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EU Commission refers Lithuania to Court of Justice of EU regarding railway safety

BC, Vilnius, 25.09.2015.Print version
Directive 2004/49/EC requires the European Union's (EU) member-states to establish a safety authority, to establish an independent accident and incident investigation body, and to define common principles for the management, regulation and supervision of railway safety. Lithuania, the European Commission (EC) says, had failed to correctly transpose the Directive at a national level, informs LETA/ELTA.

Lithuania failed to ensure the independence of the investigation body. In doing so, Lithuania is preventing the transparent investigation of serious accidents and incidents, the EC believes.

 

The EU Railway safety legislation aims at developing a common regulatory framework across member-states so that all EU railway networks demonstrate consistent high safety levels and ensure that EU citizens can travel safely.

 

The deadline for the implementation of the Directive expired on 30 April, 2006.

 

Following the analysis of the notified national legislation, the EC found out that certain provisions of the Directive were not correctly transposed and initiated an infringement procedure. However, up until now the necessary legislative steps have not been taken by Lithuania.

 

The decision to refer Lithuania to the Court is in line with the EC's objective to ensure member-states' full compliance with the Union railway safety rules, the EC said in a report.





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