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Session 2008-09 Publications on the internet European Union Committee Publications

European Union Committee - Tenth Report Recast of the First Rail Freight Package Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 19 May 2009.

CONTENTS Terms of Reference Summary Chapter 1: Introduction Figure 1: Rail freight, EU-25 Figure 2: Road freight, EU-25 Chapter 2: Legislative context Figure 3: Summary of alleged infractions provided by the Department for Transport Chapter 3: Infrastructure managers and railway undertakings Conclusions Chapter 4: Regulation Independence of regulatory bodies Powers of regulators EU-level and cross-border regulation Box 1: Regulation concerning a European rail network for competitive freight Conclusions Chapter 5: Barriers to new entrants Infrastructure charges Figure 4: 2008 access charges for typical 960 gross ton freight trains (€/train-km) Conclusions Rail-related services and facilities Box 2: Directive 2001/14/EC Conclusions Other barriers Conclusions Chapter 6: Should there be a recast? Use of competition law Regulation or Directive? Conclusions Chapter 7: Summary of conclusions and recommendations Infrastructure managers and railway undertakings Regulation Infrastructure charges Rail-related services and facilities Other barriers to new entrants Should there be a recast? Appendix 1: Sub-Committee B (Internal Market) Appendix 2: List of Witnesses Appendix 3: Call for Evidence Appendix 4: Specialist Adviser's Interests Appendix 5: Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations Appendix 6: Recent Reports Oral and Written Evidence Monday 2 March 2009 Monday 9 March 2009 Monday 16 March 2009 Monday 23 March 2009 Monday 30 March 2009 Monday 6 April 2009 Tuesday 7 April 2009 Written Evidence NOTE: References in the text of the report are as follows: (Q) refers to a question in oral evidence (p) refers to a page of written evidence The Report of the Committee is published in Volume I, HL Paper No 90-I The Evidence of the Committee is published in Volume II, HL Paper No 90-II

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