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"Mr President, the proportion of freight transported by rail within the EU has almost halved over the last thirty years. It is vital, if we are to have a truly sustainable transport policy that this process is reversed.
I congratulate Mr Swoboda and Mr Jarzembowski on their excellent reports which, if adopted, will make a major contribution to railway development. I share some of Mr Watts' concern, however, about Amendment No 1 in relation to the licensing of railway undertakings and the proposed deletion of the replacement Article 12. In any liberalisation process it is very important to ensure that certain standards are maintained, for example those relating to the safety of both workers and consumers. At the same time we need to prevent artificial barriers being put in the way of the opening up of markets.
Fulfilling both of these objectives requires a delicate balance to be struck. I doubt both whether Amendment No 1 serves its intended legal purpose and whether it could have the effects that Mr Watts fears. I believe it could send out the wrong signals. Instead I seek support for Amendments Nos 23 and 24 which, taken together, should have the effect of securing the second of the two objectives without detracting from the first."@en1
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