35 Amendments of Eleonora EVI related to 2018/2792(RSP)
Amendment 1 #
Citation –1 (new)
-1 having regard to Article 37 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
Amendment 3 #
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 27 June 2017 on EU action for sustainability;
Amendment 4 #
Citation 4 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 6 March 2018 on the implementation of the 7th Environment Action Programme;
Amendment 6 #
Citation 7 a (new)
- having regard to Special Report n. 23/2018 of the European Court of Auditors on “Air Pollution: Our Health still insufficiently protected” 1a; _________________ 1a https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADoc uments/SR18_23/SR_AIR_QUALITY_EN .pdf
Amendment 8 #
Citation 7 b (new)
- having regard to the question to the Commission on Investigation in the wake of the Dieselgate 2.0 scandal (O- 000013/2018) of 2 February 2018;
Amendment 9 #
Citation 7 c (new)
- having regard to the study on "Air Quality and urban traffic in the EU: best practices and possible solutions" presented before the Committee on Petitions on 9 October 2018 1a; _________________ 1a http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/ 2014_2019/plmrep/COMMITTEES/PETI/ DV/2018/10-08/16- STUDY_AirQuality_EN.pdf
Amendment 22 #
Recital B a (new)
B a. Whereas in 2012 the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified diesel engine exhaust as carcinogenic to humans based on sufficient evidence that exposure is associated with an increased risk for lung cancer;
Amendment 24 #
Recital B b (new)
B b. Whereas further evidence shows that diesel exhaust from road traffic has immediate cardiovascular and respiratory impacts and causes the insurgence of chronic diseases and long-term health damage;
Amendment 26 #
Recital C
C. whereas the failure to implement air quality legislation in urban areas is particularly worrying and hinders the achievement of Priority objective 3 under the 7th EAP according to which Union's citizens should be safeguarded from environment related pressures and risks to health and well-being;
Amendment 29 #
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas poor air quality poses a growing challenge in the context of sustainable development and tackling air pollution is of critical importance for ensuring the implementation of the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Europe and beyond;
Amendment 33 #
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas the Union should strive to promote action at global level for air pollution abatement;
Amendment 39 #
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Urges the Commission to act without delay on PM2.5 by proposing the introduction of more stringent compliance values as recommended by the WHO for these particles into EU air quality legislation;
Amendment 44 #
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Member States to prioritise the implementation of coordinated actions and policies at all levels for improving air quality in cities and urban areas, in order to reach the ultimate objectives of halting premature deaths and diseases caused by the exposure to air pollutants and cutting their related health and social costs across the Union;
Amendment 56 #
Paragraph 4
4. Invites Member States authoritiCalls on the competent authorities in the Member States to take a comprehensive approach to air pollution and to prioritise pollution mitigation approaches which have co- benefits in other domains; urges the competent authorities to develop Clean Air Action plans comprising credible measures addressing all sources of air pollution and all sectors of the economy; encourages cities and competent authorities to start working at all levels on a Covenant of Clean Air for all;
Amendment 58 #
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Supports the continuation of the so-called "Clean Air Dialogues" between the Commission and Member States, which should address all implementation gaps on the basis of a holistic approach;
Amendment 59 #
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Stresses that air quality plans which need to be adopted for zones and agglomerations where air quality is poor due to persisting levels of pollutants above the limit values set at EU level should be conceived to achieve the objective of keeping the exceedance period «as short as possible», as legally required by Directive 2008/50/EC and clearly confirmed by case law of the Court of Justice 1a; _________________ 1a See ECJ judgement of 5 September 2017 in case C-488/15 and ECJ judgement of 22 February 2018 in case C- 336/16;
Amendment 60 #
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that there is a need for a holistic approach to air pollution in European cities taking account of various sources of air pollution; calls on the Commission, therefore, to put forward effective measures that enable the Member States to comply with the Ambient Air Quality Directive, to prioritise its assessment of the measures adopted by the Member States, and to step up its efforts for checking compliance at Member State level; with the view to improve air quality in the context of infringement procedures, and to step up its efforts for checking compliance at Member State level, including with RDE air pollutant emission standards under Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 1a; _________________ 1a Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 of 1 June 2017 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on type-approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information, amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012 and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008.
Amendment 73 #
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls the link between air pollution and inequality as exposure is usually higher for more vulnerable segments of society; encourages Member States to make efforts to prevent the accumulation of environmental, socio- demographic and economic disadvantages, including by taking measures to limit pollution at hotspots of vulnerability such aswhich include hospitals, schools, and retirement homes;
Amendment 74 #
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Is concerned by the growing body of scientific evidence on the impact of traffic-related air pollution to cognitive development and performance in children as well as in other segments of the population;
Amendment 76 #
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Invites the Commission and the Member States to encourage the uptake of renewable-energy based and efficient domestic heating solutions in order to contribute to curbing the release of air pollutants from households across the Union;
Amendment 77 #
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Urges the competent authorities in the Member States to ensure that operators of all installations covered by Directive 2010/75/EU comply strictly with the requirements concerning emissions into the air included in their respective environmental permits in order to protect citizens against health hazards stemming from industrial activities;
Amendment 78 #
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11 c. Recalls that the uniform application and the update of the best available techniques (BAT) for containing the release into the air of atmospheric pollutants are of critical importance for ensuring the mantainance of an adequate level of environmental protection across the EU;
Amendment 85 #
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Underlines that the promotion of active transport modes, such as cycling and walking, is of critical importance for improving air quality by reducing the heavy reliance on private motor vehicles in cities and urban areas; Considers that active transport modes should therefore be supported by an extensive and high quality infrastructure, complemented by reliable public transport at city and regional level, and encouraged by spatial planning;
Amendment 92 #
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines once again the importance of long-term Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) and encourages Member States to draw up SUMPs which give priority to zero- and low-emission transport modes and which include intelligent transport systems; supports the establishment of traffic zones and intermodal platforms where priority is given to use by public transport;
Amendment 93 #
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Amendment 97 #
Paragraph 14
14. Recognises the role ofStresses that green public procurement through the purchasing of zero-emission vehicles by public authorities for their own fleets or for (semi) public car-sharing programmes is key a element for the decarbonisation of road transport as well as for the improvement of air quality across Europe;
Amendment 100 #
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Welcomes the pledges made by several cities across Europe on cleaning up their public transport fleets by setting requirements for the procurement of electric buses and invites more cities to follow the example set by some European members 1a of the C40 Cities network which have signed the "Fossil Fuel Free Streets Declaration" 2a, agreeing to only procure e-buses from 2025 and to ensure the creation of major urban zero-emission areas by 2030; _________________ 1a i.e. Paris, London, Barcelona, Heidelberg, Milan, Rome, Rotterdam, Warsaw, Birmingham, Oxford, Manchester (as of 8 October 2018). 2a https://c40-production- images.s3.amazonaws.com/other_uploads/ images/1579_3_FFFS_declaration_FINA L.original.pdf?1535129747
Amendment 102 #
Paragraph 15
15. ConsiderStresses that discrepancies between the official type approval emission figures and the real world level of NOx emissions from Euro 3 to 6 cars are the main cause of the delays in improving air quality in cities and urban areas, seriously undermineing local schemes and measures designed to restrict the most polluting vehicles;
Amendment 106 #
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Underlines that in the aftermath of the Dieselgate the Commission should act with no hesitation vis-à-vis the Member States proven to be responsible of putting on European roads pollutant diesel- powered cars that contribute significantly to the release of NOx into the atmosphere and that do not comply EU rules on the type-approval and emissions of passenger and light commercial vehicles;
Amendment 109 #
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16 b. Strongly condemns the experiments that were commissioned by the European Research Group on Environment and Health in the Transport Sector (EUGT) and carried out between 2014 and 2015 on humans and monkeys in an attempt to show that exhaust fumes from diesel engines of new vehicles did not pose a threat to health;
Amendment 110 #
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16 c. Asks the Commission and the Member States to ensure that experiments of this kind, which are ethically abominable and unjustifiable in every respect, will never be repeated again in the territory of the Union;
Amendment 112 #
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16 d. Asks the co-legislators to establish a collective redress procedure for all consumers across Member States, including for the victims of illegal practices which have elements that overstep financial ones, such as damage to health caused by excessive air pollutant emissions from road transport, as it is the case for the Dieselgate scandal; Considers that such a procedure, to be developed on the basis of the "New Deal for Consumer" adopted by the European Commission in April 2018, should enable the protection of collective and public interests as recognised by the case law of the European Court of Justice;
Amendment 114 #
Paragraph 16 e (new)
16 e. Highlights that construction work is a relevant source of PM in urban areas; therefore asks the competent authorities in the Member States to ensure that construction sites are properly managed and that low emission practices are implemented; calls for the deployment of electric equipment and machinery as a way for decreasing air pollutant emissions from construction sites;
Amendment 124 #
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Considers that air quality plans should therefore address suburban areas where agriculture is practiced by foreseeing measures to reduce ammonia emissions, PM emissions from open burning of agricultural waste and PM emissions from domestic wood burning in order to reduce regional background concentrations of PM as an efficient way to also lower urban background levels of such particles;
Amendment 126 #
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17 b. Calls on the co-legislators to include in the future CAP, measures to enable farmers to reduce the overall air pollutant emissions of the agricultural sector to the benefit of all citizens in the Union;