7 Amendments of Pavel TELIČKA related to 2017/0290(COD)
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Directive 92/106/EEC has contributed to the development of the Union's policy on combined transport and has helped shift a considerable amount of freight away from road. Shortcomings in the implementation of that Directive, notably ambiguous language and outdated provisions, and the limited scope of its support measures, have significantly reduced its impact. There has also been a failure to implement TEN-T priority projects within schedule.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Directive 92/106/EEC should be simplified and its implementation improved by reviewing the economic incentives to combined transport, with the aim of encouraging the shift of goods from road transport to modes which are more environmentally friendly, safer, more energy efficient and cause less congestion while simplifying the administrative burden.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The outdated usage of stamps in proving that a combined transport operation has occurred prevent the effective enforcement or the verification of eligibility for the measures provided for in Directive 92/106/EEC. The evidence necessary to prove that a combined transport operation is taking place should be clarsimplified as well asnd the means by which such evidence is provided clarified. The use and transmission of electronic transport information, which should simplify the provision of relevant evidence and its treatment by the relevant authorities, should be encouraged. The format used should b by providing access to electronic documents in order to phase out the use of paper in the future, while reducing the administrative burden. This would give more reliableility and authentication to the used format used. The regulatory framework and initiatives simplifying administrative procedures and the digitalisation of transport aspects, should take into consideration developments at Union level.
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The scope of the current economic support measures defined in Directive 92/106/EEC is very limited, consisting of fiscal measures (namely the reimbursement or reduction of taxes) which concern only combined rail/road transport operations. Such measures should be extended to combined transport operations covering inland waterways and maritime transport. Other relevant types of measures, such as infrastructure investment support measures that maintain coherence with the TEN-Ts or different economic support measures, should also be supported. An analysis should first be made to establish whether existing capacity is being used before creating new infrastructure that could distort the market.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The main infrastructure bottleneck hampering the shift from road freight to other modes of transport is at the lack of coherent implementation of the TEN-Ts and consequently transhipment terminal levels. The current distribution and coverage of transhipment terminals in the Union, at least along the existing TEN-T Core and Comprehensive network, is insufficient yet the capacity of existing transhipment terminals is reaching its limit and will need to develop in order to cope with overall freight traffic growth. Investing in transhipment terminal capacity mayhe implementation of the projects approved at European level will make it possible to invest effectively in transhipment terminals with the aim of bringing about a modal shift and reduceing overall transhipmenport costs, and hence produce a derived modal shift, as demonstrated in some Member States. Member States should therefore ensure, in coordination with the neighbouring Member States and with the Commission, that more combined transport transhipment terminals and transhipment capacity are constructed or made available to transport operators. This would incentivise the use of freight transport alternatives and increase modal shift, thus making combined transport operations more competitive than road transport alone. The increased coverage and capacity of transhipment terminals should, at the very minimum, be established along the existing TEN-T Core and Comprehensive networks. There should be on average at least one suitable transhipment terminal for combined transport located no further than 150 km as the crow flies from any shipment location in the Union except in peripheral and outermost regions, where geographical constraints mean that this would be impossible or that investment in infrastructure would be excessive in relation to the Directive’s objective of promoting a shift in goods transport from road to more environmentally friendly modes of transport.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Member States should implement additional economic support measures in addition to the existing ones, targeting the various legs of a combined transport operation, in order to reduce the road freight and to encourage the use of other modes of transport such as rail, inland waterways and maritime transport, thereby reducing air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, road traffic accidents, noise and congestion, as well as encouraging action to boost and implement the digitalisation of the sector and the European internal market. Such measures may include the reduction of certain taxes or transport fees, grants for intermodal load units effectively transport in combined transport operations, or the partial reimbursement of transhipments cost, among other measures.
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Since the objectives of this Directive to further promote the shift from road transport to more environmentally friendly modes of transport by developing multimodality, and hence reduce the negative externalities of the Union transport system, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather, by reason of the primarily cross- border nature of freight combined transport and interlinked infrastructure, and of the problems this Directive is intended to address, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives