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PURPOSE: to repeal Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 of the\nCouncil on common rules for the normalisation of the accounts of\nrailway undertakings.
\nPROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament\nand of the Council (new proposal).
\nPARLIAMENTS ROLE: Parliament decides in\naccordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal\nfooting with the Council.
\nBACKGROUND: Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 allows Member\nStates to compensate 36 enumerated railway undertakings for the\npayment of obligations which undertakings of other transport modes\ndo not have to support, such as special family allowances and\npensions. When the rules for normalisation are correctly applied,\nsuch State support is considered compatible with the internal\nmarket and Member States are exempted from State aid notification\nobligations,
\nRegulation (EEC) No 1192/69 was adopted before the\nrail market was liberalised and when rail transport in Europe was\ndeveloping primarily within national borders, with integrated\ncompanies both operating rail services and managing rail\ninfrastructure. Today, this Regulation is inconsistent and\nincompatible with legislative measures currently in force, as\nwell as with the fundamental principles laid down in Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament\nand of the Council establishing a single European\nrailway area which include that: (i) railway undertakings shall be\nmanaged according to principles that apply to commercial companies;\n(ii) entities responsible for the allocation of capacity and\ncharging for rail infrastructure shall be separate from entities\nwhich operate rail services; (iii) there shall be a separation of\naccounts; (iv) any railway undertaking licensed in accordance with\nEU criteria should have access to railway infrastructure on fair,\nnon-discriminatory terms; and (v) that infrastructure managers may\nbenefit from State financing.
\nRegulation (EEC)
\nIn the context of a liberalised market where railway\nundertakings compete directly with the traditional monopolies\nlisted in the Regulation, the Commission considers that it is not\nappropriate to discriminate between these two groups of\nundertakings.
\nIMPACT ASSESSMENT: the Commission did not undertake an\nimpact assessment. However, it requested information from Member\nStates about application of the Regulation in May 2010 and in June\n2011. Responses revealed that, between 2007 and 2010, a majority of\nMember States had not received applications from railway\nundertakings and had not made payments of compensation under the\nRegulation. A majority of Member States indicated they saw no\nongoing need for the Regulation and some explicitly expressed their\nsupport for repeal or their opinion that the Regulation is obsolete\nor out of date.
\nOn the basis of the data provided by Member States, it\nwas concluded that the impact of a repeal of the Regulation would\nbe very minimal.
\nLEGAL BASIS: Articles 91 and 109 of the Treaty on the\nFunctioning of the European Union (TFEU).
\nCONTENT: the proposed Regulation seeks to repeal\nRegulation (EEC) No 1192/69 to eliminate inconsistencies in the EU\nlegal order and will contribute to simplification by eliminating a\nlegal act which is now obsolete.
\nBUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS: there are no implications for\nthe Union budget.
\nPURPOSE: to repeal Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 of the\nCouncil on common rules for the normalisation of the accounts of\nrailway undertakings.
\nPROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament\nand of the Council (new proposal).
\nPARLIAMENTS ROLE: Parliament decides in\naccordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal\nfooting with the Council.
\nBACKGROUND: Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 allows Member\nStates to compensate 36 enumerated railway undertakings for the\npayment of obligations which undertakings of other transport modes\ndo not have to support, such as special family allowances and\npensions. When the rules for normalisation are correctly applied,\nsuch State support is considered compatible with the internal\nmarket and Member States are exempted from State aid notification\nobligations,
\nRegulation (EEC) No 1192/69 was adopted before the\nrail market was liberalised and when rail transport in Europe was\ndeveloping primarily within national borders, with integrated\ncompanies both operating rail services and managing rail\ninfrastructure. Today, this Regulation is inconsistent and\nincompatible with legislative measures currently in force, as\nwell as with the fundamental principles laid down in Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament\nand of the Council establishing a single European\nrailway area which include that: (i) railway undertakings shall be\nmanaged according to principles that apply to commercial companies;\n(ii) entities responsible for the allocation of capacity and\ncharging for rail infrastructure shall be separate from entities\nwhich operate rail services; (iii) there shall be a separation of\naccounts; (iv) any railway undertaking licensed in accordance with\nEU criteria should have access to railway infrastructure on fair,\nnon-discriminatory terms; and (v) that infrastructure managers may\nbenefit from State financing.
\nRegulation (EEC)
\nIn the context of a liberalised market where railway\nundertakings compete directly with the traditional monopolies\nlisted in the Regulation, the Commission considers that it is not\nappropriate to discriminate between these two groups of\nundertakings.
\nIMPACT ASSESSMENT: the Commission did not undertake an\nimpact assessment. However, it requested information from Member\nStates about application of the Regulation in May 2010 and in June\n2011. Responses revealed that, between 2007 and 2010, a majority of\nMember States had not received applications from railway\nundertakings and had not made payments of compensation under the\nRegulation. A majority of Member States indicated they saw no\nongoing need for the Regulation and some explicitly expressed their\nsupport for repeal or their opinion that the Regulation is obsolete\nor out of date.
\nOn the basis of the data provided by Member States, it\nwas concluded that the impact of a repeal of the Regulation would\nbe very minimal.
\nLEGAL BASIS: Articles 91 and 109 of the Treaty on the\nFunctioning of the European Union (TFEU).
\nCONTENT: the proposed Regulation seeks to repeal\nRegulation (EEC) No 1192/69 to eliminate inconsistencies in the EU\nlegal order and will contribute to simplification by eliminating a\nlegal act which is now obsolete.
\nBUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS: there are no implications for\nthe Union budget.
\nPURPOSE: to repeal Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 of the\nCouncil on common rules for the normalisation of the accounts of\nrailway undertakings.
\nPROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament\nand of the Council (new proposal).
\nPARLIAMENTS ROLE: Parliament decides in\naccordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal\nfooting with the Council.
\nBACKGROUND: Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 allows Member\nStates to compensate 36 enumerated railway undertakings for the\npayment of obligations which undertakings of other transport modes\ndo not have to support, such as special family allowances and\npensions. When the rules for normalisation are correctly applied,\nsuch State support is considered compatible with the internal\nmarket and Member States are exempted from State aid notification\nobligations,
\nRegulation (EEC) No 1192/69 was adopted before the\nrail market was liberalised and when rail transport in Europe was\ndeveloping primarily within national borders, with integrated\ncompanies both operating rail services and managing rail\ninfrastructure. Today, this Regulation is inconsistent and\nincompatible with legislative measures currently in force, as\nwell as with the fundamental principles laid down in Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament\nand of the Council establishing a single European\nrailway area which include that: (i) railway undertakings shall be\nmanaged according to principles that apply to commercial companies;\n(ii) entities responsible for the allocation of capacity and\ncharging for rail infrastructure shall be separate from entities\nwhich operate rail services; (iii) there shall be a separation of\naccounts; (iv) any railway undertaking licensed in accordance with\nEU criteria should have access to railway infrastructure on fair,\nnon-discriminatory terms; and (v) that infrastructure managers may\nbenefit from State financing.
\nRegulation (EEC)
\nIn the context of a liberalised market where railway\nundertakings compete directly with the traditional monopolies\nlisted in the Regulation, the Commission considers that it is not\nappropriate to discriminate between these two groups of\nundertakings.
\nIMPACT ASSESSMENT: the Commission did not undertake an\nimpact assessment. However, it requested information from Member\nStates about application of the Regulation in May 2010 and in June\n2011. Responses revealed that, between 2007 and 2010, a majority of\nMember States had not received applications from railway\nundertakings and had not made payments of compensation under the\nRegulation. A majority of Member States indicated they saw no\nongoing need for the Regulation and some explicitly expressed their\nsupport for repeal or their opinion that the Regulation is obsolete\nor out of date.
\nOn the basis of the data provided by Member States, it\nwas concluded that the impact of a repeal of the Regulation would\nbe very minimal.
\nLEGAL BASIS: Articles 91 and 109 of the Treaty on the\nFunctioning of the European Union (TFEU).
\nCONTENT: the proposed Regulation seeks to repeal\nRegulation (EEC) No 1192/69 to eliminate inconsistencies in the EU\nlegal order and will contribute to simplification by eliminating a\nlegal act which is now obsolete.
\nBUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS: there are no implications for\nthe Union budget.
\nThe Committee on Transport and Tourism adopted the\nreport by Jaromír KOHLÍČEK (GUE/NGL, CZ) on the\nproposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the\nCouncil repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 of the Council on\ncommon rules for the normalisation of the accounts of railway\nundertakings.
\nThe parliamentary committee recommended that the\nEuropean Parliaments position adopted at first reading under\nthe ordinary legislative procedure should amend the\nCommissions proposal.
\nMembers proposed that the decision to repeal the\ntext should be postponed. The regulation would thus enter into\nforce two years following its publication in the Official\nJournal of the European Union.
\nThe European Parliament adopted by 575 votes to 84\nwith 14 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a\nregulation of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing\nRegulation (EEC) No 1192/69 of the Council on common rules for the\nnormalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings.
\nAdopting its position at\nfirst reading under the ordinary legislative procedure, Parliament\nproposed that the decision to repeal Regulation (EEC) No\n1192/69 should be postponed. The regulation would thus\nenter into force two years following its publication in the\nOfficial Journal of the European Union.
\nThe Committee on Transport and Tourism adopted the\nreport by Jaromír KOHLÍČEK (GUE/NGL, CZ) on the\nproposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the\nCouncil repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 of the Council on\ncommon rules for the normalisation of the accounts of railway\nundertakings.
\nThe parliamentary committee recommended that the\nEuropean Parliaments position adopted at first reading under\nthe ordinary legislative procedure should amend the\nCommissions proposal.
\nMembers proposed that the decision to repeal the\ntext should be postponed. The regulation would thus enter into\nforce two years following its publication in the Official\nJournal of the European Union.
\nThe Committee on Transport and Tourism adopted the\nreport by Jaromír KOHLÍČEK (GUE/NGL, CZ) on the\nproposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the\nCouncil repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 of the Council on\ncommon rules for the normalisation of the accounts of railway\nundertakings.
\nThe parliamentary committee recommended that the\nEuropean Parliaments position adopted at first reading under\nthe ordinary legislative procedure should amend the\nCommissions proposal.
\nMembers proposed that the decision to repeal the\ntext should be postponed. The regulation would thus enter into\nforce two years following its publication in the Official\nJournal of the European Union.
\nThe Council adopted its position at position at first\nreading with a view to the adoption of a Regulation repealing\nRegulation (EEC) No 1192/69 of the Council on common rules for the\nnormalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings.
\nThe sole objective of the proposal is to repeal an\noutdated regulation which was adopted when organisations providing\nrailway services fulfilled certain responsibilities of the public\nsector. The regulation provided the framework for compensation of\nthe costs and benefits arising from such\nresponsibilities.
\nThe Council position repeals Regulation\n(EEC) No 1192/69, with the exception of the provisions of that\nRegulation that apply to the normalisation of accounts for Class IV\ncases covered by Annex IV to that Regulation. Those provisions\nshall continue to apply until 31 December 2017.
\nRegulation (EEC) 1192/69 is no longer compatible with\nthe modern organisation of the railway sector. However, the\nRegulation is still used, notably for compensation of costs\nrelating to certain level-crossing facilities. A transitional\nperiod for the compensation of level-crossing costs is therefore\njustified with a view to a smooth transition to the new\nsystem.
\nThe Committee on Transport and Tourism adopted the\nrecommendation for second reading contained in the report by Merja\nKYLLÖNEN (GUE/NGL, FI) on the Council position at first\nreading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European\nParliament and of the Council repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69\nof the Council on common rules for the normalisation of the\naccounts of railway undertakings.
\nThe committee recommended the European Parliament to\napprove the Council position at first reading without\namendment.
\nAs a reminder, the proposal is part of the market\npillar of the Fourth Railway Package which comprises three\nlegislative proposals.
\nRegulation 1192/69 on common rules for the\nnormalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings, which the\nCommission is proposing to repeal, allows Member States to\ncompensate railway undertakings for the payment of obligations\nwhich undertakings of other transport modes do not have to support.\nThose obligations may concern, for example, special payments in\ncase of accidents at work, which a railway undertaking is obliged\nto make but in the case of other transport modes are borne by the\nstate, pensions for railway workers who usually retire earlier from\ncertain arduous jobs, or the payments for costs relating to level\ncrossing facilities.
\nFollowing the adoption of Parliaments first\nreading position, interinstitutional negotiations (aimed at an\nearly second reading agreement) took place, from October 2015 to\nApril 2016, under the Luxembourg and the Dutch Presidencies of the\nCouncil. After six rounds of trilogues, Parliaments\nnegotiating team reached an agreement with the Council Presidency\non 19 April 2016.
\nDuring the early-second reading negotiations, the\nRapporteur stated that there is still need for a transitional\nperiod regarding the compensations paid for level crossing\nfacilities (Class IV) due to the fact that some Member State(s)\nstill use this Regulation as a basis for level crossing facilities\ncompensations.
\nThe Rapporteur accepted the Commission`s opinion\naccording to which the Regulation no longer respects the current\nlegal environment. The Rapporteur recommended following the\nCommissions proposal to repeal Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69,\nwith the exception of the provisions that apply to the\nnormalisation of accounts for Class IV cases covered by Annex IV.\nThose provisions shall continue to apply until 31 December 2017.\nThat would give time to Member States to adapt their national\nlegislation concerning the compensations of costs relating to\ncertain level crossing facilities.
\nThe European Parliament adopted at second reading\nfollowing the ordinary legislative procedure, a legislative\nresolution on the Council position at first reading with a view to\nthe adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the\nCouncil repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 of the Council on\ncommon rules for the normalisation of the accounts of railway\nundertakings.
\nParliament approved the Council position at first\nreading without amendment.
\nThe proposed Regulation seeks to repeal Regulation\n(EEC) No 1192/69, with the exception of the provisions that apply\nto the normalisation of accounts for Class IV cases covered by\nAnnex IV (The bearing by railway undertakings of the costs of\ncrossing facilities).
\nThose provisions shall continue to apply until 31\nDecember 2017.
\nIt should be noted that a proposal to reject the\nCouncil proposal, tabled by the ENF group, was rejected by plenary\nby 69 votes to 629 with 8 abstentions.
\nPURPOSE: to repeal Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 of the\nCouncil on common rules for the normalisation of the accounts of\nrailway undertakings.
\nPROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament\nand of the Council (new proposal).
\nPARLIAMENTS ROLE: Parliament decides in\naccordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal\nfooting with the Council.
\nBACKGROUND: Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 allows Member\nStates to compensate 36 enumerated railway undertakings for the\npayment of obligations which undertakings of other transport modes\ndo not have to support, such as special family allowances and\npensions. When the rules for normalisation are correctly applied,\nsuch State support is considered compatible with the internal\nmarket and Member States are exempted from State aid notification\nobligations,
\nRegulation (EEC) No 1192/69 was adopted before the\nrail market was liberalised and when rail transport in Europe was\ndeveloping primarily within national borders, with integrated\ncompanies both operating rail services and managing rail\ninfrastructure. Today, this Regulation is inconsistent and\nincompatible with legislative measures currently in force, as\nwell as with the fundamental principles laid down in Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament\nand of the Council establishing a single European\nrailway area which include that: (i) railway undertakings shall be\nmanaged according to principles that apply to commercial companies;\n(ii) entities responsible for the allocation of capacity and\ncharging for rail infrastructure shall be separate from entities\nwhich operate rail services; (iii) there shall be a separation of\naccounts; (iv) any railway undertaking licensed in accordance with\nEU criteria should have access to railway infrastructure on fair,\nnon-discriminatory terms; and (v) that infrastructure managers may\nbenefit from State financing.
\nRegulation (EEC)
\nIn the context of a liberalised market where railway\nundertakings compete directly with the traditional monopolies\nlisted in the Regulation, the Commission considers that it is not\nappropriate to discriminate between these two groups of\nundertakings.
\nIMPACT ASSESSMENT: the Commission did not undertake an\nimpact assessment. However, it requested information from Member\nStates about application of the Regulation in May 2010 and in June\n2011. Responses revealed that, between 2007 and 2010, a majority of\nMember States had not received applications from railway\nundertakings and had not made payments of compensation under the\nRegulation. A majority of Member States indicated they saw no\nongoing need for the Regulation and some explicitly expressed their\nsupport for repeal or their opinion that the Regulation is obsolete\nor out of date.
\nOn the basis of the data provided by Member States, it\nwas concluded that the impact of a repeal of the Regulation would\nbe very minimal.
\nLEGAL BASIS: Articles 91 and 109 of the Treaty on the\nFunctioning of the European Union (TFEU).
\nCONTENT: the proposed Regulation seeks to repeal\nRegulation (EEC) No 1192/69 to eliminate inconsistencies in the EU\nlegal order and will contribute to simplification by eliminating a\nlegal act which is now obsolete.
\nBUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS: there are no implications for\nthe Union budget.
\nThe Committee on Transport and Tourism adopted the\nreport by Jaromír KOHLÍČEK (GUE/NGL, CZ) on the\nproposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the\nCouncil repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 of the Council on\ncommon rules for the normalisation of the accounts of railway\nundertakings.
\nThe parliamentary committee recommended that the\nEuropean Parliaments position adopted at first reading under\nthe ordinary legislative procedure should amend the\nCommissions proposal.
\nMembers proposed that the decision to repeal the\ntext should be postponed. The regulation would thus enter into\nforce two years following its publication in the Official\nJournal of the European Union.
\nThe European Parliament adopted by 575 votes to 84\nwith 14 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a\nregulation of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing\nRegulation (EEC) No 1192/69 of the Council on common rules for the\nnormalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings.
\nAdopting its position at\nfirst reading under the ordinary legislative procedure, Parliament\nproposed that the decision to repeal Regulation (EEC) No\n1192/69 should be postponed. The regulation would thus\nenter into force two years following its publication in the\nOfficial Journal of the European Union.
\nThe Council adopted its position at position at first\nreading with a view to the adoption of a Regulation repealing\nRegulation (EEC) No 1192/69 of the Council on common rules for the\nnormalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings.
\nThe sole objective of the proposal is to repeal an\noutdated regulation which was adopted when organisations providing\nrailway services fulfilled certain responsibilities of the public\nsector. The regulation provided the framework for compensation of\nthe costs and benefits arising from such\nresponsibilities.
\nThe Council position repeals Regulation\n(EEC) No 1192/69, with the exception of the provisions of that\nRegulation that apply to the normalisation of accounts for Class IV\ncases covered by Annex IV to that Regulation. Those provisions\nshall continue to apply until 31 December 2017.
\nRegulation (EEC) 1192/69 is no longer compatible with\nthe modern organisation of the railway sector. However, the\nRegulation is still used, notably for compensation of costs\nrelating to certain level-crossing facilities. A transitional\nperiod for the compensation of level-crossing costs is therefore\njustified with a view to a smooth transition to the new\nsystem.
\nThe Committee on Transport and Tourism adopted the\nrecommendation for second reading contained in the report by Merja\nKYLLÖNEN (GUE/NGL, FI) on the Council position at first\nreading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European\nParliament and of the Council repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69\nof the Council on common rules for the normalisation of the\naccounts of railway undertakings.
\nThe committee recommended the European Parliament to\napprove the Council position at first reading without\namendment.
\nAs a reminder, the proposal is part of the market\npillar of the Fourth Railway Package which comprises three\nlegislative proposals.
\nRegulation 1192/69 on common rules for the\nnormalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings, which the\nCommission is proposing to repeal, allows Member States to\ncompensate railway undertakings for the payment of obligations\nwhich undertakings of other transport modes do not have to support.\nThose obligations may concern, for example, special payments in\ncase of accidents at work, which a railway undertaking is obliged\nto make but in the case of other transport modes are borne by the\nstate, pensions for railway workers who usually retire earlier from\ncertain arduous jobs, or the payments for costs relating to level\ncrossing facilities.
\nFollowing the adoption of Parliaments first\nreading position, interinstitutional negotiations (aimed at an\nearly second reading agreement) took place, from October 2015 to\nApril 2016, under the Luxembourg and the Dutch Presidencies of the\nCouncil. After six rounds of trilogues, Parliaments\nnegotiating team reached an agreement with the Council Presidency\non 19 April 2016.
\nDuring the early-second reading negotiations, the\nRapporteur stated that there is still need for a transitional\nperiod regarding the compensations paid for level crossing\nfacilities (Class IV) due to the fact that some Member State(s)\nstill use this Regulation as a basis for level crossing facilities\ncompensations.
\nThe Rapporteur accepted the Commission`s opinion\naccording to which the Regulation no longer respects the current\nlegal environment. The Rapporteur recommended following the\nCommissions proposal to repeal Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69,\nwith the exception of the provisions that apply to the\nnormalisation of accounts for Class IV cases covered by Annex IV.\nThose provisions shall continue to apply until 31 December 2017.\nThat would give time to Member States to adapt their national\nlegislation concerning the compensations of costs relating to\ncertain level crossing facilities.
\nThe European Parliament adopted at second reading\nfollowing the ordinary legislative procedure, a legislative\nresolution on the Council position at first reading with a view to\nthe adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the\nCouncil repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 of the Council on\ncommon rules for the normalisation of the accounts of railway\nundertakings.
\nParliament approved the Council position at first\nreading without amendment.
\nThe proposed Regulation seeks to repeal Regulation\n(EEC) No 1192/69, with the exception of the provisions that apply\nto the normalisation of accounts for Class IV cases covered by\nAnnex IV (The bearing by railway undertakings of the costs of\ncrossing facilities).
\nThose provisions shall continue to apply until 31\nDecember 2017.
\nIt should be noted that a proposal to reject the\nCouncil proposal, tabled by the ENF group, was rejected by plenary\nby 69 votes to 629 with 8 abstentions.
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