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Draft opinion
Recital B

B. Whereas transport accounts for at least a quarter of the Union’s greenhouse gas emissions and hence will be key to achieving climate neutrality by 2050, and any significant contribution from the transport sector to this goal will require enormous financial investments;

2020/09/03
Committee: TRAN

Daniel FREUND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Recalls that Article 2-1(c) of the Paris Agreement compels Parties to “make financial flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development”; Calls for the following article to be inserted into the MFF-OR regulation to enshrine in law the do-no harm principle, in line with the political declarations of all three institutions: Article X (new) Projects financed by the EU budget shall be screened to determine if they have an environmental, climate or social impact and if so, shall be subject to climate, environmental, including biodiversity, and social sustainability proofing with a view to minimise detrimental impacts and maximise benefits on climate, environment and social dimension. For that purpose, entities requesting financing shall provide adequate information based on mandatory guidelines to be developed by the Commission. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt those guidelines in the form of a delegated act, taking fully into account the criteria established by the [Regulation on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment] for determining whether an economic activity is environmentally sustainable, and in line with EU climate objectives. Projects that are inconsistent with the achievement of the objectives of the Paris Agreement and with a pathway compatible with the objective of limiting global warming to under 1,5°C shall not be eligible for support under the EU Budget.

2020/09/03
Committee: TRAN

Daniel FREUND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1 b. Reiterates its call on the Commission for a more transparent, stringent and comprehensive methodology, including reformed performance indicators for defining ex ante estimates and ex post tracking and accounting climate and biodiversity- relevant expenditures as well as tools to monitor the mid and long term impact of measures, the prevention of financial support for harmful measures and the monitoring of the mid to long-term impact of climate mainstreaming

2020/09/03
Committee: TRAN

Daniel FREUND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Deeply regret~~Welcomes that the new commission’s proposal for MFF foresees a 75 % reduction in commitments for military mobility under the transport pillar, limiting de facto this new policy objective of the Union to merely symbolic actions ~~; requests the initial level to be restored and the level of commitments for 2021 to be set accordingly;~~

2020/09/03
Committee: TRAN

Daniel FREUND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Stresses that beyond its key role in implementing the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) and InvestEU, it is vital that the revision of the European Investment Bank’s (EIB) transport policy due in 2021 paves the way for more fundamental overhaul of the Bank’s transport financing; recalls that the EIB has provided approximately €140 billion in loans for transport projects in the 2007-2018 period, of which around 80% relate to road infrastructure1a; calls on the EIB to report on all steps of its transport policy revision to Parliament in a timely manner. _________________ 1aEuropean Court of Auditors - Audit preview “Roads connecting European regions” p.9 - https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADoc uments/AP19_08/AP_CONNECTING_R OADS_EN.pdf

2020/09/03
Committee: TRAN

Daniel FREUND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Welcomes that the Commission launched a tender for a pilot project on the revitalisation of cross-border night trains; Encourages the Commission to further promote the revitalisation of comfortable European night trains as a possible and sustainable alternative to short-distance flights and long-distance car travelling; Calls on the Commission to explore the options of possible combinations of the co-financing of the EuroVelo network with the comprehensive rail network

2020/09/03
Committee: TRAN

Daniel FREUND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Recalls that public investment in infrastructure is particularly sensitive to corruption; stresses the importance of guaranteeing a transparent and competitive tendering process for large- scale transport infrastructure projects financed by the EU; insists that contracting authorities and bidders for these large-scale projects must enter into Integrity Pacts under which third parties monitor their compliance with commitments to best practice and transparency

2020/09/03
Committee: TRAN

7 Amendments of Daniel FREUND related to 2020/1998(BUD)

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