Single European Railway Area Directive
Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a single European railway area (Recast)
- Stage
- In force, reached 14 Dec 2012
- In force
- In force since 15 Dec 2012 · CELEX 32012L0034
- Transposition deadline
- 16 Jun 2015
- Procedure
- Directive · Ordinary legislative procedure
- Rapporteur
- Debora Serracchiani (S&D)
- Last activity
- 15 Dec 2012
Who is on it
The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs who held a role on this file.
| Role | Name | Group | Country | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapporteur | Debora Serracchiani | S&D | IT | TRAN |
| Shadow rapporteur | Michael Cramer | Greens/EFA | DE | TRAN |
| Shadow rapporteur | Ramon Tremosa I Balcells | ALDE | ES | TRAN |
| Shadow rapporteur | Roberts Zīle | ECR | LV | TRAN |
| Shadow rapporteur | Sabine Wils | The Left | DE | TRAN |
| Shadow rapporteur | Werner Kuhn | EPP | DE | TRAN |
Delegated and implementing acts beneath it
By status: 8 published, 1 planned.
| Act | Kind | Status | Adoption |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revision of Regulation on the reporting obligations of the Member States in the framework of rail market monitoring | Implementing · Regulation | Planned | Q4 2025 |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1795 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | 27/06/2018 |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2177 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | |
| Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2017/2075 | Delegated · Decision | Published | 04/09/2017 |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/545 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1100 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/909 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/171 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/10 | Implementing · Regulation | Published |
Titles link to EUR-Lex where the act has been published.
Documents
Newest first. Each opens at its source.
- Report · A7-0196/2012Parliament
- Report · A7-0367/2011Parliament
- Proposal · COM(2012)0119Commission
- Proposal · COM(2016)0780Commission
- Proposal · COM(2017)0143Commission
- Proposal · COM(2019)0051Commission
- Proposal · COM(2021)0005Commission
- Proposal · COM(2023)0510Commission
- Proposal · COM(2025)0439Commission
- Text adopted · Corrigendum to final act 32012L0034R(01)Commission
- Text adopted · Directive 2012/0034Commission
- Text adopted · OJ L 067 12.03.2015, p. 0032Commission
- Text adopted · OJ L 343 14.12.2012, p. 0032Commission
- Report · PE456.628Parliament
- Amendments · PE467.166Parliament
ShowHide the other 8 documents
- Amendments · PE467.167Parliament
- Report · PE483.667Parliament
- Amendments · PE487.974Parliament
- SEC(2010)1042Commission
- SEC(2010)1043Commission
- Text adopted · SP(2012)29Parliament
- Text adopted · T7-0270/2012Parliament
- Text adopted · T7-0503/2011Parliament
Summary
GeneratedDirective 2012/34/EU establishes a single European railway area, covering infrastructure management, licensing of railway undertakings, and infrastructure charging and capacity allocation. It applies to domestic and international rail services, with exclusions for urban, suburban, and regional standalone networks.
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