Activites

• 2004/04/30 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Directive 2004/50
  • OJ L 164 30.04.2004, p. 0114
  • Corrigendum to final act 32004L0050R(01)
  • OJ L 220 21.06.2004, p. 0040-0057
• 2004/04/30 Final act signed
• 2004/04/29 End of procedure in Parliament
• #2578
• 2004/04/26 Council Meeting
• 2004/04/22 Decision by Parliament, 3rd reading
  • T5-0357/2004 summary

    The European Parliament approved the agreements in conciliation on the second rail package. (Please refer to the previous summary).�

• 2004/04/21 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 2004/03/23 Joint text approved by Conciliation Committee co-chairs
  • 3639/2004
• 2004/03/16 Report tabled for plenary, 3rd reading
  • A5-0243/2004
• 2004/03/16 Formal meeting of Conciliation Committee
• #2555
• 2003/12/22 Council Meeting
• 2003/10/23 Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading
  • T5-0455/2003 summary

    The European Parliament adopted a resolution drafted by Sylviane AINARDI (EUL/NGL, France) making a few amendments to the common position. (Please see the document dated 01/10/03.) An additional clause states the directive establishes the conditions to be met to achieve interoperability of the trans-European conventional rail system. These conditions concern the design, construction, putting into service, upgrading, renewal, operation and maintenance of the parts of this system put into service after the date of entry into force of the directive, as well as the professional qualifications and health and safety conditions of its staff.�

• 2003/10/21 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 2003/10/01 Vote in committee, 2nd reading
  • A5-0321/2003
• 2003/07/03 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 2nd reading
• #2516
• 2003/06/25 Council Meeting
  • 08556/2/2003 summary

    The Council adopted, by qualified majority, the "Second Railway Package", the Belgian, French and Luxembourg delegations voting against, establishing a single market for rail transport service. This package includes the following legal texts: - the Directive on the interoperability of the trans-European rail system; - the Directive on safety on the Community's railways; - the Directive on the development of the Community's railways (market access); - the Regulation establishing a European Railway Agency. The common position concerning the draft Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 96/48/EC and Directive 2001/16/EC on the interoperability of the trans-European rail system accepts 4 amendments proposed by the European Parliament. The main elements are as follows: - the Council's common position retains the principle of applying the provisions of the Directive to the entire railway network in the European Union. However, because of a number of financial and economic considerations, it provides for a more gradual introduction of the technical specifications for interoperability (TSI) than proposed by the Commission; - a first group of new TSI and/or TSI amendments should now be developed by 1 January 2009; - for the application of a specific TSI, further categories of lines and rolling stock have been added in Annex III, as well as the possibility to further subdivide these categories as required. This will allow the specific TSI to be applied in the most cost-effective way; - the common position expands the possibilities for exemptions from the application of the provisions of a TSI.�

• #X018
• 2003/03/27 Council Meeting
• 2003/01/14 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
  • T5-0006/2003 summary

    The European Parliament adopted a resolution drafted by Sylviane AINARDI (EUL/NGL, France) making several amendments to the Commission's proposals. (Please refer to the document dated 27/11/02.) Parliament made the following additional amendments: - a definition of "placing on the market"; - a new clause stating that the Directive sets out to establish the conditions to met to achieve interoperability with Community territory of the trans-European conventional rail system. These conditions concern the design, construction, putting into service, upgrading, renewal, operation and maintenance of the parts of this system put into service after the entry into force of the Directive, as well as the professional qualifications and health and safety conditions of the staff who contribute to its operation and maintenance; - where so required by the TSIs, the notified body with which the manufacturer or his authorised representative established in the Community has lodged an application will carry out assessment of the suitability for use of an interoperability constituent.�

• #2472
• 2002/12/05 Council Meeting
  • 2472
• 2002/11/27 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A5-0418/2002
• #X017
• 2002/10/03 Council Meeting
  • X017
• #2420
• 2002/03/25 Council Meeting
  • 2420
• 2002/02/27 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2002/01/24 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(2002)0022 summary

    PURPOSE : to amend Directives 96/48/CE et 2001/16/CE to take account of experience in implementing the Directives, and the development of the technical specifications for interoperability (TSIs), proposals on safety and an Agency, and the adoption of the infrastructure package. CONTEXT : This proposal is part of a package to revitalise the Community railway system by creating an integrated European railway system. The directive is linked to other proposals in this same package, in particular the proposal to establish a common regulatory framework for railway safety and the proposal to create a European Rail Agency. It applies a gradual approach to harmonisation and the development of common principles, taking into account the great differences that exist between the Member States. The other measures in the package relate to safety, the establishment of a European Railway Agency, and the integration of the rail freight market. CONTENT : Directive 2001/16/EC on the interoperability of the conventional rail system, like that on the high-speed system, introduces Community procedures for the preparation and adoption of TSIs and common rules for assessing conformity to these specifications.The directive requires a first group of priority TSIs to be adopted within three years, i.e. in 2004, in certain areas. A number of lessons have been learned from the work on developing TSIs in the high-speed sector, the application of the directive to specific projects and the work of the Committee set up under Article 21 of Directive 96/48/EC, which have led the Commission to propose changes to the two rail interoperability directives.They mainly concern the following points: -precise objectives of the directive, -geographical scope, -technical scope, -how the European specifications should be used, -coordination of the notified bodies, -application of the directive and of the TSIs in the case of upgrading, renewal and maintenance work, -implementation strategy to be specified in the TSIs, -verifications after placing in service, with TSIs not covering all the essential requirements, -need for registers of infrastructure and rolling stock and -independence of the notified bodies.Furthermore, the establishment of an Agency and the adoption of a directive on safety, as proposed jointly with this proposal, (please see COD /2002/0022, COD/2002/0024, COD/2002/0025) mean that some provisions of the two rail interoperability directives need to be reformulated.In particular, the mandates for developing and reviewing the TSIs would no longer be addressed to the joint representative body, but to the Agency, which would assume responsibility for the draft TSI while relying on the joint working groups proposed by the JRB. Lastly, the adoption of the "infrastructure package" (Directives 2001/12, 13 and 14) means that the entry into force of these new directives also has an impact on the implementation of interoperability. In particular, the complete opening up of the rail network to international freight services, scheduled for 2008 by Directive 2001/12/EC, implies the need to implement interoperability on the whole network. It is therefore necessary to extend the geographical scope, in particular since the related proposal to amend Directive 91/440/EEC provides for opening up the network sooner.

  • DG ['Energy and Transport'],

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(2002)0022
• Debate in Council: 2420
• Debate in Council: X017
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A5-0418/2002
• Debate in Council: 2472
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0006/2003
• Council position published: 08556/2/2003
• Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A5-0321/2003
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading: T5-0455/2003
• Report tabled for plenary, 3rd reading: A5-0243/2004
• Joint text approved by Conciliation Committee co-chairs: 3639/2004
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 3rd reading: T5-0357/2004
• : Directive 2004/50
• : OJ L 164 30.04.2004, p. 0114
• : Corrigendum to final act 32004L0050R(01)
• : OJ L 220 21.06.2004, p. 0040-0057

History

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