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ORDINARY LEGISLATIVE procedure

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(First reading without prior interinstitutional negotiations)

* Consultation procedure

Follow up to the European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the use of railway infrastructure capacity in the single European railway area, amending Directive 2012/34/EU and repealing Regulation (EU) No 913/2010

*** Consent procedure

1. Rapporteur: Tilly METZ (Greens/EFA / LU)

***I Ordinary legislative procedure (first reading)

2. Reference numbers: 2023/0271 (COD) / A9-0069/2024 / P9_TA(2024)0127

***II Ordinary legislative procedure (second reading)

3. Date of adoption of the resolution: 12 March 2024

***III Ordinary legislative procedure (third reading)

4. Legal basis: Article 91 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

(The type of procedure depends on the legal basis proposed by the draft act.)

5. Competent Parliamentary Committee: Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)

Amendments to a draft act

6. Commission's position: Whilst the Commission reserves its position, it does however welcome the strong support in Parliament for the proposal and can accept many of the amendments. Nevertheless, the Commission does have some concerns over amendments that modify the governance of the system as defined in the Commission proposal by changing the attribution of responsibilities in ways that the Commission does not consider effective or desirable.

Amendments by Parliament set out in two columns

Deletions are indicated in bold italics in the left-hand column. Replacements are indicated in bold italics in both columns. New text is indicated in bold italics in the right-hand column.

The first and second lines of the header of each amendment identify the relevant part of the draft act under consideration. If an amendment pertains to an existing act that the draft act is seeking to amend, the amendment heading includes a third line identifying the existing act and a fourth line identifying the provision in that act that Parliament wishes to amend.

Amendments by Parliament in the form of a consolidated text

New text is highlighted in bold italics. Deletions are indicated using either the ▌symbol or strikeout. Replacements are indicated by highlighting the new text in bold italics and by deleting or striking out the text that has been replaced.

By way of exception, purely technical changes made by the drafting departments in preparing the final text are not highlighted.

DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the use of railway infrastructure capacity in the single European railway area, amending Directive 2012/34/EU and repealing Regulation (EU) No 913/2010

(1683/1/2025 – C100104/2026 – 2023/0271(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading)

– having regard to the Council position at first reading (1683/1/2025 – C100104/2026),

– having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 25 October 2023,

– having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 1 February 2024,

– having regard to its position at first reading on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2023)0443),

– having regard to Article 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

– having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 75(4) of its Rules of Procedure,

– having regard to Rule 68 of its Rules of Procedure,

– having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A100000/2026),

1. Approves the Council position at first reading;

2. Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position;

3. Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, in accordance with Article 297(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;

4. Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;

5. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.

SHORT JUSTIFICATION

The Council position at first reading reflects the agreement reached between Parliament and the Council in interinstitutional negotiations at early second-reading stage. The agreed text has been the result of interinstitutional negotiations where the co-legislators have reached a compromise text aims to contribute to a more efficient use of Europe’s rail infrastructure through harmonisation of capacity management, more efficient allocation processes, and a strengthened cross-border cooperation. The agreement also foresees an enhanced role for European Network of Infrastructure Managers (ENIM) to coordinate cross-border capacity and traffic, while reinforcing the role of railway undertakings in capacity-related decision-making processes. To achieve a maximum utilisation of the available capacity on railway networks, penalties are introduced for railway undertakings and infrastructure managers in case of non-compliance with commitments with respect to allocated train paths.