18 Amendments of Herbert DORFMANN related to 2010/0253(COD)
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In order to ensure the future development and efficient operation of the railway system, and non-discriminatory access to railway infrastructure, a clear and firm distinction should be made between the provision of transport services and the operation of infrastructure. Given this situation, it is necessary for these two activities to be managed separately and to have separate accounts.
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In order to ensure the future development and efficient operation of the railway system, and non-discriminatory access to railway infrastructure, a clear and firm distinction should be made between the provision of transport services and the operation of infrastructure. Given this situation, it is necessary for these two activities to be managed separately and to have separate accounts.
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) In order to make rail transport competitive with road transport, the differing sets of national rules, such as those on rail transport safety, the standardisation and use of accompanying documents, the marshalling of trains and the relevant documentation, the standardisation of signals and marks used to guide trains, the standardisation of measures and checks implemented in connection with shipments of hazardous goods and uniform procedures for registering and monitoring shipments of waste, should be standardised.
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) In order to make rail transport competitive with road transport, the differing sets of national rules, such as those on rail transport safety, the standardisation and use of accompanying documents, the marshalling of trains and the relevant documentation, the standardisation of signals and marks used to guide trains, the standardisation of measures and checks implemented in connection with shipments of hazardous goods and uniform procedures for registering and monitoring shipments of waste, should be standardised.
Amendment 163 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 b (new)
Recital 6 b (new)
(6b) In order to make the transport of goods by rail more attractive by comparison with road haulage, legal requirements must be laid down concerning the reduction of noise emissions from rolling stock.
Amendment 163 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 b (new)
Recital 6 b (new)
(6b) In order to make the transport of goods by rail more attractive by comparison with road haulage, legal requirements must be laid down concerning the reduction of noise emissions from rolling stock.
Amendment 417 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Requests by railway undertakings for access to the service facility may only be rejected if there are viable alternatives allowing them to operate the freight or passenger service concerned on the same route under economically acceptable conditions. The burden of proving for the existence of a viable alternative lies with the operator of the service facility. Service facilities shall be taken to mean workshops, maintenance sheds, equipment and sidings, holding and sorting sidings for the operation of and providing access to maintenance sheds, and terminals and private marshalling yards.
Amendment 417 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Requests by railway undertakings for access to the service facility may only be rejected if there are viable alternatives allowing them to operate the freight or passenger service concerned on the same route under economically acceptable conditions. The burden of proving for the existence of a viable alternative lies with the operator of the service facility. Service facilities shall be taken to mean workshops, maintenance sheds, equipment and sidings, holding and sorting sidings for the operation of and providing access to maintenance sheds, and terminals and private marshalling yards.
Amendment 464 #
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, of the regulatory bodies, of the railway undertakings concerned and of the sectors concerned in its work, including users, 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.
Amendment 464 #
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, of the regulatory bodies, of the railway undertakings concerned and of the sectors concerned in its work, including users, 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.
Amendment 473 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
For the purposes of the Commission's market monitoring, Member States shall supply on an annual basis the information indicated in Annex IV, as well as all other necessary data requested by the Commission. Listing and publication of the type and number of complaints, notifications and other objections made by railway undertakings and of the type and number of discriminatory or other prejudicial measures taken by infrastructure operators, former state railway undertakings and/or their successor undertakings.
Amendment 473 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
For the purposes of the Commission's market monitoring, Member States shall supply on an annual basis the information indicated in Annex IV, as well as all other necessary data requested by the Commission. Listing and publication of the type and number of complaints, notifications and other objections made by railway undertakings and of the type and number of discriminatory or other prejudicial measures taken by infrastructure operators, former state railway undertakings and/or their successor undertakings.
Amendment 526 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 31 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Article 31 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
The infrastructure charges may be modified to take account of the cost of other environmental effects caused by the operation of the train not referred to in Annex VIII, point 2. Any such modification, which may ensure the internalisation of external costs of air pollutants and noise pollution emitted as a result of operating the train service, shall be differentiated according to the magnitude of the effect caused.
Amendment 526 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 31 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Article 31 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
The infrastructure charges may be modified to take account of the cost of other environmental effects caused by the operation of the train not referred to in Annex VIII, point 2. Any such modification, which may ensure the internalisation of external costs of air pollutants and noise pollution emitted as a result of operating the train service, shall be differentiated according to the magnitude of the effect caused.
Amendment 653 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 – indent 10 a (new)
Annex 1 – indent 10 a (new)
- Service facilities: worksheds, maintenance halls, holding and sorting sidings, subsidiary stations serving termini.
Amendment 653 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 – indent 10 a (new)
Annex 1 – indent 10 a (new)
- Service facilities: worksheds, maintenance halls, holding and sorting sidings, subsidiary stations serving termini.
Amendment 659 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex 2 – indent 2 a (new)
Annex 2 – indent 2 a (new)
- Decisions on equitable and non- discriminatory access to service facilities as provided for in Article 13.
Amendment 659 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex 2 – indent 2 a (new)
Annex 2 – indent 2 a (new)
- Decisions on equitable and non- discriminatory access to service facilities as provided for in Article 13.