Activites

• 2005/09/30 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Directive 2005/44
  • OJ L 255 30.09.2005, p. 0152-0159
• 2005/09/07 Final act signed
• 2005/09/07 End of procedure in Parliament
• #2671
• 2005/06/27 Council Meeting
• 2005/06/27 Act adopted by Council after Parliament's 1st reading
• 2005/02/23 Results of vote in Parliament
  • Results of vote in Parliament
  • T6-0042/2005 summary

    The European Parliament adopted the report by Renate SOMMER (EPP-ED, Germany) which means that this piece of legislation can now be adopted. (Please refer to the summary dated 23/11/2004 for the amendments adopted by the Parliament). It should be added that the Commission was asked to monitor the setting up of RIS and to report within three years of the Directive's entry into force.

• 2005/02/22 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 2004/12/01 Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
  • A6-0055/2004
• 2004/11/23 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• #2607
• 2004/10/07 Council Meeting
  • 2607 summary

    Pending adoption by the European Parliament at first reading, the Council agreed on a general approach on the proposal for a Directive on harmonised River Information Services (RIS) on inland waterways in the Community.The Commission will have the task of defining technical guidelines and technical specifications for ensuring the implementation and interoperability of the River Information Services. The Council introduced three main modifications into the original Commission's proposal. Firstly, more account is taken of work done by international organisations in the field of inland navigation. Secondly, the scope of the Directive has been made more precise, excluding small waterways and waterways that have no connection with a waterway of another Member State. Finally, the use of satellite positioning is recommended but not compulsory.

• 2004/09/15 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2004/05/25 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(2004)0392 summary

    PURPOSE : to increase the safety, reliability and efficiency of inland waterway transport, and thus improve the competitiveness of this cheap, economical and environmentally friendly transport mode.PROPOSED ACT : Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council.CONTENT : this proposed Directive aims to establish a framework for the deployment and use of harmonised River Traffic Information Services (RIS) in the Community in order to support inland waterway transport with a view to enhance safety, security, efficiency and environmental friendliness and to facilitate the interface with other transport modes.The proposal provides a framework under which technical requirements, specifications and conditions to ensure harmonised, interoperable and open RIS on the Community Inland Waterways will be developed. Continuity shall be ensured with other modal traffic management services, in particular maritime vessel traffic management and information services.More specifically, base don advanced information and communication technologies, RIS will include, amongst others, information regarding the navigation conditions of the waterways, the actual traffic situation in the immediate vicinity of a vessel as well as strategic traffic information important for planning of voyages, including lock, port and terminal scheduling. They will also allow for enhanced cargo and fleet management and the tracking of vessels and shipments. Data such as the position and heading of the vessel, ship's name and speed as well as information related to the cargo will be captured electronically and processed automatically.Many economic and environmental benefits are expected from RIS. Vessel operators will have their navigational operations supported. Shipping companies, ports and logistics companies will be able to optimise their transport and logistics processes and to offer the industry high quality services at lower costs. Through better planning of voyages, waiting times at locks and ports are likely to be reduced, traffic speeds adapted and fuel consumption optimised.In accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, the use of a (framework) directive is considered to be the most appropriate form to achieve the intended purpose. The technical details and standards for the implementation, however, will be adopted by the Commission in cooperation with the Member States by means of a committee procedure.FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS :- Budget line : A - 7031, Heading: Meetings and invitations in general (ABBnomenclature: 06.01.02.11).- Total cost of the action : EUR 595 500. EUR 119 100 per annum.- period of application : 2005 and end not determined.

  • DG ['Energy and Transport'],

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(2004)0392
• Debate in Council: 2607
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A6-0055/2004
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T6-0042/2005
• : Directive 2005/44
• : OJ L 255 30.09.2005, p. 0152-0159

History

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