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Siim Kallas backpedals on EU rail "unbundling"; protects state companies

CIE · 2013-01-30 20:04:27

Looks like a significant reversal of the idea of breaking up state monopolies. Germany, France and the UK are cited as influencing the decision, with Deutsche Bahn's lobbying appearing to be the strongest voice. EurActiv

30-01-2013 9:04pm

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Looks like a significant reversal of the idea of breaking up state monopolies. Germany, France and the UK are cited as influencing the decision, with Deutsche Bahn's lobbying appearing to be the strongest voice.

EurActiv

In a compromise aimed at countries like France and Germany, the European Commission on Wednesday (30 January) unveiled its latest plan to integrate rail services, allowing traditional state companies to maintain their hold on railway infrastructure as well as passenger and cargo services. ...

Commission Vice President Siim Kallas, who is in charge of transport, called the EU’s Fourth Railway Package “quite radical” but also said the Commission found “satisfactory balances” between those seeking more aggressive opening of the market and those favouring more traditional “vertical” systems like DB’s. ...

The package expands on past initiatives by calling for a complete opening of domestic passenger rail services to competition by 2019 and strengthening the role of the European Railway Agency (ERA) to allow to issue safety certificates for trains operating anywhere in the EU.

It also seeks to create a network of infrastructure managers – those who build and maintain the railway corridors – to improve transnational operations, one of the obstacles to expanding and modernising continental routes. ...

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