Railway transport: development of the Community's railways. 2nd package

2002/0025(COD)
The committee adopted the report by Georg JARZEMBOWSKI (EPP-ED, D) amending the Commission proposal under the codecision procedure (1st reading). It called for the entire network to be opened up by 1 January 2006 not only for international and national freight markets, as proposed by the Commission, but also for cross-border rail passenger services. It also called for national rail passenger services to be opened up by 1 January 2008. The committee added that the right of access to the network shall include the right of undertakings to schedule their own train paths.�