5 Amendments of Luke Ming FLANAGAN related to 2017/0114(COD)
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) TBy their very nature, time-based user charges do by nature not accurately reflect infrastructure costs actually induced and, for similar reasons, are not effective when it comes to incentivising cleaner and more efficient operations, or reducing congestion. They should therefore be gradually replaced by distance-based charges, which are fairer, more efficient and more effective.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to secure user acceptance of future road charging schemes, Member States should be allowed to introduce adequate systems for the collection of charges as part of a wider package of mobility services. Such systems should ensure a fair distribution of infrastructure costs and reflect the ‘polluter pays’ principle. Such toll systems, however, should also be monitored to ensure they do not cause that which they are designed to reduce - traffic jams and back-up. Any Member States introducing such a system should ensure that it complies with the provisions of Directive 2004/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council16 . _________________ 16 Directive 2004/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the interoperability of electronic road toll systems in the Community (Text with EEA relevance), OJ L 166, 30.4.2004, p. 124–143
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Road congestion, to which all motor vehicles contribute in different proportions, represents a cost of about 1% of GDP. A significant part of this cost can be attributed to interurban congestion. A specific congestion charge should therefore be allowed, on condition that it is applied to all vehicle categories. In order to be effective and proportionate, the charge should be calculated on the basis of the marginal congestion cost and differentiated according to location, time and vehicle category. In order to maximise the positive effect of congestion charges, corresponding revenues should be ring-fenced and allocated to projects addressing the sources of the problem.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) In case a Member State introduces a system of road charging, compensations granted may, according to the case, result in the discrimination ofagainst non-resident road users. The possibility to grant such compensation at such occasion should therefore be limited to the cases of tolls and should no longer be available in the case of user charges.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Road charges can mobilise resources that contribute to the financing of the maintenance and development of high quality transport infrastructure. It is therefore appropriate to incentivise Member States to uring-fence and use those revenues from road charges accordingly and, to this end, to require that they adequately report on the use of such revenues. That should in particular help identifying possible financing gaps, and raising the public acceptance of road charging.