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Overview
Implementation Infrastructure packages
- Press release
IP/07/368,
21 January 2007: Second Railway Package: European
Commission takes 10 Member States (Germany, Greece, Spain,
Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden,
Slovenia and the Slovak Republic) to the Court that failed
to notify the Commission of the transposition of Directive
2004/49/EC on railway safety and Directive 2004/50/EC on the
interoperability of the Community's railways.
- Press release
IP/06/1780,
12 December 2006: Second Railway Package: European
Commission takes Portugal and Slovenia to the Court and
sends reasoned opinion to Latvia. These Member States failed
to notify the Commission of the transposition of two key
directives of the second railway package into domestic
legislation. These two directives aim to open up the market
for international and national rail freight transport, as
well as to ensure high levels of safety and interoperability
for rail business throughout Europe.
- Press release
IP/06/1383,
12 October 2006: Second Railway Package: European Commission
sends a reasoned opinion to 13 Member States. The
European Commission has decided to pursue infringement
proceedings against the 13 EU countries that have failed to
notify the Commission of the transposition of two key
directives of the second railway package into domestic
legislation. These two directives aim at ensuring high
levels of safety and interoperability for rail business
across Europe. The Commission is determined to ensure a
level playing field for rail across the single market.
- Press release
IP/06/881,
29 June 2006: Second Railway Package: European Commission
sends a reasoned opinion to 4 Member States (Greece, Italy,
Portugal and Slovenia) for failing to notify the
implementation measures for Directive 2004/51
- Adoption by the Commission of the Report on the
Implementation of theRail Infrastructure Package ('First
Railway Package') in the Member States, 3 May 2006. The
reports of the studies carried out for this Communication can
be found under the
Research section
Press release
 
Communication:
COM(2006)189 final of 3 May 2006
Annex:
SEC(2006)530 of 3 May 2006
- An overview of the implementation
measures per Member State can be found at the
dedicated
pages of the Acquis and Legislation section
- Press release 16 March 2005, IP/05/308
Rail infrastructure: Greece, Germany, Luxemburg and the UK
fail to comply with Court ruling
- Court rulings: Commission vs. Greece (C-2003/550);
Commission vs. the United Kingdom (C-2003/483) and Commission
vs. Germany (C-2003/477): non-notification implementation
measures for Directives 2001/12, 2001/13 and 2001/14 as well
as Commission vs. Luxemburg (C-2003/481): non-notification
implementation measures for Directives 2001/12 and 2001/13,
See also:
http://ec.europa.eu/transport/rail/legislation/court_case_en.htm
- Press release 16 October 2003, IP/03/1400
Rail
infrastructure package : Commission refers Member
States to the Court of Justice
- Press release 9 July 2003, IP/03/983
Rail
infrastructure package : Commission sends Reasoned Opinions
to 10 Member States
- Commission Decision of 2 April 2003:
The Commission is to launch legal
proceedings against the eleven EU countries that have failed
to notify the Commission of any transposition of the rail
infrastructure package opening the market for international
rail freight services. The 11 countries failing to
notify the Commission of their legal transposition of the
directive are: Austria, Germany, Greece, Ireland,
Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden,
United Kingdom.
- Press release: 14 March 2003
Tracks
clear for freight rail transport in Europe
Map
"Trans
European rail freight network"
(776 Kb)
Video
"Towards
an integrated European railway area"
Speech Ms
Loyola De Palacio given at the
Conference of the European Rail Freight Customers Platform,
Brussels, 14 March 2003 (,
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102 KB).
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