6 Amendments of Emmanouil FRAGKOS related to 2019/2193(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas maritime transport and ports play a key role in the EU economy, with 90% of goods arriving by sea; whereas, during 2018, the European shipping directly contributed €54 billion to the EU's GDP. Taking into account the spillover effects onto other sectors such as supply chain and worker spending impacts, the total contribution stands at €149 billion; whereas it directly employs 685,000 people, and it supports up to 2 million jobs when including the impact on other sectors;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the maritime sector is the sector which has the least-regulated emissions at European level, even though it uses heavy fuel oil, which isusing however scrubbers and minimising the mostair polluting fuelon emissions from ships;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the maritime sector is the sector which has the least-regulated emissions at European level, even though it uses heavy fuel oil, which is the most polluting fuel; whereas, due to the nature of this sector, it is more efficient to focus on global instead of EU legislation;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that, in the maritime sector, the shipowner is not always the same as the person or entity commercially operating the ship. Therefore, the "polluter pays" principle should apply to and make responsible the party responsible for the commercial operation of the ship. This is the commercial entity that pays for the fuel that the ship consumes, such as the shipowner, the manager, the time charterer or the bareboat charterer;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to provide for the extension of these emission control areas to all EU seas in order to achieve a uniform reduction in the permitted NOx and SOx emission levels from ships, when some specific proposals shall be proposed and adopted;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to integrate sail propulsion into the FuelEU Maritime initiativepromote initiatives for zero carbon fuels in order to sustainably minimise the air pollution from the maritime sector;