45 Amendments of Inma RODRÍGUEZ-PIÑERO related to 2021/0223(COD)
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) LNG is likely to play a continued role in maritime transport, where there is currently no economically viable zero- emission powertrain technology available. The Communication on the Smart and Sustainable Mobility Strategy points to zero-emission seagoing ships becoming market ready by 2030. Fleet conversion should take place gradually due to the long lifetime of the ships. Contrary to maritime transport, for inland waterways, with normally smaller vessels and shorter distances, zero-emission powertrain technologies, such as hydrogen and electricity, should enter the markets more quickly. LNG is expected to no longer play a significant role in that sector. Transport fuels such as LNG need increasingly to be decarbonised by blending/substituting with liquefied biomethane (bio-LNG) or renewable and low-carbon synthetic gaseous e-fuels (e-gas) for instance. Those decarbonised fuels can be used in the same infrastructure as gaseous fossil fuels thereby allowing for a gradual shift towards decarbonised fuels. The role of this fuel as a transitional alternative fuel would remain vital until 2035.
Amendment 246 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Hydrogen-powered motor vehicles have at present very low market penetration rates. However, a build-up of sufficient hydrogen refuelling infrastructure is essential in order to make large-scale hydrogen-powered motor vehicle deployment possible as envisaged in the Commission’s hydrogen strategy for a climate-neutral Europe54 . Currently, hydrogen refuelling points are only deployed in a few Member States and are largely not suitable for heavy-duty vehicles, not allowing for a circulation of hydrogen vehicles across the Union. Mandatory deployment targets for publicly accessible hydrogen refuelling points should ensure that a sufficiently dense network of hydrogen refuelling points is deployed across the TEN-T core network to allow for the seamless travel of hydrogen fuelled light-duty and, heavy- duty vehicles and long-distance collective passenger transport throughout the Union. _________________ 54 COM(2020) 301 final.
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Hydrogen fuelled vehicles should be able to refuel at or close to the destination, which is usually located in an urban area. To ensure that publicly accessible destination refuelling is possible at least in the main urban areas, all urban nodes as defined in Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council55 should provide such refuelling stations. Within the urban nodes, public authorities should consider to deploy the stations within multimodal freight centres as those are not only the typical destination for heavy-duty vehicles but could also serve hydrogen to other transport modes, such as rail and inland shipping, inland shipping and long-distance collective passenger transport. _________________ 55 Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network and repealing Decision No 661/2010/EU (OJ L 348, 20.12.2013, p. 1).
Amendment 265 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) A number of LNG refuelling points are established in the Union, already providing a backbone for the circulation of LNG driven heavy-duty vehicles. The TEN-T corDespite this, significant gaps in the LNG network remain across the EU. The TEN-T core and comprehensive networks should remain the basis for the deployment of LNG infrastructure, and progressively for bio- LNG, as it covers the main traffic flows and allows cross border connectivity throughout the Union. It had been recommended in Directive 2014/94/EU that such refuelling points be installed every 400 km on the TEN-T core network, but certain limited gaps in the network remain to reach that objective. Member States should by 2025 reach that objective and fill the remaining gaps, after which the target should cease to apply.
Amendment 276 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) Transport infrastructure should allow seamless mobility and accessibility for all users, including persons with disabilities and older persons. In principle, the location of all recharging and refuelling stations as well as the recharging and refuelling stations themselves should be designed in such a way that they can be used by as much of the public as possibleaccessible and user-friendly for all public, in particular by older persons, persons with reduced mobility and persons with disabilities. This should include for example providing sufficient space around the parking lot, ensuring that the recharging station is not installed on a kerbed surface, ensuring that the buttons or screen of the recharging station are at an appropriate height and the weight of the recharging and refuelling cables is such that persons with limited strength can handle them with ease. In addition the user interface of the related recharging stations should be accessible. In that sense, the accessibility requirements in Annexes I and III to Directive 2019/88257 should be applicable to recharging and refuelling infrastructure. _________________ 57 Directive (EU) 2019/882 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the accessibility requirements for products and services (OJ L 151, 7.6.2019, p. 70).
Amendment 307 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) Container ships and passenger ships, being the ship categories which are producing the highest amount of emissions per ship at berth, in other words, when the ship is securely moored at a berth while loading and unloading, should as a priority be provided with shore-side electricity supply. In order to take into account power demand characteristics while at berth of different passenger ships, as well as port operational characteristics, it is necessary to distinguish between the passenger ship requirements for ro-ro passenger ships and high speed passenger vessels, and those for other passenger ships.
Amendment 311 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) These targets should take into account the types of vessels served and their respective traffic volumes. Maritime ports with low traffic volumes of certain ship categories, should be exempted from the mandatory requirements for the corresponding ship categories based on a minimum level of traffic volume, so as to avoid underused capacity being installed. Similarly, the mandatory targets should not aim to target maximum demand, but a sufficiently high volume, in order to avoid underused capacity and to take account of port operational characteristics. Maritime transport is an important link for the cohesion and economic development of islands and the outermost regions in the Union. Energy production capacity in these islands and outermost regions may not always be sufficient to account for the power demand required to support the provision of shore- side electricity supply. In such a case islands and the outermost regions should be exempted from this requirement unless and until such an electrical connection with the mainland has been completed or there is a sufficient locally generated capacity from clean energy sources.
Amendment 342 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) In accordance with Article 3 of Directive 2014/94/EU, Member States have established national policy frameworks outlining their plans and objectives to ensure that those objectives would be met. Both the assessment of the national policy framework and the evaluation of Directive 2014/94/EU have highlighted the need for higher ambition and a better coordinated approach across Member States in view of the expected acceleration in the uptake of alternative fuel vehicles, in particular of electric vehicles. Furthermore, alternatives to fossil fuel will be needed in all transport modes to meet the ambitions of the European Green Deal. The existing National Policy Frameworks should be revised to clearly describe how the much greater need for publicly accessible recharging and refuelling infrastructure as expressed in the mandatory targets is going to be met by the Member States. The national policy frameworks should be based on territorial analysis, identifying the different needs and taking into account, when relevant, existing local and regional deployment plans of refuelling and recharging infrastructure. Particular attention should be paid to rural areas in order to ensure their closest accessibility to these refuelling and recharging infrastructures based on an ex-ante evaluation of their corresponding needs focused on i.e. users' demand, socioeconomic local activities, mobility basic needs... Furthermore, the revised frameworks should equally address all transport modes including those for which no mandatory deployment targets exists, of particular importance for rural areas too.
Amendment 359 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) Member States should make use of a wide range of regulatory and non- regulatory incentives and measures to reach the mandatory targets and implement their national policy frameworks, in close cooperation with regional and local authorities, as well as private sector actors, who should play a key role in supporting the development of alternative fuels infrastructure.
Amendment 364 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41 a (new)
Recital 41 a (new)
(41 a) With an overall climate target of 30% of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and 37% of the Cohesion Fund, cohesion policy will play a key role in the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure across the EU. Therefore, regional and local authorities will have a fundamental role in the planning and implementing of the targets set in this Regulation. They should also be fully involved in the elaboration and implementation of the national policy frameworks for the deployment of the alternative fuels infrastructure, and should ensure that no territories are left behind in terms of accessibility and availability of the latter.
Amendment 366 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41 b (new)
Recital 41 b (new)
(41 b) Rural areas, which are home to 30.6% of the EU, are more exposed to suffer, particularly those that are sparsely populated, from lack of transport-related infrastructure, including for alternative fuels, and quality and frequent transport services. This has a direct impact on rural regions' connectivity and socioeconomic development. In order to promote the transition to smart and sustainable mobility as well in rural areas, Member States and regional and local authorities, should cooperate to implement a coherent plan of deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure in these territories, in line with their national policy frameworks, which should comply with the accessibility and availability needs of these territories. Member States and regional and local authorities should make use of the European, national and regional funds at their disposal for this matter.
Amendment 376 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
Recital 46
(46) Data should play a fundamental role in the adequate functioning of recharging and refuelling infrastructure. The format, the frequency and the quality in which these data should be made available and accessible should determine the overall quality of an alternative fuels infrastructure ecosystem that meets user needs. Moreover, those data should be accessible in a coherent manner in all Member States. Therefore, data should be provided in accordance with the requirements set in Directive 2010/40/EU of the European Parliament and the Council59 for national access points (NAPs). The Commission should establish a European access point which connects all NAPs and which is publicly accessible for users to easily access relevant information on the refuelling and recharging points at any time. The development of a public interface at EU level is needed to access this data and give users information on the accessibility and availability, including waiting times and the remaining alternative fuels capacity of the refuelling and recharging points. This could help preventing traffic disruption and benefit road safety. The interface should also provide users with a standardised and secure booking and payment systems. The form of this interface should be standardised, multilingual and user-friendly. _________________ 59 Directive 2010/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on the framework for the deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems in the field of road transport and for interfaces with other modes of transport (OJ L 207, 6.8.2010, p. 1).
Amendment 416 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b – indent 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b – indent 1
– biomass fuels, including biogas, bioliquids and biofuels as defined in Article 2, points (27), (28), (32) and (33) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001,
Amendment 475 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 57
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 57
(57) ‘ship at berth’ means a ship which is securely moored at a berth as defined in Article 3, point (n) of Regulation (EU) 2015/757in a port falling under the jurisdiction of a Member State while it is loading and unloading, including the time spent when not engaged in cargo operations; in case of cruise vessels, hoteling is included;
Amendment 494 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
– publicly accessible recharging stations for light-duty vehicles are deployed commensurate to the uptake of light-duty electric vehicles, including passenger cars and light commercial vehicles;
Amendment 608 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) by 31 December 2030, in each safe and secure parking area at least one recharging station dedicated to heavy-duty vehicles with a power output of at least 1050 kW is installed;
Amendment 613 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) by 31 December 2025, in each urban nodes where services for heavy-duty vehicles are offered, publicly accessible recharging points dedicated to heavy-duty vehicles providing an aggregated power output of at least 600 kW are deployed, provided by recharging stations with an individual power output of at least 150 kW;
Amendment 620 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) by 31 December 2030, in each urban nodes where services for heavy-duty vehicles are offered, publicly accessible recharging points dedicated to heavy-duty vehicles providing an aggregated power output of at least 1200 kW are deployed, provided by recharging stations with an individual power output of at least 150 kW.
Amendment 635 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Member States should, in coordination with the relevant stakeholders, carry out a study before 2025 in order to evaluate and plan the necessary reinforcements to the electricity grids that would supply power to the TEN- T network in line with the evolution of the heavy-duty vehicle market.
Amendment 795 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure until 1 January 202530 that an appropriate number of publicly accessible refuelling points for LNG and CNG are put in place, at least along the TEN-T core and comprehensive networks, in order to allow LNG heavy-duty motor vehicles to circulate throughout the Union, where there is demand, unless the costs are disproportionate to the benefits, including environmental benefits.
Amendment 813 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that a minimum shore-side electricity supply for seagoing container and seagoing at berth passenger ships is provided in TEN-T maritime ports. To that end, Member States shall take, in cooperation with the managing body or the competent authority, the necessary measures to ensure that by 1 January 2030:
Amendment 846 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
The provision of electricity in ports can be supplied from the electricity grid or by mobile GPUs powered with electricity or with zero-carbon fuels.
Amendment 860 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) port calls that are at berth for less than twofour hours, calculated on the basis of hour of departure and arrival monitored in accordance with Article 14 of the proposal for a Regulation COM(2021)562;
Amendment 868 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(c a) port calls by ships without shore connection or that are not securely moored at a berth while are loading or unloading, including the time spent when not engaged in cargo operations;
Amendment 872 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c b (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c b (new)
(c b) port calls that are at berth, that require the use of on-board energy generation, under emergency situations representing immediate risk to life, the ship, the environment or for other reasons of force majeure;
Amendment 874 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Where the maritime port of the TEN-T core network and the TEN-T comprehensive network is located on an island or in an outermost region as referred to in Article 349 TFEU, which is not connected directly to the electricity grid, paragraph 1 shall not apply, until such a connection has been completed or there is a sufficient locally generated capacity from clean energy sources.
Amendment 917 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Member States shall support the development or repurposing of needed infrastructure to facilitate the penetration of renewable and low-carbon gases, such as hydrogen and ammonia.
Amendment 944 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a Targets for supply of alternative fuels infrastructure along the rail network Member States shall ensure that an appropriate number of charging stations for battery-powered trains and hydrogen refuelling stations for rail are put in place for sections of the TEN-T rail network for which a derogation from the electrification requirements has been granted in line with Article 12(3) or Article 39(3) of Regulation 1315/2013/EU.
Amendment 945 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 b (new)
Article 12 b (new)
Article 12 b Flexibility due to national circumstances 1. In addition to the provisions set out in this Regulation, the Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts authorising any Member State to introduce timeframe extensions for specific national circumstances. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 21 (2). 2. A Member State wishing to extend those timeframes shall inform the Commission accordingly and in due time and shall provide the Commission with all relevant and necessary justified information. 3. The Commission shall examine the request, taking into account, inter alia, socioeconomic cohesion, the proper functioning of the internal market, the need to ensure fair competition and Union environment, energy and transport policies.
Amendment 973 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point i a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point i a (new)
(i a) measures to guarantee accessibility of all territories to refuelling and recharging infrastructure, paying particular attention to rural areas to ensure their closest accessibility. Targeted policies and measures should be considered and implemented for these territories by Member States.
Amendment 991 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point m
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point m
(m) a deployment plan for non- transitional alternative fuels infrastructure in maritime ports, in particular for electricity and hydrogen, for port services as defined in Regulation (EU) 2017/352 of the European Parliament and of the Council66 ; _________________ 66 Regulation (EU) 2017/352 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2017 establishing a framework for the provision of port services and common rules on the financial transparency of ports (OJ L 57, 3.3.2017, p. 1).
Amendment 996 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point n
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point n
(n) a deployment plan for non- transitional alternative fuels infrastructure in maritime ports other than for LNG and shore-side electricity supply for use by sea going vessels, in particular for hydrogen, ammonia and electricity;
Amendment 1010 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point p a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point p a (new)
(p a) measures to promote an appropriate number of charging stations for battery-powered trains and hydrogen refuelling stations along the TEN-T network where electrification is not possible;
Amendment 1099 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 18, paragraph 2, new point I
2. Operators of publicly accessible recharging and refuelling points or, in accordance with the arrangement between them, the owners of those points, shall ensure the availability of static and dynamic data concerning alternative fuels infrastructure operated by them and allow accessibility of that data through the National Access Points at no cost. The following data types shall be made available: I. Publicly accessible electric recharging points
Amendment 1100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part
(a) static data for publicly accessible recharging and refuelling points operated by them:
Amendment 1102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
(i) geographic location of the recharging or refuelling point,
Amendment 1103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii a (new)
(iii a) opening hours, identification and payment methods,
Amendment 1104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iv
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iv
(iv) contact information of the owner and operator of the recharging and refuelling station.
Amendment 1108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point b – introductory part
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point b – introductory part
(b) further static data for publicly accessible recharging points operated by them:
Amendment 1110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point c – introductory part
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point c – introductory part
(c) dynamic data for all recharging and refuelling points operated by them:
Amendment 1112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point c – point i
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point c – point i
(i) operational statusavailability (operational/out of order),
Amendment 1114 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point c – point ii
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point c – point ii
(ii) availabilityoccupation status (in use/ not in use),
Amendment 1124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new) Artclee 18 – paragraph 2 – new point II
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new) Artclee 18 – paragraph 2 – new point II
2 a. II.Publicly accessible hydrogen refuelling points and other publicly accessible refuelling points: (a) static data: (i) geographic location, (ii) number of parking spaces for people with disabilities, (iii) opening hours, identification and payment methods, (iv) contact information of the owner and operator of the recharging station. (b) dynamic data: (i) availability (operational/out of order).
Amendment 1129 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. By 31 December 2026, the Commission shall establish a common European access point for data on alternative fuels infrastructure that connects all National Access Points and that offers access to all data referred to in paragraph 2. The Commission shall ensure that the data contained in the common European access point on the availability and accessibility, including waiting times and the remaining alternative fuels capacity, of the refuelling and recharging points, is available through a public, up-to-date, user-friendly, accessible and multilingual interface at EU level. The Commission shall ensure its compatibility and interoperability across the EU and specify the functionalities and EU standards of this interface by an implementing act.
Amendment 1132 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. The Commission shall take the necessary measures to ensure that a standardised and secure booking system is provided throughout this interface.