18 Amendments of Gilles PARGNEAUX related to 2013/0016(COD)
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ‘Union rail system’ means the conventional and high-speed Union rail system as defined in Article 2 of Directive [xx on interoperability of the rail system];
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) ‘safety management system’ means the organisation and arrangementprocedures established by an infrastructure manager or a railway undertaking to ensure the safe management of its operations;
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point k
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point k
(k) ‘accident’ means an unwanted or unintended sudden event or a specific chain of such events which have harmful consequences; accidents are divided into the following categories: collisions, derailments, level-crossing accidents caused by failures in the rail system, accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion, fires and others;
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point u
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point u
(u) ‘vehicle’ means a railway vehicle suitable for circulation on its own wheels on railway lines, with or without traction in a fixed or variable composition. A vehicle is composed of one or more structural and functional subsystems;
Amendment 206 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point c a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point c a (new)
(ca) the keepers and carriers, including subcontractors, where they are not railway undertakings;
Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point c b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point c b (new)
(cb) the consignees and unloaders.
Amendment 262 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. TheBefore any new service gets under way, a single safety certificate shall be granted by the Agency on the basis of the evidence that the railway undertaking has establishedput in place its safety management system in accordance with Article 9 and meets the requirements laid down in TSIs and, in other relevant legislation and in the rules specific to the system in order to control risks and provide transport services safely on the network.
Amendment 277 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. The single safety certificate shall specify the type and extent of the railway operations covered. It shall be valirecognised throughout the Union for equivalent operations.
Amendment 284 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Three months before the start of operation of any new service, the railway undertaking shall notify to the relevant national safety authorityprovide the Agency with the documentation confirming that:
Amendment 288 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 291 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Amendment 294 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) the type and, extent and scope of its intended operation corresponds to thatose specified in its single safety certificate.
Amendment 300 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 307 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The holder of the single safety certificate shall inform the Agency without delay of any major changes in the conditions of the single safety certificate. It shall furthermore notify the Agency whenever new categories of safety-critical staff or new types of rolling stock that differ substantially from the holder’s existing fleet are introduced.
Amendment 313 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 6
Article 10 – paragraph 6
6. If a national safety authority or the Agency finds that athe holder of a single safety certificate no longer satisfies the conditions for certification, it shall ask the Agency to revoke it. The Agency maythe Agency shall amend, suspend or revoke the single safety certificate, giving the reasons for its decision. The Agency shall immediately inform all the national safety authorities of the networks on which the railway undertaking operates of the step(s) it has taken.
Amendment 319 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 7
Article 10 – paragraph 7
7. The Agency shall inform the national safety authorities, within one monthout delay, of the issue, renewal, amendment or revocation of a single safety certificate. It shall state the name and address of the railway undertaking, the issue date, the scope and validity of the certificate and, in the case of revocation, the reasons for its decision. The Agency shall, without delay, update the relevant register and its database.
Amendment 327 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9 a (new)
Any natural or legal person may appeal to the Board of Appeal provided for in Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No .../... [regulation setting up the Agency] against decisions taken by the Agency or its failure to take a decision within the time limits stipulated in accordance with that Article. Although a decision is addressed to a specific natural or legal person, any other natural or legal persons may appeal against it if it affects them directly and personally. Moreover, these same rights shall apply to bodies representing such natural or legal persons.
Amendment 388 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) checking that the vehicles and types of vehicle authorised for placing in service meet the critical requirements and specific rules of the system concerned, in accordance with Article [X] of Directive [XX] on the interoperability of the rail system;