Activities of Jens ROHDE related to 2013/0445(NLE)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking PDF (337 KB) DOC (423 KB)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Regulation (EU) No …/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of … 2013 establishing Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation for the period 2014-2020 (‘Horizon 2020 Framework Programme’)12 aims to achieve a greater impact of research and innovation efforts by combining EU and private-sector funds in public-private partnerships (PPPs) in areas where research and innovation can contribute to the Union's wider competitiveness goals and help tackle societal challenges, enhance private investments in research and innovation, and help tackle societal challenges. The governance and functioning of those partnerships should be open, transparent, effective and efficient. The Union involvement in these partnerships can take the form of financial contributions to joint undertakings established on the basis of Article 187 of the Treaty. __________________ 12 OJ … [H2020 FP] OJ … [H2020 FP]
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking (hereinafter ‘S2R Joint Undertaking’) should be a PPP aimed at stimulating and better coordinating Union research and innovation investments in the rail sector with a view to accelerating and facilitating the transition towards a more integrated, user-friendly, efficient, sustainable and attractive EU railway market, in line with the business needs of the rail sector and with the general objective of achieving a Single European Railway Area. In particular, the S2R Joint Undertaking should contribute to specific objectives defined in the 2011 White Paper and in the Fourth Railway Package, including the improved efficiency of the rail sector for the benefit of the public purse; a considerable expansion or upgrading of the capacity of the rail network, so as to enable rail to compete effectively and take a significantly greater proportion of passenger and freight transport; an improvement in the quality of rail services by responding to the needs of rail passengers and freight forwarders; the removal of technical obstacles holding back the sector in terms of interoperability; and the reduction of negative externalities linked to railway transport. The progress of the S2R Joint Undertaking towards meeting these objectives should be measured against key performance indicators.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to contribute to the achievement of the Single European Railway Area, to a faster and cheaper transition to a more attractive, user-friendly (including for persons with reduced mobility), competitive, efficient and sustainable European rail system, and to a modal shift from road and air to rail, and to the development of a strong and competitive European rail industry sector, through a comprehensive and co-ordinated approach addressing the research and innovation needs of the rail system and its users. This approach shall cover rolling stock, infrastructure and traffic management for the market segments of freight and of long- distance, regional, local and urban passenger traffic, as well as intermodal links between rail and other modes, providing users with an integrated end-to- end solution for their rail travel and transport needs – from transaction support to en-route assistance.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) to act asplay a central reference pointole on rail-related research and innovation actions funded at Union level, ensuring coordination among projects and providing all stakeholders with relevant information.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) to actively promote the participation and close involvement of all relevant stakeholders from the full rail value chain and from outside the traditional rail industry, in particular: manufacturers of railway equipment (both rolling stock and train control and traffic management systems) and their supply chain, infrastructure managers, railway operators (both passenger and freight), rail vehicle leasing companies, certifying agencies, professional staff associations, user associations (both passenger and freight), as well as the relevant scientific institutions or the relevant scientific community. The involvement of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC20 , shall be encouraged. __________________ 20 Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium- sized enterprises (OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 36)
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part 1 – point 3 – introductory part
Annex 1 – part 1 – point 3 – introductory part
3. 'Innovation Programmes' or 'IPs' refer to the thematic areas around which the S2R Master Plan, referred to in paragraph 4, shall be structured. The IPs shall be selected for their capacity to best deliver performance benefits to one or more operating environments and reflect a railway system and customer-oriented approach. Notwithstanding a decision of the Governing Board to modify this structure, the S2R Master Plan should foresee the creation of at least the five following IPs:
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part 2 – paragraph 1 – point j
Annex 1 – part 2 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) establish and develop close and long- term cooperation between the Union, the rail manufacturing industry and other stakeholders required to develop pioneering innovations and ensure a strong market uptake of innovative solutions, including organisations representing customers, the rail operating community and other rail private and public stakeholders, as well as actors outside the traditional rail sector;
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part 2 – paragraph 1 – point k
Annex 1 – part 2 – paragraph 1 – point k
(k) liaise with a broad range of stakeholders, including research organisations, universities, etc., and establish links with national and international research and innovation activities in the rail technical domain, in particular via the European Rail Research Advisory Council (ERRAC) Technology Platform, as well as with those in other domains, such as the European Road Transport Research Advisory Council (ERTRAC), the Advisory Council for Aviation Research and Innovation in Europe (ACARE), the Waterborne European Technology Platform, the Future Manufacturing Technologies Platform (Manufuture), the Advanced Engineering Materials and Technologies Platform (EuMaT), and others;
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
Annex 1 – part 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) at least one representative of Associated Members per Innovation Programme, referred to in clause 1(3). TheseAssociated Member fulfilling, as a single legal entity, the criteria listed in clause 1(2), and that contributes to meeting the objectives in article 2.2 points (a), (b) and (c), shall be represented in the Governing Board. The other representatives wishall be designated by the Governing Board of the S2R Joint Undertaking, with a view to ensuring balanced representation of actors from the entire rail value chain, as well as from outside the traditional rail sector.
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part 8 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
Annex 1 – part 8 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(c b) (d) decide on the final composition of the Governing Board, in particular by selecting the representatives of Associated Members, other than those fulfilling the criteria in clause 1(2). The final selection should ensure a balanced participation of SMEs and of actors from the entire rail value chain, including from outside the traditional rail sector;