Fourth railway package

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On January 30, 2013, the European Commission presented the fourth railway package, consisting of proposals for three directives and three ordinances for the further development of European railway law .

background

The Commission aims to liberalize all rail passenger transport in the Member States from December 2019. To this end, the fourth railway package should prescribe access to the networks for all providers, regulate the centralization of approval procedures and safety provisions at the European Railway Agency, and stipulate tenders for all offers. Access to services such as maintenance, sales, passenger information systems or cargo handling terminals is to be made easier for competitors.

The package provides for restrictions in the area of ​​public services. Public transport services in the public interest are transport offers that cannot be financed through ticket sales, but whose operation is in the public interest. The provisions of the fourth railway package abolish the possibility of publicly-owned services being awarded directly to public operators. The possibility of subsidizing transport offers is also prohibited. According to the provisions of the package, the public sector as the client should assume the residual value risk of vehicles from providers whose service contracts are not being extended.

If the railways cannot prove the separation of network and operation, they should no longer be allowed to operate in other EU countries from 2019. The proposal does not provide for a specific date for the separation of network and operation. An evaluation is planned for 2024. Massive lobbying work was carried out above all on the part of France and Germany.

The European Parliament changed the draft submitted by the EU Commission. For its part, the European Council presented a counter-proposal in October 2015, which includes transitional periods for tendering public service services until 2041. On April 19, 2016, representatives of the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers reached an agreement on the political part of the Fourth Railway Package. Not least because of political pressure from Germany and France, only a limited separation was made between network and operation, but measures were taken to counter cross-financing. All rail transport companies in the EU should be able to offer rail transport services across Europe from 2020. Direct awards initially remain permissible if certain performance criteria (e.g. punctuality and quality) are met.

Legislation

  • Regulation (EU) 2016/796 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the Railway Agency of the European Union and repealing Regulation (EC) No. 881/2004
  • Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council of May 11, 2016 on the interoperability of the rail system in the European Union
  • Directive (EU) 2016/798 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on railway safety
  • Regulation (EU) 2016/2337 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 repealing Regulation (EEC) No. 1192/69 of the Council on common rules for the normalization of the accounts of railway companies
  • Regulation (EU) 2016/2338 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 amending Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007 with regard to the opening of the market for domestic rail passenger transport services
  • Directive (EU) 2016/2370 of the European Parliament and of the Council of December 14, 2016 amending Directive 2012/34 / EU with regard to the opening of the market for domestic rail passenger transport services and the management of the railway infrastructure

See also

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ European Commission: Setting a new course for the European railways: Commission submits proposals for a fourth railway package. 2013, accessed February 23, 2013 .
  2. ↑ European Commission: "Fourth Railway Package". 2013, accessed February 23, 2013 .
  3. ↑ Thomas Ludwig: Brussels does not affect DB Holding . In: Handelsblatt . No. 9 , January 30, 2013, ISSN  0017-7296 , p. 9 .
  4. ↑ Fact sheet on the overall transport plan for Austria. (PDF; 170 kB). Federal Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure and Technology, December 3, 2012.
  5. ↑ Railways oppose liberalization. In: Courier. January 30, 2013.
  6. ^ Buffer stop against Brussels - Small and medium-sized railway companies against the Commission proposal. In: Wiener Zeitung. 22th of March 2013.
  7. ↑ Federal Council: Local public transport should not derail in EU competition. Parliamentary Correspondence No. 206 of March 13, 2013.
  8. ↑ D. Delhaes, D. Fockenbrock: Ramsauer criticizes EU plans for the rail market . In: Handelsblatt . No. 22 , January 31, 2013, ISSN  0017-7296 , p. 13 .
  9. ↑ Railway package: Bulc puts pressure . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International . No. 1 , 2016, ISSN  1421-2811 , p. 38 .
  10. ^ Fourth railway package: Agreement also on the political part . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International . No. 6 , 2016, ISSN  1421-2811 , p. 297 .