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36 Amendments of Massimiliano SALINI related to 2016/2327(INI)

Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas road transport is responsible for over 70 % of overall greenhouse gas emissions in transport and much of air pollution, and whereas action is mainly needed in this area, whilebut efforts should also be intensified in all sectors of transport to reduce emissions;
2017/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to come forward with a 202530 target for cars (in the range of 68-78 gr CO2/km) and vans (in the range of 105-120 gr CO2/km) to be calculated based on the nNew Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedures (WLTP)European Driving Cycle (NEDC). The targets for cars and vans have to be linked to the market penetration of alternative powered vehicles;
2017/05/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Invites the Commission and Member States to ensure full implementation of existing legislation and to come forward with a ‘transport and climate’ legislative package with a view to achieving the climate objectives, covering all modes, including urban mobilisupport the market uptake of existing technologies that contribute to low- emission mobility by increasing the efficiency of vehicles, whilst preserving safety;
2017/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the introduction of the new WLTP; underlines the need, however, to develop a more transparent and realistic on-road test procedure to reflect real fuel consumption and CO2 emissions complemented by fuel consumption meters on vehiclesconsider other variables different from fuel consumption (e.g. traffic conditions, road infrastructure, climate conditions, status of vehicles) when judging on vehicle performance;
2017/05/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to adopt antake ambitious mandate for coordinated actions supporting the market uptake of electricalternatively powered vehicles and callputs for a long-term European initiative on next generation batteries in this regardward guiding recommendations to Members States to implement fiscal incentives for zero and low-emission vehicles, whilst also calling on member states to fully transpose and implement the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure directive (COM 2014/94);
2017/05/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to review the EU approach to aviation connectivity; stresses that connectivity should focus on connecting remote and disadvantaged regions of the Union; underscores that this should be combined with investments in green alternatives such as cross-border (night)of trainsport;
2017/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that clearer price signals toacross all transport modes reflecting better the polluter-pays and user- pays principles are essential in ensuring fairness and a level-playing field for different transport modes in Europe;
2017/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 122 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission to come up with a proposal on the certification, monitoring and reporting of heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) by the end of 2017 and ambitious 2025 CO2 targets by the beginning of 2018end of 2018 based on a solid basis;
2017/05/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the Commission’s efforts at developing standards for inter- operable electronic tolling systems in the EU and the forthcoming revision of the Eurovignette Directive, which should include distance-based charging and differentiation on the basis of carbon dioxide emissions; calls for the extension of distance-based charging to cover all passenger cars and vans, and for the principle to be extended to urban areathe current possibility of differentiation on the basis of Euro standards;
2017/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that kerosene taxation needs to be introduced for aviation, which represents the mode furthest away from internalising its external costs; calls, furthermore, for the removal of the VAT exemption on air passenger tickets; encourages Member States to introduce or retain flight ticket taxes and/or levies in the interim;deleted
2017/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that autonomous vehicles canould be an important asset in improving the efficiency of transport; insists, however, that autonomous vehicles should be electric, shared, and include smart measures to mitigate increasing ustechnologically neutral and sustainable;
2017/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. The contribution of Intelligent Transport Management System (ITS) to a more environmentally friendly transport system should be taken in consideration within future regulation;
2017/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes efforts to ensure comprehensive and interoperable infrastructure for electric vehicle charging; alternatively powered vehicles; calls on the Commission to fully support the market uptake of alternatively powered vehicles and to encourage the transposition and the implementation of the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure directive (COM 2014/94) through guiding recommendations to Member States;
2017/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Considers that an obligation for fuel suppliers to reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of energy supplied through renewable electricity, hydrogen, sustainable conventional and advanced biofuels or, synthetic fuels or other low carbon fuels (e.g. CNG, LNG) would be the most effective approach for reducing the climate impact of road transport;
2017/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 227 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for a more stringent limits than thoseambitious approach in the transport sector than proposed in the recast of the Renewable Energy Directive in order to phase down first generation biofuels by 2030 and achieve long- term decarbonisation of the transport sector;
2017/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Underlines the role that natural gas (e.g. CNG, LNG), bio-methane, synthetic methane and LPG could play in the transition towards the decarbonisation of the transport sector;
2017/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Concurs with the Commission that some food-based biofuels have a limited role in decarbonising the transport sector and agrees with the state aid guidelines that food-based biofuels should not receive public support after 2020calls for a legislative framework for sustainable biofuels that incentivizes greenhouse gas emissions savings and reduces the risk of Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC);
2017/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to phase-out food based biofuels;deleted
2017/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 244 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16
16. Encourages greater market penetration of those sustainable crop- based biofuels as well as advanced biofuels which comply with the principle of cascading use and waste hierarchy and which respect strong environmental and social sustainability criteria in order to avoid the same issues that occurred with first-generation biofuelscontribute to the reduction of GHG emissions in the transport sector;
2017/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 257 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that sustainable crop- based biofuels should not count towards Member States’ climate targets under the Effort Sharing Regulation;
2017/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Urges the Commission and the Member States to limittake into account the contribution to climate action when financing projects in the framework of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), Trans- European Transport network (TEN-T), Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) and Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) financing to initiatives that contribute to climate action;
2017/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 264 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 18
18. Underlines the role that natural gas, in particular (e.g. CNG, LNG), bio-methane and, synthetic methane and GPL, could play in the transition towards the decarbonisation of the transport sector, especially with regard to shipping, aviation and HDVs.
2017/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Underlines the needs to deliver the most cost-effective emissions reductions, also through the full exploitation of the existing infrastructure and by boosting technologies that facilitate cross-border impact between Member States;
2017/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for new standards for CO2 emissions from cars and vans to be set for 2025 and 2030 on the basis of a linear trajectory and at a level corresponding to an annual improvement of at least 6-8 %, corresponding to 70 g New European Driving Cycle (NEDC) in 2025 and 50g NEDC in 203030. The new standards should be calculated as a percentage reduction from 2021 WLTP values. A mid-term review in 2025 should be included in order to adjust the targets for 2030 on the basis of the market uptake of alternatively powered vehicles and the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure;
2017/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Insists that the future Union CO2 standards for vehicles should also be measurbe based ion a real-world driving test in order to inform consumers, ensure the accuracy of test procedures and avoid test cyclthe new WLTP laboratory test cycle, providing consumers with realistic information based on collected worldwide driving data more representative of the breatingl conditions of use;
2017/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Reiterates its call for a revision of car labelling to improve consumer information and for the public procurement rules to incentivise clean vehicles; stresses that car labelling should be based on a comparative CO2 footprinscheme provided by the new WLTP test;
2017/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for the Commission to introduce a minimumurgently set ambitious targets for the share of electric vehicles for all manufacturers of at least 25 % for 2025market uptake of those vehicles that have been proven through Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies to have the lowest climate and environmental impact;
2017/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 359 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Expects the Commission to come forward with a proposal for CO2 standards for heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) for 2025 without further delay and based on a solid basis determined by VECTO tool, as well as for CO2 certification to allow for differentiation in road-user charging;
2017/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 394 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Urges the Commission to come forward with an ambitious proposal for the Combined Transport Directive that better promotes efficient freight transport and encourages the modal shift towards rail and sustainable waterways of 30 % by 2030 and 50 % by 2050;
2017/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 413 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Asks the Commission to improve aviation efficiency, including by means of the proposal on landing fees and and ensure a level playing field with third country carriers by sticking to the CO2 standards beyond those enshrined in the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) agreement;
2017/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 425 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Urges Member States to speed up the implementation of the Single European Sky, as current fragmentation are causing longer flight times, delays, extra fuel burn and great CO2 emissions;
2017/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 437 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Considers that the EU should implement the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) through the Union Emissions Trading System (ETS), while allowing for 50 % of the journeys to be excluded, provided that the destination is implementing CORSIA through national measures; proposes that the EU ETS should be retained for flights within the European Economic Area (EEA);
2017/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 453 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Stresses that, in order to address current market barriers to ship efficiency and lower emissions, transparency and the real transport work data inensure an effective global reduction of GHG emissions from international shipping, having regard to the target of the COP21 Paris Climate Agreement, the EU Monitoring, Reporting, Verification (MRV) system should be preserved if and whenvised in case the EU decides to align its system with the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Data Collection System (DCS);
2017/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 460 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Stresses that, in the absence of an international agreement on an emissions reduction objective for the shipping sector and IMO measures to mitigate emissionIMO roadmap to establish CO2 emissions reduction commitments in the international maritime sector, the Union should incorbe supporated international shipping into the Emissions Trading System from 2023 order to adopt ambitious short and long term measures consistently with the Paris Climate Agreement;
2017/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 462 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Underlines the importance to fully transpose and implement the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure directive (COM 2014/94), including the establishment of LNG refuelling points across the TEN-T corridors and at maritime ports. The wider use of LNG in freight transport could contribute to the low-emission mobility, having regard to the international climate and energy long targets;
2017/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 474 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Stresses that, a strong support from the EU is recommended in order to ensure the equipment of a sufficient amount of inland ports of the TEN-T core network with alternative fuels infrastructure and refuelling and storage points for inland waterways transports publicly accessible;
2017/05/23
Committee: TRAN