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Green light of the Commission TRAN of the European Parliament to the fourth railway package
Kallas: "the ballot today represents a milestone in sight of the completion of the European only railway space"
December 17, 2013
Today the Commission for transport and tourism (TRAN) of the European Parliament have approved of so-called the fourth railway package, adopted to beginning 2013 from the EU commission ( on 30 January 2013), that it includes measures among other things in order to improve national the railway services for the passengers being opened the contracts of public service to a greater competition, in order to offer to the operators a fairer access to infrastructures, in order to harmonize the certification of safety, in order to improve the interoperability and in order to accelerate the employment of innovative rotabile material.
"The ballot today - the vice president of the EU commission, Siim Kallas has commented, responsible for transport - represents a milestone in sight of the completion of the European only railway space, been profitable possible from the determination of the members of the Commission. This ballot supplies an impulse for ulterior progresses near the Council under the Greek presidency. Our final objective is that to supply a top quality and a greater choice of more competitive railway services in Europe".
With respect to the so-called "technical pillar" of the package, constituted from the directives on safety and interoperability and from the relative regulations to the European Railway Agency, the Parliamentary commission has confirmed the necessity to develop common European rules and to remove existing the administrative and technical obstacles, while on the so-called "pillar of market" of the package, that is the directives in matter of governance and opening of the market and on the review of the regulations on the obligations of public service, the Commission has adopted a more cautious approach.
According to the forecasts, the European Parliament would have to in February vote in plenary assembly the dispositions of package 2014.
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Today the Commission for transport and tourism (TRAN) of the European Parliament have approved of so-called the fourth railway package, adopted to beginning 2013 from the EU commission 
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
