15 Amendments of Corien WORTMANN-KOOL related to 2013/0105(COD)
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Technological developments include the possibility of attaching retractable or foldable aerodynamic devices to the rear of vehicles, mainly trailers or semi-trailers, but which then exceed the maximum lengths allowed under Directive 96/53/EC. This equipment may be installed as soon as this Directive enters into force, as the products are available on the market and already used in other continents. This Directive should also encourage and facilitate innovation in vehicle and transport unit design.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Longer vehicles may be used in cross- border transport if the twowo or several Member States concerned already allow it and if the conditions for derogation under Article 4(3), (4) or (5) of the Directive are met. The European Commission has already provided guidance on the application of Article 4 of the Directive. The transport operations referred to in Article 4(4) do not have a significant impact on international competition if the cross- border use remains limited to two Member States where the existing infrastructure and the road safety requirements allow itCompetent authorities of Member States should determine specific requirements to the vehicle, the infrastructure and the driver in order to assure an adequate level of safety. The cross-border use of these vehicles should be backed by bilateral or multilateral agreements between the competent authorities of Member States concerned specifying the routes and other conditions that need to be met. The European Commission has already provided guidance on the application of Article 4 of the Directive. This balances the Member States’ right under the principle of subsidiarity to decide on transport solutions suited to their specific circumstances with the need to prevent such policies from distorting the internal market. The provisions of Article 4 (4) are clarified in this respect.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) In order to assess the impact of vehicles exceeding the dimensions set up by this Directive on road safety, it is appropriate that Member States collect data of accidents involving heavy good vehicles longer than 18.75 m. The Commission should consider proposing the inclusion of these data among the annual reporting obligations of Member States in the framework of Council Decision 93/704/EC on the creation of a Community database on road accidents.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The White Paper on Transport also stresses the need to monitor developments in intermodal transport, particularly in the area of containerisation, where 45-foot containers are increasingly used. They are transported by rail or inland waterways. But the road components of intermodal journeys can only be undertaken today if both the Member States and the transporters follow cumbersome administrative procedures or if these containers have patented chamfered corners, the cost of which is prohibitive. Increasing the length of the vehicles transporting them by 1580 cm could eliminate these administrative procedures for transporters and facilitate intermodal transport, without risk or prejudice to the infrastructure or other road users. The small increase that this 1580 cm represents in relation to the length of an articulated truck (16.50 m) does not constitute an additional risk to road safety. In the policy orientation of the White Paper on Transport, this increase is however authorised only for intermodal transport, for which the road component does not exceed 300 km for operations involving a rail, river or sea component. This distance appeared sufficient to link an industrial or commercial site with a freight terminal or a river port. To link a seaport and support the development of motorways of the sea, a longer distance is possible for a short intra- European maritime transport operation.
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – indent 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – indent 1
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 2 – subparagraph 1
– ‘hybrid propulsion vehicle’ means a vehicle within the meaning ofalternative fuels’ means fuels which provide a substitute for fossil oil sources in the energy supply to transport and which have the potential to contribute to the decarbonisation of transport. They include: – electricity, – hydrogen, – biofuels as defined in Directive 2007/469/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 September 2007 establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles10 , equipped with one or more traction motor(s) operated by electric power and not permanently connected to the grid and one or more traction motor(s) operated by internal combustion; __________________ 10, – synthetic fuels, – natural gas, including biomethane, in gaseous form (compressed natural gas – CNG) and liquefied form (liquefied natural gas – LNG), – liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and – waste heat. OJ L 263, 9.10.2007, p. 1.
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – indent 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – indent 3
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
– ‘intermodal transportloading unit’ means a unit belonging to one of the following categories: container, swap body, semi- trailer;
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – indent 3 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – indent 3 b (new)
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – indent 12 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – indent 12 b (new)
- Combined transport means the transport of goods where the lorry, trailer, semi- trailer, with or without tractor unit, swap body or container uses the road on the initial and final leg of the journey and, on the other leg, rail or inland waterway or maritime services where this section exceeds 100 km and makes the initial and final road transport leg of the journey: - Between the point where the goods are loaded and the nearest suitable rail loading station for the initial leg, and between the nearest suitable rail unloading station and the point where the goods are unloaded for the final leg, or - Within a radius not exceeding 150 km from the inland waterway port or seaport of loading or unloading.
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a a (new)
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
(aa) The first phrase of Article 4(4) is replaced by the following phrase: `Member States may allow vehicles or vehicle combinations used for goods transport which carry out certain transport operations that do not significantly affect international competition in the transport sector to circulate in their territories with weights and dimensions deviating from those laid down in points 1, 2, and 4 of Annex 1.´
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
The performance and safety requirements to be met byconsidered for the certification of the devices referred to in the first paragraph are as follows:
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – indent 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – indent 2
in terms of road safety and safety of intermodal transport, in particular:
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Pending the adoption of the delegated acts, the vehicles or combinations of vehicles equipped with aerodynamic devices to the rear, which at least meet the requirements referred to in the first and second indent of paragraph 2 and were tested in accordance with paragraph 3 may circulate if their length exceeds the length laid down in Annex I, point 1.1 by no more than two metres. This transitional measure shall apply from the date of entry into force of this Directive.
Amendment 309 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 12 – paragraph 6
Article 12 – paragraph 6
Amendment 315 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 12 – paragraph 7 – indent 1
Article 12 – paragraph 7 – indent 1
Amendment 354 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point c
Directive 96/53/EC
Annex I – point 2.3.1 – indent 3
Annex I – point 2.3.1 – indent 3
two-axle buses: 19,5 tonnes