European Parliament 21 December 2000, WRITTEN QUESTION E-4010/00 by Erik Meijer (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. Routing of Prague-Dresden motorway via nature reserve and Czech eligibility for joint financing.

Answer given by Mrs de Palacio on behalf of the Commission (8 March 2001) The railways of the Member States have all been developed as national systems with different standards concerning electrification, signalling, loading gauge and other basic parameters. The signalling and safety systems differ from network to network and obstruct the interoperability of locomotives and trainsets.