13 Amendments of Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS related to 2008/0247(COD)
Amendment 96 #
Council position
Article 1 - paragraph 1
Article 1 - paragraph 1
1. This Regulation lays down rules for the establishment and organisation of international rail corridors for a European rail network for competitive freight. It sets out rules for the selection, organisation and management, management and the investment planning of freight corridors.
Amendment 103 #
Council position
Article 2 - paragraph 2 - point c a (new)
Article 2 - paragraph 2 - point c a (new)
(ca) "One-stop shop" shall mean the entity set up by each infrastructure manager of the freight corridor which offers applicants the opportunity to request in a single place and in a single operation a train path for a journey crossing at least one border along the freight corridor.
Amendment 113 #
Council position
Article 3 - paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 - paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Defining the actual routing within the rail freight corridors shall be the responsibility of the infrastructure managers involved in the corridor in their respective area of competence.
Amendment 115 #
Council position
Article 3 - paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 3 - paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. In countries where the track gauge is not the same as the international track gauge, a third rail must be laid along the already existing tracks, with the aim of ensuring that conventional tracks do not constitute physical barriers to the free movement of freight on the European single market.
Amendment 117 #
Council position
Article 7 - paragraph 1
Article 7 - paragraph 1
1. For each freight corridor, Member States concerned shall establish an executive board responsible for defining the general objectives of the freight corridor, supervising and, whenever relevant, taking the measures as expressly provided for in Articles 8, 10 and 20. The executive board shall be composed of representatives of the authorities of the Member States concerned.
Amendment 122 #
Council position
Article 7 - paragraph 6
Article 7 - paragraph 6
6. The management board shall set up an advisory group made up of managers and owners of the terminals of the freight corridor. This advisory group may issue an opinion on any proposal by the management board which has direct consequences for investment and the management of terminals. The advisory group may also issue own-initiative opinions. The management board shall take any of these, including sea and inland waterway ports, as well as railway undertakings, including rail freight and passenger operators, shippers, forwarders and / or their representative bodies. The advisory group shall be informed regularly and in due time about all matters which affect them, the development of these matters and the timeframe for dealing with them in the management board and the executive board. The advisory group issues an opinion on any proposal by the management board which has direct consequences for its members. It may also issue own-initiative opinions. The management board shall take any of these opinions into account. The final decision, however, shall be taken by the management board. The management board shall provide the advisory group with reasons for any decision which differs from the opinion / proposal of the advisory group. In the event of disagreement between the management board and the advisory group, the latter may refer the matter to the executive board. The executive board shall act as an intermediary and provide its opinions into account. due time.
Amendment 126 #
Council position
Article 7 - paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 7 - paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. The management board shall commit the infrastructure managers involved in the freight corridor to using IT applications (e.g. Pathfinder, Europtirails) or alternative solutions available in future such as interfaces to handle requests for international train paths and the operation of international traffic on the corridor.
Amendment 133 #
Council position
Article 12 - paragraph 1
Article 12 - paragraph 1
(1) The management board forshall commit each infrastructure manager involved in a freight corridor shallto designateing or establish a joint body and/or an information system through collaboration between infrastructure managers offering applicants the opportunity to request, in a single place and a single operation, infrastructure capacity for freight trains crossing at least one border along the freight corridor (the "one-stop shop")putting in place a one-stop shop as defined in Article 2 paragraph 2 (ca) to receiving and to replying to requests for train paths for freight trains crossing at least one border along the freight corridor (international train path). The infrastructure managers involved in a freight corridor shall provide the necessary information in order to deal with international train path requests in line with Article 7 paragraph 6a.
Amendment 142 #
Council position
Article 12 - paragraph 4
Article 12 - paragraph 4
4. The activities of the one-stop shop shall be carried out under transparent and non-discriminatory conditions. These activities shall be subject to control of the regulatory bodies in accordance with Article 18.
Amendment 145 #
Council position
Article 13 - paragraph 5 - subparagraph 1
Article 13 - paragraph 5 - subparagraph 1
5. Infrastructure managers shall, if justified by market need and the evaluation as referred to in paragraph 2, jointly define the reserve capacity for international freight trains running on the freight corridors recognizing the need for capacity of other types of transport, including the passenger transport and keep this reserve available within their final working timetables to allow them to respond quickly and appropriately to ad hoc requests for capacity as referred to in Article 23 of Directive 2001/14/EC. This capacity shall be reserved until the time limit before its scheduled time as decided by the management board. This time limit shall not be longer than 90 days.
Amendment 149 #
Council position
Article 13 - paragraph 7
Article 13 - paragraph 7
7. Save in the case of force majeure and in the event of safety critical line closures and construction work required at short notice on the railway infrastructure, a train path allocated to a freight operation under this Article may not be cancelled less than one month before its scheduled time in the working timetable except if the applicant concerned gives its approval for such cancellation. In such a case the infrastructure manager concerned shall make an effort to propose to the applicant a train path of an equivalent quality and reliability which the applicant has the right to accept or refuse. This provision shall be without prejudice to any rights the applicant may have under an agreement as referred to in Article 19(1) of Directive 2001/14/EC.
Amendment 155 #
Council position
Article 18 - paragraph 1
Article 18 - paragraph 1
(1) The regulatory bodies referred to in Article 30 of Directive 2001/14/EC shall cooperate in monitoring the competition in the rail freight corridor. In particular, they shall ensure non-discriminatory access to the corridor and shall be the appeal bodies provided under Article 30(2) of that Directive. They shall exchange the necessary information obtained from infrastructure managers and other relevant partiesThey shall exchange the necessary information obtained from infrastructure managers and other relevant parties. They shall cooperate in order to support the establishment of a comparable regulatory level in their Member State in compliance with paragraph 1a of this Article.
Amendment 158 #
Council position
Article 18 - paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 18 - paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The regulatory bodies referred to in Article 30 of Directive 2001/14/EC shall ensure non-discriminatory access to the corridor and shall be the appeal bodies provided under Article 30(2) of Directive 2001/14/EC. In order to foster free and fair competition a comparable regulatory level should be established. Regulatory bodies shall be easily accessible for the market players. They shall be able to take decisions independently and efficiently. They shall have sufficient financial and competent human resources to enable them to investigate all complaints within two months of receipt of all relevant information.