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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the recent rail disasters that have rocked Europe – in Belgium today, in Italy yesterday – oblige us to consider the flaws in the system and the measures suitable for improving the services in safety terms.
For example, it is astonishing to think that the European Union launched an appropriate system for monitoring rail traffic – the ERTMS – back in 2000, and that, in spite of this, 10 years later, the system has been adopted by only a very few Member States.
Even today, there are more than 20 different rail safety systems on EU territory, and it is clear how this can cause problems, particularly on international stretches of line.
It is true that adapting the rail infrastructure and the rolling stock of the European system will involve technical and economic assessments and tasks, which will inevitably have to be managed by companies in the sector. However, we cannot fail to observe that European legislation does not set a date by which the national lines must be adapted to the ERTMS system and that it gives the Member States the power to determine the equipment needs of their rolling stock.
It would be better to impose and to set dates, to incentivise by means of investments or, better still, to withdraw investment from those who fail to adapt to the infrastructure projects or who purchase rolling stock that does not use these systems.
The other argument is that interoperability and the completion of the internal market should not be slowed down. Today, we have an independent national safety agency, which should verify the adoption of the appropriate safety systems. Well, it should be stipulated that safety certificates must be obtained before operating licences can be granted.
Furthermore, I would stress that, looking ahead to the prospect of a free common rail market, the European Railway Agency’s inspection powers must be strengthened at central level."@en1
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