# European Year of Rail (2021)

European Parliament procedure 2020/0035(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 9th term, committee CULT / REGI / TRAN). Stage: Procedure completed. 346 committee amendments tabled by 39 Members between 2020-06-03 and 2020-07-07.

## What the amendments focus on

The dossier establishes a European Year of Rail (2021). Amendments tie the year to the European Green Deal and climate-neutrality objectives, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the shift to sustainable and smart mobility; they stress cross-border passenger and freight rail, territorial cohesion, connecting peripheral and rural regions, night trains, urban light rail, the rail workforce, and obstacles to a Single European Railway Area.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isabel CARVALHAIS | Portugal | S&D | 31 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/199996.md |
| Isabel GARCÍA MUÑOZ | Spain | S&D | 31 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197742.md |
| Marco CAMPOMENOSI | Italy | ID | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/35016.md |
| Dominique RIQUET | France | RE | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96885.md |
| Ismail ERTUG | Germany | S&D | 19 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96842.md |
| Andris AMERIKS | Latvia | S&D | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197783.md |
| István UJHELYI | Hungary | S&D | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124705.md |
| Vera TAX | Netherlands | S&D | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197756.md |
| Maria GRAPINI | Romania | S&D | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124785.md |
| Johan DANIELSSON | Sweden | S&D | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/38542.md |
| Sara CERDAS | Portugal | S&D | 16 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197641.md |
| Marianne VIND | Denmark | S&D | 16 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/199941.md |
| Inma RODRÍGUEZ-PIÑERO | Spain | S&D | 16 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125043.md |
| Clare DALY | Ireland | GUE/NGL | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197731.md |
| Mick WALLACE | Ireland | GUE/NGL | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197817.md |

## Official source documents

- PE652.573: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/REGI-AM-652573_EN.pdf
- PE653.797: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CULT-AM-653797_EN.pdf
- PE654.016: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TRAN-AM-654016_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2020-0035-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2020-0035-COD.json

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