Activities of Karsten Friedrich HOPPENSTEDT related to 2005/0283(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Promotion of clean road transport vehicles (debate)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Mandatory application of criteria for the procurement of clean and energy efficient vehicles does not preclude the prioritisation of award criteria or the inclusion of other relevant award criteria. It also does not prevent the choice of retro- fitted vehicles upgraded for higher environmental performance.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) The thresholds laid down in Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC should apply.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) The Member States and the Commission should continue to support urban transport initiatives, such as the CIVITAS and Intelligent Energy – Europe programmes.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1
Article 1
This Directive requirecommends the inclusion of operational lifetime costs of energy consumption, CO2 emissions, and pollutant emissions as award criteriaguidance in the procurement of new road transport vehicles, by contracting authorities or contracting entities within the meaning of Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC or as criteriaguidance for the purchase of such vehicles by operators under contract, licence, permit or authorisation granted by public authorities, in order to promote clean and energy efficient vehicles. (This amendment concerning guidance applies to the whole text. Adoption of the amendment will necessitate corresponding changes throughout the text. The words 'award criteria', or 'criteria' when used to mean award criteria, should be replaced by the word 'guidance'. )
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
For the purposes of this Directive: - 'road transport vehicle' means a vehicle covered by the vehicle categories listed in Table 3 of the Annex; - 'operators' as referred to in the first paragraph are operators who discharge public service obligations under a public service contract within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on public passenger transport services by rail and by road1. 1 OJ L 315, 3.12.2007, p. 1.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1a The following road transport vehicles are excluded from the scope of this Directive: - specialised vehicles for operational support and infrastructure maintenance used in the public transport sector, - specialised vehicles for fire brigades, street cleaning and cleaning of sewage systems.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2
Article 2
Procurement of clean and energy efficient vehicles vehicles 1. Member States shall ensure that, no later than from the date referred to in Article 7(1), the contracting authorities or contracting entities within the meaning of Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/ECArticle 1a use the methodology defined in Articles 2a and 3, whenever they apply operational lifetime costs for energy consumption, CO2 emissions, and pollutant emissions as award criteria for the procurement of new road transport vehicles. 2. Member States shall ensure that, no later than from 1 January 2012, all public procurement of new road transport vehicles by contracting authorities or contracting entities within the meaning of Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC includes operational lifetime costs for energy consumption, CO2 emissions, and pollutant emissions of road transport vehicles as award criteria, following the methodology defined in Articles 2a and 3. 3. Member States shall ensure that, no later than from 1 January 2012, all purchase of road transport vehicles for the provision of public passenger transport services under licence, permit or authorisation granted by public authorities includes operational lifetime costs for energy consumption, CO2 emissions, and pollutant emissions of new road transport vehicles as criteria, following the methodology defined in Articles 2a and 3.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2a Options when applying Articles 1 and 2 The requirements of Articles 1 and 2 shall be fulfilled according to the following options: (a) by setting technical specifications for energy and environmental performance in the documentation for the purchase of road transport vehicles on each of the impacts considered, as well as any additional environmental impacts; or (b) by considering energy and environmental impacts in the purchasing decision, whereby: - in cases where a procurement procedure is applied, this shall be done by using these impacts as award criteria; and - in cases where these impacts are monetised for inclusion in the purchasing decision, the methodology as set out in Article 3 shall be used.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory paragraph
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory paragraph
1. For the purposes of this DirectiveArticle 2a(b), operational lifetime costs for energy consumption, CO2 emissions, and pollutant emissions linked to the operation of the new vehicles under procurement shall be monetised and calculated following the methodology set out in points (a), (b) and (c).
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5a Financing instruments The Commission shall develop a European Climate Protection Fund, which shall be used, inter alia, to encourage the purchase of clean and energy efficient road transport vehicles by authorities and operators within the meaning of Article 1. The competent budgetary authorities shall set aside appropriate resources in the EU budget.