Translation of "Comité panaméricain des transports par chemin de fer " (French → English) :

(Return tabled) Question No. 130 Mr. Francis Scarpaleggia: With regard to rail safety in Canada: (a) for the period of 2006-2012, which railways were permitted to operate with a single operator; (b) for the period of 2006-2012, which railways had permission to leave trains unattended for limited periods of time on main lines with or without an idling locomotive(s); (c) for the period of 2006-2012, which railways had permission to leave trains unattended for limited periods of time on side lines with or without an idling locomotive(s); (d) with regard to the railways in (b) and (c), under what specific conditions could the trains be le ...[+++]ft unattended; (e) what legislative or regulatory framework governs local emergency preparedness plans in the event of a rail accident; (f) with respect to the plans in (e), (i) who is responsible for creating and executing such plans, (ii) by whom are they audited, (iii) how often are they audited, (iv) against what criteria are they audited; (g) by whom and how often are municipalities through which freight trains pass provided with regular reports on (i) the state of local emergency preparedness in the event of a rail accident, (ii) the state and maintenance record of the railway lines within their borders, (iii) the materials, hazardous or not, that are transported through their jurisdiction; (h) if reports referred to in (g) are not provided, why not; (i) how many of the DOT-111 railway tank cars and the DOD-112 tank cars are in use in Canada, for each year since 2006; (j) for each year since 2006, how many rolling stock and track safety inspectors were employed at Transport Canada, broken down by (i) province of work, (ii) oversight responsibility; (k) for each year since 2006, how many rolling stock and track safety inspectors employed by Transport Canada were responsible for inspections in (i) the Greater Montreal Area, (ii) the municipality of Pointe-Claire (iii) the municipality of Beaconsfield, (iv) the municipality ...

Member States should also be permitted to maintain and develop provisions for the transport of dangerous goods by rail between Member States and States which are contracting parties to the Organisation for Cooperation of Railways (OSJD) until the rules of Annex II to the Agreement concerning International Freight Traffic by Rail (SMGS) and the provisions of Annex II. 1 and thereby the RID have been harmonised.

Community statistics on rail transport are also required for a European system for the observation of the rail market as provided for in Directive ././EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 91/440/EEC on the development of the Community's railways( ).

Community statistics on rail transport are also required in order to fulfil the monitoring tasks provided for in Article 10b of Council Directive 91/440/EEC of 29 July 1991 on the development of the Community's railways( ).

– (DE) Mr President, Madam Vice-President, the regulation on the granting of aid for the coordination of transport by rail, road and inland waterway endeavours to do some good, to help, with a new aid scheme, to make something out of the set phrases spouted by soap-box speakers on the subject of transport, by shifting traffic, especially freight traffic, on to more environmentally-friendly modes of transport, mainly from the roads ...[+++]to the railways, inland waterways etc.

Faced with the growth of transport needs, the Commission is concerned to develop the under-exploited potential of the railways without undermining their traditional public service role in both urban areas and communications with peripheral and distant regions. 1 COM(89) 564. -2- The measures proposed are aimed at: - establishing a general framework for the railways which distinguishes between infrastructure activities and the provision of transport services; - ensuring real management autonomy for the railway companies and transparen ...[+++]cy in their financial relationships with the Member States; - encouraging the development of potential growth areas, namely the high- speed train and combined transport.