European Commission 4 March 2020, Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on a European Year of Rail (2021)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION Brussels, 4.3.2020 COM(2020) 78 final 2020/0035(COD) Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on a European Year of Rail (2021) EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 1.CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL •Reasons for and objectives of the proposal In its Communication of 11 December 2019 1 , the Commission set out a European Green Deal for the European Union and its citizens.