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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11417

24 October 2015
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) transport
Netherlands enjoined to comply with rail safety rules

Brussels, 23/10/2015 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission sent a reasoned opinion to the Netherlands on Thursday 22 October calling on it to comply with the rail safety directive (2004/49/EC) which, inter alia, requires member states to establish an independent accident and incident investigation body.

Under the provisions of the directive (Article 16), each member state had, by 30 April 2006, to establish an independent national safety authority, whose responsibilities include...

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