Activities of Robert EVANS related to 2008/0062(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Cross-border enforcement in the field of road safety (debate)
Amendments (28)
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a directive
Title
Title
Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council facilitating cross-border enforcement in the field of road safety and road traffic
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Individual member states have introduced controls to manage traffic movements and parking to achieve greater mobility in their towns and cities, where demand to use the road infrastructure exceeds supply.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) In order to implement sustainable transport policies, as a key element in the fight against climate change, innovative schemes including traffic restrictions or market-based instruments are increasingly being used to tackle specific challenges in certain areas, such as pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, congestion and traffic management.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 c (new)
Recital 1 c (new)
(1c) Such instruments may involve payment for the use of roads or for entering green or environmental zones. In order not to restrict the flow of traffic, there are often no physical barriers at the boundaries of such areas, so enforcement is carried out by administrative means. The credibility of such schemes depends in part on their fair and equal enforcement.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In order to improve road safety, road traffic management and encourage the development of sustainable transport policies throughout the European Union and to ensure equal treatment between resident and non-resident offenders, enforcement should be facilitated irrespective of the Member State in which the vehicle with which an offence has been committed is registered. To this end, a system of cross- border exchange of information should be put in place.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Such a system is of particular value in relation to road traffic offences detected by automated devices where the identity of the offender cannot immediately be established, such as speeding or, failing to stop at a red traffic light, driving in a bus lane or breaching a road charging or green zone. It is also useful in order to enable the follow-up of offences where verification of the vehicle registration details may be necessary, in the case where the vehicle has been stopped. This is notably the case for drink driving.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The types of road traffic offences to be covered by this system should reflect their seriousness in terms of endangering road safety and should cover offences which are qualified as traffic offences efforts by Member States to manage traffic movements and parking the laws of all Member Stato achieve greater mobility and establish sustainable transport policies. It is accordingly appropriate to make provision in relation to speeding, drink-driving, non- use of a seat-belt, and failing to stop at a red traffic light. The Commission will continue to monitor developments across the EU in respect of other road traffic offences with serious implications for road safety, non-payment of road user charges, non-payment of charges for using, or not respecting the rules of, an environmental zone, parking contraventions, bus and tram lane offences and moving traffic offences. The Commission will continue to monitor developments across the EU in respect of other road traffic offences affecting road safety, such as driving under the influence of drugs, use of mobile phones while driving and uninsured driving, and sustainable transport policies and if appropriate will consider proposing as soon as possible a revision of the Directive in order to cover them within its scope, such as driving under the influence of drugs, use of mobile phones while driving and uninsured driving, following a report on the implementation thereof, in order to cover them within its scope.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In order to ensure its effectiveness, the system of enforcement should cover the phases between the detection of an offence and the sending of an offence notification, based on a standard model, to the holder of the registration certificate of the vehicle concerned. Once a final decision has been taken, the Council Framework Decision 2005/214/JHA on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to financial penalties applies. may apply. Where Framework Decision 2005/214/JHA cannot be applied, for example because sanction decisions do not fall within the scope of criminal law, the effectiveness of the sanctions should nevertheless be ensured by other sanction enforcement measures.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) In order to ensure effective information exchange and, where appropriate, enforcement, Member States should designate a single contact point – the competent authority - to facilitate the application of this Directive. The precise institutional arrangements for this single contact point and its interaction with national vehicle registration or enforcement agencies are for the Member States to decide.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) non-payment of road user charges;
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) non-payment for use, or non-respect, of environmental zones;
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d c (new)
(dc) parking offences;
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d d (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d d (new)
(dd) bus and tram lane offences;
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d e (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d e (new)
(de) moving traffic offences;
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d f (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d f (new)
(df) any other major road safety offences.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point d
Article 2 – point d
(d) "competent authority" means the authority in charge of the national database on the registration documents for vehicles. a single contact point in each Member State responsible for facilitating the application of this Directive. Or. en Justification
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point d a (new)
Article 2 – point d a (new)
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point d b (new)
Article 2 – point d b (new)
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point h a (new)
Article 2 – point h a (new)
(ha) “non-payment of road user charges” means the failure to pay a specified charge for using a highway. This includes charges for entering zones or using highways subject to environmental criteria, or failure to comply with such standards requiring the payment of a charge;
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point h b (new)
Article 2 – point h b (new)
(hb) “environmental zone” means a designated area into which vehicles not meeting certain emissions standards may not enter, or may not enter unless they pay a charge;
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point h c (new)
Article 2 – point h c (new)
(hc) “parking offence” means leaving a vehicle stationary in a designated parking space, in such a way that it fails to comply with the terms and conditions of use of that space or on a road in such a way that it contravenes a prohibition on leaving vehicles in that road, under the law in force in the State of the offence;
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point h d (new)
Article 2 – point h d (new)
(hd) “bus and tram lane offence” means the offence of using an area of road that is restricted for use by buses or trams only, under the law in force in the State of the offence;
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point h e (new)
Article 2 – point h e (new)
(he) “Moving traffic offence” means failing to comply with a road sign that requires, restricts or prohibits certain actions while driving, under the law in force in the State of the offence;
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point h f (new)
Article 2 – point h f (new)
(hf) “Other Major Road Safety Offences” means traffic offences identified under the law of a Member State as likely to affect the safety of road users or pedestrians.
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. The offence notification shall inform the holder that he or she must complete a reply form if within a specified period if he or she does not intend to pay the penalty. Where payment is refused, the holder shall be informed in the same notification that this refusal may be transmitted to the competent authority of the State of residence for enforcement of the penalty decision.
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be assisted by a Committee on road safety and road traffic enforcement.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex – page 3 – point b – subparagraph 3
Annex – page 3 – point b – subparagraph 3
speeding, drink-driving, non-use of seatbelt or child restraint system, failing to stop at a red traffic light, non-payment of road user charges, non-payment for use, or non- respect, of environmental zones, parking offences, bus and tram lane offences, moving traffic offences and any other major road safety offences.
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex – page 3 – point c – subparagraph 1
Annex – page 3 – point c – subparagraph 1
Type of device for detection of speeding, drink-driving, failing to stop at a red traffic light or non-use of seat belt, non-payment of road user charges, non-payment for use, or non-respect, of environmental zones, parking offences, bus and tram lane offences, moving traffic offences and any other major road safety offences: