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1995/2102(INI) Transport: public services and state aid

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead TRAN CASTRICUM Frits (icon: PES PES)
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 54

Events

1997/02/03
   Final act published in Official Journal
1997/01/17
   EP - Text adopted by Parliament, single reading
1997/01/17
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Documents
1997/01/17
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
1997/01/15
   EP - Debate in Parliament
Details

The rapporteur, Mr Castricum (PSE, NL), was in favour of including in the Treaty a commitment to reinforce the public aspect of the transport service. As regards the issue of subsidies, he made a distinction between new networks and the costs of modernising and operating existing networks. The Commission, in his opinion, should comprehensively assess the situation throughout the EU and decide, on a case-by-case basis, whether additional rules should be laid down at EU level to regulate the market, particularly in the cross-border regions. Commissioner Kinnock did not agree with the idea of including a specific article on the public service in the Treaty. Instead of a new legal basis, he advocated inserting in Article 3 of the Treaty a reference to the promotion of services of general interest, as proposed by the Commission in its ad hoc communication. This reference would also cover the area of transport. As for financing this type of service, Commissioner Kinnock stressed that the relevant decision should be made by the competent authorities at national level. However, the Commission should establish a reference legal framework valid for the whole EU and should regulate the issue of subsidies according to the principles of transparency and proportionality, thus avoiding any sort of state aid being used to cover losses caused by inefficient management of the public service.

1996/12/19
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
1996/12/19
   EP - Vote in committee
1996/12/18
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
Documents
1995/06/13
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
1995/05/23
   EP - CASTRICUM Frits (PES) appointed as rapporteur in TRAN

Documents

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)

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  • date: 1995-06-13T00:00:00 body: EP type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading committees: body: EP responsible: True committee: TRAN date: 1995-05-23T00:00:00 committee_full: Transport and Tourism rapporteur: group: PSE name: CASTRICUM Frits
  • body: EP committees: body: EP responsible: True committee: TRAN date: 1995-05-23T00:00:00 committee_full: Transport and Tourism rapporteur: group: PSE name: CASTRICUM Frits docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A4-1996-419&language=EN type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading title: A4-0419/1996 date: 1996-12-19T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • date: 1997-01-15T00:00:00 body: EP type: Debate in Parliament
  • date: 1997-01-17T00:00:00 docs: type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title: T4-0020/1997 body: EP type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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  • date: 1996-12-05T00:00:00 docs: title: PE219.909/AM type: Amendments tabled in committee body: EP
  • date: 1996-12-19T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A4-1996-419&language=EN title: A4-0419/1996 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:C:1997:033:TOC title: OJ C 033 03.02.1997, p. 0023 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading body: EP
  • date: 1997-01-17T00:00:00 docs: url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:C:1997:033:TOC title: OJ C 033 03.02.1997, p. 0112-0127 title: T4-0020/1997 summary: type: Text adopted by Parliament, single reading body: EP
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  • date: 1995-06-13T00:00:00 type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
  • date: 1996-12-19T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading body: EP summary:
  • date: 1996-12-19T00:00:00 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A4-1996-419&language=EN title: A4-0419/1996
  • date: 1997-01-15T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP summary: The rapporteur, Mr Castricum (PSE, NL), was in favour of including in the Treaty a commitment to reinforce the public aspect of the transport service. As regards the issue of subsidies, he made a distinction between new networks and the costs of modernising and operating existing networks. The Commission, in his opinion, should comprehensively assess the situation throughout the EU and decide, on a case-by-case basis, whether additional rules should be laid down at EU level to regulate the market, particularly in the cross-border regions. Commissioner Kinnock did not agree with the idea of including a specific article on the public service in the Treaty. Instead of a new legal basis, he advocated inserting in Article 3 of the Treaty a reference to the promotion of services of general interest, as proposed by the Commission in its ad hoc communication. This reference would also cover the area of transport. As for financing this type of service, Commissioner Kinnock stressed that the relevant decision should be made by the competent authorities at national level. However, the Commission should establish a reference legal framework valid for the whole EU and should regulate the issue of subsidies according to the principles of transparency and proportionality, thus avoiding any sort of state aid being used to cover losses caused by inefficient management of the public service.
  • date: 1997-01-17T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: title: T4-0020/1997 summary:
  • date: 1997-01-17T00:00:00 type: End of procedure in Parliament body: EP
  • date: 1997-02-03T00:00:00 type: Final act published in Official Journal
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