20 Amendments of Sara CERDAS related to 2021/0223(COD)
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The deployment of publicly accessible recharging infrastructure for light-duty electric vehicles has been uneven across the Union. Continued uneven distribution would jeopardize the uptake of such vehicles, limiting connectivity across the Union. Continuing divergence in policy ambitions and approaches at national level will not create the long-term certainty needed for substantive market investment. Mandatory minimum targets for Member States at national level should therefore provide policy orientations and complement National Policy Frameworks. That approach should combine national fleet based targets with distance-based targets for the trans-European network for transport (TEN-T). National fleet based targets should ensure that vehicle uptake in each Member State is matched with the deployment of sufficient publicly accessible recharging infrastructure. Distance-based targets for the TEN-T network should ensure full coverage of electric recharging points along the Union’s main road networks and thereby ensure easy and seamless travel throughout the Union, including in and to the EU's outermost regions. The development of such a network of infrastructure would facilitate the accessibility and connectivity of all regions in the Union, including the outermost regions and other remote or rural areas, strengthening social, economic and territorial cohesion between them.
Amendment 169 #
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 person, older persons and persons living in outermost regions or in remote or rural areas. 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 possible, 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. As appropriate, the specific case of outermost regions should also be taken into account in the setting up of recharging and refuelling stations, ensuring that the development of an alternative fuels infrastructure does not run in different speeds throughout the Union. __________________ 57Directive (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 179 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The deployment of publicly accessible recharging infrastructure for light-duty electric vehicles has been uneven across the Union. Continued uneven distribution would jeopardize the uptake of such vehicles, limiting connectivity across the Union. Continuing divergence in policy ambitions and approaches at national level will not create the long-term certainty needed for substantive market investment. Mandatory minimum targets for Member States at national level should therefore provide policy orientations and complement National Policy Frameworks. That approach should combine national fleet based targets with distance-based targets for the trans-European network for transport (TEN-T). National fleet based targets should ensure that vehicle uptake in each Member State is matched with the deployment of sufficient publicly accessible recharging infrastructure. Distance-based targets for the TEN-T network should ensure full coverage of electric recharging points along the Union’s main road networks and thereby ensure easy and seamless travel throughout the Union, including in and to the EU's outermost regions. The development of such a network of infrastructure would facilitate the accessibility and connectivity of all regions in the Union, including the outermost regions and other remote or rural areas, strengthening social, economic and territorial cohesion between them.
Amendment 275 #
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 person, older persons and persons living in outermost regions or in remote or rural areas. 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 possible, 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. As appropriate, the specific case of outermost regions should also be taken into account in the setting up of recharging and refuelling stations, ensuring that the development of an alternative fuels infrastructure does not run in different speeds throughout the Union. _________________ 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 278 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Shore-side electricity facilities can serve maritime and inland waterway transport as clean power supply and contribute to reducing the environmental impact of seagoing ships and inland waterway vessels, mainly at berth in ports. The public health and climatological benefits of using onshore-power supply (OPS) over other options that use generators on board of vessels (running mostly on fossil fuels) are prominent in terms of air quality for urban areas surrounding ports. Under the FuelEU maritime initiative, ship operators of container and passenger ships need to comply with provisions to reduce emissions at berth. Mandatory deployment targets should ensure that the sector finds sufficient shore-side electricity supply in TEN-T core and comprehensive maritime ports to comply with those requirements. The application of these targets to all TEN- T maritime ports should ensure the level playing field between ports. In addition, a binding mandate needs to be in place that ensures that: if OPS infrastructure is available, it is used.
Amendment 285 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32 a (new)
Recital 32 a (new)
(32 a) The landscape of European ports is heterogeneous, with many different elements: sizes, recreational, logistical and industrial activities, traffic segments and trade routes, governance, etc. This diversity can result in different type of demands of on-shore power supply (OPS) infrastructure. It is important that ports exchange best practices on how to tackle this and build cooperating networks to strengthen their transition towards climate neutrality. In addition, it needs to be recognised that different responsibilities between the ports, local/regional/national authorities and other actors (for example electricity net operators) exist when it comes to the effective deployment of OPS infrastructure. It would be best to deploy the OPS infrastructure within a port where it will be most effective and efficient in terms of capacity, usage cases and occupancy rate following the principles of good asset management to ensure a maximum return on investment as well as environmental benefit (GHG emissions & pollutant reductions at berth).
Amendment 294 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32 b (new)
Recital 32 b (new)
(32 b) The prioritisation of certain segments of shipping for the provision and use of shore-side electricity should not exempt the other segments from contributing to the climate and zero pollution goals. The ultimate goal should be to achieve zero-GHG emission and zero-pollutants at berth for all sea-going vessels and inland-going vessels in EU ports, including in ports outside the TEN- T Network.
Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32 c (new)
Recital 32 c (new)
(32 c) It is important to avoid stranded assets and make sure that the public and private investments that are made today are future proof and contributing to the climate neutral pathway as set out by the EU Green Deal. The deployment of shore- side electricity (SSE) in maritime ports has to be seen together with the current and future deployment of equivalent alternative zero-GHG emission (and zero- pollutants) technologies to SSE, in particular those technologies that deliver emission and pollutants reductions both at berth and during navigation;
Amendment 299 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32 d (new)
Recital 32 d (new)
(32 d) To incentivise the use of shore-side electricity (SSE), electricity supplied to vessels in ports should be exempted from taxation in the EU. The reviewed Energy Taxation Directive (XXXX-XXX) should be adjusted accordingly. The sourcing of electricity also needs to be taken into account, to incentivize green sourcing as much as possible.
Amendment 306 #
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, 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. However, this should not limit ports to tackle other segments as well and work towards including all segments in the pathway towards zero-GHG emissions and zero- pollutants at berth.
Amendment 317 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34 a (new)
Recital 34 a (new)
(34 a) The grid should be upgraded and maintained to be able to handle current and future increased demand of OPS services in ports.
Amendment 319 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34 b (new)
Recital 34 b (new)
(34 b) This regulation lays down clear onshore power supply infrastructure mandates in European ports. It is important that these mandates are approached from a terminal-point of view perspective. That is, deployment within ports where the maximum return of investment and occupancy rate can be guaranteed to result in the highest environmental benefits (GHG emissions & pollutant reductions).
Amendment 683 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point j a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) measures targeting the specific needs of outermost regions, where applicable;
Amendment 814 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. 1. Member States shall ensure that a minimumand provide, if necessary, the means that adequate and effective shore-side electricity supply for seagoing container and passenger ships is provided in maritime ports (terminal-point of view perspective). To that end, Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that by 1 January 2030:
Amendment 849 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Member States shall ensure that sufficient grid infrastructure is made available to meet the requirements set out in Article 9, Paragraph 1a-c.
Amendment 855 #
2. For the determination of the number of port callsdemand the following port calls shall not be taken into account:
Amendment 916 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 975 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point j a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point j a (new)
(j a) measures targeting the specific needs of outermost regions, where applicable;
Amendment 1007 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point p a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point p a (new)
Amendment 1077 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point j a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point j a (new)
(j a) the availability of alternative fuels infrastructure in outermost regions;