# Single European railway area: opening of the market for domestic passenger transport services by rail and governance of the railway infrastructure. 4th Railway Package

European Parliament procedure 2013/0029(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 7th term, committee EMPL / REGI / TRAN). Stage: Procedure completed. 634 committee amendments tabled by 57 Members between 2013-09-16 and 2016-11-15.

## What the amendments focus on

This dossier concerns opening the market for domestic passenger rail transport and governance of railway infrastructure under the fourth railway package. The amendments address the independence of infrastructure managers from railway undertakings within vertically integrated undertakings, the economic equilibrium of public service contracts under open access, working and rest time rules for locomotive and on-board staff, social dialogue, collective agreements, and a common information and integrated ticketing scheme.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean-Jacob BICEP | France | Verts/ALE | 102 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/113891.md |
| Bogdan Kazimierz MARCINKIEWICZ | Poland | PPE | 65 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96792.md |
| Artur ZASADA | Poland | PPE | 65 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96778.md |
| Gilles PARGNEAUX | France | S&D | 57 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96948.md |
| Isabelle DURANT | Belgium | Verts/ALE | 53 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96639.md |
| Philippe DE BACKER | Belgium | ALDE | 48 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/109337.md |
| Sabine WILS | Germany | GUE/NGL | 37 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96741.md |
| Jacky HÉNIN | France | GUE/NGL | 37 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28215.md |
| Karim ZÉRIBI | France | Verts/ALE | 34 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/113890.md |
| Phil BENNION | United Kingdom | RE | 32 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/112014.md |
| Georges BACH | Luxembourg | PPE | 30 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97293.md |
| Franco FRIGO | Italy | S&D | 26 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/118999.md |
| Antonio CANCIAN | Italy | PPE | 25 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96733.md |
| David Maria SASSOLI | Italy | S&D | 23 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96864.md |
| Ismail ERTUG | Germany | S&D | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96842.md |

## Official source documents

- PE516.896: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.896+02+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE519.489: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-519.489+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE519.538: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-519.538+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE519.766: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-519.766+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE594.048: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TRAN-AM-594048_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2013-0029-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2013-0029-COD.json

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