Licensing of railway undertakings. Railway package

By approving the report drafted by Mr Hannes SWODOBA (PES, Aust), the European Parliament adopted, under the codecision procedure, second reading, the legislative resolution on the Council's common position for adopting a European Parliament and Council Directive amending Council Directive 95/18/EC on the licensing of railway undertakings. This text was subject to one amendment only which states that a railway undertaking may at any time refer to the Commission the question of the compatibility of the requirements of national law with Community law and also the question of whether such requirements are applied in a non-discriminatory manner. If the Commission finds that the provisions of this Directive have not yet been fulfilled, it shall provide a statement on the correct interpretation of the Directive without prejudice to Article 226 of the Treaty.�