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The following is inserted: ‘Article 2a Multimodal and sustainable public transport plans and public service obligations [Am. 21] 1. Competent authorities shall establish and regularly update multimodal public passenger transport plans covering all relevant transport modes for the territory for which they are responsible. These public transport plans shall define the objectives of public transport policy and the means to implement them covering all relevant transport modes for the territory for which they are responsible , thereby promoting social and territorial cohesion. It shall be possible for those plans to consist of information on public transport plans that already exists in the public domain. Where interregional services already exist, they shall be taken into account . They Those plans shall at least include: [Am. 22] (a) the structure of the network or routes; (b) basic requirements to be fulfilled by public transport offersuch as , including, inter alia, accessibility for persons with disabilities territorial connectivity, security, and modal and intermodal interconnections at main connecting hubs, offer characteristics such as times of operation, frequency of services and minimum degree of capacity utilisation; [Am. 23] (ba) for public rail passenger transport, efficiency criteria including inter alia modal share of public transport, punctuality, cost-efficiency, frequency of services, customer satisfaction and the quality of rolling stock; [Am. 24] (c) quality and safety standards related to items such as equipment features of stops and of as well as control aspects regarding the rolling stock, punctuality and reliability, cleanliness, customer service and information, complaint handling and redress, monitoring of service quality infrastructure and services, including information ; [Am. 25] (d) principles of tariff policy, such as the use of social tariffs ; [Am. 26] (e) operational requirements such as transport of bicycles, traffic management, contingency plan in case of disturbances . applicable rules regarding passenger rights, social and employment conditions, environmental protection and the establishment of environmental objectives . [Am. 27] In establishing public transport plans, competent authorities shall have regard in particular to applicable rules regarding passenger rights, social, employment and environmental protection. [Am. 28] The competent authorities shall adopt the public transport plans after consultation of relevant stakeholders and publish them. For the purpose of this Regulation, relevant stakeholders to be taken into consideration are , including at least transport operators, infrastructure managers if appropriate, and representative passenger and employee organisations , and shall publish those plans . [Am. 29] 2. The establishment of public service obligations and the award of public service contracts shall be consistent with the applicable public transport plans. 3. The specifications of public service obligations for public passenger transport and the scope of their application shall be established as follows: (a) they shall be defined in accordance with Article 2 (e); (b) they shall be appropriate to achieve the objectives of the public transport plan , i.e. they shall determine the award procedure in terms of quality standards to be achieved and the appropriate means of doing so, in order to meet the objectives of the public transport plan ; [Am. 30] (c) they shall not exceed what is be necessary and proportionate to achieve the objectives of the public transport plans and, in respect of public passenger transport by rail, they shall take into account Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (*1) .[Am. 31] The assessment of appropriateness referred to in point (b) shall take into account whether a public intervention in the provision of passenger transport is a suitable means of achieving the objectives of the public transport plans. [Am. 32] For public passenger transport by rail the assessment of necessity and proportionality referred to in point (c) shall take into account the transport services provided under Article 10(2) of Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 establishing a single European railway area (recast) (8) and consider all information given to the infrastructure managers and regulatory bodies pursuant to the first sentence of Article 38(4) of that Directive. [Am. 33] 4. The specifications of public service obligations and the related compensation of the net financial effect of public service obligations shall: (a) achieve the objectives of the public transport plan in the most a cost-effective manner and shall (b) financially sustain the provision of public passenger transport in accordance to the requirements laid down in the public transport plan in the long term. [Am. 34] 5. When preparing the specifications, the competent authority shall set out the draft specifications of public service obligations and their scope, the basic steps of the assessment of their compliance with the requirements laid down in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4, and the results of the assessment. The competent authority shall in an appropriate manner consult relevant stakeholders such as a minimum, transport operators, infrastructure managers if appropriate and representative passenger and employee organisations on these specifications and take their positions into consideration. [Am. 35] 6. For public passenger transport by rail: (a) compliance of the assessment and of the procedure set out in this Article shall be ensured by the regulatory body referred to in Art Article 55 of Directive 2012/34/EU including on its own initiative. at the request of any stakeholder concerned; [Am. 36] (b) the maximum annual the minimum number of public service contracts for rail transport in a Member State shall be: — one, in the case of a national market volume of a rail passenger transport under public service contract in terms of of up to 20 million train-km; shall be the higher value of either 10 — two, in the case of a national market volume of rail passenger transport under public service contract of more than 20 million train-km or one third and up to 100 million train-km, on condition that the size of one contract does not exceed 75 % of the total national market volume under public service contracts; — three, in the case of a national market volume of rail passenger transport under public service contract of more than 100 million train-km and up to 200 million train-km, on condition that the size of one contract does not exceed 75 % of the total market volume under public service contract." contracts; — four in the case of a national market volume of rail passenger transport under public service contract of more than 200 million train-km, on condition that the size of one contract does not exceed 50 % of the total market volume under public service contracts . [Am. 69] (ba) The competent authority shall determine the routes to be awarded under public service contracts in accordance with Directive 2012/34/EU.’ [Am. 38] (*1) Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 establishing a single European railway area (OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 32). "" (8) OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 32 "