18. Amendment of Directive 2004/49/EC on safety on the Community's railways ***I - Interoperability of the Community rail system (recast) ***I - Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 881/2004 establishing a European Railway Agency ***I (debate)

Verbatim reports

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2004/49/EC on safety on the Community's railways [COM(2006)0784 - C6-0493/2006 - 2006/0272(COD)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Paolo Costa (A6-0346/2007)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the interoperability of the Community rail system (recast) [COM(2006)0783 - C6-0474/2006 - 2006/0273(COD)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Josu Ortuondo Larrea (A6-0345/2007)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 881/2004 establishing a European Railway Agency [COM(2006)0785 - C6-0473/2006 - 2006/0274(COD)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Paolo Costa (A6-0350/2007)

The following spoke: Jacques Barrot (Vice-President of the Commission).

Paolo Costa introduced reports A6-0346/2007 and A6-0350/2007.

Josu Ortuondo Larrea introduced the report (A6-0345/2007).

The following spoke: Georg Jarzembowski, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Inés Ayala Sender, on behalf of the PSE Group, Nathalie Griesbeck, on behalf of the ALDE Group, and Bogusław Rogalski, on behalf of the UEN Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Luigi COCILOVO
Vice-President

The following spoke: Michael Cramer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Erik Meijer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Michael Henry Nattrass, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Luca Romagnoli, Non-attached Member, Luis de Grandes Pascual, Leopold Józef Rutowicz, Jacky Hénin, Reinhard Rack and Jacques Barrot.

The debate closed.

Vote: Costa reports (A6-0346/2007 and A6-0350/2007): 29.11.2007; Ortuondo Larrea report (A6-0345/2007): next part-session.