Railway Safety: Conference

EC Vice-President Tajani will open a conference on "Railway safety: the way forward" that will take place at Berlaymont building, in Brussels. The conference will focus on four major themes: safety of infrastructure and operations, safety of vehicles, safety of goods transported, supervision and investigation. The conference will be attended by transport ministers from the past (Czech) and present (Swedish) presidency, the Italian transport and infrastructure minister Mr. Matteoli, representatives from Member States, the European Parliament, National Safety Authorities, National Investigation Bodies, the railway industry, the European Railway Agency and the Commission.