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"Mr President, honourable Members, the recast directive establishing a single European railway area is essential to make the European railway system and the entire European transport system more efficient, more competitive and more financially sound. I would like to thank the Danish Presidency for its skilful negotiations, with a very narrow majority in the Council. I would also like sincerely to thank the rapporteur, Ms Serracchiani, together with the shadow rapporteurs, the Chairman and the members of the Committee on Transport and Tourism. Ms Serracchiani managed to improve the text in the second reading significantly.
The recast directive is a precondition for further initiatives to complete the internal market for rail services for which many Members of this Parliament have called. I want to reaffirm today that the Commission is fully committed to delivering a new package of measures by the end of this year.
Let me just mention what the Commission sees as some of the main results. Firstly, the compromise package significantly strengthens the power of national regulators, with new independence requirements and increased areas of responsibility and means at their disposal. A formal network of regulators will be established to ensure particularly that cross-border traffic is adequately handled. The Commission intends to play a very active role in this network.
Secondly, the new framework for investment in the rail sector will set out clearer obligations for Member States and infrastructure managers. It also envisages charging schemes to stimulate the deployment of greener and interoperable technologies.
Thirdly, this text will facilitate access to the rail market for new entrants.
Lastly, as requested by Parliament, the compromise package provides for more transparency in the financial flows between infrastructure managers and railway undertakings. It also includes a review clause which reflects the Commission’s commitment to issuing new proposals on separation and domestic passenger market opening by the end of the year.
Before concluding, I need to make a formal statement.
‘The Commission underlines that it is contrary to the letter and to the spirit of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 to invoke Article 5, paragraph 4, subparagraph 2(b) in a systematic manner. Recourse to this provision must respond to a specific need to depart from the rule of principle which is that the Commission may adopt a draft implementing act when no opinion is delivered. Given that it is an exception to the general rule established by Article 5, paragraph 4, recourse to subparagraph 2(b) cannot be simply seen as a ‘discretionary power’ of the legislator, but must be interpreted in a restrictive manner and thus must be justified.
While the Commission supports the agreement reached by the European Parliament and the Council on the recourse to this provision in nine specific cases which they have justified by reason of their potential impact on the functioning of the rail market and public finances, it regrets that such justification is not reflected in a recital’.
In conclusion I would like to stress that the Commission supports this agreement, which improves the text of the Council position. I am convinced that there is no better deal. The adoption of any further amendment, such as the amendment to Article 2(2) – the so-called Polish derogation – would inevitably lead to a conciliation procedure. This would not only put at risk the major improvements that the European Parliament has managed to obtain in this piece of legislation but also the possibility of putting forward new initiatives to promote the completion of the single European railway area."@en1
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