Single European railway area: use of railway infrastructure capacity

P10_TA(2026)0169

Committee on Transport and Tourism

PE787.893

European Parliament legislative resolution of 19 May 2026 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 (16833/1/2025 – C10-0104/2026 – 2023/0271(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading)

– having regard to the Council position at first reading (16833/1/2025 – 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 (A10-0126/2026),

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.