Directive 2012/34/EU60, establishing a single European railway area, recasted and merged several previous directives in particular, Directive 91/440/EEC61 on the development of the Community's railways, Directive 95/18/EC62 on the licensing of railway undertakings, and Directive 2001/14/EC63 on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure;
At the beginning of 2013, the Commission adopted a proposal for the fourth railway package. Currently, several regulations and directive are in discussion, e.g. the proposal for a regulation amending Regulation EC No 1370/200764 concerning the opening of the market for domestic passenger transport services by rail, and the proposal amending Directive 2012/34/EU65 establishing a single European railway area, as regards the opening of the market for domestic passenger transport services by rail and the governance of the railway infrastructure. Furthermore the fourth railway package covers the issues of competitive tendering for Public Service Obligations contracts and a new role for the European Railway Agency.