Activities of Pascal DURAND related to 2018/2023(INI)
Legal basis opinions (0)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Action Plan on Alternative Fuels Infrastructure; stresses also the benefits of low-carbon innovations to the EU’s global competitive position and calls for the EU to become a global leader on decarbonisation; urges the Member States and industry, furthermore, to demonstrate an enhanced level of ambition and to speed up its implementation, including by developing efficient, complete and coherent national policy frameworks in order to ensure the necessary stability for investments from both public and private sources;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Reminds that in order to comply with the Paris Agreement objectives, greenhouse gas emissions from transport sector will need to be near zero by 2050; highlights therefore that the sustainability of the alternative-fuel based vehicles depends highly on the use of renewable energy sources;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Underlines that the availability and accessibility of charging and refuelling infrastructure, both in public and private facilities, are crucial for increasing consumer acceptance towards alternative-fuels vehicles;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of accurate, timely, easily understandable and transparent information to consumers; notes in this respect the relevance of the planned price comparison as well as external costs between alternative and conventional fuels; requests that this information be collected and processed by an open data platform;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission and the Member States to phase-out direct and indirect subsidies for fossil fuels and step up financial support for the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure; notes the relevance of priority-setting in the next MFF; calls on the Member States to acknowledgessess the positive effects of fiscal incentives.