Railway transport: licensing of undertakings

The amended proposal incorporates the amendments by the European Parliament seeking to: - reinforce or clarify the original text; - enhance the independence of the licensing authority; - reduce the obligations imposed on railway undertakings to supply information, without watering down the licensing system. However, the Commission rejected an amendment deleting the conditions under which a railway undertaking can access infrastructures once it has obtained a licence. It also rejected an amendment which might excessively restrict access by one railway undertaking to essential training services under the sole control of another undertaking.�