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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, with the second railways package we wanted to provide a strong impetus for the construction of an integrated, competitive and safe European rail network.
Now we are at the end of more than two years of intensive work, and I think that the result is very good. I would like to highlight the essential contribution that the European Parliament has made to the four texts that make up this second rail package. I would particularly like to thank the four rapporteurs, Mrs Ainardi, Mr Jarzembowski, Mr Sterckx and Mr Savary, for the considerable work that they have done and I would also like to thank their colleagues in the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism, who have closely monitored this matter. My thanks also go to Parliament’s delegation to the Conciliation Committee and, in particular, its Chair, Mrs Cederschiöld, who reached an agreement with the Council at the final conciliation meeting on 16 March, a compromise which we consider to be very balanced.
This second package of measures opens up new possibilities for development for rail transport in the enlarged European Union, and I therefore hope that Parliament will adopt the results of the conciliation and therefore give the definitive green light for implementing these texts. From that point onwards, I can assure you that the Commission will do everything it can to establish the European Railway Agency as quickly as possible.
Allow me to give you a few thoughts on future work in the railway sector. When examining these texts in the second railway package, Parliament wished to highlight the importance that it attaches to opening up the passenger transport market.
The Commission itself indicated in the White Paper in September 2001 that proposals would be made. This is why it adopted a series of proposals on 7 March regarding opening up the market for international passenger rail transport services from 2010, and also regarding passenger rights. These texts are accompanied by a significant proposal for a directive on certifying locomotive drivers and crew and a proposal for a regulation on contractual quality clauses for rail freight.
It will of course be up to the new Parliament elected in June to examine these new proposals."@en1
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