Written question – Compliance with EU law of non-EU rail operators in the internal market and its impact on competition and EU operators – P-001645/2025

Priority question for written answer  P-001645/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Dariusz Joński (PPE)

The EU rail freight sector is currently facing a crisis, incurring losses amounting to millions of euros. Given that the Commission is the guardian of the single market and the principles of fair competition, I would like to ask the following questions:

• 1.Does the Commission consider that the granting by the national market regulator of a Member State of a licence to a third-country entity – which is part of a state-owned company of that country – that does not meet the requirements of EU legislation on unbundling and separation of accounts is compatible with EU law? I would like to point out that the non-EU operator has been provided with commercial resources (locomotives and wagons) enabling it to compete with EU operators.
• 2.Does the Commission consider the activities of such an entity on the EU internal market to be compatible with EU law?
• 3.Do such activities not violate the principles of the functioning of the common market, and do they not pose a threat to EU rail companies which are subject to the full gamut of EU rules?

Submitted: 24.4.2025