# 2018 discharge: European Union Agency for Railways (ERA)

European Parliament procedure 2019/2081(DEC) (DEC - Discharge procedure, 9th term, committee CONT / TRAN). Stage: Procedure completed. 35 committee amendments tabled by 26 Members between 2019-12-16 and 2020-01-31.

## What the amendments focus on

This dossier is the 2018 discharge for the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA). The amendments grant discharge and approve the accounts, address the Court of Auditors' observations on procurement, internal controls and SMEs, the Agency's new authorisation tasks under the Fourth Railway Package, harmonisation of national rules, the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS), the Single European Railway Area, modal shift from road to rail, its two seats in Lille and Valenciennes, and gender balance.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara THALER | Austria | PPE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197667.md |
| Isabel GARCÍA MUÑOZ | Spain | S&D | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197742.md |
| Marco CAMPOMENOSI | Italy | ID | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/35016.md |
| Massimo CASANOVA | Italy | ID | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197796.md |
| Lucia VUOLO | Italy | PPE | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197798.md |
| Paolo BORCHIA | Italy | PfE | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/101039.md |
| Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ | Czechia | PPE | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124713.md |
| Jan-Christoph OETJEN | Germany | RE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197432.md |
| Dominique RIQUET | France | RE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96885.md |
| Ondřej KOVAŘÍK | Czechia | PfE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/118949.md |
| Andrey NOVAKOV | Bulgaria | PPE | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/107212.md |
| Jean-François JALKH | France | ID | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124770.md |
| Petri SARVAMAA | Finland | PPE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/112611.md |
| Olivier CHASTEL | Belgium | RE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197463.md |
| Gilles BOYER | France | RE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197577.md |

## Official source documents

- PE644.964: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TRAN-AM-644964_EN.pdf
- PE645.002: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CONT-AM-645002_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2019-2081-DEC · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2019-2081-DEC.json

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