Activities of Leila CHAIBI related to 2020/2091(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the implementation of the Ambient Air Quality Directives: Directive 2004/107/EC and Directive 2008/50/EC
Amendments (7)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that, while transport- related emissions of most pollutants have fallen substantially in recent decades, persistent hotspots remain in the EU, where levels of air pollution are too high – especially in urban areas; recalls that air pollution is still the main environmental cause of disease with an estimated 450.000 persons dying prematurely each year as a result of exposure to air pollution ;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recalls that road transport remains the largest source of nitrogen oxide emissions and the second source of particle emissions in the Union; stresses that tyres and brake-wear emissions also need to be tackled;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that in order to improve the air quality in these hotspots, it is vital to move towards a more sustainable and less polluting transport system, especially in urban areas, while using all available means in the most effective way and taking into account the most recent scientific evidencebased on active mobility and public transport;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Points out that current clean air legislations are based on outdated health science and need to be reviewed; calls on the Union to align its standards to the one of the World Health Organisation (WHO);
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Encourages local and regional authorities to devise and implement evidence-based, strategic sustainable urban mobility plans, aiming at a coordinated planning of policies, incentives and subsidies that target the various transport sectors and modes, such as measures to encourage the roll-out of e-charging and other alternative fuellow emission zones, investment in sustainable public transport, infrastructure for active, shared and zero emission transport modes and demand-related measures taking into account their social impacts; believes that, in parallel, the Union should set an EU-wide objective for the phasing-out of fossil fuel vehicles;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates the importance of a substantial modal shift from road towards less polluting forms of transportation; such as active modes, public transport and rail; underlines, in this regard, the urgent need to improve railroad infrastructure, especially in urban areas and under the framework of the Trans-European Transport Network, and to further ease and encourage intermodality; stresses the need to abolish the conformity factor, so that emissions measured under the type approval tests would better reflect real driving conditions;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that the proper implementation and enforcement of the Air Quality Directives1 have proved challenging; urges, therefore, that Directive 2008/50/EC and all other existing legislation relating to transport emissions be properly implemented and enforced first before new measures are proposed; stresses the need to shorten infringement procedures in order to force Member States to take action without delay. _________________ 1Directive 2004/107/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2004 relating to arsenic, cadmium, mercury, nickel and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air, OJ L 023 26.1.2005, p. 3, and Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe (OJ L 152, 11.6.2008, p. 1).