On 21 June 2007 the European Parliament and Council of Ministers reached agreement in conciliation on the Railway package.  The final text lays down a review every five years of any exemptions Member States grant their domestic railway networks from the rules on passenger rights.

UK MEPs sitting on Parliament's Conciliation Committee were: Brian Simpson (Labour, North West); and substitute members: Timothy Kirkhope (Conservative, Yorkshire & The Humber Region); and Robert Evans (Labour, London).

For further information on latest conciliation discussions link to:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/code/dossier/2007/2004_0049_passengers/default_en.htm

• Link to Parliament's 2nd reading debate on 17 January 2007 in which three UK MEPs spoke: Mike Nattrass (UKIP West Midlands); Jim Allister (DUP, Northern Ireland); Gary Titley (Labour, North West)::
  http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+CRE+20070117+ITEM-009+DOC+XML+V0//EN&language=EN
• Link to Parliament's 2nd Reading text: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+TA+P6-TA-2007-0005+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN&language=EN
• Link to the Common Position: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/06/st05/st05892.en06.pdf

The Department for Transport in the UK carried out a consultation on this so-called "Third Railways Package":

http://www.dft.gov.uk/consultations/archive/2004/cetrp/consultationontheecthirdrail1172

Last updated 20 July 2007