JUSTNORTH Regulatory and Policy Database

   

Regulation:Action plan to boost long distance and cross-border passenger rail
Short name: 
Number:COM (2021)810 Final
Issuing entity:European Union and its agencies
Date:2021/12/14
Reference:https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=COM%3A2021%3A810%3AFIN
Hard/soft law instrument:Soft law
Relevant justice questions:

Chosen justice question particularly relevant for the regulatory/policy framework (in the light of JUSTNORTH research, aimed at supporting future justice-focused research on Arctic governance):

General: What is the idealized vision of the future state that the framework is to achieve (e.g. as expressed in introduction to legal acts)?

Procedural justice: What are the opportunities for participation in decision-making and who is envisaged as a stakeholder?

Inclusion and participation: Are all relevant stakeholders/rightsholders included in the governance/decision-making process and are there any important stakeholders who are excluded? 

Climate justice: How does the instrument affect the climate change?

Level:National and EU/EEA
Remarks:Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council
Brief description:

An Action Plan to boost long-distance and cross-border passenger rail services, combined with changes to the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) to increase high-speed rail capacity, and new European Investment Bank (EIB) support for investment in rail, are preparing the ground for a real renaissance in rail. The plan is part of a package of measures for efficient and green mobility, and will help the EU meet its strategic milestones of doubling high-speed rail traffic by 2030 and tripling it by 2050.


Economic and social activity:

Transport

Regulatory concern:

Community and regional development and cross-border cooperation
Environment and climate change

Case study relevance

CS14: Mining in the Finnish Arctic