Activities of Isabella DE MONTE related to 2017/0290(COD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 92/106/EEC on the establishment of common rules for certain types of combined transport of goods between Member States PDF (973 KB) DOC (153 KB)
Amendments (15)
Amendment 80 #
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 and digital-technology investment support measures or different economic support measures, should also be supported. With regard to digital technologies, a transitional period should be provided for the dematerialisation of documents that must certify that combined transport has occurred, including through the technological upgrading of inspecting authorities’ instruments. Member States should prioritise investment in transhipment terminals to reduce congestion on the roads, to alleviate the isolation of industrial areas which lack such infrastructure and to improve the accessibility and physical and digital connectivity of freight handling facilities.
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) When a project of common European Interest in combined transport does not affect trading conditions and distort competition within the meaning of Article 107(3)(c) TFEU, and requires support measures below 35% of the total project value, the Commission should consider exempting Member States from the requirement to notify the Commission provided for in Article 108(3)TFEU.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive applies to combined transport operations in the territory of the EU.
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
For the purposes of this Directive, ‘combined transport’ means carriage of goods by a transport operation, within the Member States, consisting of an initial or final road leg of the journey, or both, as well as a non-road leg of the journey using rail, inland waterway or maritime transport:
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) in a trailer or semi-trailer, with or without a tractor unit, swap body or container, identified in accordance with the identification regime established pursuant to international standards ISO6346 and EN13044, including 44 tonnes gross weight allowance for cranable semi- trailers, where the load unit is transhipped between the different modes of transport; or
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) 15200 km in distance as the crow flies;
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
The road leg distance limit may be temporarily exceeded for combined road/rail transport operations, when authorised by the Member State or Member States on whose territory the road leg takes place, in order to reach the geographically nearest transporhipment terminal which has the necessary operational transhipment capability for loading or unloading in terms of transhipment equipment, terminal capacity and appropriate rail freight services.
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that road transport is considered forming part of a combined transport operation covered by this Directive only if the carriertransport undertaking can produce clear evidence that such road transport constitutes a road leg of a combined transport operation, including the transport of empty load units before and after the transport of goods.
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. The evidence referred to in paragraph 1 shall be presented or transmitted, including electronically, upon the request of the authorised inspecting officer of the Member State where the check is carried out. In case of road side checks, it shall be presented within the duration of such check. It shall be in an official language of that Member State or in English. During a roadside check, the driver shall be allowed to contact the head office, the transport manager or any other person or entity which may support him in providing the evidence referred to paragraph 2.
Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Member States shall undertake to move towards a gradual dematerialisation of documentation, providing for a transitional period until the use of the paper format has been fully abandoned.
Amendment 243 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) the construction and, where necessary, the expansion of combined transport such transhipment terminals;expansion of existing combined transport transhipment terminals and, where necessary, the construction of new transhipment terminals. Investments should be preceded by impact assessments, to be analysed also in relation to current and potential traffic demand. Member States shall prioritise investment in transhipment terminals to reduce congestion on the roads, to alleviate the isolation of industrial areas which lack such infrastructure and to improve the accessibility and physical and digital connectivity of freight handling facilities.
Amendment 246 #
(b) the increase of operational efficiency in existing terminalranshipment terminals, enabling the establishment of a network of terminals in the Union commensurate with freight traffic demand, the relevance of which shall always be checked in advance, by supporting, inter alia, the automation of operations, the use of innovative freight handling systems and investments in digital logistics and information technologies to facilitate information flows.
Amendment 254 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 5
Article 6 – paragraph 5
Member States mayshall take additional measures, to improve of an economic and legislative nature, to improve - also through the use of technologies - the competitiveness of combined transport operations as compared to equivalent alternative road transport operations. Or. it (This AM should be read after current AM 256)
Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Support measures to combined transport shall be considered compatible with the internal market within the meaning of Article 107(3) TFEU and shall be exempted from the notification requirement of Article108(3) TFEU, provided that they would not represent more than 35% of the entire operation.