18 Amendments of Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI related to 2015/2005(INI)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the transport industry represents a driving force of the EU economy, employing around 10 million people and accounting for about 5 % of GDP, which should remain a frontrunner in generating further economic growth and job creation; and which should be protected from the negative impact of very ambitious decarbonisation goals included in long-term policy of the European Union;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas transport is a sector where Europe is a world leader, in both manufacturing and transport operations, and it is crucial that European transport continues to develop and invest to maintain its competitive position under strong pressure of transport sector companies from other parts of world;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas it is essential to ensure the successful development of the Trans- European Transport Network (TEN-T), effectively link the transport networks of all EU regions and eliminate disparities between the levels of infrastructure development, especially between Member States from East and West Europe;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas further market opening needs to go hand in hand with quality jobs and working conditions respecting the Four Freedoms of the European Union and the objective differences between levels of economic development, taxation systems, regulations of labour law and social welfare systems in Member States;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that focusing on co-modality in the European transport policy should consider the existing gap between Member States from East and West Europe in basic infrastructure and should lead to the creation of a consistent and economically effective transport system corresponding to the needs of all citizens of the European Union;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that public-private partnership, as a good example of synergy between the economic effectiveness of the private sector and the investment potential of public institutions, should play a more important role in the investment financing process for the construction and modernisation of transport infrastructure in Member States;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to monitor the situation in the different Member States as regards the operation of transportation network companies that match drivers to passengers (Uber being the most prominent example), and to carry out an assessment of the legal, social and economic consequences arising from the operation of such companies, accompanied, if appropriate, by relevant measures or recommendations;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 14 – indent 1 a (new)
- efforts to extend the application of the Directive on facilitating cross-border exchange of information on road safety related traffic offences to other countries, especially to EU neighbouring and Eastern Partnership countries,
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Urges the Commission to ensure that proposals on the opening-up of services in all transport markets do not lead to social dumpingunfair practices of transport companies, distortion of competition, state protectionism, poorer-quality services, monopolies or oligopolies;
Amendment 382 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Stresses that the protectionist measures taken recently by certain EU countries are contrary to liberalisation and thereby are in conflict with the assumptions of the transport White Book, which points to the need to open up the road transport market, in particular to remove the remaining obstacles as concerns cabotage.
Amendment 395 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Draws attention to the fact that, in accordance with an OECD report, the increase in overland shipments of goods and the associated increase in CO2 emissions up to 2050 will mainly be driven by Asian economies; in this respect it is stressed that in the coming years the overriding objective will be to maintain the competitiveness of the European transport sector, so that costly emission standards imposed by EU Member States do not lead to a fall in the competitiveness of EU undertakings.
Amendment 407 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 25 – indent 1 a (new)
- the maximisation of use of yet untapped infrastructure, notably regional airports, which could be boosted through cheap and existing technological means;
Amendment 409 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 25 – indent 1 a (new)
- a good network of airports to be maintained as it is key to ensure the connectivity of regions; with regards to modal-shift, remote regions are sometimes only available by air transport;
Amendment 426 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – indent 3
Paragraph 25 – indent 3
– an Aviation Dialogue with the Gulf States and Turkey with a view to enhancing financial transparency and safeguarding fair competition; inclusion of ‘fair competition clauses’ in air transport agreements, detailed provisions on subsidies, unfair practices and competition, and efficient means of action in the event of non- compliance with those provisions,
Amendment 460 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 1
Paragraph 26 – indent 1
– national policy frameworks aimed at the development of the market as regards alternative fuels (natural gas, shale gas, hydrogen, sustainable biofuels, including molasses- based ethanol) and electric cars, and the deployment of the relevant refuelling/recharging infrastructure,
Amendment 469 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 2 a (new)
Paragraph 26 – indent 2 a (new)
- an EU roadmap for cycling to be included in the next European Commission Work Programme;
Amendment 498 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 6
Paragraph 26 – indent 6
Amendment 504 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 6 a (new)
Paragraph 26 – indent 6 a (new)
- permanent monitoring and decisive response in every case of breaking EU law by Member States in the area of road transport services, especially freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services guaranteed in the Treaty on European Union, Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services and Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009 on common rules for access to the international road haulage market,