Activities of Andris AMERIKS 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 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the report of October 2019 from the EC Expert Group on the Competitiveness of the European Rail Supply Industry states that ERTMS is a flagship of the EU industry's innovative power;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. Whereas for the new programming period, according to the EU climate tracking methodology for EU expenditure, ERTMS accounts for 40% contribution to climate and environment objectives respectively and taking into account that 30% of expenditure under the Cohesion Policy Funds and InvestEU, 37% under the Recovery and Resilience Facility and 60% under the Connecting Europe Facility must be allocated to actions combating climate change;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls that ERTMS is crucial for the creation of a Single European Railway Area; stresses, therefore, the importance of prioritizing an optimized coordination of the development and deployment of ERTMS ensuring the implementation throughout the Union of a single, transparent, stable, affordable and interoperable ERTMS system;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Welcomes that the new Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy confirms that ERTMS must be the heart of a digital rail system and that its roll out should be a key priority in order to create a truly smart transport system with efficient capacity allocation and traffic management;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Welcomes the commitment of the railway sector to enable the industrialisation of ERTMS, tackling the existing bottlenecks, in particular the standardisation of the future rail system architecture in the framework of Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking’s System Pillar.
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the new tasks entrusted to the Agency under the Fourth Railway Package, and recognises the prominent role of the Agency as a one stop shop which ensures consistency in the development of the interoperable ERTMS, that ERTMS deployment complies with the specifications in force, and that ERTMS- related European research and innovation programmes are coordinated with the development of ERTMS technical specifications; points out the importance of regulatory stability regarding the technical specifications for interoperability as a means of unlocking investments in the ERTMS and asks the Commission to analyse carefully further changes when updating the TSI for 2030 and to ensure compatibility;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that the Agency should be provided with the appropriate financial resources and powers to increase competitiveness and overcome the challenges of ERTMS deployment and functioning that still exist (harmonisation of operational rules and requirement, specification maintenance and change, and public procurement procedures etc.);
Amendment 61 #
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 which is neither efficient nor facilitates seamless interoperability;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes there is a need for a regulatory framework for the digitalisation of the rail system, and welcomes the contribution of Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking (S2R JU)and the efforts in research and innovation of Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking (S2R JU) towards achieving a more sustainable, digital, competitive, reliable and attractive railway system in Europe; strongly supports its new successor initiative, the system pillar, which coordinates the evolution of the system, new technology developments, such as the European Control and Command System (CCS), migration plans, industrialisation and deployment, especially for the ERTMS, with a view to contributing to more efficient collaboration and better use of scarce resources;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets that compared with the targets set in the European Deployment Plan, at the end of 2020 only around 13 % of the core network corridors were operated with the ERTMS, and ERTMS deployment in most of the corridors ranged between 7 % and 28 %;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Points out that there are still currently roughly 30 different national signalling systems; highlights that the Class B systems are a bottleneck for ERTMS rollout and for cross-border operations of rail traffic in European network, require a more expensive and difficult safety authorisation for operators, and are a barrier to the competitiveness of the rail transport; Recognises that especially in areas with predominantly local, domestic traffic (e.g. PSO contracts), existing class-B systems have a remaining economic life time.
Amendment 94 #
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 regulatory deadlines to be set at EU level; believes that the effectiveness of this strategy depends on the involvement of the actors concerned and is based on the understanding of the need to compensate the compelled reduction of the current system’s lifespan by means of ERTMS funding;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission, moreover, to introduce a regulatory provision to ensure that the ERTMS NIPs are legally aligned with the binding ERTMS deployment targets set in EU legislation in order to complete its introduction within the core network, due by 2030;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Points out that current national rules and the lack of harmonisation of operational requirements (such as engineering rules), which may differ along the network, affects interoperability, impeding seamless operation of the European rail networkConsiders that promoting modal shifts and efficient rail and combined transport, in particular in cross-border situations and in missing links, must be a priority for the TEN-T policy and ought to be carried out by fully deploying ERTMS; points out that in order to achieve a seamless operation of the European rail network, there is a need to harmonise current national rules and of operational requirements (such as engineering rules) and of regulatory and technical barriers, which may differ along the network; stresses the importance to ensure equal access for rail operators, accelerating electrification, ensuring interconnection and interoperability, supporting research and innovation including the Shift2Rail joint undertaking, and optimising rail freight corridors in line with demand, particularly in logistics hubs such as ports and airports; calls the Commission to take this into consideration for its upcoming proposal of the revision of the TEN-T guidelines;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Points out that current national rules and the lack of harmonisation of operational requirements (such asand engineering rules), which may differ along the network, affects interoperability, impeding seamless operation of the European rail network hampers interoperability and international operators’ business cases;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Emphasises that the next iteration of ERTMS (standards) must bring improvements to interoperability, operational performance and lifecycle cost, through: - the industrialisation of ERTMS rollout instead of the current project-approach - maintainability- and upgradeability by design supported by an open plug-and- play architecture - having fully harmonised operational rules
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Calls on the European Commission to use EU’s bilateral cooperations to promote the deployment of ERTMS within third countries;
Amendment 135 #
22 b. Calls to create a European Standardised Traffic Management System before a global standard becomes imposed on the EU
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. RPoints out that the completion of the ERTMS both trackside and on-board trains is a fundamental prerequisite to the creation of a Single European Railway Area and for allowing the proper functioning of the rail market in the TEN- T corridors; recalls that EU financial support is available for ERTMS investments both trackside and on board, but it can only cover a limited amount of the overall cost of deployment, leaving most of the investment to individual infrastructure managers and railway undertakings;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Recalls that EU financial support is available for ERTMS investments both trackside and on board, but ithis can only cover a limited amount of the overall cost of deployment, leavputting most of the investment ton the shoulders of individual infrastructure managers and railway undertakings;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Member States to ensurEuropean Commission and the Member States to ensure, promote and facilitate 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 makingand calls the Commission to encourage Member States to make the ERTMS one of their main priorities in their Recovery and Resilient Plans;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Is convinced that these funds are vital to cover the limited transition phase between ongoing R&D programs and broad operational ERTMS deployment.