6 Amendments of Reinhard RACK related to 2008/0147(COD)
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The objective of reducing the negative impacts of transport should be achieved in such a way as to avoid disproportionate obstacles to the freedom of movement in the interest of sound economic growth and the proper functioning of the internal market. It should also be emphasised that the principle of internalising external costs is the equivalent of a management instrument and should encourage road users and the related industrial sectors to exploit and expand their respective capabilities in the area of environmentally-friendly transport, for example by means of changes in driving behaviour or further technological development. It is vital that ways and means should be found of reducing the damage caused by road transport, rather than simply using the resulting revenue to cover the relevant costs.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The impact analysis shows that applying tolls calculated on the basis of the cost of pollution, and, on congested roads, on the basis of the cost of congestion, would have a positive effect on the transport system and contribute to the Community strategy to fight climate change. It would reduce congestion and local pollution by encouraging the use of cleaner vehicle technologies, optimising logistic behaviour and reducing empty returns. It would indirectly play an important role in reducing fuel consumption and contributing to the fight against climate change. In addition, better future use of the available capacity of the existing road infrastructure - for example as a result of changes in the times of day at which people habitually drive - should make it possible to deal more effectively with the forecast increase in traffic volumes and the related environmental pollution. Tolls which integrate a cost element related to congestion for using congested roads into their calculation will be more effective in reducing congestion if Member States include other road users outside the scope of this Directive in a scheme of a similar nature.
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In order to give the precedence to the construction of priority projects of European interest, Member States which have the possibility of applying a mark-up should use this option before levying an external cost charge. To avoid an undue charging of users, an external cost charge should not be combined with a mark-up unless the external costs exceed the amount of the mark-up already levied. In such a case, it is thus appropriate that the amount of the mark-up should be deducted from the external cost charge.
Amendment 265 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7c – paragraph 2
Article 7c – paragraph 2
2. The amount of the external cost charge for each combination of class of vehicle, type of road and time period shall be set in accordance with the minimum requirements, the common formulae andor the maximumvalues for chargeable external costs in Annex IIIa.
Amendment 284 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7e – paragraph 5
Article 7e – paragraph 5
Amendment 434 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Annex
Annex
Directive 1999/62/EC
Annex IIIa – point 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Annex IIIa – point 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
In addition, steps shall be taken to ensure that the requirements to be met by the assessment to be carried out by the Member States do not give rise to disproportionately high administrative costs. For that reason, in the light of the general efforts to improve lawmaking, the requirements should first be subject to a stringent assessment of their effectiveness.