EUROPEAN RAILWAY AGENCY: FREE MOVEMENT
OF LOCOMOTIVES ACROSS THE EU (17038/06, 17039/06, 17040/06, 5042/07)
Letter from the Chairman to Tom Harris
MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, Department
for Transport
Sub-Committee B considered these documents,
and your Explanatory Memorandum, at its meeting on 5 February
2007.
We share your support of the general attempt,
through these proposals, to simplify the regulatory framework
for the EU's railways. We agree however that more clarity is needed
on some of the proposed revisions to the safety Directive regarding
the maintenance of rolling stock as well as the extension of the
Interoperability Directive to the whole mainline network.
We would be grateful if you could update us
on the outcome of the Transport Working Group on 16 February,
and look forward to receiving a Regulatory Impact Assessment when
the likely implementation of the proposals is easier to assess.
We will maintain scrutiny on the dossier at
this stage.
7 February 2007
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