# Opening of the market for domestic passenger transport services by rail: award of public service contracts. 4th Railway Package

European Parliament procedure 2013/0028(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 7th term, committee EMPL / REGI / TRAN). Stage: Procedure completed. 485 committee amendments tabled by 64 Members between 2013-09-17 and 2016-11-16.

## What the amendments focus on

The dossier concerns opening the market for domestic rail passenger transport services and the award of public service contracts (4th Railway Package). Amendments address competitive tendering versus direct award, social and quality criteria to avoid social dumping, working conditions and transfer of staff, passenger transport plans, reciprocity for third-country undertakings, minimum service levels during strikes, and the rights of passengers, employees and persons with reduced mobility.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karim ZÉRIBI | France | Verts/ALE | 43 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/113890.md |
| Gilles PARGNEAUX | France | S&D | 39 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96948.md |
| Sabine WILS | Germany | GUE/NGL | 32 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96741.md |
| Jacky HÉNIN | France | GUE/NGL | 31 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28215.md |
| Phil BENNION | United Kingdom | RE | 30 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/112014.md |
| Elisabeth SCHROEDTER | Germany | Verts/ALE | 27 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1933.md |
| Jörg LEICHTFRIED | Austria | S&D | 27 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28251.md |
| Joachim ZELLER | Germany | PPE | 26 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96762.md |
| Bogusław LIBERADZKI | Poland | S&D | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/23768.md |
| Isabelle DURANT | Belgium | Verts/ALE | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96639.md |
| Philippe DE BACKER | Belgium | ALDE | 19 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/109337.md |
| Oldřich VLASÁK | Czechia | ECR | 19 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28323.md |
| Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH | Germany | PPE | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1852.md |
| Bogdan Kazimierz MARCINKIEWICZ | Poland | PPE | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96792.md |
| Artur ZASADA | Poland | PPE | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96778.md |

## Official source documents

- PE519.487: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-519.487+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE519.505: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-519.505+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE519.535: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-519.535+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE519.754: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-519.754+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE594.057: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TRAN-AM-594057_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2013-0028-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2013-0028-COD.json

---

Source: AmendEU (amendeu.com), built from Parltrack (ODbL), European Parliament Open Data ((c) European Union) and official Parliament documents. Aggregates CC BY 4.0.
Data refreshed: 2026-07-27. Human-readable version: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2013-0028-COD
When citing, attribute to "AmendEU (amendeu.com)".