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Both EU Commissioners Kallas (Transport) and Geoghegan-Quinn (R&I) have now jointly decided to give their green light to launch at EU level a new “EU coordinated approach to R&I in the rail sector under Horizon 2020”. The European Commission has therefore officially launched the preparation process of its future legislative proposal to set up such a new programme for rail R&I. In order to prepare this legislative proposal, the European Commission has launched an online public consultation which will allow all interested stakeholders to express their views. This consultation will be closed on 19 September 2013. The questionnaire must be filled in online at: http://ec.europa.eu/yourvoice/ipm/forms/dispatch?form=shift2rail