20 Amendments of Kateřina KONEČNÁ related to 2017/0290(COD)
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Directive 92/106/EEC should be simplified and its implementation improved by reviewenhancing the economic incentives to combined transport, with the aim of encouraging the shift of goods from road transport to less polluting modes which are therefore more environmentally friendly, safer, more energy efficient and cause less congestion.
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The current definition of combined transport includes different distance limits for the road legs of a combined transport operation, according to the mode of the non-road leg, and, for rail, the absence of a fixed distance limit but instead takes account of the notion of “nearest suitable terminal” to provide some flexibility to take account of specific situations. That definition has raised many difficulties in its implementation due to various interpretations and specific difficulties to establish the conditions for implementation. It would be useful to lift those ambiguities while also ensuring that somea clear and limited measure of flexibility is retained.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The main infrastructure bottleneck hampering the shift from road freight to other modes of transport is at the transhipment terminal level. The current distribution and coverage of transhipment terminals in the Union, at least along the existing TEN-T Core and Comprehensive network, is in some cases insufficient yet the capacity of existing transhipment terminals is reaching its limit and will need to develop in orderwhile other terminals are not exploited according to their real capacities that could enable to cope with overall freight traffic growth. Investing in transhipment terminal capacity may reduce overall transhipment costs, and hence produce a derived modal shift, as demonstrated in some Member States. Member States should therefore ensure, in coordination with the neighbouring Member States and with the Commission, that moreexisting combined transport transhipment terminals and transhipment capacity are construcmodernised, fully exploited orand made available to transport operators. This would incentivise the use of freight transport alternatives and increase modal shift, thus making combined transport operations more competitive than road transport alone. The increased coverage and increased capacity of transhipment terminals should, at the very minimum, be established along the existing TEN-T Core and Comprehensive networks. There should be on average at least one suitable transhipment terminal for combined transport located no further than 150 km from any shipment location in the Union.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Member States should implement additional economic support measures in addition to the existing ones, targeting the various legs of a combined transport operation, in order to reduce the road freight and to encourage the use of other modes of transport such as rail, inland waterways and maritime transport, thereby reducing air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, road traffic accidents, noise and congestion. Such measures should apply mainly to sensitive areas, such as the Alps valleys or mountainous regions, as well as to large urban-industrial nodes. They may include the reduction of certain taxes or transport fees, grants for intermodal load units effectively transported in combined transport operations, or the partial reimbursement of transhipments cost.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) by a road vehicle that is accompanied by its driver and carried by rail, inland waterways or maritime transport for the non-road leg of the journey.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Each road leg referred to in paragraph 2 shall not exceed the longest of the follow150 km ing distances in the territory of the Union:.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point a
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States may consider, by way of derogation of the previous paragraph, as combined transport operations also those transport operations which include a road leg or a non-road leg taking place partially out of the territory of the Union, provided that crossing a third country is not avoidable or it is the most suitable and sustainable mode of transport.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall submit to the Commission in the first instance by [xx/xx/xxxx - 182 months after transposition of the Directive] and every two years thereafter a report providing the following information related to the combined transport operations covered by this Directive on their territory:
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) national and cross-border transport network linkcorridors used in combined transport operations;
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the number and geographic location coverage of terminals servicing combined transport operations and the yearly number of transhipments on those terminals related to their respective used capacity;
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) an overview of all national support measures used and envisaged, including their respective uptake and assessed impact on reducing air pollution, improving the safeguard of human health and the environment, supporting safer transport conditions.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the economic rate and sustainable development of combined transport, notably in light of the evolution ofregarding the environmental performance of different modes of transport and the benefits provided to the concerned regions and transport corridors;
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) the construction andor, where necessary, the expansion of such transhipment terminals for combined transport;
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Member States shall ensure that the supported transhipment facilities are accessible to all operators without discrimination, for a period of at least five years from their completion.
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 5
Article 6 – paragraph 5
Member States may take additional measures, to improve the competitiveness of combined transport operations as compared to equivalent alternative road transport operations.
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Such measures may address any or part of a combined transport operation, such as the operation of a road or non-road leg including the vehicle used on such a leg, the use of alternative and less pollutant fuels, or such as the load unit or the transhipment operations, including the use of renewable energies in terminals.
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Such measures may address any or part of a combined transport operation, such as the operation of a road or non-road leg including, the vehicle used on such a leg, or such as the, vessel or load unit used or the transhipment operations.
Amendment 108 #
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 5(2) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of timefive years from [date of entry into force of this (amending) Directive]. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power no later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.