Commission gets tough: about time, too

The European Commission sent letters of formal notice to 24 Member States in June 2008, regarding their failure to implement the First Railway Package legislation properly. As part of its duty to monitor the transposition of EU legislation into national law, the Commission came across failure or improper implementation of the legislation in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Spain, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia and the United Kingdom. The creation of an integrated railway market will be a key factor in boosting its efficiency and competitiveness, as well as a further step in ensuring sustainable mobility in Europe.

European Commission: Press Release: IP/08/1031: Commission calls on Member States to ensure correct implementation of the First Rail Package http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/1031&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: DG Energy and Transport: Transport: Rail Transport and Interoperability http://ec.europa.eu/transport/rail/index_en.html

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