2 Amendments of Marie-Christine ARNAUTU related to 2018/0130(COD)
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The improved aerodynamics of the cabs of motor vehicles would allow significant gains on the energy performance of vehicles. However, this improvement was impossible under the maximum length restrictions set out by Directive 96/53/EC without reducing the vehicle load capacity. Member States should be able to impose their own limits in respect of gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR), which would enable them to combat unfair practices arising from differences between tonnage rules, especially, in cabotage operations, between the State of origin of the caboteur and the State in which the cabotage takes place. Therefore, a derogation from maximum length restrictions was introduced by Directive (EU) 2015/719.
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) It should be stressed that an improvement in the aerodynamic performance of cabs, and hence in energy efficiency, will bring with it a reduction in the cost of road freight and further stretch the competitiveness gap between it and rail freight, to the detriment of the latter.