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Friday, 9 October 2015
43rd Sitting of the Committee on Spatial Planning, Transport, Infrastructure and Telecommunications
At the sitting held on 9 October, the Committee on Spatial Planning, Transport, Infrastructure and Telecommunications discussed and accepted, in principle, the Bill amending and modifying the Railway Law and the Bill amending and modifying the Law on Railway Safety and Interoperability.
The Bill amending and modifying the Railway Law and the Bill amending and modifying the Law on Railway Safety and Interoperability were elaborated by Mirjana Trifunovic on the behalf of the Ministry. Trifunovic said that one of the chief reasons why the Bill amending and modifying the Railway Law should be passed is the need to harmonise the railway transport regulations with the relevant EU regulations, adding that in the period the Railway Law has been implemented, certain flaws became apparent which required harmonisation with the new EU directive packages, and the scope of the Directorate for Railways also needed to be expanded.
Speaking of the Bill amending and modifying the Law on Railway Safety and Interoperability, the Assistant Minister said that it should be passed in order to ensure the development and improvement of railway safety and access to the railway services market. Trifunovic also said that the rising trend of thefts in the railway called for stricter penalties for the physical entities jeopardizing railway safety through theft.
On the behalf of the Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, the sitting was attended by Assistant Minister Sasa Stojanovic and associates.
The sitting was chaired by Committee Chairman Milutin Mrkonjic.
Committees related to this activity
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8.15 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)
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12.00 - press conference of National Assembly Speaker Ana Brnabic (National Assembly House 13, Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)