European railway area: European Railway Agency for interoperability and safety. 2nd package

The European Parliament adopted a resolution drafted by Gilles SAVARY (PES, France) making several amendments to the Commission's proposal. (Please refer to the summary dated 27/11/02.) In addition, Parliament made the following points: - organisations representing the sector should include the representatives of railway undertakings, of railway infrastructure managers, of the staff of railway undertakings, of the railway industries and of rail freight users; - on the basis of a mandate from the Commission, the Agency will implement all the provisions on observation, statistical collection, databases and information on rail transport contained in Community legislation on the railway sector; - there are additional provisions on working parties and the creation of advisory committees; - a proposal for the location of the Agency must include, if possible, a requirement for a financial contribution from the host Member State.�