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The benefits of establishing a European Railway Agency to cooperate with the European Commission on achieving better coordination between the different actors involved in the rail system, and on setting up a permanent committee to stimulate debate by means of recommendations and opinions, are clearly illustrated by the results of the vote which took place in the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism: forty-four votes in favour and only two abstentions. Establishing this agency is justified still more convincingly by the growing liberalisation of the sector and the coming propagation of uniform safety rules throughout all the Member States.
If disseminated properly, moreover, the agency’s activities in the fields of consultancy, proposals and observation may lead to a greater awareness of the enormous benefits of rail transport among both the Member States and the citizens of Europe.
I agree with the Committee on Transport’s view that actors in the road transport sector should be involved in the work of the agency. I disagree with this committee, however, over the composition of the agency. The committee opposes the inclusion, on the agency’s Administrative Board, of Council representatives drawn from the whole range of the Member States. Such representation is likely to be important, and should, at least, involve all countries that have large rail networks and/or are part of the trans-European networks."@en1
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