7 Amendments of Markus FERBER related to 2009/2096(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the transport sector has a major impact on aspects of economic policy and employment policy, given that it represents 10% of the EU’s prosperity (as a proportion of gross domestic product) and provides over 10 million jobs, and whereas improvements in the efficiency of transport chains are therefore required in order to ensure that the transport sector can play a key role in the European economy in future too,
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the EU undertook, in the climate change package, to achieve a 20% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 compared to 1990, which remains a binding target, whereby technical advancements in particular must be pursued in order to achieve further successes in cutting emissions, thus reducing pollution not only more effectively but also more cost-effectively, in a more socially compatible manner, and with greater societal acceptance than would be the case if restrictions on mobility were to be introduced; whereas, in all the solutions to reduce the negative environmental impacts of transport, the opportunity costs of climate policy and thus the real losses to the economy and society must be considered,
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is convinced that population growth, in particular in cities, will give rise to challenges for transport in terms of safety and capacity, and that the basic right to mobility and the applicability of this right are crucial in this regard; stresses that, in this context, multimodal transport chains and collective transport, inter alia, are the way ahead for urban areas; points out at the same time, however, that in general, the European Union has no responsibility for urban transport problems and that, in line with the subsidiarity principle, sovereign tasks must be resolved by the cities themselves, especially since transport in Europe’s cities is far too diverse to allow ‘top-down’ standardised solutions to be applied; the European Commission’s role must therefore be confined to setting good examples and supporting pilot projects and the exchange of best practice, especially via the Seventh Framework Programme and the programmes implemented within the framework of cohesion policy;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission, in this context, to issue recommendations for harmonisation so that coaches, as an environmentally compatible, collective mode of transport, can enter city centres throughout Europe without being obstructed by diverse environmental zoning regulations which have a negative impact on tourism in cities;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Emphasises that climate protection, sustainability, reduction of import dependency and greater cost stability for energy and fuels are reasons why a timely conversion to alternative energy sources and drive systems is required in the transport sector, and calls on the European Commission to take more vigorous action to promote and drive forward this conversion, taking account of cost-benefit considerations: environmental levies should only be introduced if they can reasonably be borne by transport users and consumers and result in the greatest possible benefit to the environment;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Emphasises that in order to achieve further energy savings and to promote the use of energy carriers with low CO2 intensity, innovative technologies are required and that Europe’s industry can become a leader in the development of these future-oriented technologies, as there is considerable development potential to reduce CO2 emissions in the transport sector in particular, both with regard to vehicles (fuel consumption), energy carriers (natural gas, biofuels, hydrogen) and information and communications (telematics, congestion avoidance);
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 - indent 4
Paragraph 20 - indent 4
- a 20% reduction in the electricity used by rail vehicles compared with 2010n ambitious CO2 reduction target for the transport sector; as a minimum basis, the reduction target of 10% agreed under the climate and energy package from 2005 to 2020 should apply to sectors not covered by emissions trading (agriculture, buildings, transport),