Activities of Gilles PARGNEAUX related to 2013/0013(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
Domestic passenger transport services by rail - Normalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings - European Union Agency for Railways - Single European railway area - Railway safety - Interoperability of the rail system (continuation of debate)
Domestic passenger transport services by rail - Normalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings - European Union Agency for Railways - Single European railway area - Railway safety - Interoperability of the rail system (continuation of debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 of the Council on common rules for the normalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings PDF (174 KB) DOC (250 KB)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) A series of legislative measures has been adopted at European level, opening up the rail freight and international rail passenger markets to competition and establishing, by way of Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 establishing a single European railway area (recast), certain fundamental principles which include that railway undertakings shall be managed according to principles that apply to commercial companies, that entities responsible for the allocation of capacity and charging for rail infrastructure shall be separate from entities which operate rail services and that there shall be a separation of accounts, that any railway undertaking licensed in accordance with EU criteria should have access to railway infrastructure on fair, non-discriminatory terms, and that infrastructure managers may benefit from State financing. This directive will bring about far-reaching changes in the rail sector, and will in some cases necessitate difficult adjustments to current practices. The time limit for transposition of Directive 2012/34/EU into national law is 16 June 2015.
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Railway undertakings may, in certain situations, be obliged to make payments which undertakings in other transport modes do not have to make, such as special family allowances, insurance premiums and contributions to pension schemes. In the current economic climate, where railways are under-funded in many Member States, additional resources to guarantee public financial support for railway undertakings should be maintained for as long as is needed to evaluate in detail the consequences of Directive 2012/34/EU and identify the various possible options for development.
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 b (new)
Recital 2 b (new)
(2b) The Member States’ insurance and pension schemes for railway undertakings diverge from those applicable to other modes of transport, in that they involve, for example, an obligation on railway undertakings to pay additional social allowances in respect of particular medical treatment or supplementary days of rest or early retirement schemes for workers performing arduous work in the railway sector. Such obligations, deriving from the respective national legislative framework, must be able to be covered by the provision of public financial support to railway undertakings.
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 c (new)
Recital 2 c (new)
(2c) The provisions of Directive 2012/34/EU must be transposed by Member States into national law by 2015. Owing to the complexity of the systems which make up the rail sector, it will only then be possible to assess the impact of these provisions on the rail sector. Before abandoning the current provisions on the normalisation of accounts, it is useful to assess in greater detail the effects of such a change on the rail system.
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
At the latest two years after the date of entry into force of directive X, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions assessing the development of the rail sector. On the basis of that report, the Commission shall, if it deems it appropriate, propose the repeal or amendment of Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 is repealed.