)
The temporary reduction of the infrastructure charge for ETCS equipped trains, as referred to in Article 32(3) shall be established as follows: For freight transport: For the lines which according to the Commission Decision 2009/561/EC of 22 July 2009 establishing the European deployment plan shall be equipped with ETCS by 2015 or 2020, respectively: - A reduction of 20% until ETCS is operational on the respective line - An increase of 20% from the date as of which ETCS is operational on the respective line for trains which are not equipped with ETCS For passenger transport: For the lines which according to the Commission Decision 2009/561/EC of 22 July 2009 establishing the European deployment plan shall be equipped with ETCS by 2015 or 2020, respectively: - A reduction of 10% onwards until ETCS is operational on the respective line - An increase of 10% from the date as of which ETCS is operational on the respective line for trains which are not equipped with ETCS
Amendment 272 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) "infrastructure manager" means any body or firm responsible in particular for establishing, managing and maintaining railway infrastructure, including traffic management and control-command and signalling; the essential functions of the infrastructure manager on a network or part of a network may be allocated to different bodies or firmsare: the decision making on train path allocation, including both the definition and the assessment of availability and the allocation of individual train paths and the decision making on infrastructure charging, including determination and collection of the charges, and investments in infrastructure;
Amendment 272 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) "infrastructure manager" means any body or firm responsible in particular for establishing, managing and maintaining railway infrastructure, including traffic management and control-command and signalling; the essential functions of the infrastructure manager on a network or part of a network may be allocated to different bodies or firmsare: the decision making on train path allocation, including both the definition and the assessment of availability and the allocation of individual train paths and the decision making on infrastructure charging, including determination and collection of the charges, and investments in infrastructure;
Amendment 302 #
Amendment 302 #
Amendment 307 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 307 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 311 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. TIn order to ensure full transparency of infrastructure costs, the accounts for the different areas of activity referred to in paragraphs 1, 2a and 3 shall be kept in a way that allows monitoring of the prohibition on transferring public funds paid to oneincome from infrastructure charges, surpluses from other commercial activities of and public funds paid to the infrastructure manager to another area of activity to another.
Amendment 311 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. TIn order to ensure full transparency of infrastructure costs, the accounts for the different areas of activity referred to in paragraphs 1, 2a and 3 shall be kept in a way that allows monitoring of the prohibition on transferring public funds paid to oneincome from infrastructure charges, surpluses from other commercial activities of and public funds paid to the infrastructure manager to another area of activity to another.
Amendment 323 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 323 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 329 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Amendment 329 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Amendment 335 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. When the provisBy the date of transpositions of Chapter IV, Sections 2 and 3 refer to essential functions of an infrastructure manager, they shall be understood as applying to the charging body or the allocation body for their respective competenciesthis Directive, Member States shall report to the Commission on how the obligations of Annex I a have been implemented. The Commission shall then report to the European Parliament and to the Council on this implementation.
Amendment 335 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. When the provisBy the date of transpositions of Chapter IV, Sections 2 and 3 refer to essential functions of an infrastructure manager, they shall be understood as applying to the charging body or the allocation body for their respective competenciesthis Directive, Member States shall report to the Commission on how the obligations of Annex I a have been implemented. The Commission shall then report to the European Parliament and to the Council on this implementation.
Amendment 340 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Without prejudice to the criteria laid down in Annex Ia transfer of staff shall be allowed between infrastructure managers and railway undertakings under the condition that the prohibition on transferring commercially sensitive information related to the essential functions is duly respected. The transfer of such staff shall respect the relevant national law and regulatory provisions on health, safety, social conditions and the rights of workers and shall not lead to any deterioration of the social and working conditions of workers.
Amendment 340 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Without prejudice to the criteria laid down in Annex Ia transfer of staff shall be allowed between infrastructure managers and railway undertakings under the condition that the prohibition on transferring commercially sensitive information related to the essential functions is duly respected. The transfer of such staff shall respect the relevant national law and regulatory provisions on health, safety, social conditions and the rights of workers and shall not lead to any deterioration of the social and working conditions of workers.
Amendment 346 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. HWhenever revenues are not sufficient to cover the financing needs of the infrastructure manager, without prejudice to the charging framework of Articles 31 and 32, and having due regard to Articles 93, 107 and 108 of the Treaty, Member States mayshall also provide the infrastructure manager with financing consistent with its tasks, the size of the infrastructure and financial requirements, in particular in order to cover new investments.
Amendment 346 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. HWhenever revenues are not sufficient to cover the financing needs of the infrastructure manager, without prejudice to the charging framework of Articles 31 and 32, and having due regard to Articles 93, 107 and 108 of the Treaty, Member States mayshall also provide the infrastructure manager with financing consistent with its tasks, the size of the infrastructure and financial requirements, in particular in order to cover new investments.
Amendment 352 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. 3. Within the framework of general policy determined by the State and taking into account the rail infrastructure development strategy referred to in paragraph 1 , the infrastructure manager shall adopt a business plan including investment and financial programmes. The plan shall be designed to ensure optimal and efficient use , provision and development of the infrastructure while ensuring financial balance and providing means for these objectives to be achieved. The infrastructure manager shall ensure that applicants are consulted in a non- discriminatory manner before the businvess plantment programme is approved. The regulatory body referred to in Article 55 shall issue a non-binding opinion on whether the business plan dis appropriate to achieve these objectivecriminates between applicants.
Amendment 352 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. 3. Within the framework of general policy determined by the State and taking into account the rail infrastructure development strategy referred to in paragraph 1 , the infrastructure manager shall adopt a business plan including investment and financial programmes. The plan shall be designed to ensure optimal and efficient use , provision and development of the infrastructure while ensuring financial balance and providing means for these objectives to be achieved. The infrastructure manager shall ensure that applicants are consulted in a non- discriminatory manner before the businvess plantment programme is approved. The regulatory body referred to in Article 55 shall issue a non-binding opinion on whether the business plan dis appropriate to achieve these objectivecriminates between applicants.
Amendment 355 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that, under normal business conditions and over a period of no more than three years, the accounts of anthe infrastructure manager shall not show a financing deficit for more than two consecutive years and at least balance income from infrastructure charges, private finance, surpluses from other commercial activities and State funding on the one hand, and infrastructure expenditure on the other , including advance payments from the State, annual interest rates and sustainable financing of long-term asset renewals, where appropriate .
Amendment 355 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that, under normal business conditions and over a period of no more than three years, the accounts of anthe infrastructure manager shall not show a financing deficit for more than two consecutive years and at least balance income from infrastructure charges, private finance, surpluses from other commercial activities and State funding on the one hand, and infrastructure expenditure on the other , including advance payments from the State, annual interest rates and sustainable financing of long-term asset renewals, where appropriate .
Amendment 399 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Track access to the services referred to in Annex III, point 2,2 and their use shall be supplied by all operators of service facilities in a non-discriminatory manner.
Amendment 399 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Track access to the services referred to in Annex III, point 2,2 and their use shall be supplied by all operators of service facilities in a non-discriminatory manner.
Amendment 430 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
When the operator of the service facility encounters conflicts between different requests, he shall attempt the best possible matching of all requirements. If no viable alternative is available, and it is not possible to accommodate all requests for capacity for the relevant facility on the basis of demonstrated needs, the regulatory body referred to in Article 55 shall on its own initiative or on the basis of a complaint take appropriate action to ensure that an appropriate part of the capacity is devoted to railway undertakings other than the ones which are part of the body or firm to which the facility operator also belongs. However navoid any kind of discrimination and/or not equal conditions to guarantee transparency. However newly built maintenance and other technical facilities developed for high-speed rolling stock, in accordance with Commission Decision 2008/232/EC of 21 February 2008 concerning a technical specification for interoperability relating to the rolling stock sub-system of the trans-European high-speed rail system 1, may be reserved to the use of one railway undertaking for a period of ten years from the start of their operation and renewable once under the supervision of the regulatory body. Newly built maintenance and other technical facilities developed for specific new rolling stock may be reserved to the use of one railway undertaking for a period of five years from the start of their operation of five years from the start of their operation.
Amendment 430 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
When the operator of the service facility encounters conflicts between different requests, he shall attempt the best possible matching of all requirements. If no viable alternative is available, and it is not possible to accommodate all requests for capacity for the relevant facility on the basis of demonstrated needs, the regulatory body referred to in Article 55 shall on its own initiative or on the basis of a complaint take appropriate action to ensure that an appropriate part of the capacity is devoted to railway undertakings other than the ones which are part of the body or firm to which the facility operator also belongs. However navoid any kind of discrimination and/or not equal conditions to guarantee transparency. However newly built maintenance and other technical facilities developed for high-speed rolling stock, in accordance with Commission Decision 2008/232/EC of 21 February 2008 concerning a technical specification for interoperability relating to the rolling stock sub-system of the trans-European high-speed rail system 1, may be reserved to the use of one railway undertaking for a period of ten years from the start of their operation and renewable once under the supervision of the regulatory body. Newly built maintenance and other technical facilities developed for specific new rolling stock may be reserved to the use of one railway undertaking for a period of five years from the start of their operation of five years from the start of their operation.
Amendment 474 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
For the purposes of the Commission's market monitoring, Member States shall supply on an annual basis the following information indicated inas Annex IV, as well as all other necessary data requested by the Commission: (a) the evolution of rail transport performance and compensation for Public Service Obligations (PSO); (b) the modal share of railway undertakings in total transport performance; (c) the resources and activities of regulatory bodies dedicated to their functioning as appeal bodies; (d) the relevant developments as regards restructuring of the incumbent railway undertaking and adoption/implementation of national transport strategies over the previous year; (e) the important training initiatives/measures in the field of railway transport taken in a Member State during the previous year; (f) the employment and the social conditions of railway undertakings, infrastructure managers and of other companies active in the railway sector at the end of the previous year; (g) the investments in the high-speed rail network during the previous year; (h) the length of the railway network a the end of the previous year; (i) the track access charges during the previous year; (j) the existence of a performance scheme set up according to Article 35 of this Directive; (k) the number of active licences issued by the competent national authority; (l) the status of ERTMS deployment; (m) the number of incidents, accidents and serious accidents as defined by Directive 2004/49/EC which occurred on the network during the previous year; (n) other relevant developments.
Amendment 474 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
For the purposes of the Commission's market monitoring, Member States shall supply on an annual basis the following information indicated inas Annex IV, as well as all other necessary data requested by the Commission: (a) the evolution of rail transport performance and compensation for Public Service Obligations (PSO); (b) the modal share of railway undertakings in total transport performance; (c) the resources and activities of regulatory bodies dedicated to their functioning as appeal bodies; (d) the relevant developments as regards restructuring of the incumbent railway undertaking and adoption/implementation of national transport strategies over the previous year; (e) the important training initiatives/measures in the field of railway transport taken in a Member State during the previous year; (f) the employment and the social conditions of railway undertakings, infrastructure managers and of other companies active in the railway sector at the end of the previous year; (g) the investments in the high-speed rail network during the previous year; (h) the length of the railway network a the end of the previous year; (i) the track access charges during the previous year; (j) the existence of a performance scheme set up according to Article 35 of this Directive; (k) the number of active licences issued by the competent national authority; (l) the status of ERTMS deployment; (m) the number of incidents, accidents and serious accidents as defined by Directive 2004/49/EC which occurred on the network during the previous year; (n) other relevant developments.
Amendment 654 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 a (new)
Annex 1 a (new)
Amendment 654 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 a (new)
Annex 1 a (new)
Independence and transparency criteria to be fulfilled by the infrastructure manager: (referred to in Article 3(2)) (a) Compliance with the independence and transparency criteria shall be monitored by the regulatory body referred to in Article 55. Any applicant shall have the right to appeal to the regulatory body if it believes that those independence requirements are not adequately fulfilled; (b) Statutory and/or contractual independence provisions shall be set in the relationship between the controlling structure or holding and the infrastructure manager, between the infrastructure manager and other companies of the group, or other entities which are controlled by the holding, including in particular the shareholders’ meeting of the infrastructure manager; (c) The board members of the holding and/or of other companies of the holding shall not be in the board of the infrastructure manager and shall not exercise any voting rights in the board of the infrastructure manager; (d) The board members of the infrastructure manager and senior staff members dealing with essential functions shall, for a period of three years, be barred from accepting any senior position with the holding or with other entities under its control after they leave the infrastructure manager. (e) The management board, the administrative board, the supervisory board of or bodies legally representing the infrastructure manager shall not be appointed by any controlling structure or holding the infrastructure manager is part of in order to ensure full independence of the infrastructure manager. It shall be appointed and dismissed under the control of the regulatory body referred to in Article 55. (f) The infrastructure manager shall define and adopt its business plan as referred to in Article 8 independently from any controlling structure or holding and from any railway undertaking. (g)The infrastructure manager shall have the necessary organisational capacity to perform its functions independently from any railway undertaking and shall not be allowed to delegate the operation of its functions to bodies or firms which directly or indirectly exercise control, hold any interest in or exercise any right over a railway undertaking. (h) The infrastructure manager shall have its own staff and be located in separate premises or with protected access. Access to the information systems shall be protected. The internal rules or staff contracts shall clearly limit the contacts with the holding and other companies under its control to the official communications connected with the exercise of the essential functions. In particular, commercially sensitive information related to the functions of the infrastructure manager defined in Article 3(2) held by the infrastructure manager shall not be transferred to any railway undertaking. (i) Remuneration systems for the staff of the infrastructure manager shall only be based on the performance of the infrastructure manager.
Amendment 656 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 – indent 10 a (new)
Annex 1 – indent 10 a (new)
– The part of the passenger station building 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), any movement control areas (control centre, movement controllers’ offices, telephone switchboards, etc.).
Amendment 656 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 – indent 10 a (new)
Annex 1 – indent 10 a (new)
– The part of the passenger station building 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), any movement control areas (control centre, movement controllers’ offices, telephone switchboards, etc.).
Amendment 712 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 8 – point 3
Annex 8 – point 3
3. The infrastructure manager shall demonstrate to the regulatory body the ability of a train service to payfine homogeneous market segments and corresponding mark-ups according tohe sense of Article 32(1), whereby each of the services listed under a single on the basis of a market study and after consultatione of the following points shall belong to different market segments: (a) Passenger vs freight services; (b) Trains carrying dangerous goods vs other freight trains; (c) Domestic vs international services; (d) Combined transport vs direct trains; (e) Urban or regional vs interurban passenapplicants. The infrastructure manager shall demonstrate to the regulatory body the ability of a train service to pay mark-ups according to Article 32(1). In case the infrastructure manager serlevices; (f) Block trains vs single wagon load trains; (g) Regular vs occasional train services mark-ups, it shall develop a list of market segments to which the regulatory body shall give its prior approval.
Amendment 712 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 8 – point 3
Annex 8 – point 3
3. The infrastructure manager shall demonstrate to the regulatory body the ability of a train service to payfine homogeneous market segments and corresponding mark-ups according tohe sense of Article 32(1), whereby each of the services listed under a single on the basis of a market study and after consultatione of the following points shall belong to different market segments: (a) Passenger vs freight services; (b) Trains carrying dangerous goods vs other freight trains; (c) Domestic vs international services; (d) Combined transport vs direct trains; (e) Urban or regional vs interurban passenapplicants. The infrastructure manager shall demonstrate to the regulatory body the ability of a train service to pay mark-ups according to Article 32(1). In case the infrastructure manager serlevices; (f) Block trains vs single wagon load trains; (g) Regular vs occasional train services mark-ups, it shall develop a list of market segments to which the regulatory body shall give its prior approval.
Amendment 724 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 10 – point 1 – point c
Annex 10 – point 1 – point c
(c) include cost and profit categories making it possible to determine whether cross-subsidies between these different activities occurred, according to the requirements of Article 6 and as deemed necessary and proportionate by the regulatory body;
Amendment 724 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 10 – point 1 – point c
Annex 10 – point 1 – point c
(c) include cost and profit categories making it possible to determine whether cross-subsidies between these different activities occurred, according to the requirements of Article 6 and as deemed necessary and proportionate by the regulatory body;
Amendment 15 #
2009/2241(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – indent 1
Paragraph 7 – indent 1
- the fact that the scope of the accession should be precisely defined in the mandate; the EU should also accede, at the least, to all those Additional Protocols to the ECHR which complement the rights enshrined in the ECHR and which have already been ratified by all the EU Member States, thus forming part of the EU’s human rights corpus. Furthermore, the accession to the revised European Social Charter should be taken into consideration;
Amendment 24 #
2009/2241(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines that, as the accession to the ECHR concerns not only the EU institutions, but also the Union’s citizens, the European Parliament shouldmust be consulted and involved throughout the negotiation process, and shouldmust be immediately and fully informed at all stages of the negotiations, as provided for in Article 218(10) TEU;
Amendment 25 #
2009/2241(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that it is important to have an informal body in order to coordinate information sharing between the European Parliament and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe;
Amendment 26 #
2009/2241(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Suggests that, in order to disseminate the added value of the accession to citizens, the Council of Europe and the EU should consider developing guidelines and advice and information programmes for the citizens with clear explanations of all the implications and effects that accession would bring;
Amendment 34 #
2009/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that, in the context of adapting to climate change, the Commission should develop its instruments, financing and policies without favouring particular transport modes perceived to be more environmentally friendly but with the aim of increasing the efficiency of the transport system as a whole within the framework of sustainable economic growth;
Amendment 65 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is convinced that population growth, in particular in cities, will give rise to challenges for transport in terms of safety and capacity, and that the basic right to mobility and the applicability of this right are crucial in this regard; stresses that, in this context, multimodal transport chains and a shift towards the most sustainable transport modes with collective transport, inter alia, for urban areas are the way ahead for urban areas;
Amendment 93 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that decarbonising transport is one of the main challenges of future EU transport policy and that all available, sustainable means should be used in order to achieve this, such as an energy mix, price formation measures and internalising external costs of all modes of transport, provided that the ensuing revenue is used to improve the sustainability of mobility; underlines that, to this end, the priority is the development of financial incentives, ruling out any distortions of competition in the process, should be preferred to the imposition of sanctions;
Amendment 116 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Finds that the development of passenger and freight transport as a whole raises the issue not of the transfer of traffic but rather ofis largely dependent on the effective use of the various modes of transport, and that the goal of European transport policy should therefore be effective comodality together with a more optimal combination of transport alternatives that promotes more sustainable transport chains and modal choices. This efficiency is closely connected with the objective of decarbonising transport and the possible measures to achieve this as mentioned in paragraph 3;
Amendment 150 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Finds that transport plays an essential role in completing the European Single Market and the freedom of movement of people and goods, and that regulated market opening, based on the principle of reciprocity, should be achieved, primarily in rail transport; this complete market opening should be accompanied by other measures aimed at avoiding distortions of competition, inter alia in the social, fiscal and environmental fields;
Amendment 184 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that effectiveness in transport policy consists in evaluating programmes (such as Galileo and ITS) and then reorienting or further continuing them, as appropriate; sees a consequent need, for example, for a new road traffic safety programme, a mid-term review of NAIADES, implementation of the Open Sky Programme and the continuation of Marco Polo in a simplified ffurther development of ERTMS for the achievement of full interoperability and safety in the rail sectorm;
Amendment 199 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses the importance for the European Commission to constantly monitor and work to maintain the highest level of rail safety through improved technical interoperability across the EU and to operate in order to strengthen the competences and the means of the European Railway Agency;
Amendment 214 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises that intelligent and interoperable systems in transport organisation, such as ERTMS, Galileo and ITS, need support in terms of research as well as in their application, since they lead to considerable environmental improvements due to a reduction in exhaust gases and traffic noise, improve safety by creating solutions to infrastructure bottlenecks and, not least, result in increased energy independence. Support should especially be granted to technologies that already have a proven track record in sustainability and safety and can deliver further solutions to a sustainable transport system in the short to medium term;
Amendment 235 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Urges that particular attention should be addressed to EU projects related to the so-called ‘Green Corridors’ for mid-long distance road transport. The aim of the projects should be to analyze the possible implementation of advanced technologies and the development of the infrastructure for capillary and available alternative fuels distribution and to dedicate available EU R&D resources with the scope to step forward to a greener freight logistic;
Amendment 237 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Considers research and development (R&D) to be key factor in our search for a sustainable future for transport because a radical technological switch can bring about the much-needed emission reductions and the transition to low carbon transport; urges the Commission and the Member States to identify the drivers for and barriers to, possible innovation resulting from R&D and to priorities investment in environmentally friendly infrastructure, such as for example smart grids for electric transport, natural gas and biomethane from renewable energies and hydrogen distribution networks. Urges the Commission not to neglect the influence of in-vehicle technologies on driver behaviour and its potential contribution to the reduction of fuel consumption/CO2 emissions;
Amendment 271 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that the financial and economic crisis can serve as an opportunity to give targeted support to the field of transport and enable investment in safe, environmentally-friendly and therefore sustainable transport by means of financial assistancetransport modes and infrastructures; therefore proper EU investments in transport projects should be taken into consideration in view of the next financial perspectives and in the context of the European Strategy 2020;
Amendment 297 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for rail transport and inland waterway transport, rail terminals, inland ports and the multimodal (especially rail), linking of seaports with the hinterland to play a greater role in European transport policy; underlines in particular the need for better connections between ports and rail to be taken into consideration in the next TEN–T revision;
Amendment 47 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Manufacturers’ compliance with the targets under this Regulation should be assessed at the Community level. Manufacturers whose average specific emissions of CO2 exceed those permitted under this Regulation should pay an excess emissions premium with respect to each calendar year from 1 January 2014. The premium should be modulated as a function of the extent to which manufacturers fail to comply with their target. In order to ensure consistency, the premium mechanism should be similar to the one set in Regulation (EC) No 443/20095. The amounts of the excess emissions premium should be considered as revenue in the General Budget of the European Union.
Amendment 113 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. In respect of the period 1 January 20145 and every calendar year thereafter, the Commission shall impose an excess emissions premium on a manufacturer or pool manager, as appropriate, where a manufacturer’s average specific emissions of CO2 exceed its specific emissions target.
Amendment 115 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 122 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) In 2015 (i) For excess emissions of more than 3 g CO2/km: ((Excess emissions - 3) x €20+45€) x number of new light commercial vehicles. (b) In 2016 (i) For excess emissions of more than 3 g CO2/km: ((Excess emissions - 3) x €35+45€) x number of new light commercial vehicles. (c) In 2017 (i) For excess emissions of more than 3 g CO2/km: ((Excess emissions - 3) x €60+45€) x number of new light commercial vehicles. (d) From 2018 (i) For excess emissions of more than 3 g CO2/km: ((Excess emissions - 3) x €95+45€) x number of new light commercial vehicles.
Amendment 129 #
2008/0247(COD)
Council position
Article 8 - paragraph 4
Article 8 - paragraph 4
4. The implementation plan shall take into account – along with other measures – the development of terminals to meet the needs of rail freight running on the freight corridor. It must also take into account the implementation of appropriate safety measures for the transport of hazardous freight by rail. In particular, keepers of wagons for the transport of hazardous freight must entrust the maintenance of the wagons they own to certified maintenance workshops and take out minimum insurance cover of EUR 150 million against accidents that may arise in the course of that transport.
Amendment 151 #
2008/0247(COD)
Council position
Article 15 - paragraph 3
Article 15 - paragraph 3
3. The principles for establishing the priority rules shall at least provide, with the exception of peak hours where this paragraph shall not apply, that the train path referred to in Article 13(3) and 13(5) allocated to freight trains which comply with their scheduled time in the working timetable shall not be modified, as far as possible. The principles for establishing the priority rules shall aim at minimising the overall network recovery time with regard to the need of all types of transport. For this purpose, infrastructure managers may coordinate the management between the different types of traffic along several freight corridors.
Amendment 153 #
2008/0247(COD)
Council position
Article 15 - paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 15 - paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Each Member State through the infrastructure manager shall define in the network statement the peak hours. Peak hours shall apply only to working days and shall be limited to a maximum of three hours in the morning and to a maximum of three hours in the afternoon. In defining the peak hours regional and long distance passenger traffic shall be taken into consideration.
Amendment 164 #
2008/0247(COD)
Council position
Annex I - point 5
Annex I - point 5
Gdynia - Warsaw -Katowice- Ostrava/Zilina-Vienna- Trieste/KoperBratislava/Vienna- Graz - Klagenfurt - Udine- Venice/ Trieste - Bologna/Ravenna
Amendment 165 #
2008/0247(COD)
Council position
Annex I - point 6
Annex I - point 6
Almeriía-Valencia/ Madrid- Zaragoza/Barcelona-Marseille-Lyon- Turin-Udine- - Milan-Verona - Padua/Venice - Trieste/Koper-Ljubljana- Budapest-Zahony (Hungary-Ukraine border)
Amendment 95 #
2008/0237(COD)
Council position – amending act
Article 21 - introductory part
Article 21 - introductory part
For a journey of a scheduled duration of more than three hours the carrier shall, in case of cancellation or delay in departure from a terminal of more than twoone hours, offer the passenger free of charge:
Amendment 96 #
2008/0237(COD)
Council position – amending act
Article 21 - new subparagraph
Article 21 - new subparagraph
Amendment 101 #
2008/0237(COD)
Council position – amending act
Article 24 - paragraph 1
Article 24 - paragraph 1
(1) Carriers and terminal managing bodies shall, within their respective areas of competence, ensure that passengers are provided with appropriate and comprehensible information regarding their rights under this Regulation at the latest on departure. The information shall be provided in accessible formats, and according to a common conceptual model for public transport data and systems, at terminals and where applicable, on the Internet. This information shall include contact details of the enforcement body or bodies designated by the Member State pursuant to Article 27(1).
Amendment 35 #
2008/0147(COD)
Council position – amending act
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) The corridor on which a mark-up is allowed can include parallel, nearby and directly competing mountainous road sections to which the traffic may be diverted as a result of the introduction of the mark-up. In the case of cross-border projects, the application of this provision should be agreed upon by the Member States concerned and by the Commission.
Amendment 61 #
2008/0147(COD)
Council position – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 f – paragraph 5
Article 7 f – paragraph 5
5. The amount of the mark-up shall be deducted from the amount of the external cost charge calculated in accordance with Article 7c, except for vehicles of EURO emission classes 0, I, II and III. All revenues generated shall be invested in financing the construction of priority projects of European interest identified in Annex III to Decision No 1692/96/EC.
Amendment 71 #
2008/0147(COD)
Council position – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 g – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 7 g – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Commission shall arrange for a user guide on the implementation of the Directive to be drafted in the languages of those Member States that apply it, with a special focus on modulating congestion, so as to enable public bodies and private firms to draw up business plans that take into account the possible effects of such modulation. This guide shall be published before the Directive enters into force.
Amendment 81 #
2008/0147(COD)
Council position – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall determine the use of revenues generated by this Directive. The revenues generated from external-cost charges, or the equivalent in financial value of these revenues, shouldall be used to benefit the transport sector, to make transport more sustainable and optimise the entire transport system, including the following: (a) facilitating efficient pricing; (b) reducing road transport pollution at source; (c) mitigating the effects of road transport pollution at source; (d) improving the CO2 and energy performance of vehicles; (e) developing alternative infrastructure for transport users and/or expanding current capacity; (f) optimising logistics; or (g) improving road safety; At least 15% of the revenues generated by the external cost charge and infrastructure charge in each Member State shall be dedicated to financially supporting TEN-T projects in order to increase transport sustainability. This percentage shall gradually increase over time. As for the mark-up, the application of multiplication factors in mountain areas aimed at charging costs related to air pollution and noise shall be linked to the requirement of investing the revenues generated in the construction of priority projects of European interest identified in Annex III to Decision No 1962/96/EC.