Activities of Anna DEPARNAY-GRUNENBERG related to 2022/2022(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the action plan to boost long-distance and cross-border passenger rail
Amendments (46)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation -1 (new)
Citation -1 (new)
-1 having regard to the Green Deal and subsequent ‘Fit for 55’ package and the clear aim to end fossil fuel dependence in transport
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
— having regard to the White Paper 'Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system' 1a _________________ 1a https://eur- lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do? uri=COM:2011:0144:FIN:EN:PDF
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 b (new)
Citation 1 b (new)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 c (new)
Citation 1 c (new)
— having regard to the Steer and KCW study of October 2021 “Long distance cross-border passenger rail Services” 1a _________________ 1a https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2832/019365
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 d (new)
Citation 1 d (new)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas the climate emergency demands a substantial change in mobility patterns from each and every one of us
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the European Year of Rail 2021 was an opportunity to fospromoter a shift towards making rail the backbone of passenger transport across the Union;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s action plan and supports the proposed targetintentions to make rail transport more attractive, competitive and efficient;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point -a (new)
Paragraph 2 – point -a (new)
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point a
Paragraph 2 – point a
a) contributing to the establishment of the single European railway area, that can meet the mobility needs of Europe’s citizens, which will help to improve the EU internal market and foster the socio- economic cohesion of the Union;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point b
Paragraph 2 – point b
b) boosting intra- as well as inter- modal connectivity across the whole of Europe, including rural areas, remote regions, islands, mountainous areas and less populated zones;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point c
Paragraph 2 – point c
c) improving the efficiency and quality of transport, while reducing travel times and ticket prfocussing increasingly on improving quality of services;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point d
Paragraph 2 – point d
d) ensuring fair competitionve frameworks among rail operators and between different modes ofestablishing a competitive level playing field between transport modes;
Amendment 40 #
e) ensuring the protection of passengers’ rights, guaranteeing equal access for all and fostering the attractiveness of rail transport for young peopleand further reinforcement of passengers’ rights, fostering the attractiveness of rail and guaranteeing equal access for all by fully implementing the European Accessibility Act;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the full deployment of the ERTMS, including in the upcoming revision of the TEN-T regulation will help to create a digital single European railway area, ensuring the development of increased network capacity, safe, secure and efficient rail transport services for long-distance and cross-border connections;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights that boosting long- distance rail transport must also improve the connection of regional, urban and peripheral areas to TEN-Tbe accompanied with an integration into different inter-regional, regional, urban and peri-urban rail networks as well as with other modes and TEN-T, making door-to-door mobility easier, more accessible and more comfortable for passengers ;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls for efforts to extend the coordinated timetables that have already been introduced in some member states onto the EU level to encourage easy and smooth travel for all EU citizens across borders;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the timely completion of the multimodal, seamless TEN-T core network corridors by 2030 is impewill be a first step to further network integrativeon and must involve the elimination of bottlenecks and missing links and the completion of cross-border sections; supports the planned high-speed rail connections in the extended core network, to be realised by 2040s well as the (re)instatement of missing regional cross- border railway links and the completion of cross-border sections;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calling for a dedicated financing tool for cross-border regional missing rail links which are not already eligible under Connecting Europe Facility (CEF);
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Supports the planned high-speed rail connections in the extended core TEN-T, to be realised by 2040, focussing in particular on those connections that have the potential to replace the busiest short-haul flight connections;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that in order for TEN-T to play its role in fostering socio-economic cohesion in the EU internal market, given that only 44% of EU border residents currently have access to rail services1a and that appropriate multimodal transport andsolutions are often missing, a smart connectivity to the TEN-T core network must be developed foris needed and a further integration of different national networks must be developed, also including rural, remote, insular, peripheral and other disadvantaged areas, many of which have considerable room for socio-economic improvement; _________________ 1a https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti cle/pii/S2213624X21000055?via%3Dihub
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Sufficient rolling stock availability
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls to strengthen the ERA in her role of certifying and authorising rolling stock in order to ensure smooth and timely processes in particular for cross- border relations, as well as consolidating and reducing the number of national rules; furthermore, encourages both ERA and member states to speed-up their collaboration on the ‘go-everywhere’ rolling stock specifications;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on railway companies to plan sufficient orders of high-speed rolling stock, in line with the Commission’s goals to double high-speed by 2040; equally the rolling stock for night trains services needs timely planning in order to facilitate the renaissance of night trains; furthermore sufficient availability of rolling stock for the forthcoming planned reinstatement of regional cross-border rail links needs to be anticipated;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. In view of its stated intentions, to encourage the Commission to further study and assess the possibility to establish a European rolling stock pool and to continue discussions on how to implement this with the EIB;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission to monitor the implementation of bicycle carriage in cross-border passenger trains as foreseen in the passenger rights regulation and to assess whether further legislative action is required;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the importance of ensuring improved use of the network effects and calls for measures to smooth passenger flow, including establishing transit and terminal nodes aloboth within the different segments of the rail sector including high- speed routes and within different transport modes;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Highlights that for an efficient use of the network, the availability of capacity and an absence of bottlenecks is key in order to increase the modal share of rail;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Encourages the Commission to use the ‘connectivity index’, she is currently developing, for the precise identification of necessary infrastructure investment that is needed to secure the network effect;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Insists on the need to improve the provision of more efficient cross-border track allocation;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses the importance of setting fair and appropriate pricing for all operators, while ensuringa competitive framework amongst transport modes that ensures fair and efficient pricing for all operators, that ensures the internalisation of all external costs of all modes and leads to market prices that clearly indicate the best socio-economic and environmental choice; it is paramount to ensure that infrastructure networks are adequately funded;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Acknowledges that making long- distance rail passenger services more attractive requires more accessible smart ticketing andthrough-ticketing that in its design already contains the possibility for the eventual introduction of multimodal ticketing; this needs to be accompanied by appropriate protection for passengers in the event of delays or missed connections for single options and through tickets, ensuring, as a minimum, journey continuation;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Realising the necessity to fully implement the European Accessibility Act and in relation to ticketing to ensure that appropriate alternatives exist for different passengers needs;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Inviting that rail tickets clearly indicate information on the CO2 footprint of the booked journey as is already publicly available1a in order to further encourage modal shift via well-informed mobility planning; _________________ 1a http://www.ecopassenger.org/bin/query.ex e/en?L=vs_uic
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Takes note of the Commission’s upcoming proposal for a regulation on multimodal digital mobility services to enhance data exchange and facilitate the conclusion of fair commercial agreements; recognises the need to grant passengers, tour operators, and ticket vendors access to all booking and reservation systems in a non-discriminatory and accessible way via openly standardised, machine- readable formats, through application programming interfaces (APIs) to provide all the data necessary to successfully conclude cross border through-ticketing;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses the importance of ensuring fair and advantageous, easily accessible and affordable ticket prices for all categories of passengers, including the most vulnerable;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Considers that all possible avenues should be explored to ensure a level playing field with other transport modes, including the possibility ofwelcoming Commission’s announcement to assess an EU-wide VAT exemption for international train services, and the revision and simplification of State aid;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Encourages the Commission to pursue the introduction of kerosene taxation;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Invites the Commission to pursue its efforts to fully internalise all external cost of transport and fully implement the polluter- and user pays principle;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Believes that public service obligations can promote the use of rail, including in long-distance passenger transport, in particular in the case of market failures in cross-border and last- mile routes, perhaps in combination with other profitable segments of the network;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. NEW TITLE: Fostering modal shift through behavioural change
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 c (new)
Paragraph 28 c (new)
28c. Welcomes the Commission's planned initiatives to make the provision of cross border night train services easier and furthermore encourages the rail undertakings to realise the full potential of night trains;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 d (new)
Paragraph 28 d (new)
28d. Invites the Commission to consider a ban on short-haul flights for relations where viable rail connections exist below 5 hours or night trains no longer than 12 hours;