7 Amendments of Ulrich STOCKMANN related to 2008/0147(COD)
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) In order to ensure that European road hauliers receive clear price signals which act as an incentive to optimise their behaviour, efforts should be made in the medium term to bring about convergence in the methods which all European charging systems use to calculate external costs.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Time-dependent user charges offer no incentive to make efficient use of transport infrastructure and reduce external costs. They should therefore be replaced by distance-dependent charging systems within five years following their introduction.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 13
Recital 13
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) AWithin three years following the expiry of the time-limit for transposing this Directive, a comprehensive assessment of the experience acquired in those Member States which apply an external cost charge in accordance with this Directive should be sent in due time by the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council. This assessment should also include an analysis of progress in the strategy to fight climate change, including in defining a common fuel tax element related to climate change in Council Directive 2003/96/EC of 27 October 2003 restructuring the Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity, including of the fuel used by heavy goods vehicles. In the light of this progress, the question of carbon dioxide emissions should be included and an analysis of any other further appropriate actions should be continued.
Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may maintain or introduce tolls and/or user charges on their trans-European road network or on certain sections of that network under the conditions laid down in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of this article and in Articles 7a to 7j. This shall be without prejudice to the right of Member States, in compliance with the Treaty, to apply tolls and/or user charges on roads not included in the trans-European road network, inter alia on parallel roads to which traffic may be diverted from the trans-European road network and/or which are in direct competition with certain parts of that network, or to other types of motor vehicle not covered by the definition of ‘vehicle’ on the trans-European road network, provided that the imposition of tolls and/or user charges on such roads does not discriminate against international traffic and does not result in distortions of competition between operators.
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 272 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7e – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7e – paragraph 1 – introductory part
(1) In exceptional cases concerning infrastructure in mountainous regions and conurbations, and after informing the Commission, a toll mark-up may be added to the infrastructure charge levied on specific road sections which are subject to acute congestion, or the use of which by vehicles is the cause of significant environmental damage, on condition that: