Licensing of railway undertakings. Railway package

At first reading under cooperation procedure, the European Parliament approved the proposal for a Council directive amending directive 95/18/EC on the licensing of railway undertakings, subject to amendments in the following areas: - requiring railway undertakings to be adequately insured, in accordance with national and international law, in the event of accidents, in particular in respect of passengers, freight, mail and third parties. The Parliament's rapporteur was Johannes Swoboda (PSE,AT).�