Procedure completed
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | DELE | JARZEMBOWSKI Georg (PPE-DE) | |
Opinion | ECON | WIBE Sören (PSE) | |
Lead | RETT | JARZEMBOWSKI Georg (PPE-DE) | |
Lead | TRAN | SARLIS Pavlos (PPE) |
Legal Basis EC Treaty (after Amsterdam) EC 071
Activites
- 2001/03/15 Final act published in Official Journal
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2001/02/26
Final act signed
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2001/02/26
End of procedure in Parliament
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2001/02/01
Decision by Parliament, 3rd reading
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T5-0046/2001
summary
The European Parliament adopted the report by Georg JARZEMBOWSKI (EPP/ED, D). (Please refer to the previous documents). �
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T5-0046/2001
summary
- 2001/01/31 Debate in Parliament
- 2001/01/18 Report tabled for plenary, 3rd reading
- #2324
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2000/12/20
Council Meeting
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2000/12/08
Joint text approved by Conciliation Committee co-chairs
- 3660/2000
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2000/11/22
Final decision by Conciliation Committee
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2000/10/11
Formal meeting of Conciliation Committee
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2000/08/25
Parliament's amendments rejected by Council
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2000/07/05
Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading
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T5-0295/2000
summary
By approving the report drafted by Mr Georg JARZEMBOWSKI (EPP-ED, D), the European Parliament adopted, under codecision procedure, second reading, the legislative resolution on the Council common position with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council Directive amending Council Directive 91/440/EEC on the development of the Community's railways. However, this report was subject to amendments which relate in particular to: - the extension of the conditions to provide services and access rights for a transitional period; - the railway undertakings being granted rights of access to the entire European rail network for both national and international freight transport after the transitional period; - the extension of access rights, these should not be extended later than 2010 to include, on equitable conditions, all international passenger transport; - the application of paragraph 3 which shall be subject to a report by the Commission, to be submitted by four years after the entry into force of this Directive; - the Trans-European Rail Freight Network, the access that the railway undertakings are seeking to the Trans-European Rail Freight Network for a transitional period of five years after the entry into force of this Directive for the purpose of operating international freight services; - the monitoring of the use of networks and the evolution of the framework conditions in the rail sector shall be monitored by the Commission. �
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T5-0295/2000
summary
- 2000/07/04 Debate in Parliament
- 2000/06/21 Vote in committee, 2nd reading
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2000/04/13
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 2nd reading
- #2252
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2000/03/28
Council Meeting
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05386/1/2000
summary
The Common Position fully embraces the common objective of the proposals submitted by the Commission. It also endorses the broad lines of the means proposed in this Directive to attain that objective. Nevertheless, the wording of the proposal has been altered considerably in the course of discussions in Council. The key points of the Common Position are given below. It should be pointed out that there are several points on which the Common Position differs from the original proposal; on the other hand, the Common Position is much closer to the Commission's amended proposal. The main amendments made by the Council are as follows: - train operations which are limited to providing solely shuttle services for road vehicles through the Channel Tunnel, are to be excluded from the scope of the Directive; - it is specified that the term "railway undertaking" also includes undertakings which provide traction only. Furthermore, the Common Position has also introduced a new definition of "international freight service" so as to avoid any interpretation problems with Article 10(3) arising from the fact that one and the same wagon may form part of different trains in the course of one journey, and to specify that this provision does not include cabotage rights. The Council has added paragraphs relating to the separation of rail operating service from infrastructure management activities in order to secure the objective of fair and non-discriminatory access to them. To this end, the Common Position provides as follows that: - the objective in question must be shown to have been achieved; - undertakings which provide rail transport services may not be entrusted with essential functions, in particular, those relating to the issue of licences, allocation of train paths and charging for railway infrastructure. However, railway undertakings can be entrusted with merely collecting the charges and with managing infrastructures outside these essential functions, for example with investment, maintenance and financing; - these rules on separation may be waived if a Member State has established an independent rail regulator to ensure neutral, non-discriminatory access to the infrastructure; - the Directive does, however, provide for two mechanisms to guarantee neutral, non-discriminatory access to infrastructures: the Commission is required to submit a report on this subject within the framework of the European Rail Observation system. Moreover, it is provided that the Commission, assisted by an advisory committee, be able to examine and possibly annul the right of access measures taken by a Member State in the event that they are not equitable. With regard to the safety standards, the Common Position establishes the responsibilities of the Member States in the field of safety and then refers to the bodies which are to accomplish the corresponding tasks, including a reference to the principle that those bodies are to be independent of railway undertakings. It, nevertheless, provides a derogation from that principle for the enforcement and monitoring of safety standards and rules, provided neutral and non-discriminatory execution of these functions is guaranteed. Finally, it provides that the mechanisms for guaranteeing the non-discrimination in the essential functions is also applicable on the subject of safety. Moreover, the Council has taken care to clarify the text by indicating that public funds for activities relating to passenger-transport services must be shown separately in railway company accounts. In addition, the Common Position extends the right to access and transit via the railway infrastructures of the Member States to all railway undertakings for the purpose of operating international freight services, although it limits these rights to the most important part of the Trans-European Rail Freight Network, the TERFN. Lastly, the Common Position provides for the creation of a European Rail Observation System, the tasks for which are described in Article 10b, and that it should be run by the Commission. Several derogations are provided for in the Common Position concerning the application of certain measures in Ireland, Northern Ireland and in Greece, as well as for Luxembourg.�
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05386/1/2000
summary
- #2234
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1999/12/09
Council Meeting
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1999/11/25
Modified legislative proposal published
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COM(1999)0616
summary
The Commission's amended proposal accepts the European Parliament's amendments relating to : - the creation of entities separate from railway undertakings for infrastructure management after a short transitional period. This is a further step in separation, beyond that originally considered strictly necessary by the Commission, to achieve the aims of fair and non-discriminatory access to infrastructure, efficient operation and development of two distinct activities, transparency of railway finances and public support , and creation of a solid basis for setting infrastructure charges. Complete separation of transport services and infrastructure management into distinct entities would further advance the achievement of these objectives. Although the Commission accepts this amendment, it modifies the wording proposed by the Parliament to specify that each entity must have its own legal personality and places the new text in the section dealing with separation ; - the transitional period. This would oblige Member States to organise distinct divisions within a single undertaking for transport services and for infrastructure management until the separation into different entities according to Article 6, paragraph 1, takes place. This the Commission accepts but proposes to place the respective text into Article 6, paragraph 1 instead of paragraph 2. The second major change, proposed by the European Parliament and accepted by the Commission, deals with open access to railway infrastructure for international freight services. Like the Parliament, the Commission is convinced that market opening is essential to revitalise rail freight and should be undertaken in steps. It would attract new operators, bringing new ideas, fresh management and additional capital, and stimulate existing operators to improve their performance. In 1995, it proposed the creation of access rights for supplying all freight and for international passengers services and, in 1998, launched the idea of opening the freight market by stages. The Commisssion fully accepts, however, that priority should be given to establishing access rights for international freight services. The existing arrangements, under which railway undertakings are only responsible for that part of the service on their own territory, do not allow the development of seamless international services or give incentives to lower the cost and improve the quality of service. The Commission supports the Parliament's intentions. Following the Parliament's view that the opening of the rail market should be undertaken in stages, it however proposes as a first step to give access to international freight services on a defined European network, called the Trans European Rail Freight Network. Furthermore, the Commission will, 2 years after the date by which Member States have to comply with this Directive, report and make appropriate proposals. The Commission will also be assisted by an advisory committee. On the other hand, the Commission's amended proposal does not accept the amendments relating to : - the removal of the reference in recital 4 (now numbered 7) to the laying down of safety rules from the text proposed by the Commission.�
- DG ['Energy and Transport'],
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COM(1999)0616
summary
- #2204
- 1999/10/06 Council Meeting
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1999/09/16
Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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T5-0015/1999
summary
The European Parliament confirmed its first reading in the context of the codecision procedure of the text that it adopted on 10.03.1999 concerning this proposal for a directive.�
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T5-0015/1999
summary
- 1999/07/28 Committee report tabled for plenary confirming Parliament's position
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1999/07/28
Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
- #2191
- 1999/06/17 Council Meeting
- #2169
- 1999/03/29 Council Meeting
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1999/03/10
Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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T4-0165/1999
summary
At first reading under cooperation procedure, the European Parliament approved the proposal for a Council directive amending directive 91/440/EEC on the development of the Community's railways subject to amendments, notably in the following areas: - underlining that rail liberalisation should proceed in stages in conjunction with the parallel implementation of the necessary accompanying harmosation measures; - requiring access rights at this stage to be extended to all railway undertakings for the international transport of goods; - suggesting that in addition to the enforcement of safety rules, the monitoring of safety and the investigation of serious accidents should also be carried out by independent bodies; - ensuring the access to Member States' networks for railway undertakings engaged in the international transport of goods and international groupings of railway undertakings; - extending the definition of "infrastructure manager" to include any body involved in operating the control and safety systems; - requiring the Member States to create entities, separate from railway undertakings, for the management of their railway infrastructure, not later than 2 years after the directive's entry into force; - requiring the organisation of distinct divisions within a single undertaking until this has been done; - ensuring the highest possible level of safety standards. The Parliament's rapporteur is Pavlos Sarlis (PPE,GR).�
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T4-0165/1999
summary
- 1999/03/09 Debate in Parliament
- 1999/02/17 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
- #2142
- 1998/11/30 Council Meeting
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1998/10/23
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
- #2119
- 1998/10/01 Council Meeting
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1998/09/29
Legislative proposal published
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COM(1998)0480
summary
OBJECTIVE: the proposal for a directive forms part of a package of measures intended to ensure fair and non-discriminatory treatment of railway undertakings and the efficient use of infrastructure. It seeks to strengthen Directive 91/440 on the development of the Community's railways in order to improve the achievement of its objectives. SUBSTANCE: the main amendments proposed by the Commission seek to: - specify that there should be complete separation of accounts and separation of functions that determine access to the railway infrastructure; - establish that the infrastructure manager may be a public or private undertaking as well as a public body; - clarify that the separation of accounts between transport services and infrastructure management means separation of both profit and loss accounts and of balance sheets; - introduce greater transparency in the finances of passenger and freight transport services by requiring separate accounts for each of these areas; - ensure fair and non discriminatory access to infrastructure by entrusting safety regulation to bodies or undertakings that do not supply rail transport services themselves and are independent of bodies or undertakings doing so; - clarify that in the interests of efficiency infrastructure managers, like railway undertakings, should have a status independent of the State, should have business plans and should be free to manage their internal affairs. �
- DG ['Energy and Transport'],
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COM(1998)0480
summary
Documents
- Legislative proposal published: COM(1998)0480
- Debate in Council: 2119
- Debate in Council: 2142
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0058/1999
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0165/1999
- Debate in Council: 2169
- Debate in Council: 2191
- Committee report tabled for plenary confirming Parliament's position: A5-0005/1999
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0015/1999
- Debate in Council: 2204
- Modified legislative proposal published: COM(1999)0616
- Council position published: 05386/1/2000
- Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A5-0173/2000
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading: T5-0295/2000
- Joint text approved by Conciliation Committee co-chairs: 3660/2000
- Report tabled for plenary, 3rd reading: A5-0013/2001
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 3rd reading: T5-0046/2001
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- : OJ L 075 15.03.2001, p. 0001
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