The Agency must provide the necessary technical assistance to implement Directive 2004/49/EC on safety on Europe’s railways.

The same applies to (i) the lengthening of the crane track in hall 3 and on quay 1, which will dispense with the need for [.] auto cranes, (ii) the acquisition of a hydraulic keel block system, as a result of which manual positioning of sections using auto cranes will no longer be necessary, and (iii) the purchase of automatic welding machines, which will reduce the time and costs associated with manual welding.

The Agency must provide the necessary technical assistance to implement Directive 2004/49/EC on safety on Europe’s railways.

Without prejudice to the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 of 26 June 1969 on common rules for the normalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings, and of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1191/69 of 26 June 1969 on action by Member States concerning the obligations inherent in the concept of a public service in transport by rail, road and inland waterway, Member States shall neither take co-ordination measures nor impose obligations inherent in the concept of a public service which involve the granting of aids pursuant to Article 77 of the Treaty except in the following cases or circumstances: 1. As regards co-ordination of transport: (a) where aids granted to railway undertakings not covered by Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 ...[+++]are intended as compensation for additional financial burdens which those undertakings bear by comparison with other transport undertakings and which fall under one of the heads of normalisation listed in that Regulation;

It's going to be something that will need to be considered by the government, railways and by industry, in general in terms of the whole Canadian economy, as to the ability of the railways to handle the traffic that will be offered in the future.

This class covers cases where, pursuant to some provision laid down by law, regulation or administrative action, a railway undertaking bears an abnormally large share of the construction and operating costs of facilities used both by railways and by other modes of transport.