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Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) Where the market does not ensure it under suitable economic and non- discriminatory conditions, public service operators' access to rail rolling stock needs to be facilitated by competent authorities through adequate and effective measures.deleted

2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN

Jörg LEICHTFRIED

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17

(17) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of Article 5a of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers.deleted

2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN

Jörg LEICHTFRIED

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1 – point a

Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 2 – point c

(c) "competent local authority" means any competent authority whose geographical area of competence is not national and/or which covers the transport needs of an ~~urban~~ agglomeration ~~or a~~, a federal Land and/or rural districts;

2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN

Jörg LEICHTFRIED

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1 – point b

Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 2 – point e

(b) Point (e) of Article 2 is complemented by the following: "The scope of public service obligations shall exclude all public transport services that go beyond of what is necessary to reap local, regional or sub-national network effects.deleted

2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN

Jörg LEICHTFRIED

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2

Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

1. Competent authorities shall establish and regularly update public passenger transport plans covering all relevant transport modes for the territory for which they are responsible. These public transport plans shall define the objectives of public transport policy and the means to implement them covering all relevant transport modes for the territory for which they are responsible. They shall at least include:Agglomerations with more than 200 000 inhabitants must have a transport plan. The competent authorities shall draw up public passenger transport plans and update them as necessary. If interregional services are involved, the transport plans shall be adopted accordingly. These public transport plans shall define the objectives of public transport policy.

2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN

Jörg LEICHTFRIED

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 –– point 2

Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a

~~(a) the structure of the network or routes;~~deleted

2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN

Jörg LEICHTFRIED

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2

Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b

(b) basic requirements to be fulfilled by public transport offer such as accessibility, territorial connectivity, security, modal and intermodal interconnections at main connecting hubs, offer characteristics such as times of operation, frequency of services and minimum degree of capacity utilisation;deleted

2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN

Jörg LEICHTFRIED

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2

Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c

(c) quality standards related to items such as equipment features of stops and of rolling stock, punctuality and reliability, cleanliness, customer service and information, complaint handling and redress, monitoring of service quality;deleted

2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN

Jörg LEICHTFRIED

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2

Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d

~~(d) principles of tariff policy;~~deleted

2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN

Jörg LEICHTFRIED

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2

Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e

~~(e) operational requirements such as transport of bicycles, traffic management, contingency plan in case of disturbances.~~deleted

2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN

Jörg LEICHTFRIED

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2

Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

The specifications of public service obligations for public passenger transport and the scope of their application shall be established as follows: (a) they shall be defined in accordance with Article 2 (e); (b) they shall be appropriate to achieve the objectives of the public transport plan; (c) they shall not exceed what is necessary and proportionate to achieve the objectives of the public transport plan.deleted

2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN

Jörg LEICHTFRIED

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2

Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 3– subparagraph 2

The assessment of appropriateness referred to in point (b) shall take into account whether a public intervention in the provision of passenger transport is a suitable means of achieving the objectives of the public transport plans.deleted

2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN

Jörg LEICHTFRIED

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2

Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3

For public passenger transport by rail the assessment of necessity and proportionality referred to in point (c) shall take into account the transport services provided under Article 10(2) of Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 establishing a single European railway area (recast) and consider all information given to the infrastructure managers and regulatory bodies pursuant to the first sentence of Article 38(4) of that Directive.deleted

2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN

Jörg LEICHTFRIED

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2

Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a

(a) achieve the objectives of the public transport plan in ~~the most cost-effectiv~~an economically balanced and environmentally and socially sustainable manner;

2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN

Jörg LEICHTFRIED

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2

Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 2 a (new) – paragraph 6

For public passenger transport by rail: (a) compliance of the assessment and of the procedure set out in this Article shall be ensured by the regulatory body referred to in Art 55 of Directive 2012/34/EU including on its own initiative. (b) the maximum annual volume of a public service contract in terms of train- km shall be the higher value of either 10 million train-km or one third of the total national public rail passenger transport volume under public service contract."deleted

2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN

Jörg LEICHTFRIED

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3 – point b b (new)

Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 4 – paragraph 5

(bb) Paragraph 5 is replaced by the following: Without prejudice to national and Community law, including collective agreements between social partners, competent authorities may require the selected public service operator to grant workers previously taken on to provide services the rights to which they would have been entitled if there had been a transfer within the meaning of Directive 2001/23/EC at least for the entire period during which the service is provided and whilst guaranteeing all trade union rights. Where competent authorities require public service operators to comply with certain additional social standards, tender documents and public service contracts shall list the workers concerned and give transparent details of their contractual rights and the conditions under which they are deemed to be linked to the services.

2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN

Jörg LEICHTFRIED

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3 – point c

Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 4 – paragraph 6

~~Wher~~The competent authorities shall, in accordance with national law, ~~require public service operators to comply with certain~~set the quality and social standards ~~or establish~~, determine appropriate social and qualitative criteria, ~~these standards and criteria shall be~~such as the obligation to retain workers employed by the previous operator on at least the same terms, and included these in the tender documents and in the public service contracts, regardless of the type of award procedure involved. When the award criteria are set, social and qualitative criteria must each be given a weighting of 20 %.

2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN

Jörg LEICHTFRIED

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3 – point d

Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 4 – paragraph 8 (new)

Competent authorities shall make available to all interested parties relevant information for the preparation of an offer under a competitive tender procedure. This shall include ~~information on passenger demand, fares, costs and~~estimates drawn up by the authority concerning passenger demand, fares and revenues and information on likely costs linked to the revten~~ues~~tion of staff related to the public passenger transport covered by the tender and details of the infrastructure specifications relevant for the operation of the required vehicles or rolling stock to enable them to draft well informed business plans. Rail infrastructure managers shall support competent authorities in providing all relevant infrastructure specifications. Non- compliance with the provisions set out above shall be subject to the legal review provided for in Article 5(7).

2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN

Jörg LEICHTFRIED

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4 – point a

Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 - point a

(a) where their average annual value is estimated at: less than EUR 13 000 000 or less than EUR 15 000 000 in the case of a public service contract including public transport by rail or,

2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN

Jörg LEICHTFRIED

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4 – point a

Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 - point b

(b) where they concern the annual provision of less than 35 000 000 kilometres of public passenger transport services or less than 15 000 000 kilometres in the case of a public service contract including public transport by rail., or

2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN

Jörg LEICHTFRIED

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4 – point a

Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 - point b a (new)

(ba) where they are awarded to small and medium-sized undertakings which operate no more than 100 road vehicles or train sets in the context of the public service contract in question.

2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN

Jörg LEICHTFRIED

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4 – point a

Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2

In the case of a public service contract directly awarded to a small or medium- sized enterprise operating not more than ~~23 road~~100 vehicles, these thresholds may be increased to either an average annual value estimated at less than EUR 25 000 000 or to an annual provision of less than 65 000 000 kilometres of public passenger transport services.

2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN

Jörg LEICHTFRIED

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4 – point b

Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 5 – paragraph 6

(b) Paragraph 6 is replaced by the following: "Competent authorities may decide that, in order to increase competition between railway undertakings, contracts for public passenger transport by rail covering parts of the same network or package of routes shall be awarded to different railway undertakings. To this end the competent authorities may decide before launching the tender procedure to limit the number of contracts to be awarded to the same railway undertaking."deleted

2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN

Jörg LEICHTFRIED

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 5

Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 5 a (new)

~~5. [...]~~deleted

2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN

Jörg LEICHTFRIED

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 point 6

Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 6 – paragraph 1

1. All compensation connected with a general rule or a public service contract shall comply with the provisions laid down in Article 4, irrespective of how the contract was awarded. All compensation, of whatever nature, connected with a public service contract ~~not~~ awarded ~~according to Article 5(3~~directly in accordance with Article 5(2), (4), (5) or (6) or connected with a general rule shall also comply with the provisions laid down in the Annex.

2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN

Jörg LEICHTFRIED

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 point 8 – point a

Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

(a) The first subparagraph of paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: '2. Without prejudice to paragraph 3, the award of public service contracts by rail with the exception of other track-based modes such as metro or tramways shall comply with Article 5(3) as from 3 December 2019. All public service contracts by other track-based modes and by road must have been awarded in compliance with Article 5(3) by 3 December 2019 at the latest. During the transitional period running until 3 December 2019, Member States shall take measures to gradually comply with Article 5(3) in order to avoid serious structural problems in particular relating to transport capacity.’deleted

2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN

Jörg LEICHTFRIED

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 point 8 – point b

2a. Public service contracts for public passenger transport by rail directly awarded between ~~1 January~~3 December 201309 and 2 December 20129 may continue until their expiry date. ~~However they shall, in any event, not continue after 31 December 2022.’~~

2013/09/23
Committee: TRAN

27 Amendments of Jörg LEICHTFRIED related to 2013/0028(COD)

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