1 Amendments of Dominique RIQUET related to 2014/2040(BUD)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of the creation and effective functioning of a Single European railway area without frontiers by improving the level of interoperability and safety of railway systems and safety, thus improving the competitive position of the railway sector; in this regard notes that the Fourth Railway Package foresees ceimportaint new functions and task, tasks and responsibilities to be assigned to the European Railway Agency and part of them will be financed by fees and charges paid by the industry; believes that the allocation of extra financial and human resources for the Agency's new tasks shall; considers that any resources of its own which the industry expends should be appraised realistically and should not, therefore, compromise the Agency's new tasks, which for their part should be based on clearly defined needs and according to the timescale agreed by co- legislators at the end of negotiations.