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Activities of Elena KOUNTOURA related to 2021/0223(COD)

Shadow reports (1)

2022/10/04
Committee: TRAN
Dossiers: 2021/0223(COD)
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Amendments (45)

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
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). Starting from the minimum set by the distance-based approach, this should be complemented by a traffic density approach on motorways as well as on urban nodes. National fleet based targets should ensure that vehicle uptake in each Member State is matched with the deployment of sufficient publicly accessible recharging infrastructure especially in urban areas where owners of light-duty vehicles are less likely to own private parking lots. 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.

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) Implementation in Member States should ensure that a sufficient number of publicly accessible recharging points is installed, in particular in residential areas where vehicles typically park for extended periods of time including taxi parking areas and at public transport stations, such as port passenger terminals, airports or railway stations. A sufficient number of publicly accessible fast recharging points dedicated to light-duty vehicles should also be deployed to increase consumer convenience in particular across the TEN-T network to ensure full cross-border connectivity and allow electric vehicles to circulate throughout the Union.

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13

(13) Electric heavy-duty vehicles need a distinctively different recharging infrastructure than light-duty vehicles. Public accessible infrastructure for electric heavy-duty vehicles is however currently almost nowhere available in the Union. A combined approach of distance-based targets along the TEN-T network, complemented by a traffic density approach on motorways as well as on urban nodes, which experience higher traffic density than others, targets for overnight recharging infrastructure and targets at urban nodes should ensure that a sufficient publicly accessible infrastructure coverage for electric heavy-duty vehicles is established throughout the Union to support the expected market uptake of battery electric heavy-duty vehicles.

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15

(15) Recharging infrastructure along the TEN-T network should be complemented with fast publicly accessible recharging infrastructure in urban nodes in general, in freight terminals, logistics hub for truck and coach parking areas and terminals for collective passenger transport. That infrastructure is required in particular for providing charging opportunities for delivery trucks and for destination charging for long haul trucks, whereas the national fleet-based target should provide recharging points for light-duty vehicles ~~also~~especially in urban areas.

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
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 throughout the Union. _________________ 54 COM(2020) 301 final.deleted

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
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. _________________ 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).deleted

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28

(28) At the early stage of market deployment there is still a degree of uncertainty with regard to the kind of vehicles that will come into the market and to the kind of technologies that are going to be widely used. As outlined in the Commission’s communication ‘A hydrogen strategy for a climate-neutral Europe’56 the heavy-duty segment was identified as the most likely segment for the early mass deployment of hydrogen vehicles. Therefore, hydrogen refuelling infrastructure should preliminarily focus on that segment while also allowing light- duty vehicles to fuel at publicly accessible hydrogen refuelling stations. To ensure interoperability, all publicly accessible hydrogen stations should at least serve gaseous hydrogen at 700 bar. The infrastructure roll out should also take into account the emergence of new technologies, such as liquid hydrogen, that allow a larger range for heavy-duty vehicles and are the preferred technology choice of some vehicle manufacturers. To that end, a minimum number of hydrogen refuelling stations should serve also liquid hydrogen in addition to gaseous hydrogen at 700 bar. _________________ 56 COM(2020) 301 finaldeleted

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32 a (new)

(32 a) Given the cost and complexity associated with the roll-out of shore-side electricity in maritime ports, it is essential to prioritise the investments, particularly where it makes the most sense in terms of emissions reduction and economic viability: frequency of use, potential level of emissions reduction, regularity of calls and availability of grid capacity are important elements in that respect.

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34 a (new)

(34 a) Member States should ensure adequate energy production and provision of sufficient grid infrastructure (as well in terms of availability and capacity) to meet the power demands resulting from the provision of shore-side electricity in ports as required in this Regulation.

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35 a (new)

(35 a) The development and deployment of alternative fuels for the maritime sector requires a coordinated approach to match supply and demand and avoid stranded assets. A consultation mechanism between all relevant stakeholders at the level of individual ports should therefore be developed to ensure coordination and consultation in the application of the requirements foreseen in this Regulation.

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
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 revision should take into account the strategies for deployment of refuelling infrastructure which have already been developed by local and regional authorities. The revised frameworks should equally address all transport modes including those for which no mandatory deployment targets exists.

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40 a (new)

(40 a) Deployment plans and detailed strategies should include targets, key milestones and financial commitment by the industry to organise specific training of workers in road transport, the waterborne transport modes and in aviation including aviation ground staff workers that will be brought to implement these technological changes and handle these fuels.

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43 a (new)

(43 a) Information on the availability of electric recharging points will be essential for a seamless travel within the EU. In particular, the uptake of battery-electric vehicles will lead to a material change in recharging patterns due to longer recharging times which makes the availability even more critical. To prevent traffic disruptions across the EU, the Commission shall establish and manage an information system on availabilities and estimated waiting times.

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44

(44) Simple and easy-to-compare information on the prices of different fuels could play an important role in enabling vehicle users to better evaluate the relative cost of individual fuels available on the market. Therefore, a unit price comparison of certain alternative fuels and conventional fuels, expressed as ‘fuel price per 100km’, should be displayed for information purposes at all relevant fuel stations.deleted

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3

3. This Regulation establishes a reporting mechanism to stimulate cooperation and ensures a robust tracking of progress. The mechanism shall comprise a structured, transparent, iterative process between the Commission and Member States for the purpose of the finalisation of the national policy frameworks, taking into account local and regional strategies for deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure, and their subsequent implementation and corresponding Commission action.

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 66 a (new)

(66 a) ‘logistic hub’ is a space in a defined area within which all activities relating to transport, logistics and the distribution of goods - both for national and international transport and transit, are carried out by various operators on a commercial basis

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 66 b (new)

(66 b) ‘coach parking area’ means an area reserved for parking coaches.

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 66 c (new)

(66 c) ‘coach terminal’ means a terminal that serves coach passengers.

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 a (new)

- a sufficient number of publicly accessible recharging stations for light- duty vehicles is deployed in residential areas where vehicles typically park for extended periods of time.

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. In accordance with Article 13 of this Regulation Member States shall provide incentive and deployment plans for recharging infrastructure in buildings, as defined in Article 2 point (1) of Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, with parking facilities.

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 b (new)

1 b. By 31 December 2025, commercial buildings with parking facilities with more than 10 parking spaces for light duty vehicles shall equip at lest 15% of their parking spaces with publicly accessible recharging points and ensure that these points are equipped with a household power plug that allows for easy charging of electrically power assisted cycles.

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part

(a) along the TEN-T core network, publicly accessible recharging pools dedicated to light-duty vehicles and meeting the following requirements are deployed in each direction of travel with a maximum distance of 60 km in-between them if the geographic landscape allows:

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Member States shall ensure that all publicly accessible recharging pools along the TEN-T comprehensive network that allow cycle traffic, are equipped with a household power plug that allows for charging of electrically power cycles;

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d

(d) by 31 December 2025, ~~in each urban node~~on urban nodes in general, in freight terminals, logistics hubs for truck and coach, parking areas and terminals, 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;

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part

(a) operators of recharging points shall, at publicly accessible recharging stations ~~with a power output below 50 kW~~, deployed from the date referred to in Article 24, accept electronic payments through terminals and devices used for payment services, including at least onpayment card readers and if possible also, one or more of the following:

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i

~~(i) payment card readers;~~deleted

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) operators of recharging points shall, at publicly accessible recharging stations with a power output equal to or more than 50 kW, deployed from the date referred to in Article 24, accept electronic payments through terminals and devices used for payment services, including at least one of the following: (i) payment card readers; (ii) devices with a contactless functionality that is at least able to read payment cards.deleted

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

From 1 January 2027 onwards, operators of recharging points shall ensure that all publicly accessible recharging stations with a power output equal to or more than 50 kW operated by them comply with the requirement in point (b).deleted

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – introductory part

5. Operators of recharging points shall clearly display the ad hoc price per kWh and all its components at all publicly accessible recharging stations operated by them so that th~~ese are~~is information is known to end users before they initiate a recharging session. ~~At least the following price components, if applicable at the recharging station, shall be clearly displayed:~~To this end, operators shall ensure that recharging points operated by them are equipped with electrical energy meters allowing for accurate metering of electricity offtake.

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – indent 1

~~– price per session,~~deleted

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – indent 2

~~– price per minu~~delete,d

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – indent 3

~~– price per kWh.~~deleted

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. The Commission shall take necessary measures to ensure that a mandatory information system on the availability of recharging infrastructure as well as estimated waiting times is available in an easily understandable and precise manner to end users.

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6

Targets for hydrogen refuelling infrastructure of road vehicles 1. Member States shall ensure that, in their territory, a minimum number of publicly accessible hydrogen refuelling stations are put in place by 31 December 2030. To that end Member States shall ensure that by 31 December 2030 publicly accessible hydrogen refuelling stations with a minimum capacity of 2 t/day and equipped with at least a 700 bars dispenser are deployed with a maximum distance of 150 km in-between them along the TEN-T core and the TEN-T comprehensive network. Liquid hydrogen shall be made available at publicly accessible refuelling stations with a maximum distance of 450 km in-between them. They shall ensure that by 31 December 2030, at least one publicly accessible hydrogen refuelling station is deployed in each urban node. An analysis on the best location shall be carried out for such refuelling stations that shall in particular consider the deployment of such stations in multimodal hubs where also other transport modes could be supplied. 2. Neighbouring Member States shall ensure that the maximum distance referred to in paragraph 1, second subparagraph is not exceeded for cross- border sections of the TEN-T core and the TEN-T comprehensive network. 3. The operator of a publicly accessible refuelling station or, where the operator is not the owner, the owner of that station in accordance with the arrangements between them, shall ensure that the station is designed to serve light-duty and heavy-duty vehicles. In freight terminals, operators or owners of these publicly accessible hydrogen refuelling stations shall ensure that these stations also serve liquid hydrogen.Article 6 deleted

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7

1. From the date referred to in Article 24 all operators of publicly accessible hydrogen refuelling stations operated by them shall provide for the possibility for end users to refuel on an ad hoc basis using a payment instrument that is widely used in the Union. To that end, operators of hydrogen refuelling stations shall ensure that all hydrogen refuelling stations operated by them accept electronic payments through terminals and devices used for payment services, including at least one of the following: (a) payment card readers; (b) devices with a contactless functionality that is at least able to read payment cards. Where the operator of the hydrogen refuelling point is not the owner of that point, the owner shall make available to the operator, in accordance with the arrangements between them, hydrogen refuelling points with the technical characteristics which enable the operator to comply with the obligation set out in this paragraph. 2. Prices charged by the operators of publicly accessible hydrogen refuelling points shall be reasonable, easily and clearly comparable, transparent and non- discriminatory. Operators of publicly accessible hydrogen refuelling points shall not discriminate between the prices charged to end users and those charged to mobility service providers as well as between the prices charged to different mobility service providers. Where relevant, the level of prices may only be differentiated according to an objective justification. 3. Operators of hydrogen refuelling points shall make price information available before the start of a refuelling session at the refuelling stations operated by them. 4. Operators of publicly accessible refuelling stations may provide hydrogen refuelling services to customers on a contractual basis, including in the name and on behalf of other mobility service providers. Mobility service providers shall charge prices to end users that are reasonable, transparent and non- discriminatory. Mobility service providers shall make available to end users all applicable price information, prior to the start of the recharging session, and specific to their intended recharging session, through freely available, widely supported electronic means, clearly distinguishing the price components charged by the operator of the hydrogen refuelling point, applicable e-roaming costs and other fees or charges applied by the mobility service provider.Article 7 deleted Hydrogen refuelling infrastructure

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Member States shall ensure that sufficient grid capacity is made available to meet the requirements set out in Article 9(1a-c). A potential temporary shortage of grid capacity, shall not be considered failure by the port to supply shore-side electricity.

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e

(e) measures to promote the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure for captive fleets, in particular for electric recharging and hydrogen refuelling stations for public transport services and electric recharging stations for car sharing as well as for taxis;

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point p a (new)

(p a) measures to ensure power capacity and grid connection, take into account the number of recharging pools which can be expected in the future following the increasing fleet penetration of electric vehicles.

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point p a (new)

(p a) the various deployment plans for alternative fuels infrastructure shall contain measures to ensure a social just transition.

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point p b (new)

(p b) the deployment plans for alternative fuels infrastructure for road transport, rail, in airports, maritime ports and inland waterway ports shall include measures to ensure a re-skilling and up- skilling of workers handling these alternative fuels as well as investment in occupational health and safety.

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3

3. Member States shall ensure that national policy frameworks take into account, as appropriate, the interests of regional and local authorities, in particular when recharging and refuelling infrastructure for public transport is concerned, as well as those of the stakeholders concerned. The national policy frameworks shall include a consultation mechanism of the sub- national level to incorporate a permanent feedback loop of the local level into the respective Member States’ strategies for deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure.

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1

1. Relevant, consistent and clear information shall be made available as regards motor vehicles which can be regularly fuelled with individual fuels placed on the market, or recharged by recharging points. That information, including the theoretical maximum power capacity each electric vehicle can accept when recharging, shall be made available in motor vehicle manuals, at refuelling and recharging points, on motor vehicles and in motor vehicle dealerships in their territory. This requirement shall apply to all motor vehicles, and their motor vehicle manuals, placed on the market after 18 November 2016.

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3

3. When fuel prices are displayed at a fuel station, a comparison between the relevant unit prices shall be displayed where appropriate, and in particular for electricity and hydrogen, for information purposes following the common methodology for alternative fuels unit price comparison referred to in point 9.3 of Annex II.deleted

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point c – point iii a (new)

(iii a) when available, the share of renewable electricity and the greenhouse gas emissions content of the electricity supplied at recharging points.

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN

Elena KOUNTOURA

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 9 – point 9.3

~~9.3. The common methodology for alternative fuels unit price comparison set out by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/732.~~deleted

2022/03/21
Committee: TRAN