Activities of Saïd EL KHADRAOUI related to 2010/0253(COD)
Plenary speeches (3)
Single European railway area (debate)
Single European railway area (debate)
Single European railway area (debate)
Amendments (26)
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) In order to complete a European railway area, complete interoperability of the rail system at European level is necessary. The European Railway Agency should be assigned the appropriate powers and resources to attain this objective more quickly, inter alia as regards the development of common standards for certification of rolling stock and safety and signalling systems.
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) In order to complete a European railway area, complete interoperability of the rail system at European level is necessary. The European Railway Agency should be assigned the appropriate powers and resources to attain this objective more quickly, inter alia as regards the development of common standards for certification of rolling stock and safety and signalling systems.
Amendment 244 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 58 a (new)
Recital 58 a (new)
Amendment 244 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 58 a (new)
Recital 58 a (new)
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – title
Article 6 – title
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – title
Article 6 – title
Amendment 307 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 307 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 311 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. TIn order to ensure full transparency of infrastructure costs, the accounts for the different areas of activity referred to in paragraphs 1, 2a and 3 shall be kept in a way that allows monitoring of the prohibition on transferring public funds paid to oneincome from infrastructure charges, surpluses from other commercial activities of and public funds paid to the infrastructure manager to another area of activity to another.
Amendment 311 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. TIn order to ensure full transparency of infrastructure costs, the accounts for the different areas of activity referred to in paragraphs 1, 2a and 3 shall be kept in a way that allows monitoring of the prohibition on transferring public funds paid to oneincome from infrastructure charges, surpluses from other commercial activities of and public funds paid to the infrastructure manager to another area of activity to another.
Amendment 323 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 323 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 329 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Amendment 329 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Amendment 335 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. When the provisBy the date of transpositions of Chapter IV, Sections 2 and 3 refer to essential functions of an infrastructure manager, they shall be understood as applying to the charging body or the allocation body for their respective competenciesthis Directive, Member States shall report to the Commission on how the obligations of Annex I a have been implemented. The Commission shall then report to the European Parliament and to the Council on this implementation.
Amendment 335 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. When the provisBy the date of transpositions of Chapter IV, Sections 2 and 3 refer to essential functions of an infrastructure manager, they shall be understood as applying to the charging body or the allocation body for their respective competenciesthis Directive, Member States shall report to the Commission on how the obligations of Annex I a have been implemented. The Commission shall then report to the European Parliament and to the Council on this implementation.
Amendment 340 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Without prejudice to the criteria laid down in Annex Ia transfer of staff shall be allowed between infrastructure managers and railway undertakings under the condition that the prohibition on transferring commercially sensitive information related to the essential functions is duly respected. The transfer of such staff shall respect the relevant national law and regulatory provisions on health, safety, social conditions and the rights of workers and shall not lead to any deterioration of the social and working conditions of workers.
Amendment 340 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Without prejudice to the criteria laid down in Annex Ia transfer of staff shall be allowed between infrastructure managers and railway undertakings under the condition that the prohibition on transferring commercially sensitive information related to the essential functions is duly respected. The transfer of such staff shall respect the relevant national law and regulatory provisions on health, safety, social conditions and the rights of workers and shall not lead to any deterioration of the social and working conditions of workers.
Amendment 388 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The Commission shall instruct the European Railway Agency to prepare a comparative analysis of the setting of the amounts of the levies in the Member States in order to establish a uniform method of calculation to determine the amount of the levies.
Amendment 388 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The Commission shall instruct the European Railway Agency to prepare a comparative analysis of the setting of the amounts of the levies in the Member States in order to establish a uniform method of calculation to determine the amount of the levies.
Amendment 463 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. In this context, the Commission shall closely involve representatives of the Member States, including representatives of the regulatory bodies, and of the sectors concerned in its work, including usthe railways sector's social partners and customers, so that they are able better to monitor the development of the railway sector and the evolution of the market, to assess the effect of the measures adopted and to analyse the impact of the measures planned by the Commission. The Commission shall, if necessary, also consult the European Railway Agency.
Amendment 463 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. In this context, the Commission shall closely involve representatives of the Member States, including representatives of the regulatory bodies, and of the sectors concerned in its work, including usthe railways sector's social partners and customers, so that they are able better to monitor the development of the railway sector and the evolution of the market, to assess the effect of the measures adopted and to analyse the impact of the measures planned by the Commission. The Commission shall, if necessary, also consult the European Railway Agency.
Amendment 642 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 57 a (new)
Article 57 a (new)
Amendment 642 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 57 a (new)
Article 57 a (new)
One year after the transposition of this Directive, the Commission shall submit a report on cooperation by the national regulatory bodies in accordance with this article and shall instruct the European Railway Agency to establish a regulatory body at European level with a remit to supervise freight corridors as laid down in Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 concerning a European rail network for competitive freight, with special reference to monitoring the functioning of the one- stop shop. The European Railway Agency shall organise itself in such a way that this task is performed completely independently of the other activities already assigned to it. On the basis of the experience gained by this regulatory body for freight corridors, the Commission shall, if desirable, submit a legislative proposal for the establishment of a general European regulatory body.
Amendment 654 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 a (new)
Annex 1 a (new)
Amendment 654 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 a (new)
Annex 1 a (new)
Independence and transparency criteria to be fulfilled by the infrastructure manager: (referred to in Article 3(2)) (a) Compliance with the independence and transparency criteria shall be monitored by the regulatory body referred to in Article 55. Any applicant shall have the right to appeal to the regulatory body if it believes that those independence requirements are not adequately fulfilled; (b) Statutory and/or contractual independence provisions shall be set in the relationship between the controlling structure or holding and the infrastructure manager, between the infrastructure manager and other companies of the group, or other entities which are controlled by the holding, including in particular the shareholders’ meeting of the infrastructure manager; (c) The board members of the holding and/or of other companies of the holding shall not be in the board of the infrastructure manager and shall not exercise any voting rights in the board of the infrastructure manager; (d) The board members of the infrastructure manager and senior staff members dealing with essential functions shall, for a period of three years, be barred from accepting any senior position with the holding or with other entities under its control after they leave the infrastructure manager. (e) The management board, the administrative board, the supervisory board of or bodies legally representing the infrastructure manager shall not be appointed by any controlling structure or holding the infrastructure manager is part of in order to ensure full independence of the infrastructure manager. It shall be appointed and dismissed under the control of the regulatory body referred to in Article 55. (f) The infrastructure manager shall define and adopt its business plan as referred to in Article 8 independently from any controlling structure or holding and from any railway undertaking. (g)The infrastructure manager shall have the necessary organisational capacity to perform its functions independently from any railway undertaking and shall not be allowed to delegate the operation of its functions to bodies or firms which directly or indirectly exercise control, hold any interest in or exercise any right over a railway undertaking. (h) The infrastructure manager shall have its own staff and be located in separate premises or with protected access. Access to the information systems shall be protected. The internal rules or staff contracts shall clearly limit the contacts with the holding and other companies under its control to the official communications connected with the exercise of the essential functions. In particular, commercially sensitive information related to the functions of the infrastructure manager defined in Article 3(2) held by the infrastructure manager shall not be transferred to any railway undertaking. (i) Remuneration systems for the staff of the infrastructure manager shall only be based on the performance of the infrastructure manager.