Activities of Jakop G. DALUNDE related to 2019/2191(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on railway safety and signalling: assessing the state of play of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) deployment
Amendments (22)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
— having regard to Special Report 13/2017 of the European Court of Auditors (ECA) dated 3 October 2017 entitled "A single European rail traffic management system: will the political choice ever become reality?"1a _________________ 1a https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADoc uments/SR17_13/SR_ERTMS_RAIL_EN. pdf
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. Whereas a fully deployed ERTMS would allow for a traffic capacity increase of up to 30% on existing railway infrastructure;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. Whereas the ECA have warned that the full core network deployment of ERTMS is currently far behind schedule and will not be completed by the 2030 deadline;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
D b. whereas the ECA lists the lack of Commission oversight and subsequent lack of Member State coordination as one of the primary reasons for this delay;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. Whereas the ERTMS accounts for a 40% contribution to climate and environment objectives, according to the EU climate tracking methodology; recalls that EU programmes funding the deployment of ERTMS have climate mainstreaming targets, such as 30% in the Cohesion Policy Funds and InvestEU, 37% in the Recovery and Resilience Facility and 60% in the Connecting Europe Facility;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
E b. Remembering the Alvia train accident in Santiago de Compostela on 24 July 2013, where the delayed installation and activation of ERTMS constituted a contributing factor in the tragic deaths of 80 people and a further 144 injured; underlines, in the light of this accident, that the rapid deployment of ERTMS will improve the security of railway passengers and workers;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that rail is one of the most sustainable and energy-efficient modes of mass passenger and freight transport, and that rail is not yet achieving its full potential, in spite of the positive developments in the sector, such as the constant increase in rail passenger volumes and rail freight volumes, even if these have been uneven over the past few years ;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the European Green Deal calls for a major modal shift to rail and that the new Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy sets the milestones of doubling high-speed rail traffic by 2030 and rail freight traffic by 2050; welcomes the ambition, but is of the opinion that these targets should be set at a higher level; also calls for adopting ambitious targets for non-high-speed rail and regional networks;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Points out that the deployment of ERTMS will be essential in creating a European railway sector fit for the digital age, contributing to the aims set out in the EU's digital strategy;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines that an approach to ERTMS deployment coordinated between all Member States and led by the ERTMS Coordinator is the only way forward to overcome the current patchwork situation, especially with regard to cross-border projects;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls on the Commission to review and list the cross-border rail connecitons on the core and comprehensive network where full trackside deployment of ERTMS has not been achieved on both sides of the border; calls on the Commission to publish its findings publicly, in order to draw attention to the European added value of fully deploying ERTMS on these rail connections;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Calls, in this regard, for an expanded mandate of the ERTMS Coordinator in the upcoming revision of the TEN-T Regulation1a, particularly for the purpose of aligning Member States' national deployment plans and giving the Coordinator a decisive role and increased leverage in the selection of projects; considers that the Coordinator should be empowered with expanded oversight responsibilities, particularly of the main cross-border links, in view of securing the timely deployment of ERTMS; _________________ 1a OJ L 348/1, 20.12.2013, p. 1
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls for better coordination between the Agency and S2R JU in order to better prioritise investments in the digitalisation of European railways; underlines in this regard that the Agency should have a more prominent role than observer in the S2R JU governing board;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that a ten-fold increase in the deployment pace of ERTMS is urgently needed to achieve the digital transition and improve the security of the European railway system, and for the ERTMS to be rolled out on the core network by 2030 and on the comprehensive network by 2040; calls on the Commission, in this regard, to maintain and reinforce the binding nature of the targets in its revisions of the Trans- European Network Transport Programme (TEN-T) guidelines, the ERTMS European Deployment Plans (EDPs) and the CCS Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSIs);
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that the Class B decommissioning process is moving at a slow pace, and deplores the fact that only a few Member States mentioned a decommissioning datehave adopted plans for decommissioning Class B signalling systems in their ERTMS National implementation plans (NIPs), and that there is at present no legal obligation nor timetable at EU level to decommission Class B systems nor a timetable;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to come up with a decommissioning strategy for Class B systems with rlegulatoryally binding deadlines to be set at EU level; believes that the effectiveness of this strategy depends on the involvement of the actors concerned; and the willingness of Member States to fulfil their obligations under the TEN-T Regulation;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Calls for a systemic approach to the rollout of ERTMS, both from an onboard and a trackside perspective; calls on the Commission and Member States to provide incentives and produce strategies for accelerating this concerted approach; calls particularly for the accelerated deployment of onboard ERTMS equipment for rolling stock used in international freight services;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Underlines the current inefficiencies in public procurement for ERTMS deployment; calls on the Commission to work with the Agency to establish a common EU tender format for procurements, based on the idea agreed by the sector in 2018, and to address in a legislative proposal all the technical aspects for ensuring successful procurement (e.g. maintenance clauses and compliance with the latest ERTMS baseline);
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Recalls the ECA's finding that, overall in the EU, 50% of TEN-T funds originally allocated to ERTMS projects were decommitted1a and that implementation delays and reductions in project scope were the main reasons for this; calls on the Commission and Member States to address this problem; _________________ 1aFrom p. 40 in the report: https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADoc uments/SR17_13/SR_ERTMS_RAIL_EN. pdf
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Member States to ensure synergies within all the European financial instruments such as CEF and its Blending Facility, the Cohesion Funds, InvestEU, and access to Next Generation EU while making the ERTMS one of their main priorities in their Recovery and Resilient Plans; also calls on the Commission to achieve synergies between EU programmes funding the deployment of ERTMS;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Stresses that investments in the deployment of ERTMS contribute to achieving the climate and digital mainstreaming targets of EU financial instruments, and should therefore be considered a priority under the implementation of these instruments;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25 b. Stresses in particular that the Recovery and Resilience Facility presents a golden opportunity to fund the accelerated deployment of ERTMS; calls on the Member States to include investments for ERTMS in their National Recovery Plans;