Activities of Michael CRAMER
Plenary speeches (115)
Enforcement requirements and specific rules for posting drivers in the road transport sector - Daily and weekly driving times, minimum breaks and rest periods and positioning by means of tachographs - Adapting to development in the road transport sector (debate) DE
Enforcement requirements and specific rules for posting drivers in the road transport sector - Daily and weekly driving times, minimum breaks and rest periods and positioning by means of tachographs - Adapting to development in the road transport sector (debate) DE
Common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services (debate) DE
Common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services (debate) DE
Humanitarian visas (A8-0328/2018 - Juan Fernando López Aguilar) (vote)
Rail passengers' rights and obligations (debate) DE
Charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures (debate) DE
Charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures (debate) DE
Commission decision adopted on the third Mobility Package (debate) DE
Saving lives: boosting car safety in the EU (debate) DE
Thousands of cancellations of flights by Ryanair and the enforcement of the air passenger rights Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 (debate) DE
Thousands of cancellations of flights by Ryanair and the enforcement of the air passenger rights Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 (debate) DE
Decision adopted on Mobility package (debate) DE
Decision adopted on Mobility package (debate) DE
Road transport in the European Union (debate) DE
Road transport in the European Union (debate) DE
Road transport in the European Union (debate) DE
Commission's approval of Germany's revised plan to introduce a road toll (debate) DE
Commission's approval of Germany's revised plan to introduce a road toll (debate) DE
International aviation agreements (debate) DE
Unleashing the potential of waterborne passenger transport (short presentation) DE
European Maritime Safety Agency - Community Fisheries Control Agency (debate) DE
European Maritime Safety Agency - Community Fisheries Control Agency (debate) DE
Competitiveness of the European rail supply industry (debate) DE
EU Agency for Railways - Interoperability of the rail system within the European Union - Railway safety (debate) DE
EU Agency for Railways - Interoperability of the rail system within the European Union - Railway safety (debate) DE
Railways and public services in the Danube and Adriatic macro-regions (debate) DE
Railways and public services in the Danube and Adriatic macro-regions (debate) DE
Railways and public services in the Danube and Adriatic macro-regions (debate) DE
Objection pursuant to Rule 106 on emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 6) (debate) DE
Sustainable urban mobility (debate) DE
Voting time DE
Voting time DE
Hearing on summer-time changes in Europe (debate) DE
Development of a satellite-based technology to enable global flight tracking systems (debate) DE
Emission measurements in the automotive sector (debate) DE
Employment conditions including minimum rates of pay applicable to the transport sector - Compliance of the German provisions with European law on the minimum wage in the transport sector (debate) DE
Impact of Russian restrictions on international road transport carriers (debate) DE
Impact of Russian restrictions on international road transport carriers (debate) DE
Impact of Russian restrictions on international road transport carriers (debate) DE
Assessment of good repute of transport operators (debate) DE
Draft general budget of the European Union - 2015 financial year (vote) DE
Action Plan on Urban Mobility (debate)
European rail network for competitive freight (debate)
Common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations and for the relevant activities of maritime administrations (recast) - Common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations (recast) - Port State control (recast) - Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system - Investigation of accidents in the maritime transport sector - The liability of carriers of passengers by sea in the event of accidents - Civil liability and financial guarantees of shipowners - Compliance with flag State requirements (debate)
The charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures - Greening of transport and internalisation of external costs (continuation of debate)
Impact of the financial crisis on the car industry (debate)
Action Plan on Urban Mobility (debate)
Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system - Investigation of accidents in the maritime transport sector - The liability of carriers of passengers by sea in the event of an accident - Port State control (recast) - Ship inspection and survey organisations (Directive recast) - Ship inspection and survey organisations (Regulation recast) (continuation of debate)
Freight transport in Europe (debate)
Freight transport in Europe (debate)
Towards a new culture of urban mobility (debate)
Technical requirements and administrative procedures for commercial transportation by aeroplane (EU OPS)/use of child-restraint safety devices (OPS 1.730) (debate)
Amendment of Directive 2004/49/EC on safety on the Community's railways - Interoperability of the Community rail system (recast) - Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 881/2004 establishing a European Railway Agency (debate)
Green Paper on urban transport (debate)
First railway package (debate)
Retrofitting of mirrors to heavy goods vehicles (debate)
Public passenger transport services by rail and road (debate)
Discharge for the financial year 2005 (debate)
Development of the Community’s railways – Certification of train drivers operating locomotives and trains on the railway system in the Community – International rail passengers’ rights and obligations (debate)
Driving licences (debate)
Commemoration of 1956 Hungarian Uprising (vote)
Deployment of the European rail signalling system (debate)
Discharges for the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2004 (debate)
Market access to port services
Charging of heavy goods vehicles
International rail passengers' rights and obligations
Community railways
Basic guidelines for sustainable European tourism
Competitiveness of audiovisual and information services: protection of minors and human dignity
Financing the trans-European transport network
ICAO Meeting
Dimensions and weights of road vehicles circulating within the Community (debate)
Domestic passenger transport services by rail - Normalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings - European Union Agency for Railways - Single European railway area - Railway safety - Interoperability of the rail system (continuation of debate)
Domestic passenger transport services by rail - Normalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings - European Union Agency for Railways - Single European railway area - Railway safety - Interoperability of the rail system (continuation of debate)
Domestic passenger transport services by rail - Normalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings - European Union Agency for Railways - Single European railway area - Railway safety - Interoperability of the rail system (continuation of debate)
Domestic passenger transport services by rail - Normalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings - European Union Agency for Railways - Single European railway area - Railway safety - Interoperability of the rail system (continuation of debate)
Compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights (debate)
Compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights (debate)
Connecting Europe Facility - Trans-European transport network (debate)
Technical requirements and administrative procedures related to air operations (debate)
Technical requirements and administrative procedures related to air operations (debate)
Technical requirements and administrative procedures related to air operations (debate)
Technical requirements and administrative procedures related to air operations (debate)
Technical requirements and administrative procedures related to air operations (debate)
European transport-technology strategy for Europe's future sustainable mobility (short presentation)
Road safety (debate)
'One carry-on bag' rule imposed by certain airlines (debate)
Authorised dimensions and weights of certain road vehicles (debate)
Authorised dimensions and weights of certain road vehicles (debate)
Authorised dimensions and weights of certain road vehicles (debate)
Introduction of noise-related operating restrictions at European Union airports - Groundhandling services at European Union airports - Allocation of slots at European Union airports
Single European railway area (debate)
Single European transport area (debate)
Single European transport area (debate)
Single European railway area (debate)
Single European railway area (debate)
Tourism in Europe (debate)
Charging of heavy goods vehicles (debate)
Lessons to be drawn for nuclear safety in Europe following the nuclear accident in Japan
Volcanic ash crisis (debate)
Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate)
Report on competition policy 2009 (debate)
Report on competition policy 2009 (A7-0374/2010, Derk Jan Eppink) (vote)
One-minute speeches (Rule 150)
Inclusion of aviation activities in the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community (debate)
Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport - Rights of passengers when travelling by sea and inland waterway (debate)
A sustainable future for transport (debate)
Implementation of the first railway package directives (debate)
European rail network for competitive freight (debate)
Electric cars (debate)
Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate)
Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network (recast) (debate)
Railway safety, including the European signalling system (debate)
Safety and interoperability of the community railroad system (debate)
Reports (9)
RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 91/2003 on rail transport statistics, as regards the collection of data on goods, passengers and accidents PDF (451 KB) DOC (49 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 establishing a European Maritime Safety Agency PDF (447 KB) DOC (91 KB)
RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on railway safety (recast) PDF (456 KB) DOC (85 KB)
REPORT Report on Freight transport in Europe PDF (154 KB) DOC (83 KB)
REPORT Report on the implementation of the first railway package PDF (210 KB) DOC (207 KB)
REPORT on the deployment of the European rail signalling system ERTMS/ETCS PDF (172 KB) DOC (89 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on railway safety (recast) PDF (475 KB) DOC (604 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 91/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002 on rail transport statistics, as regards the collection of data on goods, passengers and accidents PDF (212 KB) DOC (316 KB)
REPORT on promoting a European transport-technology strategy for Europe’s future sustainable mobility PDF (200 KB) DOC (99 KB)
Shadow reports (19)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 on common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services PDF (267 KB) DOC (118 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on streamlining measures for advancing the realisation of the trans-European transport network PDF (282 KB) DOC (125 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2008/96/EC on road infrastructure safety management PDF (240 KB) DOC (106 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Connecting Europe Facility and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1316/2013 and (EU) No 283/2014 PDF (1 MB) DOC (238 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on rail passengers’ rights and obligations (recast) PDF (1 MB) DOC (219 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures PDF (1 MB) DOC (202 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures, as regards certain provisions on vehicle taxation PDF (607 KB) DOC (90 KB)
REPORT with recommendations to the Commission on odometer manipulation in motor vehicles: revision of the EU legal framework PDF (338 KB) DOC (74 KB)
REPORT on saving lives: boosting car safety in the EU PDF (346 KB) DOC (77 KB)
RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union Agency for Railways and repealing Regulation (EC)No 881/2004 PDF (464 KB) DOC (94 KB)
RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the interoperability of the rail system within the European Union (recast) PDF (460 KB) DOC (89 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the interoperability of the rail system within the European Union (recast) PDF (639 KB) DOC (833 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union Agency for Railways and repealing Regulation (EC) No 881/2004 PDF (607 KB) DOC (773 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network PDF (799 KB) DOC (1 MB)
RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a single European railway area (recast) PDF (367 KB) DOC (527 KB)
REPORT on the Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system PDF (300 KB) DOC (206 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a single European railway area (recast) PDF (615 KB) DOC (955 KB)
REPORT Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning a European rail network for competitive freight PDF (337 KB) DOC (491 KB)
REPORT Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion by the European Community of the Agreement on the Accession of the European Community to the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) of 9 May 1980, as amended by the Vilnius Protocol of 3 June 1999 PDF (151 KB) DOC (79 KB)
Opinions (15)
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the use of Passenger Name Record data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime
OPINION on procedures and practices regarding Commissioner hearings, lessons to be taken from the 2014 process
OPINION European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Communities - Financial Year 2007 - European Railway Agency
OPINION European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Communities - Financial Year 2007 - European Aviation Safety Agency
OPINION European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Communities - Financial Year 2007 - European Maritime Safety Agency
OPINION European Aviation Safety Agency - Final accounts for the financial year 2005
OPINION European Maritime Safety Agency - Final accounts for the financial year 2005
OPINION European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Communities - Financial year 2005 - Volume I - Consolidated financial statements and consolidated reports on implementation of the budget
OPINION European Aviation Safety Agency - Final accounts for the financial year 2004
OPINION European Maritime Safety Agency - Final accounts for the financial year 2004
OPINION European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Communities - Financial year 2004 - Volume I - Consolidated reports on implementation of the budget and consolidated financial statements
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund covered by the Common Strategic Framework and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Cohesion Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1084/2006
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on specific provisions concerning the European Regional Development Fund and the Investment for growth and jobs goal and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006
OPINION Report from the Commission: Report on competition policy 2009
Shadow opinions (17)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on type-approval requirements for motor vehicles and their trailers, and systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles, as regards their general safety and the protection of vehicle occupants and vulnerable road users, amending Regulation (EU) 2018/… and repealing Regulations (EC) No 78/2009, (EC) No 79/2009 and (EC) No 661/2009
OPINION on Cohesion Policy and thematic objective ‘promoting sustainable transport and removing bottlenecks in key network infrastructures’ – Article 9(7) of the Common Provisions Regulation
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and amending Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002, Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, EU No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1305/2013, (EU) No 1306/2013, (EU) No 1307/2013, (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014,(EU) No 283/2014, (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Decision No 541/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2011/92/EU on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment
OPINION on the Annual Report on EU Competition Policy
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on specific provisions for the support from the European Regional and Development Fund to the European territorial cooperation goal
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure and repealing Decision No 1364/2006/EC
OPINION on the 20 main concerns of European citizens and business with the functioning of the Single Market
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 1639/2006/EC establishing a Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007-2013) and Regulation (EC) No 680/2007 laying down general rules for the granting of Community financial aid in the field of the trans-European transport and energy networks
OPINION on the annual report on EU competition policy
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2000/25/EC as regards the provisions for tractors placed on the market under the flexibility scheme
OPINION Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions Cohesion policy: Strategic Report 2010 on the implementation of the programmes for 2007-2013
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and Council amending Directive 97/68/EC as regards the provisions for engines placed on the market under the flexibility scheme
OPINION European Urban Agenda and its Future in Cohesion Policy
OPINION Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council Setting emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles as part of the Community's integrated approach to reduce CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles
OPINION European Commission : Final annual accounts of the European Communities — Financial Year 2008
Institutional motions (9)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION seeking an opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco, the Implementation Protocol thereto and an exchange of letters accompanying the said Agreement PDF (153 KB) DOC (54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION seeking an opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco on the amendment of Protocols 1 and 4 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part PDF (151 KB) DOC (53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Connecting Europe Facility after 2020 PDF (172 KB) DOC (53 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on combating sexual harassment and abuse in the EU PDF (309 KB) DOC (61 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on international aviation agreements PDF (163 KB) DOC (45 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION seeking an opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed agreement between Canada and the European Union on a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) PDF (256 KB) DOC (63 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on allocation by the World Radiocommunication Conference, to be held in Geneva from 2 to 27 November 2015 (WRC-15), of the necessary radio spectrum band to support the future development of a satellite-based technology to enable global flight tracking systems PDF (169 KB) DOC (71 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the List of Issues adopted by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in relation to the initial report of the European Union PDF (254 KB) DOC (72 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the draft Commission regulation supplementing Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the classification of serious infringements of the Union rules, which may lead to the loss of good repute by the road transport operator and amending Annex III to Directive 2006/22/EC of the European Parliament PDF (224 KB) DOC (57 KB)
Oral questions (8)
International aviation agreements PDF (6 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Switch between summer and winter time PDF (195 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Autonomous driving PDF (197 KB) DOC (27 KB)
Development of a satellite-based technology to enable global flight tracking systems PDF (102 KB) DOC (25 KB)
Emissions measurements in the automotive sector PDF (107 KB) DOC (26 KB)
Hearing on summer-time changes in Europe PDF (103 KB) DOC (27 KB)
Hearing on summer-time changes in Europe PDF DOC
Impact of Russian restrictions on international road transport carriers PDF (106 KB) DOC (27 KB)
Written explanations (1)
EU-Morocco Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (A8-0027/2019 - Alain Cadec)
. – The European Court of Justice has noted that this fisheries agreement is applicable to ʻwaters under the sovereignty or jurisdictionʼ of the Kingdom of Morocco. However, in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the waters over which the coastal State is entitled to exercise sovereignty or jurisdiction are limited to waters adjacent to and under its sea territory or its exclusive economic zone.Bearing this in mind, the territory of Western Sahara is not part of the territory of the Kingdom of Morocco; the waters adjacent to the territory of Western Sahara do not fall within the Moroccan fishing zone covered by this agreement, as Western Sahara is illegally occupied by Morocco.Sinn Féin supports Western Saharaʼs struggle for self-determination and we oppose any economic agreement between the EU and Morocco that compromises the resources of the Saharawi people and their exploitation under Moroccoʼs illegal occupation. For these reasons we voted against this agreement.
Written questions (38)
Funding of ETCS (European Train Control System) for 'Stuttgart 21' PDF (38 KB) DOC (17 KB)
State aid decision on Berlin-Brandenburg airport (BER) PDF (41 KB) DOC (18 KB)
Judgment of the European Court of Justice in Case T-630/15, handed down on 13 December 2018 PDF (41 KB) DOC (18 KB)
Planned weir-and-lock system on the River Elbe near Děčín in the Czech Republic PDF (41 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Planned weir-and-lock system on the River Elbe near Děčín in the Czech Republic PDF (41 KB) DOC (18 KB)
Use of creosote as a wood preservative in the European Union PDF (39 KB) DOC (18 KB)
EU-funded projects in the boroughs of Berlin PDF (36 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Periods when the EIA Act complied with EU law PDF (7 KB) DOC (20 KB)
Environmental impact assessments without public participation for nine TEN-T projects PDF (104 KB) DOC (18 KB)
Transparency regarding the implementation of Directive 2012/34/EU PDF (99 KB) DOC (17 KB)
The economic viability and eligibility of the new section of track planned between Dresden and Prague PDF (103 KB) DOC (18 KB)
Problems in bus transport PDF (100 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Viability of the Fixed Fehmarn Belt Link PDF (102 KB) DOC (18 KB)
Jettisoning of fuel over populated areas and areas in close proximity to airports PDF (5 KB) DOC (19 KB)
French railway reform and fair competition PDF (5 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Follow-up questions on refrigerants in vehicle air-conditioning systems PDF (105 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Infringement proceedings against Germany in relation to the implementation of Directive 2006/40/EC PDF (5 KB) DOC (15 KB)
Call for tenders for the provision of local passenger rail services in border areas PDF (102 KB) DOC (15 KB)
Generic EIA exemption - TEN-T project PDF (103 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Strategic environmental assessment of the Federal transport infrastructure plan PDF (5 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Environmental impact assessments for transport projects in the Czech Republic PDF (103 KB) DOC (15 KB)
Criteria for safeguarding and protecting the safety of Erasmus students PDF (5 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Plans for construction of a dam in Děčín (Czech Republic) PDF (103 KB) DOC (15 KB)
Plans for construction of a dam in Děčín (Czech Republic) PDF (104 KB) DOC (15 KB)
State of play in the notification procedure with regard to the additional construction and finance requirements of the Berlin-Brandenburg Airport operation company (FBB) PDF (102 KB) DOC (15 KB)
EU funding for the construction of the underground railway in Thessaloniki PDF (102 KB) DOC (15 KB)
Requirements governing core network corridors and development of the Rhine Valley railway (Germany) PDF (5 KB) DOC (15 KB)
A49 motorway in Germany PDF (101 KB) DOC (15 KB)
A49 motorway in Germany PDF (102 KB) DOC (15 KB)
On-going cartel investigation concerning certain truck manufacturers and NOX emissions PDF (5 KB) DOC (23 KB)
Motorway widening in the Mainzer Sand area PDF (5 KB) DOC (23 KB)
Role of the EU in plans to deepen the Oder PDF (5 KB) DOC (23 KB)
The European emergency number and car-sharing PDF (101 KB) DOC (23 KB)
EuroVelo cycle routes - signing and funding PDF (102 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Subsidising the Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link PDF (104 KB) DOC (25 KB)
Struma motorway financing and respect for biodiversity conservation PDF (102 KB) DOC (25 KB)
Infringement proceedings on the environmental impact assessment of flight paths PDF (99 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Revision/amendment of Directive 1999/94/EC (the fuel economy directive) PDF (5 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Written declarations (3)
Amendments (1093)
Amendment 1 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note of the proposed draft budget for the EU Transport policy in heading 1a, Title 6 ‘mobility and transport’; insists that the EU transport policy is essential for economic, social and environmental sustainability and therefore priority should be given to the quality of co-financed projects rather than their quantity or size; underlines the importance of the overall competitiveness and the social and territorial cohesion of the Union; stresses thus that this policy needs an ambitious budget for the transport sector in order to maintain the credibility of on-going projects, secure long-term investment and mobilise complementary private financing;
Amendment 13 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Underlines that within the obligations of the Paris agreement, the EU co-financing of the further electrification of railway infrastructure must be intensified;
Amendment 15 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Emphasises that the budget needs to reflect stronger focus on the improvement of the railway network, such as high-speed rail network combined with improved conventional cross-border rail networks and night train services, as well as low-emission ferries can contribute to a modal shift away from short-distance flights towards more sustainable travel;
Amendment 26 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Emphasises that the EU transport infrastructure policy must turn a stronger integrative focus on these three aspects: - interconnectivity between the corridors and the comprehensive network and cross-border connections must be a priority, - intermodality should be a basis for decisions on projects, and - interoperability must be a condition for co-financing transport projects;
Amendment 28 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls on the Commission to increase the reserved amount within the CEF budget line for co-financing to at least EURO 150 million for the re- establishment of regional missing rail links that were dismantled or abandoned;
Amendment 29 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Calls on the Commission to combine the co-financing of the Euro- velo network with the comprehensive rail network;
Amendment 32 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the Commission to put particular attention on the participation of citizens in transparent decision-making and monitoring the development of large projects that have a total investment volume of over EURO 1 billion.
Amendment 164 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) It is necessary to promote investments in favour of smart, sustainable, inclusive, safe and secure mobility throughout the Union and mainly in urban areas and interconnections between them, where most of the transport and mobility problems are caused and can be solved. In 2017, the Commission presented20 "Europe on the move", a wide-ranging set of initiatives to make traffic safer, encourage smart road charging, reduce CO2 emissions, air pollution and congestion, promote connected and autonomous mobility and ensure proper conditions and rest times for workers. These initiatives should be accompanied by Union financial support, where relevant through this Programme. __________________ 20 Commission Communication "Europe on the move: An agenda for a socially fair transition towards clean, competitive and connected mobility for all" – COM(2017) 283
Amendment 199 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
Amendment 200 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
Amendment 338 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
For the purposes of this Regulation, and in addition to the definitions as formulated in Regulation 1315/2013/EC, the following definitions shall apply:
Amendment 391 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
(ma) “project with European added value” means a project that that clearly contributes to the interest of at least two Member States or Member States and Neighbouring States and not only to the advantage of one single State.
Amendment 400 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point q a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point q a (new)
(qa) “large project” means a project that has to be financed with a total investment amount of one EURO 1,000,000,000.
Amendment 412 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The Programme has the general objective to develop, renovate and modernise the trans-European networks in the fields of transport, safety, energy and digital and to facilitate cross-border cooperation in the field of renewable energy, taking into account the long-termParis Agreement and EU decarbonisation commitments and with emphasis on synergies among sectors.
Amendment 432 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
(i) to contribute to the development of projects of European added value and common interest relating to efficient and interconnected networks and infrastructure for smart, interoperable, intermodal, sustainable, inclusive, safe and secure transport and mobility;
Amendment 451 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
Amendment 485 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Programme for the period 2021-2027 is set at EUR 4265,265,493,000 in current prices.
Amendment 491 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part
(a) up to EUR 3055,615,493,000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2)(a), with a minimum of EUR 40,000,000,000 for rail projects, inland waterways that respect biodiversity legislation and maritime short sea shipping of which:
Amendment 514 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i a (new)
(ia) EUR 21,500,000,000 transferred from the Regional Funds for the maintenance of existing rail and road bridges and tunnels for the sake of their safety;
Amendment 518 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i b (new)
(ib) EUR 11,000,000,000, the share to be formulated by the Commission, for different specific cross-border projects such as – the installation of ERTMS for the rail infrastructure and the locomotives, – noise reduction at the source of rail freight transport, – integration of the EuroVelo network into the comprehensive rail network, – reestablishment of missing regional cross-border rail connections that were abandoned or dismantled – the support for cross-border motorways of the sea projects, with a focus on short sea shipping;
Amendment 526 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i i i
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i i i
Amendment 556 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. Budgetary commitments for actions extending over more than one financial year may be broken down over several years into annual instalments. Transparency and citizens’ participation shall be guaranteed for large projects, from their planning until realisation.
Amendment 671 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
(i) actions implementing the core network in accordance with Chapter III of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013, including actions relating to urban nodes, maritime ports, inland, hinterland ports and rail-road terminals of the core network as defined at Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013, as well as intermodal interconnections between the core end comprehensive networks. Actions implementing the core network may include related elements located on the comprehensive network when necessary to optimize the investment and according to modalities specified in the work programmes referred to in Article 19 of this Regulation;
Amendment 742 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point v
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point v
(v) actions to remove interoperability barriers, not at least urban nodes and connections between urban nodes as defined in Article 30 of Regulation 1315/2013/EC, notably when delivering corridor/network effects;
Amendment 768 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 844 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) economic, social, climate and environmental impact (benefits and external costs);
Amendment 848 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) economic, social, climate and environmental impact (benefits and external costs);
Amendment 1042 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) (a) to amend part Ia of the Annex regarding the climate tracking and proofing of allocated resources;
Amendment 1057 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part I – table – Transport – Specific objectives and Indicators
Annex I – part I – table – Transport – Specific objectives and Indicators
Transport Efficient and Number of cross-border and missing links interconnected networks addressed with the support of CEF and infrastructure for (including actions relating to urban nodes, smart, sustainable, maritime ports, inland ports and rail-road inclusive, safe and secure terminals of the TEN-T core network)re-establishing of regional cross-border inclusive, safe and rail connections that were abandoned or secure mobility dismantled, cross-border motorways of the maritime ports, with a focus on short sea shipping, maritime ports, inland ports and rail-road terminals of the TEN-T core mobility network) Number of CEF supported actions contributing to the digitalisation of transport such as the installation of ERTMS for the rail infrastructure and the locomotives Number of alternative fuel supply points built or upgraded with the support of CEF Number of CEF supported actions contributing to the safety of transport Adaptation to military Number of noise reduction at the source of rail freight transport, infrastructure mobility requirements components adapted to meet militarytegration of the EuroVelo network into the rail network deleted mobility requirements deleted
Amendment 1127 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part III – point 1 – table – Core network corridor “Mediterranean”
Annex I – Part III – point 1 – table – Core network corridor “Mediterranean”
Core network corridor "Mediterranean" Alignment Algeciras – Bobadilla –Madrid – Zaragoza – Tarragona Sevilla – Bobadilla – Murcia Cartagena – Murcia – Valencia – Tarragona/Palma de Mallorca – Barcelona Tarragona – Barcelona – Perpignan – Marseille – Genova/ – Lyon – Torino – – Novara – Milano – Bologna/Verona – Padova – Venezia – Ravenna/Trieste/Koper – Ljubljana – Budapest Ljubljana/Rijeka – Zagreb – Budapest – UA border Pre- Cross- Lyon – Torino: base tunnel and accessimproving of the Rail identified border routes sectionsexisting cross-border rail line, and sections access routes Nice – Ventimiglia Trieste – Divača Ljubljana – Zagreb Zagreb – Budapest Budapest – Miskolc – UA border Lendava – Letenye Road Vásárosnamény – UA border Missing Perpignan – Montpellier Rail link Koper – Divača Rijeka – Zagreb Milano – Cremona – Mantova – Porto Inland Levante/Venezia – Ravenna/Trieste Waterways
Amendment 1139 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part III – point 1 – table – Core network corridor “North Sea-Baltic”
Annex I – Part III – point 1 – table – Core network corridor “North Sea-Baltic”
Core network corridor "North Sea – Baltic" Alignment Luleå – Helsinki – Tallinn – Riga Ventspils – Riga Riga – Kaunas Klaipeda – Kaunas – Vilnius Kaunas – Warszawa BY border – Warszawa – Łódź – Poznań – Frankfurt/Oder – Berlin – Hamburg – Kiel Łódź – Katowice/Wrocław Katowice – Wrocław – Falkenberg – Magdeburg Szczecin/Świnoujście – Berlin – Magdeburg – Braunschweig – Hannover Hannover – Bremen – Bremerhaven/Wilhelmshaven Hannover – Osnabrück – Hengelo – Almelo –/ Kleve – Nijmegen / – Hengelo – Almelo – Deventer – Utrecht Utrecht – Amsterdam Utrecht – Rotterdam – Antwerpen Hannover – Köln – Antwerpen Pre- Cross- Tallinn – Rīga – Kaunas – Warszawa: Rail identified border Rail Baltic new UIC gauge fully sections interoperable line Świnoujście/Szczecin – Berlin / Karniner Rail/Inland Bridge – Berlin Waterways Via Baltica Corridor EE-LV-LT-PL Road Missing Kaunas – Vilnius Rail link link Warszawa/Idzikowice – Poznań/Wrocław, incl. connections to the planned Central Transport Hub Kiel Kanal Inland Waterways Berlin – Magdeburg – Hannover; Mittellandkanal; western German canals Rhine, Waal Noordzeekanaal, IJssel, Twentekanaal
Amendment 1143 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part III – point 1 – table – Core network corridor “North Sea- Mediterranean”
Annex I – Part III – point 1 – table – Core network corridor “North Sea- Mediterranean”
Core network corridor "North Sea – Mediterranean" Alignment Belfast – Dublin – Shannon Foynes/Cork Glasgow/Edinburgh – Liverpool/Manchester – Birmingham Birmingham – Felixstowe/London/Southampton London – Lille – cross-border rail link Bruxelles-Quiévrain- Valenciennes – Brussel/Bruxelles Amsterdam – Rotterdam – Antwerp – Brussel/Bruxelles – Luxembourg Luxembourg – Metz – Dijon – Macon – Lyon – Marseille Luxembourg – Metz – Strasbourg – Basel Antwerpen/Zeebrugge – Gent – Dunkerque/Lille – Paris Pre- Cross-border Brussel/Bruxelles – Luxembourg – Rail Rail identified Strasbourg sections Terneuzen – Gent Inland Waterways Seine – Escaut Network and the related Seine, Escaut and Meuse river basins Rhine-Scheldt corridor Missing link Albertkanaal/Canal Bocholt- Inland Herentals Waterways Dunkerque – Lille
Amendment 1149 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part III – point 1 – table – Core network corridor “Orient-East-Med”
Annex I – Part III – point 1 – table – Core network corridor “Orient-East-Med”
Core network corridor "Orient/East-Med" Alignment Hamburg – Berlin Rostock – Berlin – Dresden Bremerhaven/Wilhelmshaven – Magdeburg – Dresden Dresden – Ústí nad Labem – Melnik/Praha – Lysá nad Labem/Poříčany – Kolin Kolin – Pardubice – Brno – Wien/Bratislava – Budapest – Arad – Timişoara – Craiova – Calafat – Vidin – Sofia Sofia – Plovdiv – Burgas Plovdiv – TR border – Alexandropouli – Kavala – Thessaloniki – Ioannina – Kakavia/Igoumenitsa FYROM border – Thessaloniki Sofia – Thessaloniki – Athina – Piraeus/Ikonio – Heraklion – Lemesos (Vasiliko) – Lefkosia Athina – Patras/Igoumenitsa Pre- Cross-border Dresden – Praha Rail identified sections Wien/Bratislava – Budapest Békéscsaba – Arad Calafat – Vidin – Sofia – Thessaloniki TR border – Alexandropouli FYROM border – Thessaloniki Ioannina – Kakavia (AL border) Road Hamburg – Dresden – Praha – Inlandeleted Pardubice waterwaysdeleted Missing link Thessaloniki – Kavala Rail
Amendment 1153 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part III – point 1 – table – Core network corridor “Rhine-Alpine”
Annex I – part III – point 1 – table – Core network corridor “Rhine-Alpine”
Core network corridor " Rhine – Alpine" Alignment Genova – Milano – Lugano – Basel Genova – Novara – Brig – Bern – Basel – Karlsruhe – Mannheim – Mainz - reestablishment cross-border rail bridge Freiburg (Breisgau)-Colmar – Rastatt-Haguenau cross- border connection - Karlsruhe – Mannheim – Mainz – Koblenz – Köln Köln – Düsseldorf – Duisburg – Nijmegen/Arnhem – Utrecht – Amsterdam Nijmegen – Rotterdam – Vlissingen Köln – Liège – Bruxelles/Brussel – Gent Liège – Antwerpen – Gent – Zeebrugge Pre- Cross-border Zevenaar – Emmerich – Rail identified Oberhausen sections Karlsruhe – Basel Milano/Novara – CH border Basel – Antwerpen/Rotterdam – Inland Amsterdam waterways Missing link Genova – Tortona/Novi Ligure Rail
Amendment 1158 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part III – point 1 – table – Core network corridor “Rhine-Danube”
Annex I – part III – point 1 – table – Core network corridor “Rhine-Danube”
Core network corridor "Rhine – Danube" Alignment Strasbourg – Stuttgart – München – Wels/Linz Strasbourg – Mannheim – Frankfurt – Würzburg – Nürnberg – Regensburg – Passau – Wels/Linz München/Nürnberg – Praha – Ostrava/Přerov – Žilina – Košice – UA border Wels/Linz – Wien – Bratislava – Budapest – Vukovar Wien/Bratislava – Budapest – Arad – Brašov/Craiova – Bucurešti – Constanta – Sulina Pre- Cross-border München – Praha Rail identified sections Nürnberg – Plzen München – Mühldorf – Freilassing - Salzburg Strasbourg – Kehl Appenweier Hranice – Žilina Wien – Bratislava/Budapest Bratislava – Budapest Békéscsaba – Arad Danube (Kehlheim - Inland Constanța/Midia/Sulina) and the Waterways deleted rdelaeted Sava and Tisza river basins Zlín – Žilina Road Missing link Stuttgart – Ulm Rail Salzburg – Linz Arad – Craiova București – Constanța
Amendment 1163 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part III – point 1 – table – Core network corridor “Scandinavian- Mediterranean”
Annex I – Part III – point 1 – table – Core network corridor “Scandinavian- Mediterranean”
Amendment 1166 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part III – point 2 – table
Annex I – part III – point 2 – table
Dublin – Strabane – Letterkenny Road Road Pau – Huesca Rail Rail Lyon – CH border Rail Rail Athus – Mont-Saint-Martin Rail Antwerpen – Duisburg Rail Mons - Valenciennes Rail Gent – Terneuzen Rail Heerlen – Aachen Rail Groningen – Bremen Rail Stuttgart – CH border Rail Berlin – Rzepin/Horka – Wrocław Rail Prague – Linz Rail Villach – Ljubljana Rail Pivka – Rijeka Rail Plzeň – České Budějovice – Wien Rail Wien - Gyor Rail Graz - Gyor Rail Neumarkt-Kalham - Mühldorf Rail Amber Corridor PL-SK-HU Rail Via Carpathia Corridor BY/UA border-PL-SK-HU-RO Road Budapest – Osijek – Svilaj (BiH border) Roadeleted deleted deleted deleted Faro – Huelva Rail Porto – Vigo Rail Giurgiu – Varna/Bourgas Rail Rail Svilengrad – Pithio Rail
Amendment 29 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Horizontal principles as set out in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union ('TEU') and in Article 10 of the TFEU, including principles of subsidiarity and proportionality as set out in Article 5 of the TEU, should be respected in the implementation of the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund, taking into account the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Member States should also respect the obligations of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and ensure barrier-free accessibility in line with its article 9 and in accordance with the Union law harmonising accessibility requirements for products and services. Member States and the Commission should aim at eliminating inequalities and at promoting equality between men and women and integrating the gender perspective, as well as at combating discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation. The Funds should not support actions that contribute to any form of segregation. The objectives of the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund should be pursued in the framework of sustainable development and the Union's promotion of the aim of preserving, protecting and improving the quality of the environment as set out in Articles 11 and 191(1) of the TFEU, taking into account the polluter pays principle. In order to protect the integrity of the internal market, operations benefitting undertakings shall comply with State aid rules as set out in Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU.
Amendment 35 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In addition, investments under the ERDF should contribute to the development of a comprehensive high- speed digital infrastructure network, and to promoting clean and sustainable multimodal urban mobility, with a focus on walking, cycling, public transport and shared mobility.
Amendment 39 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) This Regulation should set out the different types of activities the costs of which may be supported by means of investments from the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund, under their respective objectives as set out in the TFEU. The Cohesion Fund and ERDF should be able to support investments in the environment and in TEN-T. With regard to the ERDF, the list of activities should be simplified and it should be able to support investments in infrastructure, safety of existing tunnels and bridges, investments in relation to access to services, productive investments in SME's, equipment, software and intangible assets, as well as measures with regard to information, communication, studies, networking, cooperation, exchange of experiences and activities involving clusters. In order to support the programme implementation, both funds should also be able to support technical assistance activities. Finally, in order to support provide for a broader range of interventions for Interreg programmes, the scope should be enlarged to also include the sharing a broad range of facilities and human resources and costs linked to measures within the scope of the ESF+.
Amendment 42 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Specific attention should be paid to outermost regions, namely by adopting measures under Article 349 of the TFEU providing for an additional allocation for the outermost regions to offset the additional costs incurred in these regions as a result of one or several of the permanent restraints referred to in Article 349 of the TFEU, namely remoteness, insularity, small size, difficult topography and climate, economic dependence on a few products, the permanence and combination of which severely restrain their development. This allocation can cover investments, operating costs and public service obligations aimed at offsetting additional costs caused by such restraints. Operating aid may cover expenditure on freight transport services, green logistics, mobility management and start-up aid for transport services as well as expenditure on operations linked to storage constraints, the excessive size and maintenance of production tools, and the lack of human capital in the local market. In order to protect the integrity of the internal market, and as is the case for all operations co- financed by the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund, any ERDF support to the financing of operating and investment aid in the outermost regions should comply with State aid rules as set out in Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU.
Amendment 53 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
(i) enhancing digital connectivsupporting integrated transport and mobility systems with a European added value: enhancing digital connectivity, cross-border connections and interoperability;
Amendment 55 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ii) developing a sustainable, climate resilient, intelligent, safe and secure and intermodal TEN-T;
Amendment 58 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iii
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iii
(iii) developing sustainable, climate resilient, intelligent, safe and intermodal national, regional and local mobility, including improved access to TEN-T and cross-border mobility;
Amendment 60 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iv
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iv
(iv) promoting sustainable multimodal urban mobility, with a focus on walking, cycling, public transport and shared mobility;
Amendment 80 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) investments in infrastructure with a strong focus on the safety of existing bridges and tunnels, re-establishment of regional cross-border rail connections that were dismantled or abandoned, public transport and bicycle lanes in remote areas;
Amendment 84 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) productive investments in SMEs, such as sustainable tourism projects in peripheral regions that generate win-win situations for both the tourists and the inhabitants;
Amendment 87 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The amount of the ERDF transferred to the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) shall be mainly used for improving the safety of existing bridges and tunnels, where there is a benefit for the regions concerned.
Amendment 106 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The ERDF shall support integrated territorial development based on territorial strategies in accordance with Article [23] of Regulation (EU) 2018/xxxx [new CPR] focused on urban areas ('sustainable urban development' and 'sustainable urban mobility plans (SUMPs)' ) within programmes under both goals referred to in Article 4(2) of that Regulation.
Amendment 111 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – table 1 – point 1
Annex I – table 1 – point 1
Policy objective Outputs Results (1) (2) (3) 1. A smarter RCO 16 - Stakeholders RCR 24 - SMEs benefiting from Europe by participating in activities for skills development promoting entrepreneurial delivered by a local/ regional innovative and discovery process ecosystem smart economic transformation RCO 17 - Investments RCR 97 – Apprenticeships supported- SMEs and regions practising in regional/ local in SMEssustainable tourism projects, ecosystems for skills where win-win situations for both development RCO 101 –the tourists and inhabitants can be indicated RCO 101 – SMEs RCR 97 – Apprenticeships supported investing in skills in SMEs development RCO 102 - SMEs RCR 98 – SMEs staff completing investing in skillstraining Continuing Vocational Education development management systems* and Training (CVET) (by type of skill: technical, management, entrepreneurship, green, other) RCO 102 - SMEs RCR 99 – SMEs staff completing investing in training alternative training for knowledge management systems* intensive service activities (KISA) (by type of skills: technical, management, entrepreneurship, green, other) RCR 100 – SMEs staff completing formal training for skills development (KISA) (by type of skills: technical, management, entrepreneurship, green, other)*
Amendment 112 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – table 1 – point 3
Annex I – table 1 – point 3
Amendment 113 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – table 1 – point 5
Annex I – table 1 – point 5
Policy objective Outputs Results (1) (2) (3) 5. A Europe closer to RCO 74 - Population RCR 76 - Stakeholders involved citizens by fostering the covered by strategies in the preparation and sustainable and for integrated urban implementation of strategies of integrated development development urban development of urban, rural and coastal areas and local initiatives RCO 75 - Integrated - number of existing RCR 77 - Tourists/ visits to strategies for u‘Sustainable Urban supported sites* Mobility Plans (SUMPs)’ RCO 75 - Integrated strategies for urban development RCO 76 - RCR 78 - Users benefiting from- Sustainable tourism projects Collaborative projects cultural infrastructure RCO 77 - Capacity of cultural where win-win situations for both tourists and inhabitants can be indicated RCO 77 - Capacity of RCR 78 - Users benefiting from cultural, natural, cultural infrastructure and eco- historical and tourism supported industrial tourism infrastructure supported
Amendment 115 #
2018/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – table 1 – point 3
Annex II – table 1 – point 3
Amendment 150 #
2018/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV - Table - point 3
Annex IV - Table - point 3
Amendment 28 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16 a) The Commission should propose before the end of 2019 that existing trucks and busses be retro-fitted with technologically most advanced turning assistants.
Amendment 35 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
3. for the type-approval of newly- manufactured tyres with regard to their safety and environmental performance in terms of reduction of noise and air pollution.
Amendment 42 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 4 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 4 a (new)
(4 a) 'speed limiter' is a device that prevents a vehicle from being driven faster than an officially specified speed limit.
Amendment 43 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 4 b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 4 b (new)
(4 b) 'alcohol interlock' means a device in a motor vehicle that prevents a vehicle to be driven if the driver shows to have an alcohol concentration in his/her blood that is higher than the officially specified alcohol limit.
Amendment 58 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 12 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 12 a (new)
(12 a) 'anti-dooring system' means a system preventing the opening of the vehicle's doors for a short period of time where vulnerable road users, such as cyclists, advance towards a vehicle and so as to prevent a collision.
Amendment 64 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Manufacturers shall ensure that vehicles are designed, constructed and assembled so as to prevent or minimise the risk of fatality or injury to vehicle occupants and vulnerable road users.
Amendment 65 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) pedestrians, cyclists, steppers and skaters vision and visibility;
Amendment 75 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) intelligent speed assistance, including speed limiters;
Amendment 80 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) alcohol interlock installation facilitation, including alcohol interlock devices installation;
Amendment 88 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(f a) anti-dooring system
Amendment 139 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Vehicles of categories M2, M3, N2 and N3 shall be equipped with technologically most advanced systems capable of detecting vulnerable road users located in close proximity to the front or nearside of the vehicle and providing a warning so tor avoiding collision with such vulnerable road users.
Amendment 166 #
2018/0145(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
It shall apply from [PO: Please insert the date 3618 months following the date of entry into force of this Regulation].
Amendment 37 #
2018/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Nevertheless transparency and citizens’ and tax-payers’ participation is necessary for improving the resonance for the project and thereby make it more supported by the citizens and more sustainable.
Amendment 58 #
2018/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The implementation of infrastructure projects on the TEN-T core network should be also supported by Commission guidelines that bring more clarity as regards the implementation of certain types of projects while respecting the Union acquis. For example the Action Plan for nature, people and the economy23 foresees such guidance to bring more clarity in view of respecting the Birds and Habitats Directives. Direct support related to public procurement should be made available for projects of common interests to ensure the minimising of external costs and the best value for public money24. Additionally, appropriate technical assistance should be made available under the mechanisms developed for the Multi- Annual Financial Framework 2021-2027, with the aim of providing financial support for TEN-T projects of common interest. _________________ 23 24 and with a European added value. _________________ 23 COM(2017) 198 final. COM(2017) 198 final. 24 COM(2017) 573 final COM(2017) 573 final
Amendment 59 #
2018/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Since the objectives of this Regulation cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of the need for coordination of those objectives, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures in ac cordance withherent balance between Art. 171 on the EU competences on Trans European Transport Infrastructure as well as the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.
Amendment 81 #
2018/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) A ‘big project’ is a project with a total investment amount of at least one billion EUR.
Amendment 94 #
2018/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. In order to meet the time limits set out in Article 6 and reduce the administrative burden related to the completion of projects of common interest, all the administrative procedures resulting from the applicable law, both national and of the Union, shall be integrated and result in only one comprehensive decision in full respect of the principle of transparency, citizens’ participation as well as Union environmental legislation, the GHG reduction and safety targets.
Amendment 101 #
2018/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Big projects shall correspond to the principles of transparency and citizens’ participation from the decision making and planning to the end of the construction works of these projects.
Amendment 134 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 6 c – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 6 c – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Neighbouring Member States shall ensure performant coordination and cooperation to be well prepared on emergency services in case of accidents in cross-border tunnels and bridges.
Amendment 137 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 6 b – paragraphs 1 and 2 (new)
Article 6 b – paragraphs 1 and 2 (new)
1. Member States shall ensure that the needs of vulnerable road users are taken into account in the implementation of the procedures set out in Articles 3 to 6, and included in the reporting as referred to in Article 11a; 2. The Commission shall develop quality requirements for pedestrian and cycling infrastructure.
Amendment 150 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 96/2008/EC
Article 6 c – paragraph 2
Article 6 c – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall develop general performance requirements to facilitate the recognition of road markings and road signs. For this purpose, the Commission shall adopt an implementingpropose a delegated act in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 13(2)2a.
Amendment 170 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex II – section 1 – point n – point iii a) (new)
Annex II – section 1 – point n – point iii a) (new)
iiia) density and location of crossings for pedestrians and cyclists,
Amendment 173 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 96/2008/EC
Annex II a – section 1 – point c
Annex II a – section 1 – point c
(c) self-explaining alignment (i.e. "readability" of the alignment by drivusers);
Amendment 177 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 96/2008/EC
Annex II a – section 2 – point g
Annex II a – section 2 – point g
(g) existence of pedestrian and cycling crossings.
Amendment 192 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 96/2008/EC
Annex III – section 9 – point d
Annex III – section 9 – point d
(d) bicycle facilities and their type (cycle paths. cycle lanes, other);
Amendment 197 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 96/2008/EC
Annex III – section 9 – point f
Annex III – section 9 – point f
(f) pedestrian and cycling crossing facilityies on entry arm of minor road joining network.
Amendment 202 #
2018/0129(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex III – section 9 – point fa (new)
Annex III – section 9 – point fa (new)
(fa) existence of alternative routes for pedestrians and cyclists in case of no separated facilities.
Amendment 31 #
2017/2285(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that many Member States are still lagging behind as regards meeting basic EU common transport policy targets on climate protection, modal shift towards rail and sustainable inland waterways, especially when comparing central and eastern Member States with western ones; points out that their specific needclaimed interests are not always aligned with the EU’s investment prioritiesir obligations inter alia on respecting environmental legislation, the EU’s investment priorities as well as the European added value and calls, therefore, for the necessary flexibilitysupport and help from the Commission in financing transport projects under the ERDF and the CF;
Amendment 34 #
2017/2285(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for continued and balanced support to the TEN-T core, comprehensive networks and horizontal priorities, taking into account the need to maintain, upgrade and renovate existing infrastructure and to better integrate national transport networks, including road infrastructureto cross-border connections in terms of interconnectivity, intermodality and interoperability; stresses in this context the need for adequate budget envelopes and clearly structured funding programmes under the transport and cohesion policies post 2020, with a focus on dismantled and abandoned regional cross-border rail missing links, particularly those that were destroyed during the last world war;
Amendment 44 #
2017/2285(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports a wider application of the blending approach; calls, however, for an strong increase in the exchange of best practice, technical assistance and preparatory toolkits for Member States to disseminate information on financial instruments; also recalls that financial instruments are not always appropriate to finance railway, inland waterways or cross-borderpure national road projects and that smaller countries face difficulties in implementing PPPs; stresses, therefore, the need to reinforce the grant part of the EU funds as grants remain an essential tool in attracting private financing and closing gaps between Member States. as well as guaranteeing a fair balance between public and private investors in sharing profits and losses.
Amendment 48 #
2017/2285(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Encourages the Member States and the Regions to apply the user and polluter pays principle for charging their road networks, in order to encourage green logistics as well as generate revenues that can compensate the different public budgets involved;
Amendment 51 #
2017/2285(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Encourages the Commission, the Member States and the Regions to intensify their support in favour of bicycle infrastructure, such as the further development of the EuroVelo network, in combination with the European Railway connections.
Amendment 15 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the move towards completely driver-free vehicles is progressing rapidly, so that a review of the General Safety Regulation needs to be submitted by the Commission without any further delay and in any case no later than January 2018;
Amendment 18 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas 73 % of European citizens consider road safety to be a serious problem in cities, and whereas more than 30 % of road fatalities and serious injuries happen in urban areas and often involve vulnerable road users (VRUs) and pedestrians;
Amendment 22 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas 38 % of all fatalities occur in urban areas and 55% on inter- urban roads, whereas the victims are most often cyclists and other vulnerable road users, and whereas accidents are linked to high vehicle concentrations and speed;
Amendment 58 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Observes that, in 43% of cases, fatal road accidents in urban areas occur to pedestrians and cyclists, and calls on Member States to take greater account of the more vulnerable road users in building and maintaining roads, for example by building more cycle paths, or expanding thempedestrian and cycle infrastructure, or expanding and upgrading existing infrastructure;
Amendment 72 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Observes that many drivers are not aware of the necessity and how to form a corridor for emergency vehicle access on motorways in order to allow rescue teams to reach the scene of accident and therefore calls on the European Commission to launch a European awareness campaign and urge the Member States to agree on uniform rules on the formation of such corridors;
Amendment 73 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Stresses the urgent need to better protect vulnerable road users given that they account for 46% of all road fatalities and that fatalities among this group are decreasing much slower than for other road users.Calls therefore on the Commission to mandate new active and passive vehicle safety technologies that protect in particular vulnerable road users;
Amendment 83 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Observes 15% of road fatalities involve heavy-goods vehicles while these vehicles only account for 5% of the total number of vehicles on EU roads, underlines that vulnerable road users are involved of one third of these fatal accidents and that the number of such accidents is increasing compared to other categories, therefore stresses the need to improve the safety of heavy-goods vehicles as a matter of urgency;
Amendment 97 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – introductory part
Paragraph 8 – introductory part
8. Calls on manufacturers and operators:
Amendment 105 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point c a (new)
Paragraph 8 – point c a (new)
(c a) to ensure that technologies, products and services are barrier-free accessible also for persons with a handicap and with reduced mobility (PRMs);
Amendment 110 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that warnings should be sufficiently distinct from one another to make it intuitively clear to which system the assistance pertains, and that warnings should moreover also be easy to perceive for older persons and persons with limitreduced mobility; calls therefore on the parties concerned to adopt appropriate uniform standards;
Amendment 151 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the compulsory installation of non-overridable intelligent assistants to indicate speed limithat intervene to assist drivers to remain within speed limits and thus save lives, and calls on Member States to ensure that road signs are kept in excellent condition, and that road markings are clearly legible;
Amendment 170 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Emphasises that increasing the immediate field of visiondirect vision of the driver in heavy goods vehicles, buses and coaches, and reducing the blind spot can help significantlyis vital in order to improve the road safety of such vehicles, and therefore calls on the Commission to mandate ambitious and differentiated direct vision standards (as of 2022 for all categories, including mandating low entry cabins for urban trucks as from 2022) and to make it compulsory to install cameras and turning assistant systems, while observing that such measures should accord with Directive (EU) 2015/719 and should not result in any extension of the time limits for implementation laid down there;
Amendment 179 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Encourages ITS and public transport operators to further develop technologies on vehicles that encourage drivers to switch to safer modes of transport when entering into urban areas;
Amendment 194 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Observes that tyre pressure has significant implications for road safety and fuel consumption, and calls therefore on the Commission to make it compulsory to install direct tyre pressure monitoring systems, which should come with a safety net that should be able to recognise and alert drivers at least to a critical air pressure of less than 1.5 bar;
Amendment 206 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Calls on the Commission to update the testing requirements for motor vehicle passive safety systems to include all Vulnerable Road User frontal impacts, including cyclists;
Amendment 210 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls for accurate, reliable EU-wide accident statistics, including statistics on the causes of accidents, exposure data, and listing of injuries and accident victims, and observes that an accident database could be very helpful in this connection, in which context the data must be kept anonymous and used only for purposes of accident research;
Amendment 221 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. Observes that a re-design of front underrun protection (FUP) of heavy- goods vehicles can reduce fatalities in head-on collisions between cars and heavy-goods vehicles by 20%, calls on the Commission to mandate improved energy absorbing FUPs for all new vehicles as of 2022;
Amendment 223 #
2017/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26 b. Stresses that Directive 2015/719 on Weights and Dimensions offers great potential to improve truck safety, deplores that the Commission missed the deadline for an assessment of the need to adopt or amend any technical requirements for type- approval of aerodynamic device1a, and calls upon the Commission to accelerate the work on this Directive, to make a public statement on this issue as soon as possible and to present its report before December 2017; _________________ 1asee the deadline in Article 8b (27 May 2017)
Amendment 79 #
2017/2064(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights that all measures involving transmission and storage of data should follow the European data protection acquis and only be practiced for preventing odometer manipulation;
Amendment 88 #
2017/2064(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission and all Member States to require from 2020 that odometer manipulation is proved to be excluded when motor vehicles are exported to third countries;
Amendment 95 #
2017/2064(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to propose a legislative framework following the recommendations in the annex within a timeframe of twelve months after the adoption of this report by the European Parliament;
Amendment 8 #
2017/2052(INI)
1. Highlights that transport infrastructures are the backbone of the single market and crucial to ensuring the four fundamental freedoms pertaining to persons, capital, goods and services; notes that accomplishing a single European transport area connected to neighbouring countries requires major transport infrastructure to be treated as a key priority for the EU’s competitiveness and for territorial, economic and social cohesion; furthermore emphasizes that all projects co-financed through MFF budget lines should be in line with the Paris Agreement on Climate Change;
Amendment 14 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that the Commission and the Member States should focus all EU co-funding of transport and tourism projects that contribute to minimise external costs through climate action and air quality and should prioritise through higher co-financing projects that lead to zero emissions; recalls therefore the immediate need to renew the criteria of allocation of different EU funds;
Amendment 20 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that cohesion policy’s share of the total EU budget should be maintained post-2020, as the Cohesion Fund makes ashould increase its major contribution to closingre-establishing (cross- border) infrastructure gapconnections between regions;
Amendment 37 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) should allow for adequate EU funding, including structural and investment funds, for projects which contribute, in particular, to the completion of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) to the EU safety, climate and energy policy in the framework of the TEN-T and CEF core network and its corridors; reiterates that financial instruments cannot replace grants for TEN- T projects, as only grants can maximise output on the ground; considers, furthermore, that better coordination of EU instruments related to transport, including blending of grants and innovative financial instruments, can facilitate project implementation and catalyse private financing;
Amendment 48 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) should allow for adequate EU funding, including structural and investment funds, for projects which contribute, in particular, to the completion of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) core network and its corridors; reiterates that financial instruments cannot replace grants for TEN- T projects, as only grants can maximise output on the ground; considers, furthermore, that coherent transparency and better coordination of EU instruments related to transport, including blending of grants and innovative financial instruments, can facilitate project implementation and catalyse private financing;
Amendment 55 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines that EU co-funding should concentrate on smaller cheaper projects with a positive short term effect on the goals of the White Paper on Transport 2011, such as re-establishing regional cross-border missing links that were given up and dismantled, ensuring sufficient maintenance and renewal of the secondary rail network, further electrifying of the entire rail network (electric mobility);
Amendment 70 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that an upgraded and more effective Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), which coversfocusses on interconnecting all modes of transport, including road infrastructure, and focuses on interconnection and makes more funding available for greening the cities, is necessary;
Amendment 88 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that funding for completing the single European rail area should be safeguarded; stresses further that the deployment of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) should be brought forward in order to further implement common technical standards and maximise the benefits in terms of interoperability; encourages the Commission and the Members States to support noise reduction at the source by retro-fitting rail freight wagons; underlines that co-funding of the Shift to Rail undertaking should be intensified;
Amendment 103 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates the importance of enabling the full use of the Single European Sky as a crucial step forward for European airspace; stresses the need for adequate funding to implement the components of Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) in order to ensure the deployment of ATM functionalities; calls on the Commission and the Members States to phase out subsidies for airports and thereby save money, as ca. 50 % of EU airports are making losses;
Amendment 119 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines the importance of secured funding to achieve an integrated maritime policy, as a flagship initiative for cross-sectoral and trans-national governance, as well as for optimising multimodal connections and shifting to digital transport services and sustainable transport modes, only including ships with low emissions in the fields of short sea shipping and inland waterways;
Amendment 146 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Encourages the Commission to co- finance the interconnection between the EuroVelo network and the EU rail network and thus encourage sustainable tourism through the different regions;
Amendment 1 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the budget allocated to transport and tourism should be in accordance with the importance and contribution of these sectors to the economic growth and, sustainable development, the interests of users and the existence of good quality jobs in the Union; welcomes, in this respect, that budgetary lines related to the transport sector in Heading 1a have not suffered any further decrease as in previous years;
Amendment 6 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates the importance of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) funding instrument for the completion of the TEN- T network; stresses that the budgetary cuts to the CEF made in the past, due to the funding of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) initiative, should be avoided in the future; believes that CEF is a vital instrument with significant Union- added value to optimise the transport network across the Union, linking and/or modernising new and existing transport infrastructures; stresses the need to further promote the high speedcross-border high speed, conventional and freight railway projects connecting Western and Eastern as well as other parts of Europe;
Amendment 12 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Welcomes the approach of the Commission to also co-finance the reestablishment of regional cross-border rail connections that have been dismantled or abandoned, and encourages the Member States, cross-border regions and the Commission to further intensify those bottom-up projects, which contribute to the reopening of borders within the Union, where such borders still exist;
Amendment 34 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the importance of Horizon 2020 to foster and support projects related to innovation in smart transport managementlogistics and mobility management, shared mobility and CARGOpooling and autonomous driving; welcomes the increase in commitments and payments appropriations through the Horizon 2020 for Joint Undertakings, among others SESAR and SHIFT2RAIL;
Amendment 35 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the importance of Horizon 2020 to foster and support projects related to innovation in smart transport management an, such as public and shared autonomous driving; welcomes the increase in commitments and payments appropriations through the Horizon 2020 for the Clean Sky Initiative and Joint Undertakings, among others SESAR and SHIFT2RAIL;
Amendment 53 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Encourages the Commission to promote the revitalisation of comfortable European Night Trains as a sustainable alternative to short distance flights and long distance car travelling;
Amendment 57 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Encourages the Commission to further prioritise the financing of the transport safety of passengers in different means of transport and to focus on the safety of vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians, cyclists and motor-cyclists;
Amendment 59 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Underlines the importance to support sustainable tourism whilst protecting its sources within natural, cultural, historical and industrial heritage;is further convinced that barrier- free accessibility to tourism services for persons with reduced mobility should be further evolved;emphasises finally that promoting the EuroVelo network in combination with the TEN-T rail network offers interesting environmental and economic benefits, not at least for the small and medium-sized enterprises;
Amendment 65 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Demands that the Commission present to the Parliament and the Council annual overviews of all Union co-funded concrete transport and tourism projects, including details of the corresponding amounts;
Amendment 9 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the emergence of the collaborative economy in transport and tourism services, acknowledging that, with an appropriate regulatory framework in place, it has potential to provide more varied and affordable services to customers, to promote sustainable mobility and to boost new forms of cooperative exchanges between citizens in the EU;
Amendment 58 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that, in the context of the collaborative economy, issues related to consumer protection, liability allocation, insurance schemes, social protection of workers (whether they are employed or self-employed) and data protection are the most urgent ones, and expects a regulatory intervention in that regard; emphasises that a regulatory framework should create a level playing field, foster innovations and contribute to the overall development and fulfilment of the EU transport policy goals, such as transport decarbonisation, reduction of pollutant emissions and noise, territorial cohesion, affordability, accessibility and safety;
Amendment 73 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls the potential of collaborative economy models to improve the efficiency of the transport system, encourage changes in attitude away from owning and towards sharing and reduce undesired externalities of traffic such as congestion, the volume of space taken up and emissions; emphasises the need to fully integrate collaborative transport services into the conventional transport system and to develop them as a complement to non-motorised traffic and the public transport system; proposes that the space being made available through the new solutions should be used for measures to improve the quality of life (parks, green areas and water bodies, rest areas, pavements and pedestrianised areas, cycle paths, etc.); emphasises the need to avoid administrative systems or legislative measures which might lead to exclusion of collaborative transport services from transport planning and operations, with a view to enabling the creation of smooth complete travel chains and the provision of new forms of sustainable mobility; emphasises that the combination of collaborative and public transport services offers great scope for this, in particular in connecting up areas that hitherto have been poorly connected;
Amendment 124 #
2017/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to establish measures to reduce the risk and possibility of the occurrence of grey economy activities and tax avoidance in accordance with collaborative economy services, and invites the Commission to facilitate an exchange of best practises between tax authorities and stakeholders with a view to developing appropriate solutions and technological solutions (inspired, for example, by experience with the digital tachograph) for payments of taxes in the sharing economy;
Amendment 39 #
2017/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The application of Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council17 has revealed that operators in national markets are facing obstacles to the development of inter-urban coach services. Moreover, road passenger transport services have not kept pace with the evolving needs of citizens in terms of availability and quality and sustainable transport modes continue to have a low modal share. As a consequence, certain groups of citizens are placed at a disadvantage in terms of availability of passenger transport services, and there are more road accidents, emissions and congestion, space use and infrastructure costs due to greater use of cars. _________________ 17 Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 on common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services, and amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 (OJ L 300, 14.11.2009, p. 88).
Amendment 61 #
2017/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In order to ensure fair competition in the market, operators of regular services should be provided with access rights to terminals in the Union on fair, equitable, non-discriminatory and transparent terms. Appeals against decisions rejecting or limiting access should be lodged with the regulatory body. Passengers with disabilities and with reduced mobility (PRMs) should also have barrier-free fair access to terminals and busses and coaches.
Amendment 68 #
2017/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The Commission should soon propose a review of Regulation 181/2011/EC on bus and coach passenger rights, in order to improve quality of services and not further lead to intermodal distortion of competition.
Amendment 69 #
2017/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 b (new)
Recital 6 b (new)
(6b) The Commission should propose measures to include bus and coach prices into fair and efficient pricing criteria, on the basis of the internalisation of external costs, in order to achieve more sustainability and fair competition between the different transport modes.
Amendment 76 #
2017/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Non-resident carriers should be able to operate national regular services under the same conditions as resident carriers. This should also include social standards for the drivers, such as equal treatment in salaries and professional qualification. Working, driving and rest times rules should be in coherence of road safety and fair intermodal competition and the enforcement of the according legislation should be guaranteed by the Commission and the Member States.
Amendment 88 #
2017/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Insofar as this Regulation harmonises the rules in national markets for regular coach and bus services and access to terminals, its objectives, namely the promotion of inter-urban mobility and the increase of the modal share of sustainable passenger transport modes, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States. Therefore, the Union may adopt measures, in line withon a balanced way in line with Article 91 as well as the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary to achieve the objectives pursued.
Amendment 91 #
2017/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
-1 The following paragraph 1 a is inserted in Article 1: "This Regulation shall also apply to national interurban services without prejudices to the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007."
Amendment 111 #
2017/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 2 – paragraph 9
Article 2 – paragraph 9
9. ‘terminal’ means any authorised facility with a minimum area of 600m2, which provides a parking place that is used by coaches and buses for the setting down or pialighting or boarding of passengers and that is equipped with facilities such as a well accessible check-ing up of passengers counter, ticket office, waiting room;
Amendment 143 #
2017/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Each Member State shall designate a single national regulatory body for the road passenger transport sector. That body shall be an impartial authority which is, in organisational, functional, hierarchical and decision making terms, legally distinct, transparent and independent from any other public or private entity. It shall be independent from any competent authority involved in the award of a public service contract.
Amendment 156 #
2017/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 3 a – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 3 a – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) collect and provide information on access to terminals for both operators and all passengers; and
Amendment 182 #
2017/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 5 a – paragraph 1
Article 5 a – paragraph 1
1. Terminal operators shall grant carriers the rightas well as all passengers, including those with disabilities and reduced mobility (PRMs) the right and the possibility to access terminals for the purpose of operating regular services including any facilities or services provided in that terminal under fair, equitable, non-discriminatory and transparent conditions.
Amendment 196 #
2017/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 5 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Requests for access may be refused only on thewell justified grounds of lack of capacity.
Amendment 202 #
2017/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 5 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 5 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Where a terminal operator refuses a request for access, it shall indicate anybest viable alternatives.
Amendment 322 #
2017/0288(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 8 c – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 8 c – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) the applicant has not complied with national or international legislation on road transport, and in particular the conditions and requirements relating to authorisations for international road passenger services, or has committed serious infringements of Union or national or, where appropriate, regional road transport legislation in particular with regard to the rules applicable to vehicles and driving and rest periods for drivers;
Amendment 45 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Users’ rights to rail services include the receipt of information regarding the service both before and during the journey. Whenever possible, rRailway undertakings and ticket vendors should provide this information in advance and as soon as possiblin real-time. That information should be provided in accessible formats for persons with disabilities or persons with reduced mobility.
Amendment 54 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The increasing popularity of cycling across the Union has implications for overall mobility and tourism. An increase in the use of both railways and cycling in the modal split reduces the environmental impact of transport. Therefore, railway undertakings should facilitate the combination of cycling and train journeys as much as possible, in particular by allowing. In particular by providing mandatory bicycle stands for the carriage of assembled bicycles on board trainof all kinds of passenger trains, including on high- speed, long-distance and cross-border journeys.
Amendment 60 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Since the rail passenger is the weaker party to the transport contract, passengers’ rights in this respect should be safeguarded. The rail passenger furthermore contributes as a taxpayer to the subsidies for rail transport and pays for his/her tickets in advance, which makes his/her right on high quality services even stronger.
Amendment 74 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Urban, and suburban and regional rail passenger services are different in character from long-distance services. Member States should therefore be allowed to exempt urban, and suburban and regional rail passenger services which are not cross- border services within the Union from certain provisions on passengers' rights.
Amendment 75 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
Amendment 86 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Users’ rights to rail services include the receipt of information regarding the service both before and during the journey. Whenever possible, rRailway undertakings and ticket vendors should provide this information in advance and as soon as possible. That information should be provided in accessible formats for persons with disabilities or persons with reduced mobility.
Amendment 92 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The increasing popularity of cycling across the Union has implications for overall mobility and tourism. An increase in the use of both railways and cycling in the modal split reduces the environmental impact of transport. Therefore, railway undertakings should facilitate the combination of cycling and train journeys as much as possible, in particular by allowing. In particular by providing mandatory bicycle stands for the carriage of assembled bicycles on board all kinds of passenger trains, including high-speed, long-distance and cross-border trains.
Amendment 128 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
Amendment 164 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. The information referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be provided in the most appropriate format including by using up-to-date communication technologies . Particular attention shall be paid to ensuring that tusing easily-accessible, commonly used and real-time up-to-date communication technologies, including non-proprietary technologies . This information is shall be accessible to persons with disabilities in accordance with the accessibility requirements laid down in Directive XXX and Regulation 454/2011 .
Amendment 168 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) urban, suburban and regional rail passenger services as referred to in Directive 2012/34/EU, except cross-border services within the Union;
Amendment 217 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) 25 % of the ticket price for a delay of 630 to 1159 minutes,
Amendment 221 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) 50 % of the ticket price for a delay of 120 minutes or more.60 to 119 minutes;
Amendment 223 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
(bb) Holders of a seasonal ticket or reduction pass shall receive a compensation as mentioned under points (a)and (b) and based on the normal price of a ticket.
Amendment 229 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Passengers shall be entitled to take bicycles on -board of the train, where appropriate for a reasonable fee. They shall keep their bicycles under supervision during the journey and ensure that no inconvenienincluding on high speed, long distance and cross-border trains, where appropriate for a reasonable fee. All trains must include a well indicated designated space for damage is caused to other passengers, mobility equipment, luggage or rail operations. The carriage of bicycles may be refused or restricted for safety or operational reasons, provided that rthe carriage of at least 8 assembled bicycles. Railway undertakings shall comply with this requirement at the latest two years after the entry into force of this regulation. Railway undertakings, ticket vendors, tour operators and, where appropriate, station managers shall inform passengers of the conditions for such a refusal or restrictionbicycles carriage on all services in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 454/2011.
Amendment 243 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 8
Article 17 – paragraph 8
Amendment 265 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. The information referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be provided in the most appropriate and easily accessible format including by using up-to-date and real time communication technologies . Particular attention shall be paid to ensuring that this information is accessible to persons with disabilities in accordance with the accessibility requirements laid down in Directive XXX and Regulation 454/2011 .
Amendment 269 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. Station managers and infrastructure managers shall make real-time data relating to trains, including those operated by other railway undertakings available to railway undertakings and ticket vendors, in a non- discriminatory manner. They shall communicate in real-time any delays or changes that may occur to passengers.
Amendment 277 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Rail travel publicity, booking information as well as tickets shall mention the data on emissions as well as the energy consumption and source of a train journey.
Amendment 278 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Railway undertakings shall further make available all travel information referred to in this Article to computer reservation systems (CRS), tour operators and ticket vendors in a non- discriminatory and accessible manner. Data shall be made available in openly standardised, machine-readable formats through application programming interfaces (API).
Amendment 284 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Railway undertakings and ticket vendors shall offer tickets and, where available, through-tickets and reservations. They shall make all possible efforts to offer through-tickets, including for journeys across borders and with more than one railway undertaking. , at the latest one year after the entry into force of this Regulation. Booking these tickets shall be well accessible and non-discriminatory for persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility.
Amendment 289 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Railway undertakings shall grant passengers, tour operators, and ticket vendors access to all booking and reservation systems in a non- discriminatory and accessible way. They shall further provide access to all the data necessary to successfully conclude transport contracts for tickets including through-tickets. Such data include but are not restricted to time schedules, intermodal connections, fares, mandatory reservations, where applicable, in openly standardised, machine-readable formats, through application programming interfaces (APIs).
Amendment 303 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Railway undertakings shall offer the possibility to obtain tickets for the respective service on board the train, unless this is limited or denied on grounds relating to security or antifraud policy or compulsory train reservation or reasonable commercial grounds.
Amendment 315 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. Where there is no ticket office or accessible ticketing machine in the station of departure, all passengers, including persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility shall be permitted to buy tickets on board the train at no extra cost.
Amendment 322 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 6
Article 10 – paragraph 6
Amendment 342 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 a (new)
Article 33 a (new)
Article 33a Independent conciliation bodies The Member States shall install well- equipped independent conciliation bodies that will be easily accessible and affordable for passengers in case of conflict with rail undertakings, tour operators and ticket vendors on the enforcement of their rights.
Amendment 347 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Where it is reasonably to be expected , either at departure or in the event of a missed connection in the course of a journey with a through-ticket, that arrival at the final destination under the transport contract will be subject to a delay of more than 60 minutes, the passenger shall immediately have the choice between one of the following :
Amendment 361 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Without loshilst keeping the right of transport, a passenger may request compensation for delays from the railway undertaking if he or she is facing a delay between the places of departure and destination stated in the transport contract for which the cost of the ticket has not been reimbursed in accordance with Article 16. The minimum compensations for delays shall be as follows:
Amendment 368 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) 25 % of the ticket price for a delay of 630 to 1159 minutes,
Amendment 376 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) 50 % of the ticket price for a delay of 1260 minutes or more.
Amendment 379 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) Holders of a seasonal ticket or reduction pass shall receive a compensation as mentioned under points (a) and (b) and based on the normal price of a ticket.
Amendment 389 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. Paragraph 1 also applies to passengers who hold a travel pass or season ticket. If they encounter recurrent delays or cancellations during the period of validity of the travel pass or season ticket, they may request adequate compensation in accordance with the railway undertaking’s compensation arrangements. These arrangements shall state the criteria for determining delay and for the calculation of the compensation. Where delays of less than 630 minutes occur repeatedly during the period of validity of the travel pass or season ticket, the delays shall be counted cumulatively and passengers shall be compensated in accordance with the railway undertaking’s compensation arrangements.
Amendment 396 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 5
Article 17 – paragraph 5
5. The compensation of the ticket price shall be paid within onetwo months after the submission of the request for compensation. The compensation may be paidshall be possible to be paid within the same payment system as the ticket was bought, such as at the sales point and online, in vouchers and/or other services if the terms are flexible (in particular regarding the validity period and destination). The compensation shall be paid in money at the request of the passenger. No bureaucratic forms, that discourage the passenger to request for compensation, shall be allowed.
Amendment 414 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 8
Article 17 – paragraph 8
Amendment 461 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. Railway undertakings and station managers shall, with the active involvement of representative organisations of persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility, establish, or shall have in place, non- discriminatory access rulerules for barrier-free and independent access for the transport of persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility. If independent mobility is not possible, it shall includinge their personal assistants. The rules shall allow the passenger to be accompanied by an assistance dog or an accompanying person, both free of charge, in accordance with any relevant national rules.
Amendment 472 #
2017/0237(COD)
2. When a railway undertaking, ticket vendor or tour operator exercises the derogation provided for in Article 20(2), it shall upon request inform in writing the person with disabilities or person with reduced mobility concerned of its reasons for doing so within five working days of the refusal to make the reservation or to issue the ticket or the imposition of the condition of being accompanied. The railway undertaking, ticket vendor or tour operator shall make reasonable efforts to propose an alternative transport option to the person in question taking into account his or her accessibility needs.
Amendment 478 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. On departure from, transit through or arrival at, a staffed railway station of a person with disabilities or a person with reduced mobility, the station manager or the railway undertaking or both shall provide assistance free of charge in such a way that that person is able to board the departing service, or to disembark from the arriving service for which he or she purchased a ticket, without prejudice to the access rules referred to in Article 20(1). The booking of assistance shall also always be free of charge, irrespective of the communication channel being used.
Amendment 524 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) assistance shall be provided on condition that the railway undertaking, the station manager, the ticket vendor or the tour operator with which the ticket was purchased is notified of the person’s need for such assistance at least 481 hours before the assistance is needed. Where a ticket or season ticket permits multiple journeys, one notification shall be sufficient provided that adequate information on the timing of subsequent journeys is provided. Such notifications shall be forwarded to all other railway undertakings and station managers involved in the person’s journey;
Amendment 529 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) assistance shall be provided on condition that the person with disabilities or person with reduced mobility presents him or herself at the designated point at a time stipulated by the railway undertaking or station manager providing such assistance. Any time stipulated shall not be more than 60 minutes before the published departure time or the time at which all passengers are asked to check in. If no time is stipulated by which the person with disabilities or person with reduced mobility is required to present him or herself, the person shall present him or herself at the designated point at least 30 minutes before the published departure time or the time at which all passengers are asked to check in.
Amendment 541 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. The compensation for loss or damage referred to in paragraph 1 shall be timely executed and equal to the cost of replacement orbased on the actual value, or on the full costs of repair, of the wheelchair, equipment or devices lost or damaged, or the loss or injury of the service animal. The compensation shall also include the cost of temporary replacement in case of repair, when those are borne by the passenger.
Amendment 601 #
2017/0237(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 a (new)
Article 33 a (new)
Article 33 a Independent conciliation bodies The Member States shall install well- equipped independent conciliation bodies that will be easily accessible and affordable for passengers in case of conflicts with rail undertakings and ticket vendors on the enforcement of their rights.
Amendment 31 #
2017/0116(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Fair competition between air carriers should preferably be addressed in the context of air transport or air services agreements with third countries. However, most air transport or air services agreements concluded between the Union or its Member States or both, on the one hand, and third countries, on the other, do not so far provide for corresponding rules. Efforts should therefore be strengthened to negotiate the inclusion of fair competition clauses in existing and future air transport or air services agreements with third countries. Where bilateral air transport agreements include fair competition clauses or similar provisions, dispute settlement procedures foreseen in those agreements should be exhausted before applying this Regulation, except in cases where more than one Member State is affected;
Amendment 60 #
2017/0116(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Where the investigation conducted by the Commission concerns operations covered by an air transport or air services agreement with a third country to which the Union is not a party, it should be ensured that the Commission acts in full knowledge of any proceedings intended or conducted by the Member State concerned under such agreement and pertaining to the situation subject to the Commission’s investigation on the basis of fair competition criteria. Member States should therefore be obliged to keep the Commission informed accordingly.
Amendment 88 #
2017/0116(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23 a) The Commission should propose strengthening rules, criteria and measures on fair competition in the Union, not only within the Union internal air transport sector but also in the intermodal transport sector. Those proposals could inter alia contain effects on fair competition in the fields of exemptions on fuel taxes and VAT on tickets.
Amendment 90 #
2017/0116(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation lays down rules on the conduct of investigations by the Commission and on the adoption of redressive measures, relating to violation of applicable international obligations and to practices affecting fair competition between Union air carriers and other air carriers and causing or threatening to cause injury to Union air carriers by distorting competition.
Amendment 96 #
2017/0116(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. For the purpose of this Regulation, fair competition criteria and measures shall be determined by the Commission on a case-by-case basis, after consulting the European Parliament and the Council;
Amendment 122 #
2017/0116(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i
(i) a practice affecting fair competition, adopted by a third country or a third country entity;
Amendment 299 #
2017/0116(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts propose delegated acts in accordance with Article (add the number of the standard Article on Exercise of the Delegation, which should also be added), repealing, amending or maintain, as appropriateing, the redressive measures. Those implementing acts shall be adoptedWhen proposing those delegated acts the Commission shall take into accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 15(2)unt proper criteria and measures for international fair aviation competition.
Amendment 10 #
2017/0115(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Title 1
Title 1
Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructurmotorised road vehicles, as regards certain provisions on vehicle taxation
Amendment 11 #
2017/0115(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) In its White Paper of 28 March 201113 the Commission set out a goal to move towards the full application of the 'polluter pays' and 'user pays' principles, to generate revenue and ensure financing for future transport investments. _________________ 13 White Paper of 28 March 2011 ‘Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system' (COM(2011) 144 final).
Amendment 12 #
2017/0115(CNS)
(1 a) The Commission should introduce a framework of harmonising rules on sustainable vehicle taxation.
Amendment 14 #
2017/0115(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) By nature, annual vehicle taxes are unrequited payments linked to the fact that the vehicle is registered on behalf of the taxpayer during a given period and, as such do not reflect any particular use of infrastructure. For similar reasons, vehicles taxes are not effective when it comesshould not overlap infrastructure distance based charging, but should be additional to incentivising cleaner and more efficient operations, or reducing congestion.
Amendment 18 #
2017/0115(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Tolls being directly linked to distance-based road- use, they are considerably better fitted to achieve some of these objectives. In accordance with Article 7k of Directive 1999/62/EC, Member States which introduce tolls may provide appropriate compensation to national hauliers, without excluding taxation on the economic, environmental and social impact of the entire lifecycle of the vehicle.
Amendment 21 #
2017/0115(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The application of vehicle taxes represents a cost the industry must so far bearn incentive to the industry to develop more sustainable motorised vehicles in any event, even if tolls were to be levied by Member States. Therefore, vehicle taxes mayshould act as an obstacleaddition to the introduction of tolls.
Amendment 24 #
2017/0115(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Therefore, Member States should be afforded more scope to lower vehicle taxes, namely by way of a reduction of the minima set out in Directive 1999/62/EC. In order to minimise the risk of distortions of competition between transport operators established in different Member States, such reduction should be gradualencouraged scope to more sustainable vehicle taxes, on the basis of the impact of the entire lifecycle as well as the weight and dimensions of the vehicle.
Amendment 53 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The ‘Handbook on External Costs of Transport’ of the Commission Directorate General for Transport and Mobility should be considered as a basis for fixing minima of amounts for the internalisation of external costs.
Amendment 78 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) Calculating and estimating external costs caused by climate change should take into account the damage from extreme weather conditions for different sectors, including the transport sector, as well as investments in measures for the avoidance or reduction of the effects of climate change.
Amendment 79 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Title 1
Title 1
Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy goodsmotorised vehicles for the use of certain infrastructurepollution and the use of public roads (Text with EEA relevance)
Amendment 81 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The ‘Handbook on External Costs of Transport’ of the European Commission DG MOVE should be considered as a basis for fixing minima of amounts for the internalisation of external costs.
Amendment 82 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
Amendment 89 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) All heavy duty vehicles have significant impact on road infrastructure and contribute to air pollution, while light duty vehicles are at the source of the majority of the negative environmental and social impacts from road transport related to emissions and congestion. In the interest of equal treatment and fair competition, it should be ensured that vehicles so far not covered by the framework set out in Directive 1999/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council15 in respect of tolls and user charges are included into this framework. The scope of that Directive should therefore be extended to heavy duty vehicles other than those intended for the carriage of goods and to light duty vehicles, including passenger carsmotorised passenger vehicles. The economic, environmental and climate impact of the entire lifecycle of the vehicle should be taken into account. _________________ 15 Directive 1999/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 1999 on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures (OJ L 187, 20.7.1999, p. 42).
Amendment 93 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) The Alpine Convention’s Transport Protocol, as ratified by the EU and all Alpine Member States, should be a framework for applying the ‘polluter pays principle’ while setting higher amounts for the mark ups within the cross-border Alpine area.
Amendment 119 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to Article 9 (1a), Member States may maintain or introduce tolls and user charges on the trans- European road network or on certain sections of that network, and on any other additional sections of their network of motorwaypublic roads which are not part of the trans- European road network under the conditions laid down in paragraphs 3 to 9 of this Article and in Articles 7a to 7k.
Amendment 129 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) To this effect, the maximum weighted average external-cost charges should be replaced by readily applicable referenceminimum values updated in light of inflation, the scientific progress made in estimating the external costs of road transport and the evolution of the fleet composition.
Amendment 136 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) Calculating and estimating external costs caused by climate change should take into account the damage from extreme weather conditions for different sectors, including the transport sector, as well as investments in measures for the avoidance or reduction of the effects of climate change.
Amendment 140 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) There should be at least fair competition with the more environmentally friendly rail transport, where presently track access charging for each locomotive on each kilometre and both for passengers and freight transport is mandatory according to Directive 2016/2370/EU1a. _________________ 1aDirective (EU) 2016/2370 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 amending Directive 2012/34/EU as regards the opening of the market for domestic passenger transport services by rail and the governance of the railway infrastructure. OJ L 352, 23.12.2016, p. 1
Amendment 145 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In order to promotdiscourage the use of the cleanestmost polluting and moleast efficient vehicles, Member States should apply significantly reducincreased road tolls and user charges to those vehicles.
Amendment 168 #
2017/0114(COD)
(16a) The Alpine Convention’s Transport Protocol, as ratified by the EU and all Alpine Member States, should be a framework for applying the ‘polluter pays principle’ while setting higher amounts for the mark ups within the cross-border Alpine area.
Amendment 179 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Road charges can mobilise resources that contribute to the financing of the maintenance and development of high quality intermodal transport infrastructure, public transport and non-motorised mobility. It is therefore appropriate to incentivise the EU and Member States to use revenues from road charges accordingly and, to this end, to require that they adequately report on the use of such revenues. That should in particular help identifying possible financing gaps, and raising the public acceptance of road charging.
Amendment 185 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) Member States that do not apply the user and polluter pays principle should not obtain EU co-funding for road infrastructure.
Amendment 193 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) It is necessary to ensure that external-cost charges continue to reflect the cost of air pollution and noise generated by heavy duty vehicles as accurately as possible without rendering the charging scheme excessively complex, to incentivise the use of the most fuel-efficient vehicles, and to keep the incentives effective and the differentiation of road charges up-to-date. Therefore, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission for the purpose of adapting the referenceminimum values for external cost charging to scientific progress, defining the modalities for the revenue-neutral variation of infrastructure charges according to the CO2 emissions from heavy duty vehicles, and adapting the modalities of the variation of infrastructure charges for light duty vehicles to technical progress. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 201621 . In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States’ experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. _________________ 21 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
Amendment 200 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 1999/62/EC
Title
Title
Directive 1999/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 1999 on the charging of motorised vehicles for pollution and the use of road infrastructures;
Amendment 211 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) ‘construction costs’ means the costs related to construction, including, where appropriate, the financing costs at the time of construction, of one of the following:
Amendment 213 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) ‘financing costs’ means interest on borrowings at the time of construction and return on any equity funding contributed by shareholders;
Amendment 230 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15
(15) ‘motorised road vehicle’ means a motor vehicle, with fourtwo wheels or more, or articulated vehicle combination intended or used fpowered by an engine of a capacity of more the carriage by road of passengers or goodsan 25 KwH or articulated vehicle combination;
Amendment 245 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 (new)
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 22 a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 22 a
(22a) ‘life cycle’ of a vehicle means its impact caused by its production, existence and use as well as recycling and waste management at its end;
Amendment 248 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 (new)
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 23 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 23 a (new)
(23a) ‘low emission vehicle’ means a vehicle that causes during its entire life cycle less than 10 % emissions than the average of the total EU fleet.
Amendment 260 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(29) ‘substantially amended tolling or charging arrangement’ means a tolling or charging arrangement, which has been amended in such a way that costs or revenues are affected by at least 25% in comparison with the previous year, after correcting for inflation measured by changes in the EU-wide Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices, and excluding energy and unprocessed food, as published by the Commission (Eurostat).
Amendment 265 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 1a (new)
Article 1a (new)
(2a) The following Article 1a is inserted: Article 1a. Only Member States that apply this Directive, including the principles on the internalisation of external costs, can benefit from EU co-funding for road infrastructure. They shall reimburse to the EU budget the share of revenues from charging of total EU co-funding for their roads during the concerned year.
Amendment 282 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 6
Article 7 – paragraph 6
6. Without prejudice to paragraph 9, from 1 January 2018, Member States shall not introduce user charges for heavy duty vehicles. User charges introduced before that date may be maintained until 31 December 20232.
Amendment 293 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 7
Article 7 – paragraph 7
7. From [the date of entry into force of this Directive], Member States shall not introduce user charges for light duty vehicles. User charges introduced before that date shall be phased out by 31 December 20275.
Amendment 305 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 10
Article 7 – paragraph 10
Amendment 306 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 (new)
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 10 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. From 1 January 2023, an infrastructure charge imposed on any section of the road network referred to in Article 7(1) shall apply in a non- discriminatory manner to all motorised vehicles.
Amendment 317 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 c – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 c – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States may maintain or introduce an external-cost charge, related to the cost of traffic-basedroad accidents not covered by insurances, of traffic-based climate change, air or noise pollution or bothall of them.
Amendment 345 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 d a – paragraph 4
Article 7 d a – paragraph 4
4. The congestion charge shall reflect the costs imposed by a vehicle on other road users, and indirectly on society, butand shall not exceed the maximumbe less than the levels set out in Annex VI for any given road type.
Amendment 353 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 f – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 f – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 360 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 (new)
Directive 1999//62/EC
Article 7 f – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 7 f – paragraph 5 a (new)
4 a. 5a. A considerably higher mark up shall be allowed in (cross-border) mountainous areas, such as the Alps, as described in the Transport Protocol of the Alpine Convention, because as infrastructure costs as well as climate and environmental damage are already higher there; These higher mark ups shall be fixed by the Member States and Regions concerned and correspond to the higher costs as mentioned;
Amendment 362 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 (new)
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 369 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 (new)
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) the variation does not lead to deviations to alternative secondary road connections.
Amendment 374 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 g – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 g – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Within one year after official CO2 emission data are published by the Commission pursuant to Regulation (EU) …/…*****, the Commission shall adopt a delegated act, in accordance with Article 9e, to define the reference values of CO2 emissions, together with an appropriate categorisation of the heavy duty vehicles concernedpublication of this Directive and on the basis of existing CO2 emission data the Commission shall propose a corresponding update of this Directive, with the purpose of fully internalising externalities related to CO2 emissions, based on damage caused by climate change as well as investments made for preventing and/or reducing damage from climate change.
Amendment 381 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 g – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 g – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Within one year from the entry into force of the delegated act, Member States shall vary the infrastructure charge taking into account the reference CO2 emission values and the relevant vehicle categorisation. Charges shall be varied in such a way that no infrastructure charge is more than 100% above the same charge for equivalent vehicles having the lowest, but not zero, CO2 emissions. Zero-emission vehicles shall benefit from infrastructure charges reduced by 75% compared to the highest rateZero-emission vehicles may benefit from infrastructure charges reduced by not more than 50 % compared to the highest rate, as long as their combined share in the vehicle registrations of the member State concerned does not exceed 10 %.
Amendment 444 #
2017/0114(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point b (new)
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 3a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3a (new)
3 a. (ba) the following paragraph 3a is added: Given that there is no level playing field for infrastructures charges across all modes of transport, Member States shall put in place a time-limited compensation scheme for the use of railway infrastructure. This scheme shall cover the reimbursement of demonstrably unpaid infrastructure costs of road transport in so far as these costs exceed the equivalent costs of rail.
Amendment 40 #
2017/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10 a) Taking into account the White Paper's 60% GHG emission reduction target and the goal to halve the use of 'conventionally fuelled' cars in urban transport by 2030 and phase them out in cities by 2050, Member States should be given the option, in Directive 2006/126/EC and in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union, to authorise the driving on their territory of alternative fuelled vehicles up to a mass of 4250 kg with a driving license B, provided that the excess of a mass of the vehicle is due exclusively to the mass of its alternative fuel system and that the use of these vehicles contributes to reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and improving air quality. Moreover, Member States should ensure that the drivers of such vehicles are required to follow an additional training course in order to include positive effects on road safety and encourage eco-driving.
Amendment 63 #
2017/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Directive 2006/126/EC
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
(1a) in Article 6, paragraph 4 the following point is added: "(ba) alternatively fuelled vehicles referred to in Article 2 of Council Directive 96/53 (EC) of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and maximum authorised weights in international traffic" up to a mass of 4250 kg, provided that the excess of a mass of the vehicle to over 3500 kg is due exclusively to the mass of its alternative fuel system and that the use of these vehicles contributes to reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and improving air quality. Moreover, Member States shall ensure that the drivers of such vehicles are required to follow an additional training course in order to include positive effects on road safety and encourage eco-driving".
Amendment 1 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
– having regard to the Communication from the Commission from 31 March 1998 ‘on Transport and CO2 - developing a Community Approach’ that was published following the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol but was not translated into sufficient measures;
Amendment 18 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas transport represents almost a quarter of Europe’s greenhouse gas emissions1a and is the main cause of air pollution in cities; __________________ 1a Eurostat, 2014
Amendment 19 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas road transport is responsible for over 70 % of overall greenhouse gas emissions in transport and much of air pollution, including NO2 and particulate matter and whereas action is mainly needed in this area, while efforts should be intensified in all sectors of transport to reduce emissions;
Amendment 116 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that clearer price signals to reflect better the polluter-pays and user- pays principles are essential in ensuring fairness and a level-playing field for different transport modes in Europe; pricing should take into account all externalities;
Amendment 121 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Underlines that transport pricing legislation should not create unfair competition in disadvantage of more sustainable modes, such as rail, and urges the Commission to come up with proposals to guarantee fair competition in this regards;
Amendment 138 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Emphasises that a modal shift in transport requires the promotion of and investment into multimodality and public transport;
Amendment 150 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that kerosene taxation needs to be introduced for aviation, which represents the mode furthest away from internalising its external costs; calls, furthermore, for the removal of the VAT exemption on air passenger tickets; encourages Member States to introduce or retain flight ticket taxes and/or levies in the interimEncourages the Commission and Member States to ensure that kerosene taxation for aviation is not lower than the taxes paid on the use of equivalent energy by more sustainable modes such as rail; furthermore, VAT on tickets for rail should not be higher than for flight tickets;
Amendment 151 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Is convinced that Member States should be supported to introduce tax incentives that foster low-emission mobility such as walking, cycling and the use of public transport instead of subsidising cars, in particular company diesel cars;
Amendment 155 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Emphasises the need to develop concepts for avoidance and reduction of transport volumes for freight through green logistics concepts;
Amendment 188 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Is convinced that promoting mobility management initiatives in regions and cities, institutions and the industry bear a considerable potential for reducing the need for citizens to travel both in terms of distance and speed;
Amendment 196 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Supports the Commission and the transport operators to elaborate projects that contain consistent information on a comparative CO2 footprint from different transport modes through publications, information, booking and ticketing;
Amendment 213 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Considers that the promotion of electric mobility must consider the entire life cycle of the e-vehicles and be based on renewable energy sources;
Amendment 243 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Urges the Commission not to give financial support for fossil-fuel related infrastructure investments when there is a risk of carbon lock-in hindering the uptake of low-carbon alternatives. Notes in this regard the high chance of stranded assets if public money is used to subsidise LNG bunkering infrastructure, as LNG, another fossil fuel, will not deliver decarbonisation for the shipping sector needed to achieve 1.5/2C global target;
Amendment 260 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Urges the Commission and the Member States to limit European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), Trans- European Transport network (TEN-T), Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) and Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) financing to initiatives that contribute to climate action and minimise external costs;
Amendment 273 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Emphasises that a cross-border train network including attractive and comfortable night trains is a good alternative to short flights and car travel and therefore insists on revitalising night trains, both for business and tourist destinations;
Amendment 279 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Calls on the Commission to propose within the MFF a maximum of 20% co-funding for roads, a minimum of 40% for rail and a minimum of 5% for cycling infrastructure for each Member State;
Amendment 280 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Urges the Commission to make available more funds for cities to jointly bid for infrastructure or technologies that would contribute to decarbonising urban transport and reduce air pollution from road vehicles. This would include, but not be limited to public recharging stations for electric vehicles, car and bike sharing systems and the development of public transport;
Amendment 301 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Supports the Commission and the transport operators to elaborate projects that contain consistent information on a comparative CO2 footprint from the respective transport modes through publications, information, booking and by indicating it directly on the tickets;
Amendment 307 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Considers the availability of easily accessible information on GHG emissions as an intermodal passenger right;
Amendment 308 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20c. Encourages the Commission, the Member States and local authorities to evolve concepts of a modal shift for mobility distances of less than 6 km from road to the intermodal mobility chain walking-cycling-public/collective transport- shared use of cars (carpooling and car sharing);
Amendment 309 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 d (new)
Paragraph 20 d (new)
20d. Supports the Commission, the Member States and the regions to invest more in the combination and integration of the EuroVelo Cycling Network with the TEN-T railway networks;
Amendment 310 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 e (new)
Paragraph 20 e (new)
20e. Urges the European Commission and Member States to develop a European Cycling Strategy;
Amendment 312 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 f (new)
Paragraph 20 f (new)
20f. Stresses that a proposal for a revision of the General Safety Regulation is overdue and calls upon the Commission to publish it before the end of 2017; considers that technology for 'intelligent speed adaption' is mature and can save many lives, and should therefore be introduced for all vehicles without further delay; underlines that 'direct vision' for trucks is a very effective solution to avoid accidents with vulnerable road users and that mandatory standards in this regard should be part of the proposal;
Amendment 367 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls upon the Commission to start developing a European Low Carbon Trucking Strategy on the basis of a comparative study, given that several Member States such as Germany and Sweden have already taken initiatives to work towards zero emission road freight
Amendment 377 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Underlines the importance of cleaner buses for air quality in cities and therefore welcomes the announcement of a zero-Emission target for city buses in the Low-Emissions Mobility Strategy; call upon the Commission to translate this announcement into concrete measures by proposing a zero-emission target for city buses by 2025 as part for the future proposal on truck CO2 standards;
Amendment 442 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Negotiations of air services agreements by the EU with third countries should exclude prohibitions on fuel taxation and should include requirements that countries abide by international standards and recommended practices.
Amendment 472 #
2016/2327(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Encourages the Commission and Members States to come forward with measures on the use of wind and solar energy as well as on greening the engines and fuel of inland vessels through inter alia showing good practice of front- runners and supporting the financing of clean inland waterways by the existing scrapping-fund and the EFSI/EIB tools;
Amendment 60 #
2016/2047(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Calls on the Commission to provide appropriate support from the budget line "Removing bottlenecks, enhancing rail interoperability, bridging missing links and improving cross-border sections" for the construction, signposting, maintenance, and management of the routes of the Trans- European EuroVelo Cycling Network;
Amendment 114 #
2016/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Ascertains that while parking is free of charge for employees of the Parliament, employees using public transport are only being reimbursed half of the annual subscription fee; asks the Secretary-General to generate estimates as to the annual implicit subsidies granted to those using a car compared to those using other means of transport, and to make proposals to rectify possible unequal treatment of the use of different modes of transport;
Amendment 195 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States shall take measures to encourage research and development to increase wind and solar- powered marine transport
Amendment 16 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 239
Recital 239
(239) In order to increase the efficiency of the intervention, a blending facility or blending facilities may be established under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), once an independent evaluation of the EFSI and its effects on the transport sector has been carried out and provided that that evaluation demonstrates that that fund has contributed to achieving the Union's objectives on decarbonisation, job creation and cross-border connectivity. Such blending facilities should finance blending operations which are actions combining non-reimbursable forms of support and/or financial instruments from the Union budget, including combination of CEF equity and CEF debt financial instruments, and financing from EIB Group (including EIB financing under EFSI) development or other finance institutions as well as investors.
Amendment 19 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 240
Recital 240
(240) A blending facility under CEF should aim to enhance the multiplier effect of Union spending by attracting additional resources from private investors. In addition, it should ensure that the actions supported become economically and financially viable and should contribute to the achievement of the Union's objectives on decarbonisation, job creation and cross-border connectivity.
Amendment 21 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
7. ‘blending facility’ means a facility, established as a cooperation framework between the Commission and development or other public finance institutions as well as commercial finance institutions and investors, which aims ato achievinge certain Union priority objectives and policies in using blending operations and other individual actions without leading to the privatisation of profits or the socialisation of losses;
Amendment 25 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 272 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 272 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
-1 In Article 15, paragraph 1 the following point is inserted: "(ba) contribute to minimising external costs, including those caused by climate change and accidents;"
Amendment 26 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 272 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 272 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013
Article 16 a – paragraph 1
Article 16 a – paragraph 1
1. Blending Facilities in accordance with Article 153 of the Financial Regulation may be established under this Regulation for one or more of the CEF sectors, once an independent evaluation of the EFSI and its effects on the transport sector has been carried out and provided that that independent evaluation demonstrates that the EFSI has contributed to achieving the Union's objectives on decarbonisation, job creation and cross-border connectivity.
Amendment 66 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 178
Recital 178
Amendment 126 #
2016/0282(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 265 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 265 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 30a
Article 30a
Amendment 23 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
–
–
The Committee on Transport and Tourism calls on the lead Committees responsible, to propose rejection of the Commission proposal.
Amendment 91 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2015/1017
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c
(ba) Article 9, paragraph 2 (c) introductory part is replaced by the following: '(c) development of transport infrastructures, and equipment and innovative technologies for transport, in particularcluding small scale projects, that are listed in the individual member states' Transport Master Plans, through:'
Amendment 93 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b b (new)
Regulation (EU) 2015/1017
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point e – point iii a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point e – point iii a (new)
(bb) In point (c) the following point is added: 'iiia. the use of at least 2% of the entire EU funds available for transport on cyclist and pedestrian projects;'
Amendment 100 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2015/1017
Article 16 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 6 a (new)
(9a) in Article 16, the following paragraph is added: '6a. The Commission shall submit an annual report listing the details of all transport projects that received EU supported through the EFSI fund clearly indicating the corresponding amounts.'
Amendment 106 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – point 1 – point a
Annex – point 1 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2015/1017
Annex II – section 2 – point b – subparagraph 1 a
Annex II – section 2 – point b – subparagraph 1 a
'EFSI support to motorways shall be avoided, unless it is needed to support private investment in transport in cohesion countries or in cross-border transport projects involving at least one except for cross-border sections as defined in Article 2 (2) of the regulation 1316/2013 between cohesion country.ies.';
Amendment 109 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – point 1 – point a
Annex – point 1 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2015/1017
Annex II – section 2 – point b – subparagraph 1 b (new)
Annex II – section 2 – point b – subparagraph 1 b (new)
'EFSI support shall explicitly also be possible for the maintenance and upgrading of existing transport infrastructure;'
Amendment 110 #
2016/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – point 1 – point a
Annex – point 1 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2015/1017
Annex II – section 2 – point b – subparagraph 1 b (new)
Annex II – section 2 – point b – subparagraph 1 b (new)
'EFSI support to airport infrastructure shall be avoided;'
Amendment 5 #
2015/2132(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes note that the agreement on European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) results in cuts in the Connected Europe Facility (CEF); reminds in this regard that there will be an inevitable decrease in investment in some specific areas, since they are less attractive for private investors, by their nature; reminds, for example, that though investments in railways and, sustainable urban mobility, horizontal projects and sustainable inland waterways produce substantial socio- economic and environmental benefits, they are rather less profitable and need grants for their implementation; emphasises that coordination is needed to ensure that those projects of high European added value shall be reintroduced through the Juncker Plan or just EFSI.
Amendment 12 #
2015/2132(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 15 #
2015/2132(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recommends putting greater attention to transport policies related to ports and airports, as they promote competitiveness through theEuropean environmentally sustainable transport policies related to improving cross-border rail connections, ports and intermodal hubs, as they promote competitiveness through the further realisation of the development of a sustainable internal market as well as opening of Europe to the rest of the world; underlines the need for a rational European policy that enhances specificity of particularly ports and their geographical location; believes that the improved intermodal connectionsgrating approach by better intermodal connections, interoperability and interconnectivity will prove enormous potential of these investments.
Amendment 24 #
2015/2132(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Emphasises that the EMSA must be equipped with the necessary means for controlling safety and preventing pollution from offshore oil and gas installations, as decided in the Regulation on the financing of EMSA.
Amendment 29 #
2015/2132(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the strategic importance of the Single European Sky as the main instrument to ensure safety, environmental performance, competitiveness and protection of the citizens’ rights; recommends in this regard that CEF should provide sufficient resources for this programme.
Amendment 35 #
2015/2132(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Suggests, bearing in mind that there is no direct budgetary line for tourism, using the EU budget for the transport sector as a factor in promoting the tourist attractiveness and competitiveness of the whole ‘Old Continent’; stresses that an efficient cross-collaboration between the numerous sectors concerned is desirable in this field. Calls the Commission to review the objectives for action under the COSME programme and believes therefore that increased amounts of (co- )funding for sustainable tourism projects must be reserved within the COSME programme; it must include the support and promotion of cycle routes networks in combination with railways, the protection of natural, cultural, historical and industrial heritage as well as the support for better accessibility to tourism services such as for persons with reduced mobility.
Amendment 41 #
2015/2132(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Expects the Commission to present an annual overview on tourism projects that have been co-financed by different EU funds.
Amendment 46 #
2015/2132(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recommends paying particular attention to transport policy and spending in order to promote accessibility and development of urban and metropolitan areas; reminds that today more than half of the world population lives in cities, and the trend of this phenomenon is growing; therefore believes that the contribution to an efficient, intermodal and sustainable urban transport sectormobility systems is a solid contribution to global growth.
Amendment 13 #
2015/2040(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that the allocation of speaking time between groups and the number of questions allocated to associated/invited committees was finally decided by the Conference of Presidents and the political groups respectively, although in the past those arrangements had been made at committee level; notes that the procedure was confusing as the Conference of Committee Chairs had initially suggested to committees to arrange bilaterally the number of questions to be allocated to associated/invited committees;
Amendment 18 #
2015/2040(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reminds that, under Annex XVI to the Rules of Procedure, evaluation statements must be adopted and made public within 24 hours after the hearing; notes, however, that the procedure actually followed was not in conformity with that provision, as evaluation statements were made available only after the Conference of Presidents had declared the hearings closed; stresses the need to clarify that provision to allow publication of evaluation statements on a visible place on Parliament's website 24 hours after the evaluation;
Amendment 19 #
2015/2040(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Asks for clarification of the following provisions in Annex XVI to the Rules of Procedure: − “Where possible, questions put during the course of the hearing shall be grouped together by theme.” This provision has been interpreted as bundling together questions from associated/invited committees, but the actual theme of a question is not supposed to be known in advance as questions should not be disclosed before the hearing. − “As a last resort, the Chair shall put the two decisions to the vote by secret ballot.” The ‘two decisions’ are meant to refer to whether ‘the Commissioners-designate are qualified both to be members of the College and to carry out the particular duties they have been assigned’. However, there is no evident link between these two sentences in Annex XVI, which could lead to misinterpretation.
Amendment 6 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 27 September 2011 on European road safety 2011-2020,
Amendment 87 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its support for the targets set out in the White Paper and the 10 goals for a competitive and resource-efficient transport system (benchmarks for achievingcalls that its 2011 resolution on the White Paper asked for a 20% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2020 compared with 1990 levels; reiterates its support for the 2030 as well as the 2050 climate targets and the 10 goals for a competitive and resource-efficient transport system set out in the White Paper (benchmarks for achieving respectively the 40% and the 60 % GHG emission reduction target); stresses that the mid-term review should maintain the level of ambition of the goals set in 2011 and propose concrete measures and initiatives to increase and streamline the efforts to meet them; considers that it is necessary to evaluate the extent to which the list of actions set out in the White Paper is insufficient to achieve its overarching goals and calls upon the Commission to propose additional measures;
Amendment 139 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to submit a proposal in 2016 to establish a European framework for distance-based charging including the complete internalisation of external costs also for passenger cars, whilst safeguarding EU principles such as non-discrimination, polluter-pays, data protection and privacy, in order to harmonise existing national infrastructure charging systems and to provide clear guidelines for any possible plans by Member States to establish such a system in the future; stresses that time- based user fees may only constitute a transitional arrangement which should be phased out in favour of a distance-based infrastructure charging system;
Amendment 141 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase fuel and particularly diesel taxes and to abolish environmentally harmful tax subsidies, for example for company cars, and to introduce fiscal incentives for sustainable modes of transport, also in the framework of the European semester;
Amendment 191 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Encourages the Commission to propose a Trans-European cycling network based on the EuroVelo network, to be integrated in the TEN-T and CEF legislation, and to reserve appropriate co- financing within the EU budget, as is already formulated in the Commission budget;
Amendment 261 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses that better transport data, in particular on walking and cycling, is needed in national and Eurostat transport modal split statistics to measure the impact of interventions, and expects a legislative proposal before 2018;
Amendment 283 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 2 a (new)
Paragraph 14 – indent 2 a (new)
- recognition that the EP adopted with large majority a strong recommendation for cities to make 30 km/h the default tempo limit, whilst evidently deciding on their own terms on which roads to allow other speeds,
Amendment 376 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for an enhanced research and technology agenda for the transport sector; considers that this agenda should be drawn up in cooperation with all relevant stakeholders in order to understand the needs of the sector and, accordingly, improve the allocation of EU funding; takes the view that priority should be given to projects to decarbonise transport, including projects on active modes of transport such as walking and cycling, increase the transparency of the supply chain, enhance transport safety and security, improve traffic management and reduce administrative burdens;
Amendment 380 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for an enhanced research and technology agenda for the transport sector; considers that this agenda should be drawn up in cooperation with all relevant stakeholders, citizens and representatives of users and inhabitants in order to understand the needs of the sector and, accordingly, improve the allocation of EU funding; takes the view that priority should be given to projects to decarbonise transport, increase research and innovation projects on active mobility modes such as walking and cycling, the transparency of the supply chain, enhance transport safety and security, improve traffic management and reduce administrative burdens;
Amendment 421 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – indent 2
Paragraph 25 – indent 2
– the revision of Regulation 868/2004 to safeguard fair competition in EU external aviation relations and reinforce the competitive position of the EU aviation industry, preventing unfair competition more efficiently, ensuring reciprocity and eliminating unfair practices and social dumping, including subsidies that distort the market,
Amendment 476 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26– indent 2 a (new)
Paragraph 26– indent 2 a (new)
- the provision of safe cycling infrastructure when EU co-financing is allocated to road projects other than highways,
Amendment 488 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 5
Paragraph 26 – indent 5
– a legislative proposal setting mandatory limits on average CO2 emissions from newly registered heavy-duty vehicles (trucks, buses and coaches), as is already the case for cars and vans; a revised test cycle to ensure that CO2 and pollutant emissions from vehicles are reduced under real-world driving conditions, and combined with more robust conformity testing requirements,
Amendment 540 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 27 – indent 1 a (new)
- a fact-finding study of the social, economic and environmental benefits for EU citizens of continuing support for national and international overnight rail services,
Amendment 561 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 – indent 4
Paragraph 27 – indent 4
– revitalisation of local and regional trans- border missing rail connections that have been dismantled or abandoned, 1 __________________ 1see www.missing-rail-links.eu
Amendment 564 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 – indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 27 – indent 4 a (new)
- a detailed analysis of the reasons for which the European railway area, although it receives billions of euros, remains still up to today a patchwork containing missing parts along the borders of member states; calls for measures and incentives by the Commission to reinstate with the highest urgency cross-border rail links that have been destroyed during WW II and the post-war area, in order to provide European value-added, as can be illustrated by the example of the missing link between the German Sebnitz and the Czech Dolní Poustevna where it took 25 years to construct 660 metres of track,
Amendment 589 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – indent 3
Paragraph 28 – indent 3
– setting a binding target to reach the objective of the White Paper for an at least 40 % reduction in CO2 emissions from maritime bunker fuels by 20530, to be accompanied by concrete measures including market-based mechanisms,1, as well as greenhouse gas emission limits as a first step within the EU to be extended later worldwide, __________________ 1for recent details see http://www.oeko.de/en/publications/downl oad/2241/2015-023-en.pdf/
Amendment 611 #
2015/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 29 – indent 1 a (new)
- greenhouse gas emission limits for inland waterway vessels within the EU,
Amendment 125 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) development of infrastructure, including in the areas of transport, particularly in industrial centres;sustainable transport with a European added value, that contribute to minimising external costs, such as rail, pedestrians and cyclists' infrastructure, existing cross- border rail connections, energy, in particular energy interconnections; and digital infrastructure;
Amendment 136 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
Amendment 139 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a b (new)
(a b) priority shall be put on investments for improving, revitalising, or upgrading following existing European cross-border rail connections: - Berlin (D) - Wroclaw (European Cultural Capital, PL); - Canfranc (E) - Oloron Sainte Marie (F), Col de Somport; - Givet (F) - Dinant (B); - Dunkerque (F) - De Panne (B); - Nijmegen (NL) - Kleve (D); - Selb-Ploessberg (D) - As (CZ); - Ducherow (D) - Swinoujscie (PL); - Moisakuela (EST) - Ipiki (LV); - Savonice(CZ) - Waldkirchen an der Thaya (A); - Wolfstahl (A) - Petrzalka / Bratilava (SK); - Koeroesnagy Harasany (H) - Oradea (RO); - Oberwart (A) - Szombathely (H); - Redics (H) - Lendava (SLO); - Gorizia (I) - Nowa Gorica (SLO); - Nove Udoli (CZ) - Freyung (D); - Breisach (D) - Vogelsheim (F), Rhine Bridge as destroyed during 2nd World War; - Nice (F) - Tende (I) - Vintimille (I)
Amendment 145 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) co-financing of horizontal and synergy-projects between transport, telecommunication and energy trans- European Networks, as defined in CEF Regulation 1315/2013/EC, such as ERTMS, RIS, ITS;
Amendment 150 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) infrastructure projects in the environmental, natural resources, urban development and social fieldsocial fields and urban development; investments in urban transport projects shall be justified by sustainable urban mobility plans (SUMPs) that include the EU greenhouse gas, energy and accidents reduction targets;
Amendment 153 #
2015/0009(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
(d a) investments for reduction at the source of rail freight noise;
Amendment 54 #
2014/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Should there be no significant progress in creating integrated, intermodal, cross-border information and ticketing systems by early 2018, the EU must take legislative action to this end;
Amendment 71 #
2014/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Shares the Commission’s view that fair, open and equal access for all service providers to comprehensive, multimodal real-time transport and travel data is a prerequisite for EU-wide multimodal travel information, planning and ticketing services, and calls on the Commission to circulate a proposal requiring all providers to make available, on fair and equal terms, all the information needed for putting in place more comprehensive services and thereby enabling travellers to choose between the most sustainable, best-value or fastest connections, without prejudice to the economic interests of the operators involved;
Amendment 111 #
2014/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Commission to publish an easily accessible list with a regular evaluation of EU co-financed projects on ‘intermodal integrated ticketing’;
Amendment 9 #
2014/2040(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Underlines that the EMSA must be equipped with the necessary means for controlling safety and preventing pollution from offshore oil and gas installations, as decided in the new Regulation on the Financing of EMSA;
Amendment 15 #
2014/2040(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines that, according to Article 195 of the Treaty, the EU has additional competences on tourism policy; is convinced that a new budget line on Sustainable Tourism is needed: it must include the support and promotion of cycle routes networks, the protection of natural, cultural, historical and industrial heritage as well as the support for better accessibility to tourism services such as for persons with reduced mobility;
Amendment 16 #
2014/2040(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Emphasises the role of research and developmentinnovation in the transport and tourism sectors and points out that the timely development of intelligent transport technologies, including as well as eco-social knowledge, including sustainable urban mobility, SESAR and others, will notably contribute to economic, social, safety and environmental savings; therefore appropriate budgetary resources should be allocated to these transport technologies and knowledge under Horizon 2020 and CEF;
Amendment 12 #
2013/0344(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Climate change, i.e. caused by different greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from aviation, is of a global nature: it does not take into account whatever short term pretended reasons for delaying climate protection measures. The longer it takes to introduce efficient climate protection initiatives for the aviation sector, the larger economic damage will be for the international society and mainly for those countries at the equatorial area of our globe.
Amendment 15 #
2013/0344(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Consequently it is desirable to temporarily consider the requirements set out in Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council4 as satisfied, when obligations are met in respect of a certain percentage of the emissions from flights to and from aerodromes in third countries. In doing so, the Union emphasises that requirements can be applied in respect of certain percentages of emissions from flights to and from aerodromes in countries of the European Economic Area (EEA), in the same manner as legal requirements can be placed on more of the emissions from flights to and from such aerodromes. The ‘stop the clock’ provisions introduced by Decision 2013/377/EU should be limited until 31 December 2014 at the latest. __________________ 4 Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32)
Amendment 31 #
2013/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 11 a (new)
Article 1 – point 11 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 91/2003
Annex F – column 2 – row 1
Annex F – column 2 – row 1
(11a) Annex F is amended as follows: (a) In column 2, row 1 the following paragraph is inserted: ‘ - distance-based rail freight modal shares based on tonne-km according to the following distance breakdown: - d ≤ 50 km - 50 km < d ≤ 150 km - 150 km < d ≤ 300 km - 300 km < d ≤ 500 km - 500 km < d ≤ 750 km - 750 km < d ≤ 1000 km - d > 1000 km;’
Amendment 32 #
2013/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 11 b (new)
Article 1 – point 11 b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 91/2003
Annex F – column 2 – row 3
Annex F – column 2 – row 3
(11b) Annex F is amended as follows: (b) In column 2, row 3 is amended as follows: ‘– For ‘tonnes’ and ‘tonne-km’: Every year'; –For ‘number of passengers’ and 'passenger-km': Every five years’.
Amendment 172 #
2013/0246(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The price increase referred to in paragraph 1 shall not exceed 103% of the price of the package.
Amendment 228 #
2013/0246(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The organisers and retailers shall prove that they have taken all measures to guarantee the protection of the traveller, including the existence of a fund or insurance.
Amendment 164 #
2013/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Commission shall develop criteria and a concept to set up a black list to identify the most polluting vessels
Amendment 4 #
2013/0166(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Under Article 3(d) of Directive 2010/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on the framework for the deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems in the field of road transport and for interfaces with other modes of transport20 , the harmonised provision for an interoperable EU-wide eCall service constitutes a prioritychallenge to improve the efficiency of interoperability with existing emergency services systems while taking action for the development and use of specifications and standards. __________________ 20 OJ L 207, 6.8.2010, p. 1.
Amendment 17 #
2013/0165(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In order to further improve road safety, the Communication ‘eCall: Time for Deployment’6 proposes new measures to accelerate the deployment ofdeploy an in-vehicle emergency call service in the Union, without neglecting the principle of technology neutrality. One of the suggested measures is to make mandatory the fitting of eCall in-vehicle systems in all new vehicles starting with M1 and N1 vehicle categories as defined in Annex II to Directive 2007/46/EC. __________________ 6 COM (2009) 434 final.
Amendment 18 #
2013/0165(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) There should not be any co-financing mechanism from the EU budget to support this system.
Amendment 54 #
2013/0165(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The car owner/users shall have the right to access any of their personal data, gathered by the e-Call system.
Amendment 58 #
2013/0165(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 9 which shall define furtherpropose within the ordinary legislative procedure criteria and definitions on the requirement of the absence of traceability and tracking and the privacy enhancing technologies referred to in paragraph 1 as well as the modalities of the private data processing and of the user information referred to in paragraph 3.
Amendment 63 #
2013/0165(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 5 (7), Article 6(4) and in Article 8(2) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from […][Publications Office, please insert the exact date of entry into force].
Amendment 49 #
Amendment 51 #
2013/0105(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The White Paper ‘Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system’ published in 20116 emphasised the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, particularly carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, by 60% in comparison with 1990 levels by 2050. __________________ 6, as well as 20% by 2020. __________________ 6 COM (2011) 0144: - COM (2011) 0144: -
Amendment 53 #
2013/0105(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) As there are currently no policies in place to deal with the rising CO2 emissions from trucks, the Commission should assess the introduction of fuel efficiency standards for trucks, further extending its legislative approach on cars and vans.
Amendment 55 #
2013/0105(COD)
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.
Amendment 60 #
2013/0105(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) the Commission should develop an approach to reduce empty runs in road freight transport within the framework of measures concerning ‘weights and dimensions’ as well as minimum harmonisation rules for road cabotage in order to avoid dumping practises. Furthermore, the review of the Eurovignette Directive should also be used to reflect progress in estimating the external costs and to mandate the internalisation of external costs for heavy goods vehicles. The Commission should make a proposal to amend Directive 2011/76/EU by 1 January 2015.
Amendment 64 #
2013/0105(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The improved aerodynamics of the cabs of motor vehicles would also allow significant gains on the energy performance of vehicles, in conjunction with the devices mentioned in recital 3 above. Howeve. As demonstrated by the sector, this improvement is impossible under the current maximum lengths set by Directive 96/53/EC without reducing the vehicle load capacity and threatening the economic equilibrium of the sector. Therefore a derogation from this maximum length is required.
Amendment 68 #
2013/0105(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In its policy orientations on road safety 2011-20207 , the Commission set out measures to make vehicles safer and better protect vulnerable road users. The importance of visibility for vehicle drivers was also underlined in the Commission’s report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of Directive 2007/38/EC on the retrofitting of mirrors to heavy goods vehicles registered in the Community8 . A new cab profile will also contribute to improving road safety by reducing the blind spot in the driver’s vision, including under the windscreen and to the side of the vehicle, which should help save the lives of many vulnerable road users such as pedestrians or cyclists. This new profile cshould also incorporate energy absorption structures in the event of a collision and could be streamlined to deflect other road users in case of collisions to avoid overruns. Whilst remaining within the dimensions laid down in Directive 96/53/EC, new cab designs should comply with improved direct vision requirements, energy absorption criteria and pedestrian protection requirements. The potential gain in the volume of the cab would also improve the driver'’s comfort and safety. __________________ 7 COM(2010) 389 COM(2010) 389 8 COM (2012) 258 COM (2012) 258
Amendment 92 #
2013/0105(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Any changes to the dimension of heavy goods vehicles, be it to their length, height, width or their weight, would place a heavy financial impact on member states to adapt infrastructure, be it motorway exits, bridges, tunnels, roundabouts or gradients on steep streets
Amendment 121 #
2013/0105(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The European Parliament and the Council should be regularly informed of the regularly occurring checks on road traffic carried out by the Member States. This information, provided by the Member States, will enable the Commission to ensure compliance with this Directive by hauliers and to define whether or not additional coercive measures should be developed.
Amendment 154 #
2013/0105(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Amendment 190 #
2013/0105(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Amendment 191 #
2013/0105(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(3a) The Commission shall develop and propose a harmonised testing regime to maximise the safety impacts of new truck fronts, sides and the rear for pedestrians and cyclists.
Amendment 221 #
2013/0105(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
In the aim of improving road safety and the aerodynamic performance and road safety of vehicles or combinations of vehicles, vehicles or combinations of vehicles that meet the criteria set out in paragraph 2 below may not exceed the maximum lengths provided for in point 1.1 of Annex I. The main purpose of these exceedances is to allow the construction of tractor cabsractor cab construction should improvinge the aerodynamic characteristicsroad safety of vehicles or combinations of vehicles, and improving road safetye their aerodynamic characteristics.
Amendment 230 #
2013/0105(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – indent 2 – point i
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – indent 2 – point i
makes vulnerable road users more visible to the driver, in particular byby improving the technology, the size and positioning of mirrors and therefore reducing i.e. the blind spot under the front windscreen
Amendment 235 #
2013/0105(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – indent 2 – point ii
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – indent 2 – point ii
reduces the damage in the event of a collision by improving the energy absorption performance of cabs,
Amendment 239 #
2013/0105(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – indent 4
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – indent 4
the comfort, health and safety of the drivers.
Amendment 251 #
2013/0105(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 5
Article 9 – paragraph 5
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts concerning the requirements which the new tractor cabs must meet in accordance with Article 16. These take the form of technical characteristics, minimum levels of performance, design constraints, and procedures for the establishment of the test certificate indicating the increase in aerodynamic performance referred to in paragraph 3 and shall be adopted no later than 2 years after the publication of this Directive.
Amendment 252 #
2013/0105(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9 a (new)
(7a) The following Article 9 a is added: Article 9 a The safety requirements referred to in article 9.2 shall become mandatory for all new N2 and N3 vehicles from 1 January 2016.
Amendment 264 #
2013/0105(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – first part
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – first part
The maximum dimensions laid down in Annex I points 1.1 and 1.6 may be exceeded by 15 cm for vehicles or combinations of vehicles engaged in the transport of 45-foot containers or swap bodies, if the road transport of the container or swap body is part of an intermodal transport operationnot jeopardise positive developments in combined transport systems such as horizontal or bi-modal intermodal systems.
Amendment 281 #
2013/0105(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
The Member States shall establish a system for pre-selecting and, targeting and carrying out checks on vehicles or combinations of vehicles in circulation, in order to ensure compliance with the requirements of this Directive.
Amendment 108 #
2013/0072(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Air transport services are services, prepaid by the passenger, and directly or indirectly subsidised by the tax-payer. Flight tickets should therefore be considered as "result contracts", where the airlines guarantee to fulfil the obligations of the contract with the utmost care.
Amendment 129 #
2013/0072(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 should explicitly include the right to compensation for passengers suffering long delays, in line with the judgement of the European Court of Justice in the Joined cases C-402/07 and C-432/07 (Sturgeon). At the same time, the thresholds above which delays give rise to a right to compensation should be increased to take account of the financial impact on the sector and to avoid any increase in the frequency of cancellations as a consequence. To ensure that citizens travelling within the EU face homogenous conditions for compensation, the threshold should be the same for all travel within the Union, but it should depend upon the journey distance for travel to and from third countries to take into account the operational difficulties encountered by air carriers to deal with delays on remote airports. (Regulation 261/2004/EC, Recital 11)
Amendment 134 #
2013/0072(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11 a) Compensation for delays should depend on scheduled short, medium and long flights and take into account the passenger's lost time and inconvenience caused by the delay.
Amendment 139 #
2013/0072(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
Amendment 141 #
2013/0072(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
Amendment 146 #
2013/0072(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18 a) The service providers should ensure that PRMs and people with disabilities have the right at all times to use safety-approved respiratory devices on aircraft free of charge. The Commission should draw up a list of approved medical oxygen equipment in cooperation with the industry and organisations representing people with disabilities and PRMS, taking due account of safety requirements.
Amendment 152 #
2013/0072(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Passengers should be adequately informed about the relevant procedures for submitting claims and complaints to air carriers and should receive a reply within a reasonable time period. Passengers should also have the option to complain about air carriers via out-of-court measures. Member States should provide for well equipped- mediation, where a conflict between the passenger and the airline could be solved. However, since the right to an effective remedy before a tribunal is a fundamental right recognised in Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, those measures should neither prevent nor hinder passengers' access to courts.
Amendment 153 #
2013/0072(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22 a) If an airport whose annual traffic has more than two million passengers is located within the territorial jurisdiction of the court, competent to deal with a claim founded on this Regulation, the Member State should ensure that the passenger is provided free of charge with assistance of a translator, if necessary, and in case of an oral hearing, an interpreter, in order to initiate the proceedings and participate in it.
Amendment 165 #
2013/0072(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) Musical instruments should as far as possible be accepted as baggage within the passenger cabin and, where this is not possible, should where possible be carried under the appropriate conditions in the cargo compartment of the aircraft. Regulation (EC) No 2027/97 should be amended accordingly.
Amendment 214 #
2013/0072(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point e
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point e
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004/EC
Article 2 – point s
Article 2 – point s
' ticket price' means the full price paid for a ticket andublished in advance and fixing the final amount to be paid, including the air fare, and all applicable taxes, charges, surcharges and fees paid for all optional and non-optional services included in the ticket;
Amendment 303 #
2013/0072(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
five hours or more after the scheduled or a short flight where an alternatimve of arrival for all intra-Community journeys and for journeys to/from third countries of 3500 kilometres or lesstravel for the same destination by train, bus or waterway transport of not more than five hours is scheduled;
Amendment 314 #
2013/0072(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 324 #
2013/0072(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 331 #
2013/0072(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)</
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)</
In Article 6(2) the following paragraph shall be inserted: (a) An intermodal ticket shall entirely fall under the compensation rules of this Regulation.
Amendment 384 #
2013/0072(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b – introductory part
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) Paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 are replaced by the following: for all flights 60,- € for one hour delay and 10,- € for each further 10 minutes delay; for medium flights 200,- € and for long flights 300,- € in addition, to compensate passenger's inconvenience shall be reimbursed; in case of extraordinary circumstances, at least 25% of the ticket price for hour delay and 50 % for two hours shall be paid.
Amendment 427 #
2013/0072(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
Article 9 – paragraph 5
Article 9 – paragraph 5
Amendment 454 #
2013/0072(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
In respect of blind and visually impaired persons, the provisions of this Article shall be applied using appropriate alternative means and in the appropriate formats.
Amendment 466 #
2013/0072(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
In Article 14, the following paragraph shall be inserted: 7a. The service provider shall provide easy access to accurate and objective information detailing the environmental (including climate) impact and energy efficiency of their travel, which must be clearly visible both on the websites of air carriers, tour operators and on tickets themselves; the Commission shall support on-going work in this direction.
Amendment 469 #
2013/0072(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
Article 16 a (new)
Article 16 a (new)
The following Article 16a shall be inserted: The Member States shall provide for well- equipped, free of charge and independent mediation bodies to assist in finding solutions in case of conflicts between the passengers and the airlines and service providers of other transport modes.
Amendment 493 #
2013/0072(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
Article 16a – paragraph 3
Article 16a – paragraph 3
In accordance with relevant EU and national law, each Member State shall designate a national body or bodies, such as well-equipped, free of charge and independent mediation bodies, responsible for the out-of-court resolution of disputes between air carriers and passengers with regard to the rights covered by this Regulation.
Amendment 561 #
2013/0072(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004/EC
Annex 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annex 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 563 #
2013/0072(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point ii
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point ii
Amendment 580 #
2013/0072(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
Annex 1 – paragraph 1 – point v
Annex 1 – paragraph 1 – point v
Amendment 588 #
2013/0072(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
Annex 1 – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – paragraph 2
Amendment 596 #
2013/0072(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 2
Annex 2
Regulation (EC) No 2027/97
Annex 2
Annex 2
TIME LIMIT FOR COMPLAINTS ON BAGGAGE If the baggage is damaged, delayed, lost or destroyed, the passenger must in all cases write and complain to the air carrier as soon as possible. A time limit to complain of 714 days applies in case the baggage was damaged and 218 days in case it was delayed, in both cases from the date on which the baggage was placed at the passenger's disposal. In order to easily meet these deadlines, the air carrier must offer passengers the possibility to fill in a complaint form at the airport. At airports of more than 2 million passengers a year the complaint form shall be available in other EU languages. Such complaint form, which may also take the form of a Property Irregularity Report (PIR), must be accepted by the air carrier at the airport as a complaint.
Amendment 124 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) In order to increase the attractiveness of railway services for passengers, Member States should be in a positionwill have to require railway undertakings operating domestic passenger services to participate in a common information and integratedthrough ticketing scheme for the supply of tickets, through-tickets and reservations. IfWhen such a scheme is established, it should be ensurethere will be a need to ensure that it is interoperable and can be integrated into other national or European schemes, and that it does not create market distortion or discriminate between railway undertakings.
Amendment 271 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 7 a – paragraph 3
Article 7 a – paragraph 3
3. The infrastructure manager's incomes may not be used in order to finance other legal entities within the vertically integrated undertaking but only in order to finance the business of the infrastructure manager and to pay dividends to the ultimate owner of the vertically integrated company. The infrastructure manager may not grant loans to any other legal entities within the vertically integrated undertaking, and no other legal entity within the vertically integrated undertaking may grant loans to the infrastructure manager. This shall however not prevent an integrated undertaking from transferring surpluses from commercial activities to an area of activity financed through public funds. Any services offered by other legal entities to the infrastructure manager shall be based on contracts and be paid at market prices. The debt attributed to the infrastructure manager shall be clearly separated from the debt attributed to other legal entities within the vertically integrated undertaking, and these debts shall be serviced separately. The accounts of the infrastructure manager and of the other legal entities within the vertically integrated undertaking shall be kept in a way that ensures the fulfilment of these provisions and allows for separate financial circuits for the infrastructure manager and for the other legal entities within the vertically integrated undertaking, in particular with regard to the prohibition on transferring public funds and revenues from the infrastructure to another area of activity.
Amendment 362 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 7 c – paragraph 1
Article 7 c – paragraph 1
1. Upon request of a Member State or on its own initiative, the Commission shall decide whether infrastructure managers which are part of a vertically integrated undertaking fulfil the requirements of Article 7a and Article 7b and whether the implementation of these requirements is appropriate to ensure a level playing field for all railway undertakings and the absence of distortion of competition in the relevant market, in particular with regard to the prohibition on transferring public funds and revenues from the infrastructure to another area of activity.
Amendment 490 #
2013/0029(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 7
Article 1 – point 7
Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 13 a – paragraph 1
Article 13 a – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to Regulation (EC) No 1371/2007 and Directive 2010/40/EU, and at the latest one year after the entry into force of this Directive, Member States mayshall require railway undertakings operating domestic passenger services to participate in a common information and integrated ticketing scheme for the supply of tickets, through- tickets and reservations or decide to give the power to competent authorities to establish such a scheme. IfWhen such a scheme is established, Member States shall ensure that it is interoperable and can be integrated into other national or European schemes, that it does not create market distortion or discriminate between railway undertakings and that it is managed by an independent public or private legal entity or an association of all railway undertakings operating passenger services. Member States shall also ensure that the costs of such a scheme are divided fairly among the participating railway undertakings, on the basis of their respective contributions and the benefits they gain from it.
Amendment 79 #
2013/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) The principle of reciprocity must be applied in order to guarantee fair competition and prevent the misuse of compensation. Undertakings which are awarded public service contracts through a direct award procedure may not take part in procurement procedures for public service contracts.
Amendment 109 #
2013/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 is amended as follows, without prejudice to Union law on public procurement [Directive..., yet to be published]:
Amendment 322 #
2013/0028(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4 – point a a (new)
Article 1 – point 4 – point a a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
The following paragraph is added: 'If a public service contract is awarded directly to an undertaking, that undertaking shall be prohibited from taking part in procurement procedures, in accordance with the principle of reciprocity.'
Amendment 102 #
2013/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) Train control and signalling systems play a critical role for railway safety. The harmonised development and deployment of the 'European Rail Traffic Management System' (ERTMS) on the Union railway network is an important contribution to improving safety levels.
Amendment 109 #
2013/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) Training and qualification of train staff is a critical factor for railway safety. Railway undertakings should ensure that their staff is adequately qualified and trained, including when operating on the network of another Member State. National safety authorities should monitor and enforce these requirements.
Amendment 115 #
2013/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The national safety authorities should be fully independent in their organisation, legal structure and decision making from any railway undertaking, infrastructure manager, applicant and procurement entity. They should be adequately financed and staffed and carry out their tasks in an open and non-discriminatory way and cooperate with the Agency to create a single rail area and coordinate their decision-making criteria. To increase efficiency, two or more Member States may decide to merge the staff and resources of the respective national safety authorities.
Amendment 116 #
2013/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) In order to create a Single European Railway Area and to improve railway safety, the introduction of a single safety certificate is essential. This requires a clear distribution of tasks and responsibilities between the Agency and the national safety authorities. The Agency should become a one-stop shop for safety certificates in the Union, using the valuable expertise, local knowledge and experience of national safety authorities. It should delegate specific tasks and responsibilities to national safety authorities on the basis of contractual agreements referred to in Regulation [...] [Regulation on the European Railway Agency], but have the exclusive competence to issue, renew, amend or revoke safety certificates for both railway undertakings and infrastructure managers.
Amendment 159 #
2013/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point s
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point s
(s) ‘'keeper’' means the person or entity that, being the owner of a vehicle or having has the right to use it, exploits the vehicle as a means of transport and is registered as such in the national vehicle register referred to in Article 43 of Directive XX on the interoperability of the rail system ;
Amendment 163 #
2013/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point s a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point s a (new)
(sa) 'owner' means the person or entity that is the owner of a vehicle and is registered as such in the European Vehicle Register referred to in Article 43 of Directive [...] [Interoperability Directive];
Amendment 172 #
2013/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point y a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point y a (new)
(ya) 'just culture' means internal procedures to be established by undertakings in order to encourage personnel to report potential safety risks, incidents and accidents in a climate of openness and trust, without having to fear punishment or discrimination;
Amendment 213 #
2013/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. In order to encourage personnel to consistently report accidents, incidents as well as potential safety risks, a just culture shall be established in the railway sector.
Amendment 220 #
2013/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) methods and devices that allow national safety authorities to check and enforce the respect of legal provisions concerning driving, working and rest times;
Amendment 232 #
Amendment 241 #
2013/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. If a Member State intends to introduce a new national rule, it shall notify the draft of that rule to the Agency and the Commission, using the appropriate IT system in accordance with aArticle 23 of Regulation (EU) No …/….../... [Agency Regulation]. After receipt of the draft national rule, the Agency shall initiate a coordination process involving all national safety authorities in order to ensure the highest possible degree of harmonisation across the Union. In any case, the new national rule may not enter into force before being approved by the Agency. If the Agency objects to the draft rule, it shall provide a justification of this objection.
Amendment 248 #
2013/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall establish, by means of implementing acts, elementsdelegated acts, elements of the safety management system, including an internally approved and communicated safety policy; qualitative and quantitative safety targets and procedures to reach those targets; procedures to meet technical and operational standards; risk evaluation procedures and implementing risk control measures; staff training and information measures; procedures ensuring communication and documentation of safety related information; procedure for reporting, reporting and analysing of incidents and accidents and other safety occurrences and for developing preventive measures; provision of emergency plans which are agreed with public authorities; provisions for the internal auditing of the safety management system. Those implementingdelegated acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 27(2)6.
Amendment 286 #
2013/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Three months before the start of operation of any new service, the railway undertaking shall notify to the relevant national safety authority thee application for a single safety certificate shall contain documentation confirming that:
Amendment 289 #
2013/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Amendment 298 #
2013/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 342 #
2013/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
In order to be allowed to manage and operate a rail infrastructure, the infrastructure manager shall obtain a safety authorisation from the national safety authority in the Member State where it is establishedAgency.
Amendment 345 #
2013/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The safety authorisation shall be renewed upon application by the infrastructure manager at intervals of five years. It shall be wholly or partly updated whenever substantial changes are made to the infrastructure, signalling or energy supply or to the principles of its operation and maintenance. The holder of the safety authorisation shall without delay inform the Agency and the national safety authority of all such changes.
Amendment 347 #
2013/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The national safety authoritAgency may require that the safety authorisation be revised following substantial changes to the safety regulatory framework.
Amendment 348 #
2013/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
If the Agency or a national safety authority finds that an authorised infrastructure manager no longer satisfies the conditions for a safety authorisation ithe Agency shall revoke the authorisation, giving reasons for its decisions.
Amendment 349 #
2013/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. The national safety authoritAgency shall take a decision on an application for safety authorisation without delay and in any event not more than fourthree months after all the information required and any supplementary ireceipt of the application. Negative decisions shall be duly justified. If the Agency has doubts concerning the fulfilment of one or more conditions, it shall request further information from the railway undertaking within one month after receipt of the application for a safety authorisation. Information requested shasll been submitted supplied within a reasonable period set by the national safety authority.
Amendment 354 #
2013/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. The national safety authority shall inform the AgencyAgency shall inform the national safety authorities within one month of the safety authorisations that have been issued, renewed, amended or revoked. It shall state the name and address of the infrastructure manager, the issue date, the scope and validity of the safety authorisation and, in case of revocation, the reasons for its decision.
Amendment 362 #
2013/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. By 31 May 2014, the Agency shall identify railway components that are critical for railway safety and develop a system that allows for tracing these components.
Amendment 368 #
2013/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 375 #
2013/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) on request of the Agency and on the basis of contractual agreements referred to in Regulation [Regulation on the European Railway Agency], supporting it in the issue, renewal, amendment and revocation of single safety certificates granted in accordance with Article 10 and checking that the conditions and requirements laid down in them are met and that railway undertakings are operating in accordance with the requirements of Union or national law;
Amendment 377 #
2013/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point e
Amendment 394 #
2013/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) data on all inspections or audits of railway undertakings operating in the Member State in the course of supervision activities. , including information on the number of inspections, the number of infringements and main findings;
Amendment 403 #
2013/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall establish, by means of implementingdelegated acts, the content of accident and incident investigation reports. Those implementing, which shall include the following elements: a summary; the immediate facts of the occurrence; the record of investigations and inquiries; analysis and conclusions. Those delegated acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 27(2)6.
Amendment 405 #
2013/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 5(2) and 7(2) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of five years from [the date of entry into force of this regulation]. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of timean identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.
Amendment 408 #
2013/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 28 a (new)
Article 28 a (new)
Article 28 a Enforcement and development of legislation on driving, working and rest times Given the critical importance of the human factor for railway safety, the Commission shall, within one year after the adoption of the present Directive, adopt a legislative proposal on the legal provisions and technical requirements needed to ensure the control and enforcement of working, driving and rest times of railway personnel. If appropriate, this proposal shall contain measures to develop relevant Union legislation, including on the certification of on-board personnel entrusted with safety-critical tasks.
Amendment 409 #
2013/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Annexes III and V to Directive 2004/49/EC shall apply until the date of application of the delegated or implementing acts respectively referred to in Articles 6(2) and (3), 9(2), 14(7) and 23(2) of this Directive.
Amendment 74 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The pursuit of interoperability within the Union's rail system should lead to the definition of an optimal level of technical harmonisation and make it possible to facilitate, improve and develop international rail transport services within the Union and with third countries and contribute to the progressive creation of the internal market in equipment and services for the construction, renewal, upgrading and operation of the rail system within the Union.
Amendment 75 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The commercial operation of trains throughout the rail network requires in particular excellent compatibility between the characteristics of the infrastructure and those of the vehicles, as well as efficient interconnection of the information and, communication and ticketing systems of the different infrastructure managers and railway undertakings. Performance levels, safety, quality of service and cost depend upon such compatibility and interconnection, as does, in particular, the interoperability of the rail system.
Amendment 76 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The railway regulatory framework should set clear responsibilities for ensuring compliance with the safety, health, social and consumer protection rules applying to the railway networks .
Amendment 77 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) There are major differences between national regulations, internal rules and technical specifications applicable to rail systems, subsystems and components , since they incorporate techniques that are specific to the national industries and prescribe specific dimensions and devices and special characteristics. This situation prevents trains from being able to run without hindrance throughout the Union and from reaping the benefits of standardisation and economies of scale in the Single Market.
Amendment 83 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to which the Union is a party establishes accessibility as one of its general principles and requires States Parties to take appropriate measures to ensure to persons with disabilities access on an equal basis with others, including by developing, promulgating and monitoring the implementation of minimum standards and guidelines for accessibility. Accessibility is therefore an important requirement for the interoperability of the rail system, in line with Union legislation on passengers with reduced mobility.
Amendment 89 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) In order to facilitate the placing in service of vehicles and reduce administrative burdens, the notion of aa European vehicle authorisation for placing on the market valid throughout the Union should be introduced as a precondition to enable railway undertakings to placeut in uservice a vehicle. In addition, tThis notion is more in line with Decision No 768/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 on a common framework for the marketing of products, and repealing Council Decision 93/465/EEC11.
Amendment 90 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 39 a (new)
Recital 39 a (new)
Amendment 91 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) To ensure traceability of the vehicles and their history, the references of the vehicle authorisations for placing on the market should be recorded together with the other vehicle data.
Amendment 92 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) The TSIs should specify the procedures for checking the compatibility between vehicles and network after the delivery of the vehicle authorisation for placing on the market and before the decision to place into servicebefore the start of a new operation.
Amendment 96 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) metros, trams, tram-trains and light rail systems;
Amendment 98 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) networks that are functionally separate from the rest of the rail system and intended only for the operation of local, urban or suburban passenger services, as well as railway undertakings operating solely on these networks.
Amendment 102 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) light rail infrastructure occasionally used by heavy rail vehicles under the operational conditions of the light-rail systems, where such use by such vehicles is necessary for connectivity purposes only.
Amendment 114 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
(12) ‘upgrading’ means any major modification work on a subsystem or part of it which results in a change in the technical file accompanying the ‘EC’ declaration of verification, if this technical file exists, and which improves the overall performance of the subsystem. Each TSI shall specify "major" for the relevant subsystems or vehicle;
Amendment 120 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) ‘'renewal’' means any major substitution work on a subsystem or a vehicle or part of it which does not change the overall performance of the subsystem or vehicle. Each TSI shall specify "major" for the relevant subsystems and vehicle;
Amendment 127 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18
(18) ‘keeper’ means the person or entity that, being the owner of a vehicle or having has the right to use it, exploits the vehicle as a means of transport and is registered as such in the national vehicle register referred to in Article 43;
Amendment 128 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18 a (new)
(18a) 'owner' means the person or entity that is the owner of a vehicle and is registered as such in the European Vehicle Register referred to in Article 43;
Amendment 133 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 26
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 26
(26) ‘national rules’ means all notified binding rules containing railway safety or technical requirements imposed at Member State level and applicable to railway undertakings, irrespective of the body issuing them;
Amendment 137 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 29
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 29
Amendment 147 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 39 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 39 a (new)
(39a) 'area of use' means parameters or ranges of parameters in which an interoperability constituent is intended to be used specified in the technical and maintenance files;
Amendment 151 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. SFixed subsystems shall comply with the TSIs in force at the time of their placing in service, upgrading or renewal, in accordance with this Directive; tfirst appointment of a Notified Body and at the latest at the time of granting of building permits; vehicles shall be in compliance with the TSIs and national rules in force at the time of first appointment of a Notified Body. This compliance shall be permanently maintained while each subsystem is in use.
Amendment 162 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point i
(i) indicate the parameters to be checked by the railway undertaking and the procedures to be applied to check those parameters after the delivery of the vehicle authorisation for placing on the market and before the decision for placing in servicbefore the use to ensure the compatibility between vehicles and routes on which they are intended to be operated;
Amendment 175 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. A member of the network of representative bodies may act as applicant to request opinions about deficiencies in a TSI via the Commission. The Commission shall inform the applicant of its decision and justify refusals.
Amendment 195 #
Amendment 203 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. If a Member State intends to introduce a new national rule at least three month before the scheduled entry into force, it shall notify the draft to the Agency and the Commission through the appropriate IT system in accordance with Article 23 of Regulation (EU) No …/… [Agency Regulation].
Amendment 215 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Chapter 5 – title
Chapter 5 – title
Amendment 219 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 225 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 232 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
The Agency and the national safety authorities shall provide detailed guidance on how to obtain the authorisations referred to in the first and second subparagraph. An application guidance document describing and explaining the requirements for those authorisations and listing the required documents shall be made available to applicants free of charge and in all official languages of the Union. The Agency and the national safety authorities shall cooperate in disseminating such information.
Amendment 242 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Article 18 – paragraph 4
4. In the event of renewal or upgrading of existing subsystems, the applicant shall send to the national safety authority (for energy and infrastructure subsystems) or the Agency (for trackside control- command and signalling subsystems), a file describing the project. The national safety authority or tAgency a file describing the project. The Agency shall examine this file and shall decide, on the basis of the criteria set out in paragraph 5, whether a new authorisation for placing in service is needed. The national safety authority and the Agency shall take their decisions within a pre-determined, reasonable time, and, in any case, within four months from receipt of all relevant informationthe file describing the project.
Amendment 249 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19
Article 19
Amendment 255 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – title
Article 20 – title
Vehicle authorisation for placing on the market
Amendment 259 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. A vehicle shall be placed oin the marketservice only after having received the vehicle authorisation for placing oin the marketservice issued by the Agency in accordance with paragraph 5.
Amendment 268 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. The Agency shall issue decisions granting vehicle authorisations for placing on the market. Those authorisations attest the values of the parameters relevant for checking the technical compatibility between the vehicle and the fixed installations as set out in the TSIs. The vehicle authorisation for placing on the market shall also provide information about the vehicle's compliance with the relevant TSIs and sets of national rules, for the selected networks or lines or group of networks or lines according to paragraph 9. The vehicle authorisation for placing in service shall also provide information about the vehicle's compliance with the relevant TSIs and sets of national rules for the selected networks or lines or group of networks or lines according to paragraph 9 related to these parameters.
Amendment 273 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 3
Article 20 – paragraph 3
3. The vehicle authorisation for placing oin the market mayservice shall stipulate conditions for the use of the vehicle and other restrictions.
Amendment 276 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. The vehicle authorisation for placing oin the marketservice shall be issued on the basis of a file of the vehicle or type of vehicle produced by the applicant and including the documentary evidence of: following: (a) the declaration of EC verification of the vehicle and the technical file accompanying it ; (b) the certificate of verification in the case of national rules according to annex VI 3; (c) documentary evidence of the safe integration within the vehicle if not covered by a) and b); (d) documentary evidence of the technical compatibility and safe integration of the vehicle within the selected networks or lines or group of networks or lines according to paragraph 9, established on the basis of the relevant TSIs, national rules, registers, if necessary, in consultation with the infrastructure manager, and the common safety methods set out in Article 6 of Directive .../... [on the safety of the rail system within the Union].
Amendment 285 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – point i
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – point i
Amendment 289 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – point j
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – point j
Amendment 294 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – point k
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – point k
Amendment 298 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The Agency shall take the decisions referred to in paragraph 2 within a pre- determined, reasonable time, and, in any case, within four months from receipt of all relevant information. These authorisations shall be valid in all Member States. the application. Within 1 month from receipt of the application, the Agency shall indicate to the applicant whether the file is complete or not and, if necessary, request additional information. The criteria checked by the Agency may be related to rules referred to in Article 13(3). The Agency may request additional information to be supplied, risk analyses to be carried out in accordance with Article 6(3)(a) of Directive 2004/49/EC or tests to be conducted on the network in order to verify the criteria referred to in the above paragraph. The infrastructure manager, in consultation with the applicant, shall make every effort to ensure that any tests can take place within one month of the applicant's request. Where appropriate, the Agency shall take measures to ensure that the tests take place. Any negative or restrictive decision made by the Agency shall be duly justified. Authorisations shall be recognised in all Member States. The Agency shall provide detailed guidance on how to obtain the vehicle authorisation for placing in service. An application guidance document describing and explaining the requirements for the vehicle authorisation for placing in service and listing the required documents shall be made available to applicants free of charge and in all official languages of the Union. The national safety authorities shall cooperate with the Agency for disseminating such information.
Amendment 314 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 6
Article 20 – paragraph 6
6. The Agency may issue vehicle authorisation for placing oin the marketservice for a series of vehicles. Any negative or restrictive decision made by the Agency shall be duly justified. Those authorisations shall be valirecognised in all Member States.
Amendment 319 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 7
Article 20 – paragraph 7
7. The applicant, any natural or legal person or a member of the network of representative bodies may bring an appeal before the Board of Appeal designated under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No …/….../... [establishing a European railway agency] against any decisions of the Agency or its failure to act within the time limits referred to in paragraph 5this article.8.
Amendment 323 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 8 – introductory part
Article 20 – paragraph 8 – introductory part
8. In the event of renewal or upgrading of existing vehicles which already have a, in addition to the requirement for a new 'EC' declaration of verification, the applicant shall ask the Agency for a new vehicle authorisation for placing oin the marketservice when either:
Amendment 325 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 8 – point (a)
Article 20 – paragraph 8 – point (a)
(a) a new ‘EC’ declaration of verification shall be needed as set out in Article 15(4), andthe overall safety level of the vehicle concerned may be substantially adversely affected by the works envisaged; or
Amendment 327 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 8 – point b
Article 20 – paragraph 8 – point b
(b) a new vehicle authorisation for placing on the market shall be required if any changes are made to the values of the parameters included in the vehicle authorisation already grantedit is required by the relevant TSIs. During an upgrade or a renewal only the modification shall be in scope of this article.
Amendment 331 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 344 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 9 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. The Agency can amend or revoke an authorisation to put in service a vehicle, if it no longer satisfies the conditions according to which it was issued, giving reasons for its decision. The Agency shall immediately update the European register defined in Article 43.
Amendment 346 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 9 b (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. If an NSA finds that an authorised vehicle does not comply with essential requirements, it shall immediately inform the Agency and other relevant NSAs. The Agency shall decide on the necessary measures within 1 month. In case of urgent preventive measures, the Agency can immediately restrict or suspend the authorisation before its decision is taken.
Amendment 348 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 9 c (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. If an NSA finds that an authorised vehicle does not comply with essential requirements, it shall immediately inform the Agency and other relevant NSAs. The Agency shall decide on the necessary measures within 1 month. In case of urgent preventive measures, the Agency can immediately restrict or suspend the authorisation before its decision is taken.
Amendment 355 #
Amendment 358 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 365 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Amendment 369 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Amendment 401 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 44 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 44 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Agency shall set up and keep a register of authorisations to place vehicle types oin the marketservice issued in accordance with Article 22 . This register shall meet the following criteria:
Amendment 404 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 44 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 44 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. That register shall include at least the following details for each type of vehicle: (a) the technical characteristics of the type of vehicle, as defined in the relevant TSI; (b) the manufacturer's name; (c) the dates and references of the successive authorisations for that type of vehicle, including any restrictions or withdrawals, and the Member States granting the authorisations. (d) the name and contact details of the owner and the keeper of the vehicle; When the Agency issues, renews, amends, suspends or revokes an authorisation to place vehicle types in service, it shall update the register without delay.
Amendment 408 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 45 – paragraph 3
Article 45 – paragraph 3
3. The register of infrastructure may stipulate conditions for the use of fixed installations and other restrictions, including temporary restrictions that are applied for longer than 6 months.
Amendment 438 #
2013/0015(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 3 – point 2 – point 2.4 – point 2.4.3 – paragraph 3
Annex 3 – point 2 – point 2.4 – point 2.4.3 – paragraph 3
The characteristics of the rolling stock must be such as to allow it to travel on any line on which it is expected to operate, taking account of relevant climatic conditions. This requirement includes the safe integration of the vehicle's subsystem with the infrastructure.
Amendment 37 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The Agency should contribute to the creation and effective functioning of a Single European railway area without frontiers and guaranteeing a high level of safety while improving the competitive position of the railway sector. That should be attained by contributing, on technical matters, to the implementation of European Union legislation by enhancing the level of interoperability of railway systems and to developing a common approach to safety on the European railway system. The Agency should also perform the role of European authority responsiblea one-stop shop at European level for issuing authorisations for placing oin the market forservice railway vehicles and for types of vehicles, safety certificates for railway undertakings and authorisations for placing in service of railway infrastructure, trackside control- command and signalling, energy and infrastructure sub-systems. Moreover, it should monitor national railway rules and the performance of national authorities acting in the railway interoperability and safety fields. This requires a clear distribution of tasks and responsibilities between the Agency and the national safety authorities. The Agency should use the valuable expertise, local knowledge and experience of national safety authorities and delegate specific tasks and responsibilities to national safety authorities on the basis of contractual agreements referred to in Regulation [...] [Regulation on the European Railway Agency] but have the exclusive right to take binding decisions in the field of railway safety and authorisation described above.
Amendment 43 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Agency, while performing its tasks, and particularly in relation to drafting recommendations, should take upmost account of external railway expertise. This expertise should predominantly consist of professionals from the railway sector, including representative bodies, independent notified conformity assessment bodies and the relevant national authorities. They should form competent and representative working parties of the Agency.
Amendment 47 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Currently Directive 2008/57/EC provides, in the case of rail vehicles, an authorisation of placing in service in each Member State, except in specific cases. The Task Force on vehicle authorisation set up by the Commission in 2011 discussed several cases where manufacturers and railway undertakings have suffered from excessive duration and cost of the authorisation process and proposed a number of improvements. As some problems are due to the complexity of the current vehicle authorisation process, it should be simplified. Each rail vehicle should only receive one authorisation and this authorisation for placing oin the marketservice for vehicles and for types of vehicles should be issued by the Agency. This would bring tangible benefits for the sector by reducing the costs and time of the procedure, and would diminish the risk of potential discrimination, especially of new companies wishing to enter a railway market. The revised Directive … [Railway Interoperability] provides a basis for this.
Amendment 55 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Given the importance of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) for the smooth development of the Single European railway area and its safety, and taking into account its fragmented developthe failure of the development and deployment to date, it is necessary to strengthen its overall coordination at the Union level. The objective of achieving interoperability and harmonisation of train control and signalling system across the EU is currently seriously undermined by a multitude of diverging national versions of ERTMS. Therefore the Agency, as the most competent Union body, should be given a more prominent role in this field to ensure consistent development of the ERTMS, to contribute to ensuring that ERTMS equipment complies with the specifications in force and to ensure that ERTMS-related European research programmes are coordinated with the development of ERTMS technical specifications. Moreover, in order to make the procedures for issuing authorisations for placing in service of trackside control-command and signalling sub-systems more efficient and impartial, it is essential to migrate towards a single authorisation valid in the Union and issued by the Agency. The revised Directive … [Railway Interoperability Directive] provides a basis for this.
Amendment 61 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Competent national authorities have been normally charging for issuing vehicle authorisations and safety certificates. With the transfer competence to the Union level, the Agency should be entitled to charge the applicants for issuing the certificates and authorisations mentioned in the preceding recitals. For tasks and responsibilities delegated to national safety authorities, the contractual agreements referred to in Article 69 should foresee a sharing of revenues commensurate with the share in the work load of each actor. The level of those charges should be equal to or lower than the current average in the Union and should be determined in a delegated act to be adopted by the Commission.
Amendment 65 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) It is a general objective that the transfer of functions and tasks from the Member States to the Agency should be done efficiently, without any reduction in the current high levels of safety. The Agency should have sufficient resources for its new tasks, and the timing of the allocation of these resources should be based on clearly defined needs. Taking into account the know-how of national authorities, in particular the National Safety Authorities, the Agency should be allowed to make appropriate use of that expertise when granting the relevant authorisations and certificates. To this end, using the contractual agreements referred to in Article 69. Furthermore, secondment of national experts to the Agency should be encouraged.
Amendment 67 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Directive … [Railway Safety] and Directive … [Railway Interoperability] provide for examination of national measures from the point of view of safety and interoperability, and compatibility with competition rules. They also limit the possibility for Member States to adopt new national rules. The current system in which a large number of national rules continue to exist leads to possible safety risks and conflicts with Union rules and creates a risk of insufficient transparency and disguised discrimination of foreign operators, especially the smaller and new ones. In order to migrate towards a system of truly, transparent and impartial railway rules at Union level, gradual reduction of national rules, including operational rules, needs to be reinforced. An opinion based on independent and neutral expertise is essential at Union level. To this end, the role of the Agency needs to be strengthened.
Amendment 69 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Performance, organisation and decision-making procedures in the field of railway interoperability and safety vary substantially among the national safety authorities and notified conformity assessment bodies, with a detrimental effect to smooth operation of the Single European rail area. In particular, small and medium companies wishing to enter the railway market in another Member State can be negatively affected. Therefore, a strengthened coordination with a view to greater harmonisation at the Union level is essential. To this end, the Agency should monitor the national safety authorities and notified conformity assessment bodies through audits and inspectionsthrough audits and inspections. Monitoring of the notified conformity assessment bodies should be carried out by the national accreditation bodies in accordance with Regulation 765/2008/EC Art. 5(3).
Amendment 82 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) In order to guarantee the transparency of the Management Board's decisions, representatives of the sectors concerned should attend its meetings, but without the right to vote, that right being reserved for the representatives of public authorities who are accountable to the democratic control authorities. The representatives of the sector should be appointed by the Commission on the basis of their representativeness at Union level of railway undertakings, infrastructure managers, railway industry, workers unions, passengers andnotified bodies, designated bodies, workers unions, passengers and, in particular, passengers with reduced mobility as well as freight customers.
Amendment 83 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) It is necessary to ensure that parties affected by decisions made by the Agency enjoy the necessary remedies in an independent and impartial manner. An appropriate appeal mechanism should be set up so that decisions of the Executive Director can be subject to appeal to a specialised Board of Appeal that acts in complete independence from the Commission, the Agency, national safety authorities and any actor in the railway sector, whose decisions are, in turn, open to action before the Court of Justice.
Amendment 87 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) In order to properly determine the level of fees and charges which the Agency is entitled to levy, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of articles dealing with issuing and renewal of authorisations for placing in service of trackside control- command and signalling subsystems, authorisations for placing oin the marketservice for vehicles and for types of vehicles, and safety certificates. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing-up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and Council.
Amendment 103 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Agency shall set up a limited number of working parties for drawing up recommendations, in particular related to technical specifications for interoperability (TSIs), common safety targets (CSTs) and, common safety methods (CSMs) and provisions on minimum qualifications of railway staff entrusted with safety-critical tasks.
Amendment 106 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
The Agency shall appoint to the working parties professionals from the railway sector from the list referred to in paragraph 3 and from the Coordination Body of the notified conformity assessment bodies. It shall ensure adequate representation of those sectors of the industry and of those users which could be affected by measures the Commission may propose on the basis of the recommendations addressed to it by the Agency.
Amendment 109 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Whenever the work of such working parties has a directn impact on the working conditions, health and safety of workers in the industry, representatives from the workers' organisations shall participate in the relevant working parties as full members.
Amendment 112 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Whenever the work provided for in Articles 11, 12, 15, and 32of the Agency has a direct impact on the social environment or working conditions of workers in the industry, the Agency shall consult the social partners within the framework of the sectoral dialogue committee set up pursuant to Decision 98/500/EC.
Amendment 117 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Whenever the work provided for in Articles 11 and 15 has a direct impact on rail freight customers and passengers, the Agency shall consult the organisations representing them, including in particular representatives of passengers with reduced mobility. The list of organisations to be consulted shall be drawn up by the Commission with the assistance of the committee referred to in Article 75.
Amendment 125 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The Agency shall issue opinions at request of either the national regulatory bodies referred to in Article 55 of Directive 2012/34/EU [Directive establishing a Single European Rail Area (recast)] or the members of the network of representative bodies as referred to in Article 34 concerning safety-related and interoperability-related aspects of matters drawn to their attention.
Amendment 130 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. The Agency may carry out visits to the Member States in order to perform its tasks, in particular those referred to in Articles 12, 21, 22, 16, 17, 18, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33 and 38, in accordance with the policy defined by the Management Board.
Amendment 139 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
The Agency shall issuhave the exclusive right to issue, renew, suspend, amend or revoke single safety certificates in accordance with Articles 10 and 11 of Directive … [the Safety Directive].
Amendment 143 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) issue recommendations to the Commission on European standards to be developed by the relevant European standardisation bodies.
Amendment 149 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
(gb) issue detailed request for standards to the relevant European Standardisation Bodies (ESB), in order to implement the mandate given by the commission to them, related to rail
Amendment 161 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – title
Article 16 – title
Authorisations for placing on the marketin service for for vehicles vehicles
Amendment 166 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
The Agency shall issuhave the exclusive right to issue, renew, suspend, amend or revoke authorisations for placing oin the marketservice for railway vehicles in accordance with Article 20 of Directive … [the Interoperability Directive]. It shall assign a European Vehicle Number in accordance with Article 42 of Directive [...] [Interoperability Directive].
Amendment 169 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – title
Article 17 – title
Authorisations for placing on the marketin service for for types of vehicles types of vehicles
Amendment 174 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
The Agency shall issue authorisations for placing oin the marketservice for types of vehicles in accordance with Article 22 of Directive … [the Interoperability Directive].
Amendment 182 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – title
Article 18 – title
Authorisations for placing in service of infrastructure, energy, trackside control- sub-systems command and signalling sub-systems
Amendment 187 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
The Agency shall issue authorisations for placing in service of theinfrastructure, energy subsystems, trackside control- command and signalling subsystems located or operated in the entire Union in accordance with Article 18 of Directive … [the Interoperability Directive].
Amendment 188 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
The Agency shallhas the exclusive right to issue authorisations for placing in service of the trackside control- command and signalling subsystems located or operated in the entire Union in accordance with Article 18 of Directive … [the Interoperability Directive].
Amendment 191 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. The Agency shall act as the system authority, being responsible for maintaining and enforcing the technical specifications for the telematics applications so as to ensure interoperability across the Union, in accordance with relevant TSIs.
Amendment 193 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3
Article 19 – paragraph 3
3. The Agency shall develop and maintain the technical tools for managing the different versions of the telematics applications' specifications and enforce the compatibility, both downwards and upwards, of the these different versions.
Amendment 195 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. The Agency shall facilitate cooperation of notified conformity assessment bodies, in particular act asby supporting the technical secretariat ofor their coordination group.
Amendment 204 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. In the case of the urgent preventive measures referred to in Article 8 of the Safety Directive and Article 14.4 of the Interoperability Directive, the Agency shall lead the harmonisation of the rule at Union level, in relation with the national safety authorities. If necessary, the Agency shall issue a recommendation or an opinion to the Commission.
Amendment 211 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Agency shall examine national rules that are in use referred to in the national legal frameworks, which are listed in the reference documents database published by the Agency.
Amendment 226 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. The Agency shall act as the system authority, being exclusively responsible for maintaining and enforcing the technical specifications for the ERTMS.
Amendment 233 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Agency shall set up a test track and laboratory for centeralised testing ERTMS track-side and on-board equipment.
Amendment 236 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – title
Article 29 – title
Monitoring of national safety authorities and national investigation bodies
Amendment 237 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. The Agency shall monitor the performance and decision-making of national safety authorities and national investigation bodies through audit and inspections.
Amendment 238 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 29 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the capacity of national safety authorities to execute tasks related to railway safety and interoperabilityand national investigation bodies to execute their respective tasks;
Amendment 239 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) the effectiveness of the national investigation bodies' processes of investigation and accident reporting as referred to in Articles 21 and 22 in Directive [...] [Railway Safety Directive].
Amendment 240 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3
Article 29 – paragraph 3
3. The Agency shall issue audit reports and send them to the national safety authoritbody concerned and to the Commission. Each audit report shall include, in particular, a list of any deficiencies identified by the Agency as well as recommendations for improvement.
Amendment 242 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4
Article 29 – paragraph 4
4. If the Agency considers that the deficiencies referred to in paragraph 3 prevent the national safety authoritbody concerned from effectively performing its tasks in relation to railway safety and interoperability, the Agency shall recommend to the national safety authoritbody to take appropriate steps within a time limit to be defined taking into account the importance of the deficiency.
Amendment 243 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 5
Article 29 – paragraph 5
5. Where a national safety authoritbody disagrees with the Agency's recommendation referred to in paragraph 4, or where no action is taken by a national safety authority as a result of the Agency's recommendation within 3 months from its reception, the Commission may take a decision within six months in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 75.
Amendment 244 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 6
Article 29 – paragraph 6
6. The Agency shall be also entitled to conduct announced or unannounced inspections in national safety authoritbodies, to verify specific areas of their activities and operation, in particular review documents, processes and records related to their tasks referred to in Article 16 of Directive … [Railway Safety Directive]. The inspections may be conducted on an ad-hoc basis or in accordance with a plan developed by the Agency. The duration of an inspection shall not exceed two days. The national authorities of the Member States shall facilitate the work of the Agency's staff. The Agency shall provide the Commission with a report on each inspection.
Amendment 249 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2
Article 31 – paragraph 2
2. The Agency shall monitor the overall safety performance of the railway system and the safety regulatory framework. The Agency may in particular seek the assistance of the networks referred to in Article 34, including collection of data. The Agency shall also draw on the data collected by Eurostat and shall cooperate with Eurostat to prevent any duplication of work and to ensure methodological consistency between the common safety indicators and the indicators used in other modes of transport.
Amendment 252 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3
Article 31 – paragraph 3
3. At the Commission's request, the Agency shall issue recommendations on how to improve the interoperability of the railway systems, in particular by facilitating coordination between railway undertakThe Agency shall develop a common occurrence reportings and infrastructure managers, or between infrastructure managersmonitoring system.
Amendment 256 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2
Article 32 – paragraph 2
2. The Agency may be requested by the Commission to perform other tasks relating to railway staff in accordance with Directive 2007/59/EC and relating to railway staff entrusted with safety-critical tasks not covered by Directive 2007/59/EC.
Amendment 261 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Agency shall set up a horizontal working group on occupational health and safety with regard to interoperability. This working group shall make recommendations on how to appropriately ensure the health and safety of employees in the railway sector, without compromising the objective of interoperability. This work shall in particular cover methods and devices that allow national safety authorities to check and enforce the respect of legal provisions on driving, working and rest times. The Agency shall report every two years to the Commission on the activities of the working group.
Amendment 277 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point m a (new)
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point m a (new)
(ma) the register of certified entities in charge of maintenance, in accordance with Article 14 of Directive [...] [Railway Safety Directive].
Amendment 286 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 34 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The Agency shall establish a network of representative bodies from the railway sector, including representatives of passengers, passengers with reduced mobility and employees, acting at the Union level. The list of these bodies shall be defined in an implementing act adopted by the Commission, in accordance with advisory procedure referred to in Article 75. The Agency shall provide the network with a secretariat. The tasks of the network shall, in particular, be:
Amendment 296 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1
Article 41 – paragraph 1
The Agency shall contribute to identifying potential railway spare parts to be standardised. To this end, the Agency mayshall establish a working party in order to coordinate the stakeholders' activities and may establish contacts with the European standardisation bodies. The Agency shall present the Commission with appropriate recommendations no later than two years after the entry into force of the Regulation.
Amendment 298 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 299 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 42 – paragraph 1 a (new)
A Board of Appeal shall be set up in complete independence from the Agency in order to exercise the responsibilities set out in Articles 54 to 56.
Amendment 313 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1
Article 51 – paragraph 1
1. The AgencyOne or more Boards of Appeal shall be establish one or more Boards of Appealed in complete independence from the Agency, the Commission, national safety authorities and any actor of the railway sector.
Amendment 315 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 5
Article 51 – paragraph 5
Amendment 333 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 2
Article 54 – paragraph 2
2. An appeal lodged pursuant to paragraph 1 shall not have a suspensory effect. The Agency may, however, suspend the application of the decision appealed against, if it considers that circumstances so permitrequire.
Amendment 352 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 2
Article 56 – paragraph 2
2. The Board of Appeal shall take a decision no later than 3 months after the receipt of the appeal and may exercise appropriate power which lies within the competence of the Agency or may remit the case to the competent body of the Agency. The latter shall be bound by the decision of the Board of Appeal.
Amendment 375 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1
Article 69 – paragraph 1
1. The Agency mayshall enter into agreements with relevant national authorities, in particular the National Safety Authorities, and other competent bodies, in relation to the implementation of Articles 12, 16, 17 and 18.
Amendment 378 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 2
Article 69 – paragraph 2
2. The agreements may include contracting of some of the taskdelegating tasks and responsibilities of the Agency to the national authorities, such as checking and preparing files, verifying technical compatibility, performing visits and drafting technical studies.
Amendment 381 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 4
Article 69 – paragraph 4
4. The agreements described in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 are without prejudice to the overall responsibility of the Agency for performing its tasks as provided for in Articles 12, 16, 17 and 18shall foresee a sharing of revenues commensurate with the share in the work load of each actor. The level of charges should be equal to or lower than the current average in the Union and should be determined in a delegated act to be adopted by the Commission.
Amendment 393 #
2013/0014(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 73 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the issuing and renewal of authorisations for placing in service of trackside control-command and signalling subsystems, authorisations for placing oin the marketservice for vehicles and for types of vehicles, including possible indication of compatibility with the networks or lines;
Amendment 14 #
2012/2298(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Encourages the Commission to create a framework favourable to research and innovation by creating fair, efficient and innovative pricing systems for all mobility and transport modes, particularly through the internalisation of external costs, taking into account the 'polluter pays' and 'user pays' principles;
Amendment 34 #
2012/2298(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises the need for stronger research efforts in relation to eco-social knowledge, urban and spatial planning, and technologies in the field of mobility demand and behavioural change aimed at the reduction and avoidance of transport flows, through, inter alia, innovative mobility management instruments, seamless door-to-door mobility chains, eco- and intelligent driving, and the use of information and communication technologies;
Amendment 41 #
2012/2298(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Emphasises that innovative solutions to reduce noise from all transport modes, in particular at the source, are urgently needed to protect the health and life quality of EU citizens and ensure acceptance among the population;
Amendment 70 #
2012/2298(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Highlights the potential for improving collective and intermodal transport systems through integrated information and ticketing schemes based on open-data solutions in order to guarantee efficiency, interoperability, affordability and user- friendly access for all citizens;
Amendment 79 #
2012/2298(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Reminds the Commission of the urgent need to improve safety for all road users, in particular the most vulnerable ones, such as children, elderly people, pedestrians and cyclists; endorses R&I projects that combine technological solutions with intelligent drivers and their behavioural approaches;
Amendment 81 #
2012/2298(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Encourages the Commission to strongly promote innovation in the field of zero-emission ships, based on the use of renewable energies from wind, solar, waves and linked with fuel-cell technologies, particularly for ferries, cruise liners and maritime ships;
Amendment 85 #
2012/2298(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Stresses the need to reinforce R&I in the field of inland navigation, namely in order to develop clean vessels and technologies adapted to low draught navigation, such as for example the River Adapted Ships for Sustainable Inland Navigation (RASSIN), thereby enabling savings in inland waterway infrastructure;
Amendment 89 #
2012/2298(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Supports further R&I in the field of security solutions for the transport sector provided that the principles of proportionality, non-discrimination and data protection are respected;
Amendment 225 #
2012/2067(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Underlines that intermodality should be facilitated by the carriage of bicycles, wheel-chairs and prams in all modes and all services, including trans-border and long-distance connections as well as high- speed trains;
Amendment 160 #
2012/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – section 1 – point 1 – point 1.7 – point d
Annex 1 – section 1 – point 1 – point 1.7 – point d
(d) Crew fatigue considered to have endangered or which might have endangered the aircraft or its occupants on board the aircraft or on the ground. In such case the number of working, flight and rest hours of the crew concerned during the two days before the incident shall be included into the report.
Amendment 163 #
2012/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – section 1 – point 5 – point c a (new)
Annex 1 – section 1 – point 5 – point c a (new)
ca. contaminated air in the cockpit/cabin that can have an impact on the safety of the flight and/or the health of the crew.
Amendment 8 #
2012/0328(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The aviation sector is expected to further grow in the future. The climate impact of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is much larger if emitted in the high atmosphere than close to the ground. The ICAO and the Union should therefore considerably increase their efforts to reduce aviation’s GHG emissions in accordance with the Union’s 2020 and 2015 targets and include not only CO2 emissions, but also NOx, sulphur and other climate relevant effects from aviation, as well as to minimise vapour contrails.
Amendment 10 #
2012/0328(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) Unfair intermodal competition through direct and indirect subsidies, such as exemptions on kerosene taxation and VAT-free flight tickets, in favour of the aviation sector, should be stopped by the Union: aviation should not further undermine other sectors’ reductions in climate impact.
Amendment 26 #
2012/0328(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3a If the ICAO Assembly in September 2013 does not achieve substantial progress on a global market-based mechanism, the EU ETS will not be delayed again (first time last time principle) and will include all international flights from and to the Union from 2013 onwards. If, however, it succeeds in setting a framework for global market-based measures, the Commission, after submitting to the European Parliament a report on the results achieved, may propose further actions in accordance with Article 25a of Directive 2003/87/EC and corresponding to the EU 2020 and 2050 greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets.
Amendment 29 #
2012/0328(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 b (new)
Article 3 b (new)
Article 3b Article 3d(4) of Directive 2003/87/EC shall be replaced by the following: ‘Member States shall earmark revenues generated from the ETS to international climate finance, inter alia to contribute to the efforts of developing countries to reduce the impact from climate change as well as to support measures in favour of mitigation and adaptation. Member States shall regularly inform the Commission about actions taken pursuant to this paragraph.’
Amendment 30 #
2012/0328(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 c (new)
Article 3 c (new)
Article 3c As the EU intends to internalise external costs for all transport modes, while applying the polluter pays principle, the Commission shall integrate the aviation sector into this approach. It shall propose minimum kerosene taxation rates and VAT on transborder flight tickets as well as introduce measures to prohibit windfall profits, obtained by the aviation sector, and work out a strategy to fix minimum prices for CO2-tonne allowances.
Amendment 15 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21 a) based on the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo convention), Member States and neighbouring countries should carry out one single integrated Environmental Impact Assessment of an entire cross- border section at an early stage of planning
Amendment 21 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point b
Article 1 – point 1 – point b
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)
(g a) 'cross-border section' means the section which ensures the continuity of a project of common interest between the nearest urban nodes on both sides of the border of two Member States or between a Member State and a neighbouring country
Amendment 27 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The environmental impact assessment shall identify, describe and assess in an appropriate manner, in the light of each individual case and in accordance with Articles 4 to 11, the direct and indirect significant effects of a project on the following factors:
Amendment 28 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 3 – point a
Article 3 – point a
population, human health, eco-systems and biodiversity, with particular attention to species and habitats protected under Council Directive 92/43/EEC(*) and Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(**);
Amendment 29 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
material assets, cultural and historical heritage and the landscape;
Amendment 38 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a (new)
The following Article 5 a (new) is added: (5 a) Projects including a cross-border section shall only be eligible to receive EU co-funding if one integrated cross-border Environmental Impact Assessment is carried out as from an early planning stage.
Amendment 39 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2011/92/EU
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Where an environmental impact assessment must be carried out in accordance with Articles 5 to 10, the developer shall prepare an environmental report. The environmental report shall be based on the determination pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article and include the information that may reasonably be required for making informed decisions on the environmental impacts of the proposed project, taking into account current knowledge and methods of assessment, the characteristics, technical capacity and location of the project, existing levels of emissions (gases and noise) and vibrations, the characteristics of the potential impact, alternatives to the proposed project and the extent to which certain matters (including the evaluation of alternatives) are more appropriately assessed at different levels including the planning level, or on the basis of other assessment requirements. The detailed list of information to be provided in the environmental report is specified in Annex IV.
Amendment 71 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point -2 a (new)
Annex I – point -2 a (new)
Directive 2011/92/EU
Annex I – point 14a (new)
Annex I – point 14a (new)
(-2 a ) In Annex I, the following point (14 a) is inserted: 14a: The use of hydraulic fracturing for the purpose of the exploration and production of oil and/or natural gas regardless of the amount extracted
Amendment 72 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point -1 (new)
Annex I – point -1 (new)
Directive 2011/92/EU
Annex I – point 14b (new)
Annex I – point 14b (new)
(-1a) In Annex I, the following point (14b) is inserted: 14b. Offshore installations for oil and gas
Amendment 73 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 – point 1
Annex 1 – point 1
A description of the aspects of the environment likely to be significantly affected by the proposed project.
Amendment 76 #
2012/0297(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 – point 2
Annex 1 – point 2
Directive 2011/92/EU
Annex III– paragraph 1 – point i
Annex III– paragraph 1 – point i
the risks to human health (e.g. due to water contamination or air pollution and noise including vibrations);
Amendment 1 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
Citation 9
– having regard to the Commission’s communications entitled ‘the Citizens’ Network’ (COM(1995)0601) and ‘Action Plan on Urban Mobility’ (COM(2009)0490),
Amendment 2 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission’s communication entitled ‘Towards fair and efficient pricing in transport’ of 1995 and whereas the Commission should republish its communication ‘transport and CO2’ COM(98)0204,
Amendment 6 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the future European transport and mobility policy should integrate the 20-20-20 targets up to 2020 as a primary basis for decision making within this field, particularly as the transport sector will be amongst the most severely hit by extreme weather conditions resulting from climate change and by unsustainable and increasingly expensive fossil and nuclear energy sources,
Amendment 16 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas certain goals of the last White Paper were not reached, and the goals set should therefore be regularly checked and assesgainst achieved results and supported by policies designed, implemented and, if necessary, revised in such a way as to reach the agreed objectives; the urgency of their implementation needs to be emphasised,
Amendment 17 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas carriers, should not besolely be seen as competitors, but should also complement one another in a context of efficient co- modality,with a view to generating an efficient and welfare- maximising modal split and whereas public authorities should therefore discourage unnecessary transport and take the measures necessary to stimulate a shift of traffic towards the most sustainable modes of transport under the guiding principle of an efficient modal distribution ofallocation of transport operations amongst carriers,
Amendment 26 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the liberalisationopening of transport markets should go hand in hand withbe conditional to the development of all the regulatory safeguards needed to guarantee that it will result in better quality services, training and employment conditions,
Amendment 35 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 1
Paragraph 1 – indent 1
– that, by 2013, the Commission should make specific proposals, on the basis of the report on European road safety 2011-2020, to reduce the number of deaths and severe injuries on the roads by 50% in relation to 2010; and to indicate the costs and benefits expected from each concrete proposal in terms of accidents reduction;
Amendment 42 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 2
Paragraph 1 – indent 2
– that, by 2014, a proposalthe Commission should be submitted a proposal to provide for the internalisation of the external costs of all modes of transport, whilst avoiding double charging and market distortions, in order to increasetransfer investments in mobility, safety and researchto safety, research and climate protection within sustainable mobility; that this proposal should put an end at the unfair approach of fixing maxima for levies on road infrastructure while keeping obligatory minima on charging rail infrastructure use;
Amendment 59 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – introductory part
Paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Approves the ten goals set in the White Paper for 2050 as well as the overall target for emissions from transport, but considers that more specific provisions are required for the period until 2020 with regard to funding – in view of the economic situation of individual Member States – and the general challenges facing transport in the field of energy and the environment, and therefore calls on the Commission to draw up legal rules to reach intermediate goals for each of the ten goals of the White Paper and to reach the following additional goals by 2020 (in relation to 2011990 reference figures):
Amendment 61 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 1
Paragraph 2 – indent 1
– a 230% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from roadand in other GHGs from transport;
Amendment 63 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 – indent 2 a (new)
- a noise reduction in rail, air and road transport of 5db at day (d), 10 dB at evening (e) and 15 dB at night (n), affecting densely populated areas;
Amendment 64 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 3
Paragraph 2 – indent 3
Amendment 67 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 4
Paragraph 2 – indent 4
Amendment 72 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
and calls for all these goals referred to in this paragraph to be considered priorities, which should therefore be checked every year;
Amendment 74 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Underlines that the Transport Protocol of the Alpine Convention offers a good basis for developing a model of good practise on sustainable transport policy, inspiring other mountain areas in Europe;
Amendment 75 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the completion of the European internal transport market should be aimed for, without neglecting economic, employment, environmental and social aspects, and calls on the Commission to ensure that proposals on liberalising the airport, rail, road, and other markets do not lead to social dumping or private monopolies; regulating policy and particularly its enforcement needs to be accelerated;
Amendment 93 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that efficient co-modalityintermodal door- to-door chains in passenger mobility and goods transport –should be the guiding idea for future transport policy. This needs to be measured in terms of economic efficiency, environmental protection, social andenergy security, social, health & employment conditions and safety aspects, and geared to existing and plannedccompanied by mobility management and green logistics, thus determining infrastructure investment needs in individual countries and regions – should be the guiding idea for future transport policy, and that these parameters should be used to determine modal distribution in countries and regions rather than retaining the proposed 300 km threshold for goods transport by road; . The modal share of rail and waterborne transport shall be increased to 20% by 2020 and to 50% by 2050. This policy should be accompanied by mobility management and green logistics and be geared to existing and planned infrastructure in individual countries and regions;
Amendment 117 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes the high degree of dependence of the Union on imported fossil fuels, whose supply from outside the Union is related to significant risks in terms of the Union’s economic security and in terms of the flexibility of its external policy options, and calls upon the Commission to define and regularly measure the Union’s external security of energy supply and to propose legislation to set binding quantitative reduction targets for the use of imported fossil fuels in transport;
Amendment 122 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Recognises that transport modes are complementary, that this complementarity is to be analysed primarily in terms of distance ranges, welcomes the indicative goals of the Transport White Paper in terms of long-distance overland freight transport and intermediate-distance overland passenger transport, interprets these goals as average values to be achieved in the Union as a whole while fully allowing for national and regional differences, and calls on the Commission to propose legislation on the collection and publication of statistical indicators that would lead to annual monitoring and reporting of progress towards those goals;
Amendment 125 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. Stresses that the TEN-T concept should provide for a limited number of sustainable projects with higher levels of fundinga realistic perspective of funding and realisation within this decade, and that:
Amendment 128 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 1
Paragraph 5 – indent 1
– Member States should commit themselves to eliminate the 25 known bottlenecsustainable infrastructure links in the European transport area that can be financed and realised by 2020, to prioritise cross-border rail projects in new Member States and to submit an approved funding plan by 2015;
Amendment 136 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 2
Paragraph 5 – indent 2
– the Commission should commit itself to propose to Member States that its direct funding for such projects should amount to at least 30% of total investments in coordination with regional policy and in accordance with the 20-20-20 targets up to 2020;
Amendment 140 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 3
Paragraph 5 – indent 3
– the Commission should commit itself to support alternative funding models and instruments, including project bonds, and to provide for increased use of that revenue to fund TEN-T projects when making proposals to internalise external costs;
Amendment 151 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 5
Paragraph 5 – indent 5
– project priorities should only be maintained after 2015 if the Member States have taken binding budget decisions which ensure the implementation of the projects and the co-funding of the EU should be based on the ‘use it or lose it’ principle;
Amendment 156 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 – indent 5 a (new)
- EuroVelo, the European long-distance cycle route network, should be included in the TEN-T network;
Amendment 181 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Requests, by 2015, a proposal on urban mobility in which, whilst respecting the principle of subsidiarity, support for projects is made conditional upon the submission of sustainable urban mobility plans which provide for efficient passenger and goods logistics chains, contribute to a reduction in traffic volumes, accidents, impact on climate change and environmental pollution (atmospheric pollution and noise), comply with the standards and targets of European transport policy and are coherent with regard to surrounding towns and regions;
Amendment 188 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Asserts that sustainable multi- modality for passengers and goods logistics needs the provision of intermodal connection points and terminals, integrated planning and logistics, as well as integrated education and vocational training;
Amendment 192 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that the behaviour of transport users is decisive and calls for the creation of incentives to choose sustainable means of transport, where proposals should be made by 2013 to develop, physically active, safe and healthy means of transport and mobility, where a European Commission cross-service strategy on non-motorised transport should be developed and proposals made by 2013 to fix at least 15 % of EU co- funding in transport in favour of infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists in towns, to double the number ofmodal share of pedestrians, cyclists, car-sharing and passengers on public transport, which mainly uses alternative sources of energy, and to establish e-tickets for multi-modal travel, and where pricing policy should be considered as an incentive;
Amendment 232 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – indent 2 a (new)
Paragraph 11 – indent 2 a (new)
- to develop concepts and systems that contribute to transport volume reduction and avoidance;
Amendment 238 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that bureaucratic hurdles should be reduced for all forms of transport and calls, therefore, for the increased harmonisation of transport documents, particularly for goods transport by road, and for the submission, by 2013, of a proposal on the standardisation of freight documents and e-documents, including also the facilitation of multimodal transport;
Amendment 244 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Recognises that low emission / green zones can make an important contribution to improving air quality in urban areas, but cities should have the freedom to design and implement schemes based on their unique circumstances; believes that a central information point for all schemes across the EU should be promoted to enable effective journey planning and a good example would be the expansion of http://www.lowemissionzones.eu and include road pricing zones;
Amendment 255 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Highlights the fact that direct improvements to, and the standardisation of, loading uninot increasing today’s standardised weights and the dimensions of transport vehicles would, that have been fixed EU wide, optimises multi- modal transport;
Amendment 259 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Calls on Member States to support and work towards a level playing field between all modes of transport in terms of energy taxation and Value Added Tax (VAT);
Amendment 262 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – indent 1
Paragraph 15 – indent 1
Amendment 273 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – indent 2
Paragraph 15 – indent 2
Amendment 284 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – indent 2 a (new)
Paragraph 15 – indent 2 a (new)
- to fix EU co-funding for road infrastructure at maximum 20% of the total EU transport co-funding;
Amendment 286 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – indent 3
Paragraph 15 – indent 3
– the Commission to support Member State initiatives to create a safe and environmentally friendly fleet by means ofall modes by means of bonus-malus tax incenitiatives;
Amendment 329 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 4
Paragraph 16 – indent 4
– the dedication of at least 10% of TEN-T fundingEU co-funding for inland waterway projects that have a positive environmental impact assessment, including the promotion of river-adapted ships in sustainable inland navigation (RASSIN) that contribute to finland waterway projecancial savings in waterway infrastructure investments;
Amendment 373 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – indent 3 a (new)
Paragraph 17 – indent 3 a (new)
- the Commission to strengthen coordination between the Single Sky Regulations and the SESAR and Galileo projects as well as the Clean Sky initiatives, to obtain more efficient energy and GHG emissions reduction measures;
Amendment 382 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 – indent 1
Paragraph 18 – indent 1
– the Commission to take Member States’ commitments in relation to local public transport and existing service levels into account when liberalisopening markets, with the aim of improving current service levels;
Amendment 392 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 – indent 2
Paragraph 18 – indent 2
– a harmonisation of the rules on vehicle registrauthorisation by 2015, so that the certification of rolling stock may not take longer than two months, and relevant changes to the responsibilities of the European Railway Agency and its funding by 2012;
Amendment 396 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 – indent 3 a (new)
Paragraph 18 – indent 3 a (new)
- a boost of a well-conceived railway infrastructure, noise reduction and ERTMS action plan up to 2020 and next 2030, improving considerably co-funding by the EU;
Amendment 407 #
2011/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 – indent 3 b (new)
Paragraph 18 – indent 3 b (new)
- the allocation of at least 40% of all EU co-funding in transport to railway projects;
Amendment 3 #
2011/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Shares the Commission's view that the EU still lacks a sufficiently interconnected, interoperable and efficient cross-border transport infrastructure network, which is indispensable for fair competition within the completion of the internal market;
Amendment 8 #
2011/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reaffirms its commitment to making a reality of the Single European Railway Area, where non-discriminatory access to the rail network is crucial; calls on the Member States to sopeed up liberalisation ofn the railway transport sectormarket and to guarantee fair competition as well as a better quality of services, linked with the necessary social standards of the employed;
Amendment 24 #
2011/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to monitor closely state support granted to regional airports and to low-cost air carriers and to ensure fair allocation and effective use of slots;
Amendment 30 #
2011/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Repeats that the rules on the obligation to show real, transparent and complete prices of flight tickets should be strictly enforced in favour of fairer inter- and intra-modal competition;
Amendment 32 #
2011/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Expresses its satisfaction with the factNotes that passenger rights have now been regulated for all transport sectors and welcomencourages in particular the Commission's intention to publish a comprehensive overview of competition aspects within passenger rights for all transport modes; recommends to the Commission that it also publish a passengers' handbook/guide, to be widely distributed for improving the information of passengers;
Amendment 34 #
2011/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Encourages the Commission to promote a charter and standards which help to further strengthen tourists' rights and the competitiveness of the European tourism industry, and reiterates in this context its call on the Commission to support the harmonisation of the European accommodation classification system;
Amendment 2 #
2011/2082(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is of the opinion that the proper functioning of the internal market is hampered by the diversity and unfair design of current rules regarding VAT on freight and passenger transport;
Amendment 4 #
2011/2082(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Draws attention to the complex and unfair situation regarding passenger transport: domestic passenger transport is taxed in almost all Member States. There are, however, exemptions, zero rates and different rates depending on the mode of transport and the Member State. International transport by sea and air, which includes intra-EU cross-border transport, is exempt from VAT in all Member States, whereas the situation regarding other modes varies across Member States. In addition, international air and sea transport providers can purchase some goods and services free of VAT, which creates an unfair cash-flow advantage compared with other modes of transport;
Amendment 5 #
2011/2082(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Draws attention to the agreed EU 20-20- 20 targets by 2020 and to the complex and unfair situation regarding passenger transport: domestic passenger transport is taxed in almost all Member States. There are, however, exemptions, zero rates and different rates depending on the mode of transport and the Member State. International transport by sea and air, which includes intra-EU cross-border transport, is exempt from VAT in all Member States, whereas the situation regarding domestic flights and other modes varies across Member States. In addition, international air and sea transport providers can purchase some goods and services free of VAT;
Amendment 10 #
2011/2082(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for a harmonised standard or reduced VAT rate for all intra-EU cross- border travel regardless of the mode of transport, and for harmonised regulation of VAT deductability; encourages the Commission and the Member States to introduce harmonised VAT rates for all modes of transport in the EU and the goods and services they purchase in order to guarantee fair competition between all of them;
Amendment 15 #
2011/2082(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Supports, however, a lower or zero rate for surface public transport for public- interest, social and environmental reasons;
Amendment 11 #
2011/2044(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to boost stronger enforcement of interoperability between national transport and mobility services, products and systems, such as those, ruled by the EU, on road toll systems, ERTMS as well as European integrated information, pricing and ticketing in the fields of public and intermodal mobility;
Amendment 1 #
2011/0398(COD)
Council position
Recital 3
Recital 3
Amendment 2 #
2011/0398(COD)
Council position
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Following the removal of the noisiest aircraft pursuant to Directive 2002/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive 2006/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, an update of how to use operating restriction measures is required to enable authorities to deal with the current noisiest aircraft so as to improve the noise environment around Union airports within the international framework of the Balanced Approach.
Amendment 3 #
2011/0398(COD)
Council position
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) While noise assessments should be carried out on a regular basis in accordance with Directive 2002/49/EC, such assessments should only lead to additional noise abatement measures if the current combination of noise mitigating measures does not achieve the noise abatement objectives, taking into account expected airport development. For airports where a noise problem has been identified, additional noise abatement measures should be identified in accordance with the Balanced Approach methodology. In order to ensure a wide application of the Balanced Approach within the Union, its use is recommended whenever it is considered adequate by the individual Member State concerned, even beyond the scope of this Regulation. Noise-related operating restrictions should be introduced only when other Balanced Approach measures are not sufficient to attain the specific noise abatement objectives.
Amendment 4 #
2011/0398(COD)
Council position
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) It is recognised that Member States have decided on noise-related operating restrictions in accordance with national legislation based on nationally acknowledged noise methods, which, as yet, might not be fully consistent with the method described in the authoritative European Civil Aviation Conference Report Doc 29 entitled 'Standard Method of Computing Noise Contours around Civil Airports' (ECAC Doc 29) nor use the internationally recognised aircraft noise performance information. However, the efficiency and effectiveness of a noise- related operating restriction should be assessed in accordance with the methods prescribed in ECAC Doc 29 and the Balanced Approach. Accordingly, Member States should adapt their assessments of operating restrictions in national legislation towards full compliance with ECAC Doc 29.
Amendment 5 #
2011/0398(COD)
Council position
Recital 15
Recital 15
Amendment 6 #
2011/0398(COD)
Council position
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation lays down, where a noise problem has been identified, rules on the process to be followed for the introduction of noise-related operating restrictions in a consistent manner on an airport-by-airport basis, so as to help improve the noise climate and to limit or reduce the number of people significantly affected by potentially harmful effects of aircraft noise, in accordance with the Balanced Approach.
Amendment 7 #
2011/0398(COD)
Council position
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) to enable the use of operating restrictions in accordance with the Balanced Approach so as to achieve the sustainable development of the airport and air traffic management network capacity from a gate- to-gate perspective.
Amendment 8 #
2011/0398(COD)
Amendment 9 #
2011/0398(COD)
Council position
Article 2 – point 5
Article 2 – point 5
(5) 'noise-related action' means any measure that affects the noise climate around airports, for which the principles of the Balanced Approach apply, including other non- operational actions that can affect the number of people exposed to aircraft noise;
Amendment 10 #
2011/0398(COD)
Council position
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall ensure that the Balanced Approach is adopted in respect of aircraft noise management at those airports where a noise problem has been identified. To that end, they shall ensure that:
Amendment 11 #
2011/0398(COD)
Council position
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – poind d
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – poind d
(d) not applying operating restrictions as a first resort, but only after consideration of the other measures of the Balanced Approach.
Amendment 12 #
2011/0398(COD)
Council position
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. The measures may, within the Balanced Approach, be differentiated according to aircraft type; aircraft noise performance, use of airport and air navigation facilities, flight path and/or the timeframe covered.
Amendment 13 #
2011/0398(COD)
Council position
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 14 #
2011/0398(COD)
Council position
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. The data referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article shall be limited to what is strictly necessary and shall be provided free of charge, in electronic form, by internet and using the format specified, where applicable.
Amendment 15 #
2011/0398(COD)
Council position
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Amendment 16 #
2011/0398(COD)
Council position
Annex II
Annex II
The cost-effectiveness of envisaged noise- related operating restrictions will be assessed taking due account of the following elements, to the extent possible, in quantifiable terms: (1) the anticipated noise benefit, including the health benefit, of the envisaged measures, now and in the future; (2) the safety of aviation operations, including third-party risks; (3) the capacity of the airport; (4) any effects on the European aviation network. In addition, competent authorities may take due account of the following factors: (1(4a) the health and safety of local residents living in the vicinity of the airport; (24b) environmental sustainability, including interdependencies between noise and emissions; (34c) any direct, indirect orand catalytic employment and economic effects, including potential effects on regional economies; (4d) impact on working conditions at airports.
Amendment 104 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The creation of the Connecting Europe Facility should maximise the potential for growthsustainable development through the realisation of synergies between transport, energy and telecommunications policies and their implementation, thus enhancing the efficiency of the Union's intervention.
Amendment 110 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1 a) The development of transport infrastructure policy should take into account the environmental footprint, the financial crisis and the resulting lack of public funding, the demographic change and the accessibility needs of all citizens and regions. It should focus on smart investments that generate economic, social and environmental benefits in the shorter term and create jobs, while avoiding delay caused by mega-projects that cannot be implemented by the 2030 deadline for the core network.
Amendment 114 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) A fully functioning single market depends on modern, highly performing infrastructure connecting Europe particularly in the areas of transport, energy and telecommunications. These growth enhancinged connections would provide better access to the internal market and consequently contribute to a more competitive market economy in line with Europe 2020 Strategy's objectives and targets.
Amendment 131 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7 a) The Union shall aim at minimising and internalising all external costs and apply the 'polluter pays' principle enshrined in Article 191 of the Treaty of the European Union.
Amendment 141 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11 a) In order to create European added value, the Union should focus its efforts and concentrate its resources on cross- border sections that have been abandoned or cut since the end of the Second World War. Priority should be given to the upgrading or rehabilitation of existing infrastructure.
Amendment 194 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34 a (new)
Recital 34 a (new)
(34 a) In order to ensure equality between, on the one hand, transport projects that already apply the 'user pays' principle on a mandatory basis and, on the other hand, those that do not levy charges on users, the Union should also provide financing through grants for transport projects that generate income.
Amendment 213 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) Mid-term and ex-post evaluations should be carried out by the Commission in order to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of the funding and its impact on the overall goals of the Facility and the Europe 2020 Strategy's priorities. These evaluations should be communicated to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions.
Amendment 232 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) ‘cross-border section’ means the section, which ensures the continuity of a project of common interest between at least two Member Statconnection between the nearest nodes orn between a Member State and a neighbouring countryoth sides of the border;
Amendment 235 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) ‘programme support actions’ means accompanying measures necessary for the implementation of the Connecting Europe Facility and individual sector specific guidelines, such as services (notably technical assistance), as well as preparatory, feasibility, coordination, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities as well as Environmental Impact Assessments and Strategic Environmental Assessments which are required directly for the management of this facility and the achievement of its objectives, and in particular studies, meetings, information, infrastructure mapping, twinning, dissemination, awareness raising and communication actions, expenses linked to IT networks focusing on information exchange, together with all other technical and administrative assistance expenses that may be required for the management of this facility or implementation of the individual sector specific guidelines;
Amendment 245 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
(12) ‘bottleneck’ means a physical barrier that leads to a system break affecting, operational or organisational barrier that interrupts or hinders the continuity of long-distancetransport flows. Such a barrier can be absorbed by new infrastructure such as bridges or tunnels that address problems as for example gradients, curve radii, gauge. The need to upgrade existing infrastructure shall not be considered as a bottleneckprimarily by a more efficient use or the upgrading and rehabilitation of existing infrastructure. If this proves insufficient, new infrastructure may have to be built;
Amendment 263 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) contribute to smart, sustainable and inclusive growth by developingdevelopment of modern and high performing trans-European networks, thus bringing forward benefits for the entire European Union in terms of minimising external costs, improving competitiveness and economic, social and territorial cohesion within the Single Market and creating an environment more conducive to private and public investment through a combination of financial instruments and, such as using revenues from the application of the polluter pays principle, Union direct support and by exploiting synergies across the sectors. The achievement of this objective will be measured by the volume of public and private investment in projects of common interest, and in particular the volume of public and private investments in projects of common interest realised through the financial instruments under this Regulation as well as the corresponding share of risks, profits and losses between the public and private investors.
Amendment 271 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) enable the Union to achieve its targets ofby 2020 and compared to 1990 levels, a 20% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, a 20% increase in energy efficiency and raising the share of renewable energy to 20% up to 2020, while ensuring greater solidarity among Member States.
Amendment 284 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) removing bottlenecks and bridging missing links, to be measured by the number of new and improved cross-border connections and, improving connectivity with urban and regional nodes, bridging missing links and improving rail connections with industrial areas and sites, to be measured by the number of cross-border sections and industrial sidings that were abandoned or cut since the Second World War and have been rehabilitated or reconstructed, and by the number of removed bottlenecks on transport routes which have benefited from the Connecting Europe Facility;
Amendment 293 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) ensuring sustainable and efficient transport in the short and long run, to be measured by the lengthmodal share of rail transport as well as the length and state of the conventional railway network in the EU-27 and t. The length of the high-speed railway network in the EU-27; may be taken into account where these lines are part of a network-wide concept for improved railway services.
Amendment 305 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii a (new)
(iii a) boosting a modal shift towards more sustainable modes, such as rail and sustainable waterborne transport, in order to minimise all environmental and social costs, including accidents, greenhouse gas emissions, air pollutants, noise, water and soil contamination as well as protecting biodiversity, habitats and health;
Amendment 334 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) transport: [EUR 31 694 000 000n], out of which [EUR 10 000 000 000] shall be transferred from the Cohesion Fund to be spent in line with this Regulation exclusively in Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund;
Amendment 355 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
In the field of transport, only actions contributing to projects of common interest according to Regulation (EU) No XXX/2012 [TEN-T Guidelines] and programme support actions, shall be eligible for support through Union financial aid in the form of procurement and financial instruments under this Regulation, provided that the polluter pays principle enshrined in Article 191 of the Treaties is applied, namely through the levying of road charges according to Eurovignette Directive 2011/76/EC and of mark-ups in mountainous regions. In the form of grants, only the following actions shall be eligible to receive Union financial aid under this Regulation:
Amendment 370 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) actions to reduce rail freight noise at the source by retrofitting of existing rolling stock;
Amendment 375 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f a (new)
Amendment 380 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
The 'user pays' and 'polluter pays' principles shall be applied. Grant funding for projects with significantpotential for user-based revenues sources shall be primarily available for purposes of project preparation, in particular PPP assessment. Projects for which Union law foresees mandatory charging shall not be put at a disadvantage with regard to grant funding compared to projects for which no mandatory charging rules apply.
Amendment 402 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Proposals may be submitted by one or several Member States, international organisations, joint undertakings, regional and local authorities or public or private undertakings or bodies established in Member States.
Amendment 405 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
They may not receive funding under this Regulation, except where it is indispensable to achieve the objectives of a given project of common interestwhen not respecting the common interest of sustainable development, the EU environmental legislation as listed in Art. 42 of the TEN- T Regulation and its trans-border application in case of trans-border projects.
Amendment 418 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b – point i
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b – point i
(i) rail and inland waterways: the amount of Union financial aid shall not exceed 20% of the eligible cost; the funding rate may be increased to 30% for actions addressing bottlenecks; the funding rate for rail may be increased to 4085% for actions concerning cross-border sections that have been abandoned or cut since the Second World War. For actions securing and improving rail connections with industrial areas and sites the amount of Union financial aid shall not exceed 50%;
Amendment 429 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b – point ii
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b – point ii
(ii) inland transport connections to ports and airports, actions to reduce rail freight noise by retrofitting of existing rolling stock, as well as development of ports and multi- modal platforms: the amount of Union financial aid shall not exceed 20% of the eligible cost.
Amendment 441 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b – point ii a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b – point ii a (new)
(ii a) the co-financing rates for actions that aim at ensuring barrier-free access to transport infrastructure for disabled passengers and PRMs, such as those with wheelchairs, strollers, bicycles and heavy luggage, may be increased by up to 20 additional percentage points;
Amendment 455 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c – point i
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c – point i
(i) the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) and actions to reduce rail freight noise at the source by retrofitting of existing rolling stock: the amount of Union financial aid shall not exceed 50% of the eligible cost;
Amendment 459 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c – point ii
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c – point ii
(ii) traffic management systems, freight transport services, secure parkings on the road core network, as well as actions to support the development of Motorways of the Seas: the amount of Union financial aid shall not exceed 20% of the eligible cost.
Amendment 478 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. Co-financing rates mentioned above may be increased by up to 10 percentage points for actions having cross-sector synergies, reachingdemonstrating a measurable contribution to climate mitigation objectives, and enhancing climate resilience or reducing the greenhouse gas emissions compared to 1990 levels. The Commission shall develop, no later than 1 August 2013, a methodology for the assessment and the eligibility criteria for these increased co-funding rates. This increase should not apply to co- financing rates referred to in Article 11.
Amendment 485 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. As regards the [EUR 10 000 000 000] transferred from the Cohesion Fund [Regulation XXX Article XX] to be spent exclusively in Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund, specific calls shall be launched for projects implementing the core network exclusively in Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund.
Amendment 495 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. By the way of derogation from Article 10, and as regards the [EUR 10 000 000 000] transferred from the Cohesion Fund [Regulation XXX Article XX] to be spent exclusively in Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund, the maximum funding rates shall be those applicable to the Cohesion Fund referred to in Article 22 and Article 110(3) of Regulation (EU) No XXX/2012 [Regulation laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund covered by the Common Strategic Framework and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006] for the following actions:
Amendment 499 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Support from the Cohesion Fund for sustainable transport infrastructure projects of European added value as listed in the Annex of Regulation ...../2013/EC on establishing the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) shall be implemented in accordance with the Cohesion Fund Regulation as well as the Regulation ...../2013/EC on Union guidelines for the development of the Trans-European Transport Guidelines (TEN-T).
Amendment 500 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. The decision on the selection of projects co-financed by the Cohesion Fund and defined under the CEF and TEN-T Regulations shall be annually proposed by the Commission and decided by the European Parliament and the Council. The Commission shall be responsible for the management and implementation of these decided projects, in accordance with the CEF and TEN-T Regulations.
Amendment 503 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point b – point i
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point b – point i
(i) rail and sustainable navigable inland waterways;
Amendment 505 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point b – point ii
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point b – point ii
(ii) actions to support cross-border road sectionsail sections, with a focus on cross-border sections that have been abandoned or cut since the Second World War;
Amendment 508 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point b – point iii
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point b – point iii
(iii) inland transport connections to ports and airports, development of multi-modal platforms and of port, of industrial sidings and of ports as well as interconnecting points, with priority on rail connections;
Amendment 514 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point c – point ii a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point c – point ii a (new)
(ii a) noise reduction of rail freight at the source.
Amendment 520 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. The Commission may request the reimbursement of the financial aid granted in case of non-use, abandoning or dismantling of EU co-funded infrastructure.
Amendment 521 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. If an action suffers from delays of more than one year compared to the foreseen timetable, namely in cases where Member States cannot ensure sufficient funding due to the effects of the financial crisis, the Commission may impose a moratorium and assess the possibility of upgrading of existing infrastructure as a more rapid alternative option;
Amendment 562 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 7
Article 17 – paragraph 7
7. Work programmes shall be coordinated in order to exploit the synergies between transport, energy and telecommunications, notably in such areas as smart energy grids, electric mobility (including trains, tramways, electric bicycles and electric cars), intelligent and sustainable transport systems. Multi- sectoral calls for proposals can be adopted.
Amendment 569 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 4
Article 21 – paragraph 4
Member States shall inform the Commission continuously, if relevant through the interactive geographical and technical information systems, which in case of the trans-European transport networks is TENtec, about the progress made in implementing projects of common interest and the investments made for this purpose including the amount of support used for climate change objectives. The TENtec shall be publicly and easily accessible. It shall contain project-specific and updated information on the forms and amounts of EU co-funding as well as on the progress of each project.
Amendment 585 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4
Article 26 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall communicate the conclusions of these evaluations to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions.
Amendment 589 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I - Point a
Annex – Part I - Point a
Innovative Management & Services Single European Sky - SESAR Innovative Management & Services Traffic Management Systems for Road, Rail and Inland Waterways (ITS, ERTMS and RIS) Innovative Management & Services Core Network Ports and Airports Noise reduction at the source Retrofitting of rail freight wagons towards silent freight trains
Amendment 599 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I - point 1 - introductory part
Annex – Part I - point 1 - introductory part
Helsinki – Tallinn – Riga – Kaunas – Warszawa – Katowice Gdynia – Katowice Katowice – Ostrava – Brno – Wien Katowice – Žilina – Bratislava – Wien Wien – Graz – Klagenfurt – Villach – Udine – Venezia – Bologna – RavennaSopron - Szombathely - Koprivnica - Zagreb - Rijeka/Koper
Amendment 608 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I - point 1 - row 7
Annex – Part I - point 1 - row 7
Katowice - Ostrava - Rail upgrading, in particular Brno - Wien & Katowice - Žilina cross-border sections PL- - Žilina - Bratislava - Wien CZ, PL-SK and SK-AT; Wien (further) development of multimodal platforms
Amendment 609 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I - point 1 - row 8
Annex – Part I - point 1 - row 8
Wien - Graz - KlagenfurtWiener Neustadt - Rail upgrading and works - Udine - Venezia - Sopron - Szombathely - ongoing: (further) Ravenna Koprivnica - Zagreb - development of Koper/Rijeka multimodal platforms
Amendment 623 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I – point 2 – title
Annex – Part I – point 2 – title
2. Warszawa – Berlin – Amsterdamntwerpen/Rotterdam – Felixstowe – Midlands
Amendment 636 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I - point 3 - row 8
Annex – Part I - point 3 - row 8
Lyon - Torino Rail cross-border section, works base tunnel to beincluding historical launched before 2020; traject, studies access studies access routes
Amendment 644 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I – point 4 – introductory part
Annex – Part I – point 4 – introductory part
Hamburg / Rostock – Berlin – Praha – Brno – Bratislava – Budapest – Arad – Timişoara – Sofia Sofia – Burgas/TR border Sofia – Thessaloniki – Piraeus – Limassol – Lefkosia
Amendment 645 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I - point 4 - row 4
Annex – Part I - point 4 - row 4
Hamburg - Dresden - IWW Rail Elbe upgrading and Praha - Pardubice multimodal platforms
Amendment 647 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I - point 4 - row 5
Annex – Part I - point 4 - row 5
Amendment 651 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part 1 – point 5 – introductory part
Annex – Part 1 – point 5 – introductory part
Helsinki – Turku – Stockholm – Malmö – København – Fehmarn – Hamburg – Hannover Bremen – HannoverGedser Rostock – Berlin – Nürnberg – München – Brenner – Verona – Bologna – Roma – Napoli – Bari Napoli – Palermo – Valletta
Amendment 654 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I – point 5 – rows 7-9
Annex – Part I – point 5 – rows 7-9
Amendment 655 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I - point 5 - row 7
Annex – Part I - point 5 - row 7
Amendment 656 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I - point 5 - row 11
Annex – Part I - point 5 - row 11
Brenner Base Tunnel Rail studies and works on tunnel and upgrading existing feeder lines
Amendment 658 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I – point 6 – title
Annex – Part I – point 6 – title
6. Genova – Rotterdam/Antwerpen
Amendment 659 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I – point 6 – introductory part
Annex – Part I – point 6 – introductory part
Genova – Milano/Novara – Simplon/Lötschberg/Gotthard – Basel – Mannheim – Köln Köln– Düsseldorf – Rotterdam/Amsterdamntwerpen Köln – Liège – Bruxelles/Brussel – Zeebrugge
Amendment 670 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I – point 9 – title
Annex – Part I – point 9 – title
9. AmsRotterdam/Antwerpen – Basel/Lyon – Marseille
Amendment 671 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I – point 9 – introductory part
Annex – Part I – point 9 – introductory part
Amendment 686 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I - point 10 - row 10
Annex – Part I - point 10 - row 10
Main - Main-Donau- Rail studies and works IWW and Rail studies on several sections Canal - Danube several sections and and bottlenecks; inland waterway ports: hinterland connections with rail
Amendment 82 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The planning, development and operation of trans-European transport networks contribute to the attainment of major Union objectives, such as the EU 2020 targets, the smooth functioning of the internal market and the strengthening of economic and social cohesion and also have the specific objectives of allowing the seamless and sustainable mobility of persons and goods and ensuring accessibility for all regions of the Union.
Amendment 88 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) These specific objectives should be achieved by establishing interconnections and interoperability between national transport networks in a resource-efficient way. In order to create European added value, the Union should focus its efforts and concentrate its resources on cross- border sections that have been abandoned or cut since the end of the Second World War. Priority should be given to the upgrading or rehabilitation of existing infrastructure.
Amendment 93 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Growth in traffic has resulted in increased congestion on international transport corridors. In order to ensure the international mobility of goods and passengers, the capacity of the trans- European transport network and the use of this capacity should be optimised and, if necessary, expanded by removing infrastructure bottlenecks and bridging missing infrastructure links within andprimarily between Member States.
Amendment 94 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5 a) In accordance with the White Paper on Transport 'Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system', the Union should aim at minimising and internalising all external costs and apply the 'polluter pays' principle enshrined in the Treaties.1 __________________ 1 Article 191 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Amendment 95 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
(5 b) The focus on the upgrading or rehabilitation of existing infrastructure will create much more additional short- and long-term employment than the construction of new infrastructure alone.
Amendment 167 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) In developing core network corridors due account should be given to the rail freight corridors set up in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 of 22 September 2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning a European rail network for competitive freight as well as to the European Deployment Plan for ERTMS provided for in Commission Decision 2009/561/EC of 22 July 2009 amending Decision 2006/679/EC as regards the implementation of the technical specification for interoperability relating to the control-command and signalling subsystem of the trans-European conventional rail system as well as to the 'green corridors'.
Amendment 189 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Transport infrastructure of the trans- European transport network comprises primarily cross-border sections and consists of:
Amendment 197 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) ‘European added value’ means, in relation to a project, the value resulting from Union intervention which is additional to the value that would otherwise have been created by Member State action alone, leading to a net reduction of greenhouse gas emissions compared to baseline year 1990 and focusing on cross-border connections that have been cut or abandoned since the end of the Second World War;
Amendment 210 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
(o a) 'cross-border section' means the connection between the nearest nodes on both sides of the border;
Amendment 211 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point o b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point o b (new)
(o b)'bottleneck' means a physical, operational or organisational barrier that interrupts the continuity of transport flows. Such a barrier can be absorbed primarily by a more efficient use or the upgrading and rehabilitation of existing infrastructure. If this proves insufficient, new infrastructure may have to be built;
Amendment 238 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) are economically efficient, demonstrate a quantified contributeion to the objectives of low-carbon and clean transport, fuel security and, environmental and biodiversity protection, are safe and secure and have high quality standards, both for passenger and freight transport;
Amendment 239 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) lead to a modal shift in order to minimise all environmental and social costs, including greenhouse gas emissions, air pollutants, noise pollution, water and soil contamination, and to protect biodiversity, habitats and health;
Amendment 245 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) first and foremost, the interconnection and interoperability of national transport networks while concentrating resources on cross-border sections that have been abandoned or cut since the end of the Second World War and giving priority to the upgrading or rehabilitation of existing infrastructure;
Amendment 249 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) the efficient use of existing infrastructure as a priority ahead of the consideration of any new build projects;
Amendment 250 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) promotion of a broad use of transport with the most carbon neutral effect, while minimising future external costs;
Amendment 259 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point k
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point k
(k) accessibility for elderly people,barrier-free intermodal accessibility for disabled passengers and persons ofwith reduced mobility and for disabled passengers, such as those with wheelchairs, strollers, bicycles and heavy luggage.
Amendment 262 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) an optimisation of infrastructure integration and interconnection, while focusing efforts and concentrating resources on cross-border sections that have been abandoned or cut since the end of the Second World War. Priority should be given to the upgrading or rehabilitation of existing infrastructure;
Amendment 265 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the broad deployment of new technologies and ITS in order to ensure efficient use of existing infrastructure as a priority ahead of capacity-increase or new build projects;
Amendment 268 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) improvement and maintenance of existing transport infrastructure, including demand-management measures;
Amendment 272 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) the assessment of strategic environmental impact, with the establishment of appropriateincluding the assessment of all projects, plans and programmes and of impacts on climate mitigation;
Amendment 279 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Projects of common interest shall contribute to the development of the trans- European transport network through the creation of new transport infrastructure, the maintenance, rehabilitation and upgrading of existing transport infrastructure and through measures promoting its resource-efficient use. , if necessary, through the creation of new transport infrastructure, while focusing efforts and concentrating its resources on cross- border sections that have been abandoned or cut since the end of the Second World War.
Amendment 281 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) contribute to all the objectives set out in Article 4 and 5;
Amendment 284 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) have been subject to a socio-economic cost benefit analysis resulting in a positive net present value, based on independently- verified traffic forecast data;
Amendment 316 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) bridging missing links and removing bottlenecks, notably in cross-border sections that have been abandoned or cut since the end of the Second World War, while giving priority to the rehabilitation or upgrading of existing infrastructure;
Amendment 335 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) freight terminals and, logistic platforms for the transhipment of goods within the rail mode and rail connections with industrial areas and sites as well as interconnecting points between rail and other transport modes;
Amendment 336 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) stations along the lines indicated in Annex I for the barrier-free access and transfer of passengers within the rail mode and between rail and other transport modes;
Amendment 386 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3–point c – subpoint 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3–point c – subpoint 3
(3) lines which are used by conventional freight trains: 22,5 t axle load, and 7540 m train length;
Amendment 398 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) mitigating threducing rail noise at the source in order to minimise negative impacts of noise caused by rail transportn public health and improve the use of existing infrastructure, primarily through retrofitting of rolling-stock as it is already foreseen by Union legislation for ERTMS;
Amendment 411 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) interconnecting points with other transport modes;
Amendment 421 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – point a
Amendment 434 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) navigable rivers, canals and lakes are equipped with RIS.
Amendment 438 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 441 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 455 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) ITS and road user charging systems and equipment;
Amendment 456 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) interconnecting points with other transport modes and particularly with rail;
Amendment 458 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(f a) cycling and walking infrastructure.
Amendment 459 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point f b (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point f b (new)
(f b) Trans-border Eurovelo routes, that facilitate soft mobility and sustainable tourism, interconnecting, where appropriate, with the railway network;
Amendment 478 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) The safety of road transport infrastructure is assured for all motorised and non-motorised users, monitored and, when necessary, improved according to the procedure provided for by Directive 2008/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on road infrastructure safety management.
Amendment 479 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) Mandatory road charges are levied for the use of infrastructure in accordance with Directive 2011/76/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2011 on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures, including the obligation to add mark-ups in mountainous regions as foreseen in Article 7 (f) of the above-cited Directive.
Amendment 494 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) interconnecting points with other transport modes and particularly with rail;
Amendment 539 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) interconnecting points with other transport modes and particularly with rail;
Amendment 547 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 562 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The Union, Member States and other project promoters shall pay particular attention to projects of common interest which provide efficient freight transport services that use the infrastructure of the comprehensive network and cross-border feed-in lines as well as contribute to reducing carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas emissions. These projects shall in particular aim to:
Amendment 568 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The comprehensive network and cross- border feed-in lines shall keep up with state-of-the-art technological developments and deployments. They shall in particular aim to:
Amendment 577 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1
Article 41 – paragraph 1
During infrastructure planning, Member States and other project promoters shall give due trans-border consideration to the risk assessments and adaptation measures adequately improving the resilience to climate change, in particular in relation to precipitation, floods, storms, high temperature and heat waves, droughts, sea level rise and coastal surges, in compliance with any requirement which may be set out in relevant Union legislation.
Amendment 579 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1
Article 42 – paragraph 1
1. Member States and other project promoters shall carry out environmental assessment of plans and projects in particular as provided in Council Directives 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment and 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora, and Directives of the European Parliament and of the Council: 2000/60/EC of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy, 2001/42/EC of 27 June 2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment, and 2009/147/EC of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds in order to avoid or, when not possible, mitigate or compensate for negative impacts on the environment, such as landscape fragmentation, soil sealing, air and water pollution as well as noise, and to effectively protect biodiversity. For trans- border projects, Member States shall guarantee trans-border application of the legislation mentioned in this Article.
Amendment 621 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 2 – point a – indent 2
Article 45 – paragraph 2 – point a – indent 2
– lines with regular freight traffic: at least 22.5 t axle load, 100 km/h line speed and 7540 m train length, which could be extended, in particular on the Rail Freight Corridors established by Regulation 913/2010/EC, to up to 1500 m provided that there is a socio-economic benefit and that operational and technical feasibility allows it;
Amendment 678 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 49 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Core network corridors shall be based upon existing corridors, namely ERTMS corridors and rail freight corridors established or under establishment in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 913/2010. Core network corridors may include the cooperation structures of Rail Freight Corridors. In such cases it shall be ensured that this does not negatively affect the functioning of these cooperation structures and that the Core Network Corridor is aligned on the Rail Freight Corridor concerned".
Amendment 679 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 49 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. 'Green' corridors shall be integrated into the core network corridors.
Amendment 727 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point e – indent 4
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point e – indent 4
– risk assessment, including the possible impacts of climate change on the infrastructure and where appropriate proposed measures to enhance climate resilience, while fully taking into account Strategic Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Assessments at corridor level;
Amendment 743 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall inform the Commission continuously through the interactive geographical and technical information system for the trans-European transport network (TENtec), about the progress made in implementing projects of common interest and the investments made for this purpose. The TENtec shall be publicly and easily accessible. It shall contain project-specific and updated information on the forms and amounts of EU co-funding, as well as on the progress of each project.
Amendment 756 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 1
Article 57 – paragraph 1
By 31 December 202318 at the latest, the Commission shall carry out a review of the implementation of the core network, evaluating compliance with the provisions laid down in this Regulation and the progress in implementation.
Amendment 772 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 03/33
Annex I – Volume 03/33
to add the EuroVelo-Routes map1to the comprehensive network ____________ 1 http://www.eurovelo.org/routes/
Amendment 775 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 04/33
Annex I – Volume 04/33
To add the railway line Aarhus – Frederikshavn - Hirtshals to the core network
Amendment 776 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 04/33
Annex I – Volume 04/33
To add the railway line Nyköbing – Gedser to the core network
Amendment 777 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 04/33
Annex I – Volume 04/33
to add the Swedish navigable inland waterways connecting Göteborg with the hinterland lakes
Amendment 778 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 04/33
Annex I – Volume 04/33
to add the Swedish navigable inland waterways connecting Stockholm with the hinterland lakes
Amendment 789 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 08/33
Annex I – Volume 08/33
to add the rail connection, bridging Colmar/FR with Freiburg/DE to the comprehensive network
Amendment 790 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 08/33
Annex I – Volume 08/33
To delete the tunnel project on the connection Lyon - Turino from the rail core network and include the existing railway line instead;
Amendment 791 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 08/33
Annex I – Volume 08/33
Amendment 793 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 09/33
Annex I – Volume 09/33
To delete the tunnel project on the connection Lyon - Turino from the rail core network and include the existing railway line instead;
Amendment 794 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 09/33
Annex I – Volume 09/33
To add the rail connection, bridging Colmar/FR with Freiburg/DE to the comprehensive network
Amendment 810 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 12/33
Annex I – Volume 12/33
Amendment 811 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 12/33
Annex I – Volume 12/33
To delete the connection Wiener Neustadt - Bruck an der Mur - Graz from the rail core network
Amendment 812 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 12/33
Annex I – Volume 12/33
Amendment 813 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 12/33
Annex I – Volume 12/33
To add the railway line Wiener Neustadt – Sopron – Szambathely – Koprivnica – Zagreb – Kopr to the core network
Amendment 814 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 12/33
Annex I – Volume 12/33
to add the rail connection, bridging Colmar/FR with Freiburg/DE, to the comprehensive network
Amendment 815 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 12/33
Annex I – Volume 12/33
To add the railway line Linz – Prague to the comprehensive network
Amendment 816 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 12/33
Annex I – Volume 12/33
to add the connection Berlin - Küstrin- Kietz - Kostrzyn nad Odrą - Gdańsk to the rail comprehensive network
Amendment 817 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 12/33
Annex I – Volume 12/33
to add the connection Berlin - Forst (Lausitz) - Wrocław to the rail core network
Amendment 818 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 12/33
Annex I – Volume 12/33
Amendment 821 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 13/33
Annex I – Volume 13/33
to add the rail connection Berlin - Karnin Brigde - Świnoujście to the comprehensive network
Amendment 822 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 13/33
Annex I – Volume 13/33
to add the rail connection, bridging Colmar/FR with Freiburg/DE, to the comprehensive network
Amendment 823 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 13/33
Annex I – Volume 13/33
to delete the section of R52 between Brno and the border with Austria from the road core network
Amendment 824 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 13/33
Annex I – Volume 13/33
to delete the connection Wiener Neustadt - Bruck an der Mur - Graz from the rail core network
Amendment 825 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 13/33
Annex I – Volume 13/33
To add the railway line Linz – Prague to the comprehensive network
Amendment 826 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 13/33
Annex I – Volume 13/33
To add the railway line Passau - Freyung - Prague to the comprehensive network
Amendment 828 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 13/33
Annex I – Volume 13/33
to add the connection Berlin - Küstrin- Kietz - Kostrzyn nad Odrą - Gdańsk to the rail comprehensive network
Amendment 829 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 13/33
Annex I – Volume 13/33
to add the connection Berlin - Forst (Lausitz) - Wrocław to the rail core network
Amendment 845 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 14/33
Annex I – Volume 14/33
to add the rail connection Berlin - Karnin Brigde - Świnoujście to the comprehensive network
Amendment 846 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 14/33
Annex I – Volume 14/33
to add the railway line Wiener Neustadt – Sopron – Szambathely – Koprivnica – Zagreb – Kopr to the core network
Amendment 847 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 14/33
Annex I – Volume 14/33
to add the connection Berlin - Küstrin- Kietz - Kostrzyn nad Odrą - Gdańsk to the rail comprehensive network
Amendment 848 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 14/33
Annex I – Volume 14/33
to add the connection Berlin - Forst (Lausitz) - Wrocław to the rail core network
Amendment 849 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 14/33
Annex I – Volume 14/33
to add the connection Berlin - Szczecin to the rail core network
Amendment 865 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 15/33
Annex I – Volume 15/33
to add the connection Berlin - Szczecin to the rail core network
Amendment 869 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 15/33
Annex I – Volume 15/33
to add the rail connection Berlin - Karnin Brigde - Świnoujście to the comprehensive network
Amendment 870 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 15/33
Annex I – Volume 15/33
To add the railway line Passau - Freyung - Prague to the comprehensive network
Amendment 871 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 15/33
Annex I – Volume 15/33
to delete the connection using R52 from Brno to south from the road core network in order to avoid duplication in the road core network
Amendment 872 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 15/33
Annex I – Volume 15/33
to add the connection Berlin - Küstrin- Kietz - Kostrzyn nad Odrą - Gdańsk to the rail comprehensive network
Amendment 873 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 15/33
Annex I – Volume 15/33
to add the connection Berlin - Forst (Lausitz) - Wrocław to the rail core network
Amendment 910 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 18/33
Annex I – Volume 18/33
To delete the tunnel project on the connection Lyon - Turino from the rail core network and include the existing railway line instead;
Amendment 917 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 19/33
Annex I – Volume 19/33
to delete Autostrada 31 from the road core network
Amendment 918 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 19/33
Annex I – Volume 19/33
To delete the tunnel project on the connection Lyon - Turino from the rail core network and include the existing railway line instead;
Amendment 976 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Section 2
Annex II – Section 2
Amendment 984 #
2011/0294(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Section 3 a (new)
Annex II – Section 3 a (new)
EuroVelo route network North – South Routes: 1 – Atlantic Coast Route: North Cape – Sagres 8,186 km 3 – Pilgrims Route: Trondheim – Santiago de Compostela 5,122 km 5 – Via Romea Francigena: London – Rome and Brindisi 3,900 km 7 – Sun Route: North Cape – Malta 7,409 km 9 – Baltic – Adriatic: Gdansk – Pula 1,930 km 11 – East Europe Route: North Cape – Athens 5,984 km 13 – Iron Curtain Trail: Barents Sea – Black Sea 9,000 km 15 – Rhine Route: Andermatt – Hoek van Holland 1,320 km West – East Routes: 2 – Capitals Route: Galway – Moscow 5,500 km 4 – Central Europe Route: Roscoff – Kiev 4,000 km 6 - Atlantic – Black Sea: Nantes – Constanta 4,448km 8 – Mediterranean Route: Cádiz – Athens and Cyprus 5,888 km Circuits: 10 – Baltic Sea Cycle Route (Hansa circuit): 7,980 km 12 – North Sea Cycle Route: 5,932 km
Amendment 37 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The objectives of the CSF Funds should be pursued in the framework of sustainable development and the Union's promotion of the aim of protecting and improving the environment as set out in Article 11 and 19 of the Treaty, taking into account the polluter pays principle and minimising external costs. The Member States should provide information on the support for climate change objectives in line with the ambition to devote at least 20% of the Union budget to this end, using a methodology adopted by the Commission by implementing act.
Amendment 49 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
The objectives of the CSF Funds shall be pursued in the framework of sustainable development and the Union's promotion of the aim of protecting and improving the environment, as set out in Article 11 of the Treaty, taking into account the polluter pays principle and minimising external costs.
Amendment 56 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) promoting intermodal sustainable transport and mobility, while focusing on improving existing infrastructure, removing rail bottlenecks in key network infrastructures and filling in missing trans-border links;
Amendment 74 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Member States shall concentrate support, in accordance with the Fund-specific rules, on actions bringing the greatest added value while minimising external costs in relation to the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growthdevelopment within the time frame of the multiannual financial framework 2014-2020, addressing the challenges identified in the country-specific recommendations under Article 121(2) of the Treaty and the relevant Council recommendations adopted under 148(4) of the Treaty, and taking into account national and regional needs.
Amendment 90 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) indicators relating to the impact of operations on noise emissions, the environment, safety and climate change, according to the EU 2020 targets.
Amendment 91 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Each programme, plan and project shall be based on a carbon-proofing assessment in accordance with the targets of the Commission's White Paper - Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area - Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system1 and the corresponding resolution of the European Parliament of 15 December 20112 ; __________________ 1 COM2011(144) 2 P7_TA(2011)0584
Amendment 111 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 3 – point m
Article 48 – paragraph 3 – point m
(m) the adequacy of planned measures to promote sustainable development and to minimise external costs.
Amendment 180 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – row 7
Annex IV – row 7
7. Promoting sustainable intermodal 7.1. Road: The existence – A comprehensive sustainable transport and removing of a comprehensive transport plan is in place bottlenecks in key mobility, while focusing national transport plan that contains: network infrastructureson improving existing which contains an (referred to in Article infrastructure, removing appropriate prioritisation 9(7)) rail bottlenecks in key of investments in the core network infrastructures Trans European Network and filling in missing of Transport Infrastructure trans-border links (TEN-T) network, in the (referred to in Article comprehensive network 9(7)) (investments other than the core TEN-T) and in secondary connectivity (including public transport at regional and local level). – prioritisation of investments in the core TEN-T network, the comprehensive network and secondary connectivity. The prioritisation should take into account the contribution of investments to mobility, sustainability, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and contribution to the Single European transport area; – a realistic and mature project pipeline (including timetable, budgetary framework); – a strategic environmental assessment fulfilling the legal requirements for the transport plan; – measures to strengthen capacity of intermediary bodies and beneficiaries to deliver the project pipeline. 7.2. Railway: The – A chapter on railway existence within the development within the comprehensive national comprehensive transport transport plan of an plan is in place that explicit chapter on railway contains: development which contains an appropriate prioritisation of investments in the core Trans European Network of Transport Infrastructure (TEN-T) network, in the comprehensive network (investments other than the core TEN-T) and in secondary connectivity of the railway system according to their contributions to mobility, sustainability, national and European wide network effects. The investments cover mobile assets and interoperability and capacity building. 2. a realistic and mature project pipeline (including a timetable, budgetary framework); 3. a strategic environmental assessment fulfilling the legal requirements for the transport plan; 4. measures to strengthen capacity of intermediary bodies and beneficiaries to deliver the project pipeline.
Amendment 37 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The ERDF should contribute to the Europe 2020 strategy, thus ensuring greater concentration of ERDF support on the priorities of the Union. According to the category of regions supported, the support from the ERDF should be concentrated on research and innovation, small and medium-sized enterprises, the minimisation of external costs and climate change mitigation. The degree of concentration should take into account the level of development of the region as well as the specific needs of regions whose GDP per capita for the 2007-13 period was less than 75% of the average GDP of the EU-25 for the reference period.
Amendment 39 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5 a) When supporting investments in transport and mobility projects, the ERDF shall be oriented towards the objectives defined in the Commission's White Paper - Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area - Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system1 and the corresponding resolution of the European Parliament of 15 December 20112; __________________ 1 COM2011(144) 2 P7_TA(2011)0584
Amendment 42 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 b (new)
Recital 7 b (new)
(7 b) in European cities 70% of all climate-noxious emissions are caused by the transport sector;
Amendment 68 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) at least 80% of the total ERDF resources at national level shall be allocated to the thematic objectives set out in points 1, 3, 4 and 46 of Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR] ; and
Amendment 72 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) at least 240% of the total ERDF resources at national level shall be allocated to the thematic objective set out in point 4 of Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR], where investments in sustainable mobility projects shall represent at least 10% of the total ERDF resources at national level and investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy shall equally represent at least 10% of the total ERDF resources at national level ;
Amendment 75 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i
(i) at least 560% of the total ERDF resources at national level shall be allocated to the thematic objectives set in out in point 1, 3, 4 and 46 of Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR] .
Amendment 80 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
(ii) at least 620% of the total ERDF resources at national level shall be allocated to the thematic objective set out in point 4 of Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR]., where investments in sustainable mobility projects shall represent at least 5% of the total ERDF resources at national level and investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy shall equally represent at least 5% of the total ERDF resources at national level ;
Amendment 99 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point e
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point e
(e) promoting low-carbon strategies for urban areas, especially through the promotion of sustainable local, urban and regional transport and mobility such as public transport and non-motorised mobility;
Amendment 105 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – introductory part
(7) promoting intermodal sustainable transport and mobility, while focusing on improving existing infrastructure, removing rail bottlenecks in key network infrastructures: and filling in missing trans-border links;
Amendment 113 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a
(a) supporting a multimodal Single European Transport Area by investing within the Trans- European Transport Network (TEN-T) network while focusing on the efficiency of existing infrastructure in the short term and avoiding the reliance on the long term realisation of very large projects;
Amendment 121 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c
(c) developing and improving environment-friendly and low-carbon transport, safe, low-noise and renewable-energy based transport and mobility systems and promoting sustainable urban, local and regional mobility;
Amendment 128 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point d
(d) developing comprehensive, high quality and interoperable railway system, including the deployment of the ERTMS and rail freight noise-reduction measures at the source;
Amendment 133 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point d a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point d a (new)
(d a) promoting sustainable waterborne transport;
Amendment 137 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point d b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point d b (new)
(d b) enhancing regional mobility through connecting secondary and tertiary nodes to TEN-T infrastructure;
Amendment 154 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 3 a (new)
Chapter 3 a (new)
Environmental performance Art. 7(a)(new) In order to improve the delivery of benefits from EU environment measures1, each programme, plan and project shall set out the results of the Member States' and other project promoters' environmental assessment in particular based on Council Directives 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment2, on Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment3 and 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora4, and Directives of the European Parliament and of the Council: 2000/60/EC of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy5, and 2009/147/EC of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds6 in order to avoid or, when not possible, mitigate or compensate for negative impacts on the environment, such as to landscape fragmentation, soil sealing, air and water pollution as well as noise, and to effectively protect biodiversity. 1 See COM 2012 95 final " Improving the delivery of benefits from EU environment measures: building confidence through better knowledge and responsiveness". 2 OJ L 175, 5.7.1985, p. 40. 3 OJ L 197, 21.7.2001. 4 OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7. 5 OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p.1. 6 OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7.
Amendment 164 #
2011/0275(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – row 21 a (new)
Annex – row 21 a (new)
Urban transport passenger trips Increase of passenger trips using supported urban transport service percentage Change in modal share of public transport and non-motorised mobility such as walking and cycling
Amendment 27 #
2011/0274(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4 a) the EU transport sector accounts for 24% of all CO2 emissions in the EU and has seen its emissions increase by 34% since 19901, a shift towards more support for sustainable mobility is crucial to achieve the objectives laid down in the Commission's White Paper – Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system2 and the corresponding resolution of the European Parliament of 15 December 20113; __________________ 1 see European Environment Agency (2009): Report No 9/2009 - Greenhouse gas emission trends and projections in Europe 2009. Tracking progress towards Kyoto targets 2 COM2011(144) 3 P7_TA(2011)0584
Amendment 28 #
2011/0274(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 b (new)
Recital 4 b (new)
(4 b) Given that the number of missing links in sustainable trans-border connections, such as rail, has increased in many regions since the fall of the Iron Curtain, the EU should prioritise the revitalisation of trans-border connections, in particular between and to New Member States, as these projects provide a real European added value while contributing to the protection of the environment, the climate and biodiversity and improving access to the Transeuropean Transport Networks (TEN-T);
Amendment 30 #
2011/0274(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In order to address the specific needs of the Cohesion Fund, and in line with the Europe 2020 strategy that cohesion policy should support the need to deliver smart, sustainable and inclusive growth11 while minimising external costs, it is necessary to set out investment priorities within the scope of the thematic objectives laid down in Regulation (EU) No […]/2012 [CPR].
Amendment 40 #
2011/0274(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point a – point v
Article 3 – point a – point v
(v) promoting low-carbon strategies for urban areas, especially through the promotion of sustainable local, urban and regional transport and mobility such as public transport and non-motorised mobility;
Amendment 45 #
2011/0274(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point d – point i
Article 3 – point d – point i
(i) supporting the integration of the New Member States into a multi-modal Single European Transport Area by investing in the Trans-European Transport Network;
Amendment 50 #
2011/0274(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point d – point ii
Article 3 – point d – point ii
(ii) developing environment-friendly and low-carbon transport systems including promoting sustainable urban mobility, with a focus on promoting intermodal chains of walking-cycling-carsharing- carpooling-public transport; these actions shall be conditional upon the adoption of a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) and the creation of a separate budget line for walking and cycling in the relevant public budgets;
Amendment 55 #
2011/0274(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point d – point iii
Article 3 – point d – point iii
(iii) developing comprehensive, high quality and interoperable railway systems while in particular deploying the ERTMS and reducing rail freight noise at the source;
Amendment 57 #
2011/0274(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point d – point iii a (new)
Article 3 – point d – point iii a (new)
(iii a) promoting sustainable waterborne transport;
Amendment 60 #
2011/0274(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a Environmental performance In order to improve the delivery of benefits from EU environment measures1, each programme, plan and project shall set out the results of the Member States' and other project promoters' environmental assessment in particular based on Council Directives 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment2, on Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment3 and 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora4, and Directives of the European Parliament and of the Council: 2000/60/EC of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy5, and 2009/147/EC of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds6 in order to avoid or, when not possible, mitigate or compensate for negative impacts on the environment, such as to landscape fragmentation, soil sealing, air and water pollution as well as noise, and to effectively protect biodiversity. 1 See COM 2012 95 final " Improving the delivery of benefits from EU environment measures: building confidence through better knowledge and responsiveness". 2 OJ L 175, 5.7.1985, p. 40. 3 OJ L 197, 21.7.2001. 4 OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7. 5 OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p.1. 6 OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7.
Amendment 70 #
2011/0274(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – row 25a (new)
Annex – row 25a (new)
Urban transport passenger trips Increase of passenger trips using supported urban transport service percentage Change in modal share of public transport and non-motorised mobility such as walking and cycling
Amendment 8 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Cross-border cooperation should aim to tackle common challenges identified jointly in the border regions (such as poor accessibility, inappropriate business environment, lack of networks among local and regional administrations, research and innovation and take-up of information and communication technologies, environmental pollution, risk prevention, negative attitudes towards neighbouring country citizens) and exploit the untapped potentials in the border area (development of cross-border research and innovation facilities and clusters, cross-border labour market integration, cross-border sustainable transport networks, with priority on rail connections, sustainable cross-border tourism, cooperation among universities or health centres), while enhancing the cooperation process for the purpose of the overall harmonious development of the Union. In the case of any cross-border programme between Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland in support of peace and reconciliation, the ERDF shall also contribute to promoting social and economic stability in the regions concerned, notably by actions to promote cohesion between communities.
Amendment 15 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) In order to deliver on the targets and objectives of 2020 climate impact reduction as well as smart, sustainable and inclusive growth set out in the Europe 2020 strategy, the ERDF should contribute under the European territorial cooperation goal to the thematic objectives of developing an economy based on knowledge, research and innovation, promoting a greener, more resource-efficient and competitive economy, fostering high employment that delivers social and territorial cohesion, and developing administrative capacity. However, the list of the investment priorities under the different thematic objectives should be adapted to the specific needs of the European territorial cooperation goal, in particular by allowing for the continuation under cross-border cooperation of legal and administrative cooperation and cooperation between citizens and institutions, of cooperation in the fields of employment, training and social inclusion in a cross-border perspective, by allowing for the continuation under transnational cooperation of maritime cross-border cooperation not covered by cross-border cooperation programmes, and by the development and implementation of macro-regional and sea-basin strategies.
Amendment 26 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – point a – point i
Article 6 – point a – point i
(i) integrating cross-border labour markets, including sustainable cross-border mobility, with priority on rail connections with and between new Member States as well as with neighbouring countries, sustainable tourism, joint local employment initiatives and joint training (within the thematic objective of promoting employment and supporting labour mobility);
Amendment 41 #
Amendment 42 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – table – column 3 – row 10a (new)
Annex – table – column 3 – row 10a (new)
NAME NAME Volume of investments made to improve the accessibility to tourism services for persons with reduced mobility (PRMs)
Amendment 43 #
Amendment 44 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – table – column 3 – row 10b (new)
Annex – table – column 3 – row 10b (new)
NAME NAME Volume of investments into cycling networks
Amendment 45 #
Amendment 46 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – table – column 3 – row 10c (new)
Annex – table – column 3 – row 10c (new)
NAME NAME Volume of investments into natural, cultural, industrial and historical heritage
Amendment 47 #
Amendment 48 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – table – column 3 – row 16a (new)
Annex – table – column 3 – row 16a (new)
NAME NAME Newly built, reconstructed or upgraded cross-border sections
Amendment 49 #
Amendment 50 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – table – column 3 – row 20a (new)
Annex – table – column 3 – row 20a (new)
Amendment 51 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – table – column 2 – row 21a (new)
Annex – table – column 2 – row 21a (new)
UNIT UNIT percentage
Amendment 52 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – table – column 3 – row 21a (new)
Annex – table – column 3 – row 21a (new)
NAME NAME Change in modal share of public transport
Amendment 53 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – table – column 2 – row 22a (new)
Annex – table – column 2 – row 22a (new)
UNIT UNIT climate effect
Amendment 54 #
2011/0273(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – table – column 3 – row 22a (new)
Annex – table – column 3 – row 22a (new)
NAME NAME mio of tonnes of CO2 equivalents change of greenhouse gas emissions resulting from co-funded measure(s)
Amendment 14 #
2011/0092(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Future legislation on taxation on energy should internalise the social and environmental external costs, caused by each sector, and aim to reduce those external costs, obtaining positive effects for society, the economy and public budgets.
Amendment 40 #
2011/0092(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Directive 2003/96/EC
Article 29 - paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 29 - paragraph 3 a (new)
The Commission shall report every year to the European Parliament and to the Council on the financial impact of tax exemptions on public budgets, namely when practising exemptions for fuel taxation and VAT, particularly in the air and maritime transport sector as well as on the effects of these exemptions on distortion of intermodal competition. The Commission shall report every year to the European Parliament and to the Council on the functioning of the Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), analysing, inter alia, differential treatments across sectors relating to the allocation of free certificates and the effect on intermodal competition.
Amendment 126 #
2010/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Encourages the Commission to propose speed limits of 30 kmh in urban areas, with the possibility for local authorities to introduce other limits for particular cases, and of 120 kmh on highways, with more efficient enforcement;
Amendment 190 #
2010/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Calls on the Commission to propose a revision of the EU legislation on front underrun protective devices in such a way as to ensure that the relevant devices fitted to heavy goods vehicles are strong enough and are placed at the right height to provide effective protection to car drivers in the event of a collision;
Amendment 239 #
2010/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Calls for the carrying of warning jackets for all vehicle occupants and the wearing of warning jackets by cyclists, as a means of improving their visibility, to be made compulsory;
Amendment 255 #
2010/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Urges the Commission to speed up its evaluation of 2007/38/EC and to revise it in order to align it with technological advancement with the latest indirect vision equipment requirements for newly registered trucks so as to ensure an optimum level of safety and to propose retrofitting of existing trucks with similar better equipment;
Amendment 1 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that transport underpins Europe's economic and social activity, that the transport sector represents 4.6% of the European Union's GDP, while employing 9.2 million individuals, and that, as well as allowing communication between individuals and communities and providing the network upon which the movement of goods in the single market ultimately depends, the sector is significant in terms of its potential contribution to ensuring social cohesion, boosting employment and trade and enhancing the tourism sector, together with the contribution an efficient transport system can make to reduced accidents, carbon emissions and oil dependency, pollution and congestion, as fixed in the EU targets and legislation;
Amendment 5 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises in this regard the necessity to link the budgetary resources decisions with the opportunities, given by internalising external social and environmental costs in this sector and in the longer term by avoiding these external costs;
Amendment 21 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Essential savings in the EU budget as well as in the Member States budgets can be achieved by reallocation of means from infrastructure noise abatement measures (e.g. noise screens) to retrofitting vehicles by low noise techniques, such as composite brake blocks for freight wagons, where an investment of approximately 2 bn € can bring a saving up to 70 % of the original infrastructure investment costs. Similar savings are made and can be made by investing in ERTMS for both infrastructure and rolling stock, while increasing rail safety and efficiency in use of existing rail infrastructure capacity;
Amendment 34 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that only half of one percent of the TEN-T budget for the period 2007- 2013 remains unallocated but insists that the EU commitment to funding cannot be open-ended for those projects which do not progress because the necessary matching funding from national budgets is not made available before 2015; underlines that priority in financing transport projects should be put on improvement of existing rail infrastructure, by investing smaller budget amounts, which result in short or medium term benefits;
Amendment 21 #
2010/2158(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Strongly supports the use and promotion of integrated sustainable urban mobility plans (urban travel plans)SUMPs), that should be linked with EU co-funding of transport projects, be made mandatory for cities with more than 100 000 inhabitants and be in line with EU targets on CO2-emissions, oil consumption and road accident reduction up to 2020, as well as with EU environmental legislation;
Amendment 29 #
2010/2158(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of public transportintermodal mobility chains which link walking - cycling - public transport - carsharing - carpooling for deprived neighbourhoods and calls on the Commission and Member States to promote the exchange of best practice in this area;
Amendment 38 #
2010/2158(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the vital importance of sustainable transport infrastructure to the regions and cities of Europe and calls on the Commission to provide innovative financing solutions for its development, to allocate cohesion funds as follows: at minimum 40 % for rail projects, at maximum 20% for road projects and at minimum 15 % for walking-cycling projects;
Amendment 50 #
2010/2158(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that cohesion policy has a great impact when it takes an integrated approach, including aspects such as transport, land use and nature protection, climate protection, noise reduction and energy efficiency;
Amendment 1 #
2010/2142(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to provide Parliament and the Council, before the start of the discharge procedure, with a description of how the Commission has applied the remarks and comments relating to each budget line, as decided by this Budgetary Authority;
Amendment 2 #
2010/2142(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that there is an urgent need for regional and transport policies to be transparent through the provision of proper information to taxpayers and budget authorities, and to be more closely coordinated, particularly as regards TEN-T funding, as at present only cursory consideration is given to the potential European added value of projects and consequently funds are not used as effectively as possible to eliminate bottlenecks and problems in connection with border crossings or inadequate connections;
Amendment 10 #
2010/2139(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is concerned by the lack of detailed information on the ongoing implementation of transport investments; questions if a more accurate evaluation of implementation would not highlight serious delays of the programmed investments on TEN T projects and insists, especially against the background of the economic crisis, on more certainty in respect of the timetable; reminds the Commission of the resolution of the EP of 22 April 2009 on the TEN-T green paper, where the EP calls in § 46 "... on the Commission and the EIB to submit an annual list of specific co-financed projects to the Parliament and Council in the case of regional, cohesion and EIB co-funding of TEN-T projects, as is already the case for TEN-T co-financing;
Amendment 14 #
2010/2137(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Invites the Commission to give an overview on taxation, levies, infrastructure financing and charging and VAT systems for different transport modes and effects on intermodal competition, and to includefor the individual Member States and their effects on competition within and between transport modes, and to set out in this overview the effect of the obligatory minimum rail infrastructure and voluntary maximum chargingand unlimited amount charged for rail use in comparison to the non-obligatory and limited amount charged for the use of road infrastructure;
Amendment 18 #
2010/2137(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to ascertain whether the abolition of trade tax for a rail undertaking with a registered office in one Member State is compatible with EU competition rules when it is accompanied by the simultaneous introduction of a flat-rate levy on rolling stock (‘imposition forfaitaire sur les entreprises de réseaux’, IFER); because in this way foreign undertakings have to pay not only the levy on the rolling stock but also – unlike domestic undertakings – the continuing trade tax, which contradicts fair competition.
Amendment 24 #
2010/2137(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to analyse the effects on the intermodalcompetition between the different transport marketodes of the substantial assistance given in recent years to the automotive industry (such as the scrapping premium granted in some Member States for motor cars and the financial support for electrical mobility, exclusively for motor cars, while ignoring electric cycles, trams and trains);
Amendment 38 #
2010/2137(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines the need to limit as appropriate the market share of maritime consortia of container lines and to share operational advantages - both for maritime and hinterland services -, corresponding to the general EU rules on fair competition and the revised Block Exemption Regulation on maritime consortia that entered into force in April 2010.
Amendment 1 #
2010/0301(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
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The Committee on Transport and Tourism calls on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, as the Committee responsible, to propose rejection of the Commission proposal.
Amendment 32 #
2010/0271(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) The Commission should propose appropriate requirements for electrically assisted cycles and light electric vehicles which are not excluded from the type- approval, as those cycles and vehicles contribute to independence from oil consumption and the reduction of CO2 emissions, while using renewable energy sources,
Amendment 33 #
2010/0271(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point h
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) cycles with pedal assistance which are equipped with an auxiliary electric motor having a maximum continuous rated power of 0.25 kW, where the output of the motor is cut off when the cyclist stops pedalling and is otherwise progressively reduced and finally cut off as the vehicle reaches a speed of 25 km/h;propulsion of which the output is cut off as the vehicle reaches a speed of 25 km/h, or sooner, if the cyclist stops pedalling.
Amendment 34 #
2010/0271(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point j a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point j a (new)
(ja) Vehicles equipped with an electric motor, a maximum design speed of < 25 km/h and an unladen mass of < 25 kg.
Amendment 132 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
Amendment 132 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
Amendment 140 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Because of their physical and technical characteristics railways bear high safety, environmental, transport efficiency and energy saving potentials. Their central role in EU sustainable transport policy should therefore be considered as a main opportunity for EU transport policy to meet the targets of the EU 2020 and its roadmap 2050.
Amendment 140 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Because of their physical and technical characteristics railways bear high safety, environmental, transport efficiency and energy saving potentials. Their central role in EU sustainable transport policy should therefore be considered as a main opportunity for EU transport policy to meet the targets of the EU 2020 and its roadmap 2050.
Amendment 142 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
Amendment 142 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
Amendment 146 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
Amendment 146 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
Amendment 149 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 149 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 150 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Innovation in improving the railways' passenger and freight services should be achieved by a coherent concept of stronger financing for rail infrastructure, adequate regulation and step-wise opening of markets, without jeopardizing the obligations of public services and social standards within this sector. A modal shift towards this mode is a core task of future EU policy.
Amendment 150 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Innovation in improving the railways' passenger and freight services should be achieved by a coherent concept of stronger financing for rail infrastructure, adequate regulation and step-wise opening of markets, without jeopardizing the obligations of public services and social standards within this sector. A modal shift towards this mode is a core task of future EU policy.
Amendment 151 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In order to ensure the future development and efficient operation of the railway system, a distinction should be made between the provision of transport services on the one hand, and the operation of infrastructure on the other hand. Given this situation, it is necessary for these two activities to be managed separately and to have separate accounts. as originally laid down in Article 6 of Directive 91/440 EEC and subsequently amended by Directive 2001/12/EC. Whether and to what extend Member States have so far complied with Directive 91/440 EEC and Directive 2001/12/EC is to be assessed by the Court and this legislation (recast) shall therefore not impede the ongoing infringement procedures concerning the implementation of these Directives. Given that there is no unambiguous relationship between the degree of market opening and the separation of infrastructure and railway service provisions, the purpose of this recast is to establish an open access within the EU railway network and to abolish illegal national obstacles. This recast therefore intends to clarify and make more effective the existing provisions and not to introduce new requirements in this regard.
Amendment 151 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In order to ensure the future development and efficient operation of the railway system, a distinction should be made between the provision of transport services on the one hand, and the operation of infrastructure on the other hand. Given this situation, it is necessary for these two activities to be managed separately and to have separate accounts. as originally laid down in Article 6 of Directive 91/440 EEC and subsequently amended by Directive 2001/12/EC. Whether and to what extend Member States have so far complied with Directive 91/440 EEC and Directive 2001/12/EC is to be assessed by the Court and this legislation (recast) shall therefore not impede the ongoing infringement procedures concerning the implementation of these Directives. Given that there is no unambiguous relationship between the degree of market opening and the separation of infrastructure and railway service provisions, the purpose of this recast is to establish an open access within the EU railway network and to abolish illegal national obstacles. This recast therefore intends to clarify and make more effective the existing provisions and not to introduce new requirements in this regard.
Amendment 164 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
Amendment 164 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
Amendment 165 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The interests of those employed in the railway sector are linked to a high level of social standards. Their training and working conditions must ensure a high level of service and safety. They should therefore retain their right to initiate actions in favour of upholding their social standards and improving quality of services. These actions should be announced in due time to the users and provide them with timely information on alternatives that can meet their mobility and transport needs.
Amendment 165 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The interests of those employed in the railway sector are linked to a high level of social standards. Their training and working conditions must ensure a high level of service and safety. They should therefore retain their right to initiate actions in favour of upholding their social standards and improving quality of services. These actions should be announced in due time to the users and provide them with timely information on alternatives that can meet their mobility and transport needs.
Amendment 173 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
Amendment 173 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
Amendment 179 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
Amendment 179 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
Amendment 192 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) Market developments have shown that a crucial concern is to strengthen the role of the regulatory bodies. If they are to take centre stage in the provision of a fair environment for equitable access conditions, they need to receive the financial means as well as appropriate staffing and logistic equipment to fulfil this role.
Amendment 192 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) Market developments have shown that a crucial concern is to strengthen the role of the regulatory bodies. If they are to take centre stage in the provision of a fair environment for equitable access conditions, they need to receive the financial means as well as appropriate staffing and logistic equipment to fulfil this role.
Amendment 207 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
Recital 22
Amendment 207 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
Recital 22
Amendment 209 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) In order to ensure dependable and adequate services, it is necessary to ensure that, at all times, railway undertakings meet certain requirements in relation to good repute, financial fitness, social standards and professional competence.
Amendment 209 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) In order to ensure dependable and adequate services, it is necessary to ensure that, at all times, railway undertakings meet certain requirements in relation to good repute, financial fitness, social standards and professional competence.
Amendment 211 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
Recital 24
Amendment 211 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
Recital 24
Amendment 219 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 27
Recital 27
Amendment 219 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 27
Recital 27
Amendment 222 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
Recital 28
Amendment 222 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
Recital 28
Amendment 223 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
Recital 29
Amendment 223 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
Recital 29
Amendment 224 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 29 a (new)
Recital 29 a (new)
(29a) The concept of "fair and efficient pricing" (Commission Green Paper 1996) should in particular be applied to energy taxation, the internalisation of external costs, value-added taxes and other economic instruments. Policy should be based on the vision to stop unfair competition in disadvantage to the more sustainable transport modes.
Amendment 224 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 29 a (new)
Recital 29 a (new)
(29a) The concept of "fair and efficient pricing" (Commission Green Paper 1996) should in particular be applied to energy taxation, the internalisation of external costs, value-added taxes and other economic instruments. Policy should be based on the vision to stop unfair competition in disadvantage to the more sustainable transport modes.
Amendment 225 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
Recital 32
Amendment 225 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
Recital 32
Amendment 226 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
Recital 34
Amendment 226 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
Recital 34
Amendment 227 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
Recital 35
Amendment 227 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
Recital 35
Amendment 229 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 37
Recital 37
Amendment 229 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 37
Recital 37
Amendment 231 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 38
Recital 38
Amendment 231 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 38
Recital 38
Amendment 233 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 39
Recital 39
Amendment 233 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 39
Recital 39
Amendment 235 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 41
Recital 41
Amendment 235 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 41
Recital 41
Amendment 236 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 50
Recital 50
Amendment 236 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 50
Recital 50
Amendment 238 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 51
Recital 51
Amendment 238 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 51
Recital 51
Amendment 239 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 52
Recital 52
Amendment 239 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 52
Recital 52
Amendment 240 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 53
Recital 53
(53) Increased investment in railway infrastructure - in particular existing infrastructure - is necessary and infrastructure charging schemes should provide incentives for infrastructure managers to make appropriate investments economically attractive and environmentally sustainable.
Amendment 240 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 53
Recital 53
(53) Increased investment in railway infrastructure - in particular existing infrastructure - is necessary and infrastructure charging schemes should provide incentives for infrastructure managers to make appropriate investments economically attractive and environmentally sustainable.
Amendment 242 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 56
Recital 56
Amendment 242 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 56
Recital 56
Amendment 243 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 58
Recital 58
Amendment 243 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 58
Recital 58
Amendment 245 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 59
Recital 59
Amendment 245 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 59
Recital 59
Amendment 247 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 61
Recital 61
Amendment 247 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 61
Recital 61
Amendment 249 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 62
Recital 62
Amendment 249 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 62
Recital 62
Amendment 380 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The competent authorities and the railway undertakings providing the public services shall provide the relevant regulatory body or bodies with the information reasonably required to reach a decision. The regulatory body shall consider the information provided, consulting all the relevant parties as appropriate, and shall inform the relevant parties of its reasoned decision within a pre-determined, reasonable time, and, in any case, within two month20 working days of receipt of all relevant informationthe request.
Amendment 380 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The competent authorities and the railway undertakings providing the public services shall provide the relevant regulatory body or bodies with the information reasonably required to reach a decision. The regulatory body shall consider the information provided, consulting all the relevant parties as appropriate, and shall inform the relevant parties of its reasoned decision within a pre-determined, reasonable time, and, in any case, within two month20 working days of receipt of all relevant informationthe request.
Amendment 402 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 402 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 408 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Requests by railway undertakings for access to the service facility may only be rejected if there are viable alternatives allowing them to operate the freight or passenger service concerned on the same route under economically acceptable conditions. The burden of proving for the existence of a viable alternative lies with the operator of the service facility. excess capacity is insufficient to make it possible to satisfy these requests for access. The operator of the service facility has to provide a justification and has to prove the unavailability of sufficient excess capacity. In case of conflict the applicant can appeal against the denial of access to the regulatory body.
Amendment 408 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Requests by railway undertakings for access to the service facility may only be rejected if there are viable alternatives allowing them to operate the freight or passenger service concerned on the same route under economically acceptable conditions. The burden of proving for the existence of a viable alternative lies with the operator of the service facility. excess capacity is insufficient to make it possible to satisfy these requests for access. The operator of the service facility has to provide a justification and has to prove the unavailability of sufficient excess capacity. In case of conflict the applicant can appeal against the denial of access to the regulatory body.
Amendment 422 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
When the operator of the service facility encounters conflicts between different requests, he shall attempt the best possible matching of all requirements. If no viable alternative is available, and it is not possible to accommodate all requests for capacity for the relevant facility on the basis of demonstrated needs, the regulatory body referred to in Article 55 shall on its own initiative or on the basis of a complaint take appropriate action to ensure that an appropriate part of the capacity is devoted to railway undertakings other than the ones which are part of the body or firm to which the facility operator also belongs. However newly built maintenance and other technical facilities developed for specific new rolling stock may be reserved to the use of one railway undertaking for a period of five years from the start of their operationit shall use any existing excess capacity to meet the requests for access.
Amendment 422 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
When the operator of the service facility encounters conflicts between different requests, he shall attempt the best possible matching of all requirements. If no viable alternative is available, and it is not possible to accommodate all requests for capacity for the relevant facility on the basis of demonstrated needs, the regulatory body referred to in Article 55 shall on its own initiative or on the basis of a complaint take appropriate action to ensure that an appropriate part of the capacity is devoted to railway undertakings other than the ones which are part of the body or firm to which the facility operator also belongs. However newly built maintenance and other technical facilities developed for specific new rolling stock may be reserved to the use of one railway undertaking for a period of five years from the start of their operationit shall use any existing excess capacity to meet the requests for access.
Amendment 437 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 5
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 5
Where the service facility has not been in use for at least two consecutive years its owner shall publicise the operation of the facility as being for lease or rent or reopen the facility in case of requests.
Amendment 437 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 5
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 5
Where the service facility has not been in use for at least two consecutive years its owner shall publicise the operation of the facility as being for lease or rent or reopen the facility in case of requests.
Amendment 446 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. Where the infrastructure manager offers any of the range of services described in Annex III, point 3 as additional services, he shall supply them upon request to railway undertakings in a non-discriminatory manner . The railway undertaking buying electricity for traction current shall be free to choose the electricity provider. Energy unit prices shall not be linked to the type or size of a railway undertaking, but should be equitable for all customers.
Amendment 446 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. Where the infrastructure manager offers any of the range of services described in Annex III, point 3 as additional services, he shall supply them upon request to railway undertakings in a non-discriminatory manner . The railway undertaking buying electricity for traction current shall be free to choose the electricity provider. Energy unit prices shall not be linked to the type or size of a railway undertaking, but should be equitable for all customers.
Amendment 507 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 31 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Member states should make sure that taxes and charges that apply to national infrastructure access and essential facilities should be levied only in a way that is equitable with similar taxes and charges in other transport modes. The European Commission should monitor the application of this principle in order to avoid market distortions.
Amendment 507 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 31 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Member states should make sure that taxes and charges that apply to national infrastructure access and essential facilities should be levied only in a way that is equitable with similar taxes and charges in other transport modes. The European Commission should monitor the application of this principle in order to avoid market distortions.
Amendment 516 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 31 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 31 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 516 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 31 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 31 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 528 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 31 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 4
Article 31 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 4
Charging of other environmental costs which results in an increase in the overall revenue accruing to the infrastructure manager shall however be allowed only if such charging is allowed by Union legislation for road freight transport. If the charging of these environmental costs for road freight transport is not allowed by Union legislation, such modification shall not result in any overall change in revenue to the infrastructure managershould be revenue neutral for the infrastructure manager as long as similar charging is not introduced to the road sector in that particular Member State.
Amendment 528 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 31 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 4
Article 31 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 4
Charging of other environmental costs which results in an increase in the overall revenue accruing to the infrastructure manager shall however be allowed only if such charging is allowed by Union legislation for road freight transport. If the charging of these environmental costs for road freight transport is not allowed by Union legislation, such modification shall not result in any overall change in revenue to the infrastructure managershould be revenue neutral for the infrastructure manager as long as similar charging is not introduced to the road sector in that particular Member State.
Amendment 532 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 31 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. In order to encourage noise reduction at the source, EU rules for co-financing should be amended so as to allow the co- financing of retro-fitting rolling stock and rules on state aid should be adapted accordingly.
Amendment 532 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 31 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 547 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 35 – paragraph 1
Article 35 – paragraph 1
1. Infrastructure charging schemes shall encourage railway undertakings and the infrastructure manager to minimise disruption and improve the performance of the railway network through a performance scheme. This may include penalties for actions which disrupt the operation of the network, compensation for undertakings which suffer from disruption and bonuses that reward better-than-planned performance, without prejudice to any liability rules in force.
Amendment 547 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 35 – paragraph 1
Article 35 – paragraph 1
1. Infrastructure charging schemes shall encourage railway undertakings and the infrastructure manager to minimise disruption and improve the performance of the railway network through a performance scheme. This may include penalties for actions which disrupt the operation of the network, compensation for undertakings which suffer from disruption and bonuses that reward better-than-planned performance, without prejudice to any liability rules in force.
Amendment 548 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 35 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 35 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The Commission shall evaluate the indicative list of basic principles of the performance scheme for railway infrastructure in Annex VIII (4) after a period of 4 years.
Amendment 548 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 35 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 35 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 557 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 40 – paragraph 2
Article 40 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission and representatives of the regulatory bodies, which co-operate according to Article 57, shall be informed of and invited to attend as observers all meetings at which common principles and practices for the allocation of infrastructure are developed. In the case of IT-based allocation systems, the regulatory bodies shall receive sufficient information from these systems to allow them to perform their regulatory supervision in accordance with the provisions of Article 56.
Amendment 557 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 40 – paragraph 2
Article 40 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission and representatives of the regulatory bodies, which co-operate according to Article 57, shall be informed of and invited to attend as observers all meetings at which common principles and practices for the allocation of infrastructure are developed. In the case of IT-based allocation systems, the regulatory bodies shall receive sufficient information from these systems to allow them to perform their regulatory supervision in accordance with the provisions of Article 56.
Amendment 611 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 56 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 56 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The regulatory body shall be required to decide on any complaints and take action to remedy the situation within a maximum period of two month20 working days from receipt of all informationthe complaint. Where appropriate, it shall decide on its own initiative on appropriate measures to correct undesirable developments in these markets, in particular with reference to points (a) to (g) of paragraph 1.
Amendment 611 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 56 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 56 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The regulatory body shall be required to decide on any complaints and take action to remedy the situation within a maximum period of two month20 working days from receipt of all informationthe complaint. Where appropriate, it shall decide on its own initiative on appropriate measures to correct undesirable developments in these markets, in particular with reference to points (a) to (g) of paragraph 1.
Amendment 617 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 56 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 56 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. In the event of conflicts concerning decisions by the regulatory bodies for cross-border transport services, any of the concerned parties may appeal to the European Commission to obtain a binding decision on the compatibility of the decision in question with the EU law. The European Commission should name a responsible service for such appeals no later than three months after the publication of this Directive in the Official Journal. The responsible service shall take a binding decision on the appeal within 20 working days of receipt of the appeal. This arrangement should be evaluated after two years and might lead to the extension of the responsibilities of the responsible Commission service.
Amendment 617 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 56 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 56 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. In the event of conflicts concerning decisions by the regulatory bodies for cross-border transport services, any of the concerned parties may appeal to the European Commission to obtain a binding decision on the compatibility of the decision in question with the EU law. The European Commission should name a responsible service for such appeals no later than three months after the publication of this Directive in the Official Journal. The responsible service shall take a binding decision on the appeal within 20 working days of receipt of the appeal. This arrangement should be evaluated after two years and might lead to the extension of the responsibilities of the responsible Commission service.
Amendment 636 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 57 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
Article 57 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 636 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 57 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
Article 57 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 700 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 7 – point 9
Annex 7 – point 9
9. rules for dealing with major disruptions of operations and emergency situations, including a minimum service level in case of strikes, if any, and early termination of the contractual agreement, and information of users;. These shall also include the timely information of users. In case of actions as a result of social conflicts e.g. strikes, there should be information to users at least 24 hours before these actions take place, also indicating alternative possibilities for their mobility needs.
Amendment 700 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 7 – point 9
Annex 7 – point 9
9. rules for dealing with major disruptions of operations and emergency situations, including a minimum service level in case of strikes, if any, and early termination of the contractual agreement, and information of users;. These shall also include the timely information of users. In case of actions as a result of social conflicts e.g. strikes, there should be information to users at least 24 hours before these actions take place, also indicating alternative possibilities for their mobility needs.
Amendment 702 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 8 – point 1 – subpoint a
Annex 8 – point 1 – subpoint a
(a) Network-wide overhead costs, inexcluding salaries and pensionlabour costs;
Amendment 702 #
2010/0253(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex 8 – point 1 – subpoint a
Annex 8 – point 1 – subpoint a
(a) Network-wide overhead costs, inexcluding salaries and pensionlabour costs;
Amendment 1 #
2010/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive - amending act
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The Committee on Transport and Tourism calls on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, as the committee responsible, to propose rejection of the Commission proposal.
Amendment 18 #
2010/0063(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) To assess the macro-economic and ecological importance of tourism in the European economies based on the internationally accepted framework of tourism satellite accounting, showing its effects on the economy and jobs as well as on the external costs arising from its impact on the environment, including climate change, the need to improve the availability, completeness and comprehensiveness of the basic tourism statistics as an input for compiling such accounts and, if deemed necessary by the Commission, as preparation for a subsequent legislative proposal for the transmission of harmonised tables for tourism satellite accounts, requires that the legal requirements which are currently laid down in Directive 95/57/EC be updated.
Amendment 25 #
2010/0063(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a (new)
Amendment 28 #
2010/0063(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II - Section 2 - point 8
Annex II - Section 2 - point 8
8. Means of transport for travelling to and from the tourist destination as well as mobility during the stay there:
Amendment 29 #
2010/0063(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II - Section 2 - point 8 - letter a
Annex II - Section 2 - point 8 - letter a
a) Air (flight services, scheduled or chartered, or other air services);
Amendment 30 #
2010/0063(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II - Section 2 - point 8 - letter e a (new)
Annex II - Section 2 - point 8 - letter e a (new)
ea) bicycle (whether or not combined with another means of transport; private or rented);
Amendment 31 #
2010/0063(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II - Section 2 - point 9 - letter f a (new)
Annex II - Section 2 - point 9 - letter f a (new)
fa) accessibility for persons with reduced mobility (PRMs), including wheelchair users.
Amendment 18 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the transport sector has a considerable impact on the environment and on people’s health and quality of life, and, whilst facilitating people’s private and professional mobility, was responsible for 24.6around 27% of total CO2 emissions in 2006, and whereas this figure has since risen even further and8 of which more than 80% was emitted by road transport alone, and whereas there continues to be insufficient improvement in transport safety, with around 39 000 traffic deaths and some 300 000 serious injuries attributable to road accidents in 2008,
Amendment 21 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the transport sector share of CO2 emissions in the EU increased by 35% during the two last decades and cars in cities cause 70% of all the GHG emissions from transport, while the share of industry and buildings in CO2 emissions decreased by 17% each,
Amendment 62 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is convinced that population growthdemographic change, in particular in cities, will give rise to challenges for transport and mobility in terms of safety and, capacity, and space use; emphasises that the basic right to mobility and the applicability of this right are crucial in this regard; stresses that, in this context, multimodal transport chains and collective transport, inter alia,is yet constrained by the fundamental right to a healthy environment and good quality of life; underlines therefore that a balanced freedom of modal choice is crucial; stresses that, in this context, well- integrated multimodal mobility chains of walking, cycling, public and collective transport, taxi, carpooling and carsharing are the way ahead, particularly for urban areas;
Amendment 77 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1a (new)
Paragraph 1a (new)
1a. Demands the Commission to introduce Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) for cities of more than 100 000 inhabitants and to link these plans with EU cofinancing of transport projects for cities as well as with EU targets (CO2 emissions and accidents reduction) and legislation limits for (ozone and particulate matter);
Amendment 83 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that decarbonising transport is one of the main challenges of future EU transport policy and that all available, sustainable means should be used in order to achieve this, such as a more thorough application of the BATNEEC (Best Available Technique Not Entailing Excessive Cost) principle to new transport vehicles, an energy mix, price formation measures and internalising external costs of all modes of transport, provided that the ensuing revenue is used to improve the sustainability of mobility; underlines that, to this end, the priority development of financial incentives, ruling out any distortions of competition in the process, should be preferred to the imposition of sanctions;
Amendment 117 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Finds that the development of passenger and freight transport as a whole raises the issue not to transfer of traffic but rather of the effective use of the various modes of transport, and that the goal of European transport policy should therefore be effective comodalitycalls for a package of concrete and well targeted measures for a sustainable European transport policy, which aims to reduce transport volumes by inter alia spatial planning, green logistics, mobility management, to foster a modal shift towards more sustainable and safer transport modes, such as rail and sustainable waterborne transport, and to effectively improve and use of the various modes of transport;
Amendment 149 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Finds that transport plays an essential role in completing the European Single Market and the freedom of movement of people and goods, and that regulated opening should be achieved, primarily in rail transport; this complete regulation and market opening should be accompanied by otherbased on measures aimed at avoiding distortions of intra-modal and inter-modal competition, inter alia in the social, fiscal, safety and environmental fields; the internalisation of external social and environmental costs should be realised gradually, starting with the more polluting road and air transport modes;
Amendment 156 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for competition and fiscal policies in the transport sector to put an end to unfair competition in favour of more polluting modes, such as road and air transport; demands therefore the Commission inter alia to propose to end tax exemptions on kerosene and VAT exemptions for transborder EU flight tickets;
Amendment 215 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises that intelligent decisions, behaviour and systems in transport organisation, such as intermodal and interoperable use of ERTMS, RIS, Galileo and ITS, need support can be in terms of research as well as in theiresting tools and that research, development and application, since they lead to considerablehould lead to environmental improvements due to a reduction in exhaust gases and traffic noise, improve safety by creating solutions to infrastructure bottlenecks and, not least, result in increased energy independenbetter use existing infrastructure capacity and to reduce bottlenecks and, not least, result in less dependency on non-renewable energy sources;
Amendment 256 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Emphasises that an efficient transport policy requires adequate funding, and that a transport fund might be created using, inter alia, existing funds in the EU budget, part of the revenues from the internalisation of external costs, such as through Eurovignette, part of the structural and cohesion policy funds and PPPs or other financial instruments; such a fund should be used to improve infrastructure, support research and promote the implementation of intelligent transport (maximum 20% for roads and minimum 15% for cycling and walking infrastructure), support research and promote intelligent transport decisions, behaviour and systems and should be guided by award criteria which take account of environmental, social, and securiafety efficiency;
Amendment 276 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Underlines that sustainable transport and mobility systems, such as rail, tramways, buses and bicycles, including their industries and services, offer a unique opportunity for creating stable jobs and contribute in the medium and long term to the avoidance of external costs for our society; calls therefore on the Commission and the Member States to cofinance and promote this sector, at least in a way similar as to what has been done during the last year in favour of banks and the automobile industry;
Amendment 296 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for inland waterway transport, inland ports and the multimodal linking of seaports with the hinterland and rail connections to play a greater role in European sustainable transport policy; underlines that better transborder cooperation and coordination between ports, waterborne and rail transport can substantially contribute to reduce the crossing of sensitive landscapes, such as the Alpine regions and thereby avoid and/or reduce landscape damage and inland infrastructure costs;
Amendment 315 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 - indent 1 a new
Paragraph 20 - indent 1 a new
Amendment 320 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 - indent 2
Paragraph 20 - indent 2
- a doubling of the number of bus and railmarket share of walking, cycling, bus, tramway, rail and carsharing users in urban areas by 2020,
Amendment 330 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 - indent 3
Paragraph 20 - indent 3
- a 230% reduction in CO2 exhaust emissions from road trafficthe transport sector compared with 2011990,
Amendment 333 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 - indent 3 a (new)
Paragraph 20 - indent 3 a (new)
- binding standards for the EU fleet average of CO2 emissions for passenger cars of 80 g/km by 2020 and 60 g/km by 2025,
Amendment 334 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 - indent 3 b (new)
Paragraph 20 - indent 3 b (new)
- binding standards for the EU fleet average of CO2 emissions for light commercial vehicles of 160 g/km by 2015 and 125 g/km by 2020,
Amendment 339 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 - indent 4
Paragraph 20 - indent 4
- a 20% reduction in the electricity used by rail vehicles compared with 2010 and a 100% use of renewable energy by electrified systems in the rail sector by 2020,
Amendment 345 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 - indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 20 - indent 4 a (new)
- a 20% increase in e-bikes and electric vehicles in rail and tramway transport,
Amendment 350 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 - indent 5
Paragraph 20 - indent 5
- starting from 2011, fitting an ERTMS- compatible and interoperable system to all new railway rolling stock and link lines and finalizing it at the latest by 2015,
Amendment 366 #
2009/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 - indent 7
Paragraph 20 - indent 7
- financial support for the creation of multimodal connections (platforms) for inland waterway transport to be connected with rail, and a 20% increase in the number of such platforms, by 2020,
Amendment 1 #
2009/2068(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets the exceptionally low take- up rate of payment appropriations for passenger rights (27%); notes the fact that the payments undertaken represent only 55% of the amount proposed by the Commission in its preliminary draft budget; underlines that investing in inter alia information to passengers on their rights is of high importance for the effective application of the rules;
Amendment 3 #
2009/2068(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Repeats its demand to the Commission to forward to the Parliament and the Council each year a more detailed description of expenditure against each budget line compared with the comments/remarks made in respect of the line;
Amendment 2 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Draft opinion
Suggestion 2
Suggestion 2
2. Welcomes in particular its proposals for sustained investment in the Trans European Transport Network (TEN-T). Regrets however that a number of TEN-T projects will nevertheless not benefit from investment from the EU budget in 2010 and insists that at no point must a perceived lack of EU funding act as a break on the implementation of those projects.
Amendment 33 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2 a) Whereas the growth in road traffic and the resulting increase in danger and nuisance present all Member States with road safety and environmental problems of a serious nature.
Amendment 53 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation establishes CO2 emissions performance requirements for new light commercial vehicles. This Regulation sets the average CO2 emissions for new light commercial vehicles at 17560 g CO2/km, by means of improvements in vehicle technology, as measured in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 and its implementing measures, and innovative technologies.
Amendment 63 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. From 2020, this Regulation sets a target of 1325 g CO2/km for the average emissions of new light commercial vehicles registered in the Community.
Amendment 74 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
For the calendar year commencing 1 January 20143 and each subsequent calendar year, each manufacturer of light commercial vehicles shall ensure that its average specific emissions of CO2 do not exceed its specific emissions target determined in accordance with Annex I or, where a manufacturer is granted a derogation under Article 10, in accordance with that derogation.
Amendment 81 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – subparagraph 2 – indents 1, 2 and 3
Article 4 – subparagraph 2 – indents 1, 2 and 3
– 75% in 20143, – 80% in 20154, – 100% from 20165 onwards.
Amendment 101 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a (new)
For the calendar year commencing 1 January 2014 and each subsequent calendar year, each manufacturer of light commercial vehicles shall ensure that its light commercial vehicles shall be equipped with speed limitation devices for which the maximum speed is set at 120 km/h.
Amendment 3 #
2009/0110(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) In order to reflect the fact that the trans-rapid project between Munich and Munich airport has been abandoned, plans 3.3 and 3.11 should be updated by deleting any reference to this link contained therein.
Amendment 37 #
2009/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) State financing of aviation security should respect fair competition between all modes of transport. Disadvantages in the framework of financing security for more sustainable modes, such as rail, should be stopped and/or avoided.
Amendment 38 #
2009/0063(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
2. The collection of charges with respect to the provision of air navigation services and groundhandling services has already been addressed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1794/2006 of 6 December 2006 laying down a common charging scheme for air navigation services and Council Directive 96/67/EC of 15 October 1996 on access to the groundhandling market at Community airports, respectively. Increasing investments for installing new security screening and scanning machines at airports should not lead to saving money in the field of personnel and watering down health, education and social standards for the personnel concerned within the framework of liberalised security services. The Commission should therefore propose additional guarantees in favour of security personnel at airports, when reviewing the abovementioned ground handling legislation.
Amendment 1 #
2008/2217(INI)
Draft report
Citation 14a (new)
Citation 14a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 12 October 1988 on the protection of pedestrians and the European charter of pedestrians' rights1,
Amendment 3 #
2008/2217(INI)
Draft report
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas urban motorised mobility depends on large and expensive use of space, contributes to oil dependency as well as to approximately 40 % of CO2- and approximately 70 % of other emissions and causes serious problems for safety and human health, related to air pollution and noise,
Amendment 16 #
2008/2217(INI)
Draft report
Paragraph 6 – indent 1
Paragraph 6 – indent 1
- integrated information management and traffic management systems,
Amendment 17 #
2008/2217(INI)
Draft report
Paragraph 6 – indent 2
Paragraph 6 – indent 2
- reduction of nuisance factors (e.g.: pollution, noise, congestion, traffic jams,and accidents),
Amendment 18 #
Amendment 19 #
2008/2217(INI)
Draft report
Paragraph 6 – indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 6 – indent 4 a (new)
- developing a new generation of urban vehicles;
Amendment 21 #
2008/2217(INI)
Draft report
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Asks the Commission to develop an easily accessible overview of cities with more than 100 000 inhabitants, practising measures in favour of comprehensive traffic calming ('flächendeckende Verkehrsberuhigung') and 'speed limits of 30km/h for cars' as well as a classification of their experiences in the fields of reduction of accidents, CO2, air and noise emissions, and the commercial consequences of these measures;
Amendment 24 #
2008/2217(INI)
Draft report
Paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
7. AdvocateRecommends the introduction and general application of integrated sustainable urban travel plans in conurbations with over 100 000 inhabitants, comprising:
Amendment 25 #
2008/2217(INI)
Draft report
Paragraph 7 – indent 2
Paragraph 7 – indent 2
- a plan for the development and interconnection of transport networks coordinated with the regional transport plan and urban planning policies,
Amendment 27 #
2008/2217(INI)
Draft report
Paragraph 7 – indent 6
Paragraph 7 – indent 6
- a masterplan for freight provisioningurban logistics, including the possibility of using public infrastructure for freight transport,
Amendment 31 #
2008/2217(INI)
Draft report
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recommends that a permanent European forum on urban transport governance be created for representative transport- organising authorities, including user and citizens’ organisations and professional federations of transport operators, in order to promote the exchange and dissemination of best practices;
Amendment 34 #
2008/2217(INI)
Draft report
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Proposes that European state aid and cofinancing in the field of urban transport be made conditional on the existence of integrated sustainable urban mobility (urban travel) plansplans as well as be oriented towards EU targets and legislation on reduction of accidents, oil dependency, CO2 emissions, air pollution and noise;
Amendment 39 #
2008/2217(INI)
Draft report
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Proposes that a study be launched on experiences in the field of tariff integration (including the 'Interoperable Fare Management' project) and the provision of intermodal information and information between organising authorities in EU conurbations be evaluated, in order to assess andfacilitate the exchange of best practices;
Amendment 43 #
2008/2217(INI)
Draft report
Paragraph 13 – subparagraph 1
Paragraph 13 – subparagraph 1
13. Strongly suggests that the possibility be examined, under the 2014-2020 financial perspective, of a European financial instrument for urban mobility (integrated programme of the type URBAN-T or priority Trans- European transport network projectMarco-Polo type) enabling the cofinancing of:
Amendment 44 #
2008/2217(INI)
Draft report
Paragraph 13 – subparagraph 1
Paragraph 13 – subparagraph 1
13. Strongly suggests that the possibility be examined, under the 2014-2020 financial perspective, of a European financial instrument (integrated programme of the type URBAN-T or priority Trans-European transpcorte network project) enabling the cofinancing of:
Amendment 45 #
2008/2217(INI)
Draft report
Paragraph 13 – indent 1
Paragraph 13 – indent 1
Amendment 46 #
2008/2217(INI)
Draft report
Paragraph 13 – indent 1
Paragraph 13 – indent 1
- surveys of urban travelintegrated sustainable urban mobility plans with a view to encouraging their widespread introduction,;
Amendment 48 #
2008/2217(INI)
Draft report
Paragraph 13 – indent 2
Paragraph 13 – indent 2
- a proportion of investments in modes of transport that meet the EU’'s environmental and socio-economic objectives and thus considering EU co-financing minima to be fixed at 45 % in favour of public/collective transport and 15 % in favour of cyclists/pedestrians projects;
Amendment 54 #
2008/2217(INI)
Draft report
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for the Commission to draw up a report on urban charging and the case for guidelinezones with access regulations oin such charging, in order to reduce the current distortions between European conurbations, and notably cross-border conurbaturban areas in order to assess their impact on mobility, quality of life, emissions, and between railway and road tolls for accessing town and city centresexternal effects, health and security;
Amendment 64 #
2008/2217(INI)
Draft report
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Suggests that a European policy be introduced for the standardisation and certification of equipment as regards safety and health, comfort (noise, vibrations, etc.), network interoperability (‘busways’, tram- train, etc.), accessibility for people with reduced mobility, soft transport and clean- engine technologies (buses, taxis, etc.), on the basis of a carbon audit and an impact analysis of the costs for operators and users;
Amendment 70 #
2008/2217(INI)
Draft report
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Suggests that a significant proportion of the appropriations released by the European economic recovery plan be allocated to the financing of on-going urban transport and public transport investments and projects that can be financed immediately and implemented before 31 December 2009;
Amendment 7 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas urban centres are in many ways extremely important for the life of Europe’s citizens; whereas Europe’s cities face similar problems and challenges with regard to space use, pollution (40 % of total CO2- and 70 % of all gas emissions are produced urban areas), congestion, noise, accidents and road safety as a consequence of urban traffic, in spite of the differences in their structure,
Amendment 10 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas urban mobility is a major contributor to climate change and air pollution (40 % of total CO2- and 70 % of all gas emissions in EU), noise, human health problems; whereas these problems need to be tackled if any EU strategy to combat climate change and other environmental problems is to be successful;
Amendment 42 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Amendment 78 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 - Indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 3 - Indent 1 a (new)
Amendment 96 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 - Indent 4
Paragraph 3 - Indent 4
- an evaluation of the external costs of the various modes of transport and assessment of the possibility of internalising these in order to obtain fair competition between the modes by the different pricing systems and support a shift towards environmentally-friendly mobility modes;
Amendment 104 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 - Indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 3 - Indent 4 a (new)
- action to ensure the effective cross- border enforcement of all road traffic offences, whether criminal or administrative in all Member States and eventually in the neighbouring countries;
Amendment 107 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 - Indent 4 b (new)
Paragraph 3 - Indent 4 b (new)
- the European Commission to work with Member States to overcome national barriers to urban schemes, without proposing EU legislation which could limit the local flexibility that is required to solve mobility problems;
Amendment 133 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 - Introductory part
Paragraph 5 - Introductory part
5. Calls for specific European rules and/or guidance for the standardisation and harmonisation of the following to be drawn up:
Amendment 136 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 - Indent 1
Paragraph 5 - Indent 1
Amendment 148 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 - Indent 3
Paragraph 5 - Indent 3
- the mobility of peoplersons with disabilities,reduced mobility (PRMs), including the elderly and people with young children, without being dependent on cars;
Amendment 153 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 - Indent 4
Paragraph 5 - Indent 4
- road safetyintroduction of a general speed limit for cars of 30kph in cities for improving road safety, with the possibility for local authorities to introduce other speed limits, to be indicated at the road sections concerned;
Amendment 178 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 - Indent 7
Paragraph 6 - Indent 7
- promotion of the use of alternative means of transport such as the bicyclesustainable mobility chains: walking-cycling-carsharing- carpooling-taxi-collective/public mobility,
Amendment 183 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 - Indent 7 a (new)
Paragraph 6 - Indent 7 a (new)
- the introduction of call-a-bike systems, such as the ones used in Berlin and Paris,
Amendment 185 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 - Indent 9
Paragraph 6 - Indent 9
- measures to avoid using or ease the loadoptimize logistics and mobility management in favour onf transport, reduction and/or avoidance such as teleworking or flexible starting times at workplaces and schools, attracting diverse commercial and administrative services and improving quality of life in cities;
Amendment 194 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 - Indent 9 a (new)
Paragraph 6 - Indent 9 a (new)
Amendment 210 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to set up accessible and compatible lists of research and development projects on urban mobility under the different EU framework programmes, indicating eventual examples applied in practice;
Amendment 214 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers it necessary to encourage citizens to assess their behaviour as road users criticallypolitical and industrial decision makers to assess the consequences of their decisions and to promote behavioural change of car drivers; believes that every citizen should be given the opportunity to change his/her habits, for example regarding private car use, and thereby make an individual contribution to improving cleanliness and quality of life in urban areas; calls on European, national, regional and local authorities to take immediate action to increase education and information campaigns to make citizens more aware of their mobility behaviour, with a focus on safety, environment-friendliness and energy efficiency; suggests to include efficient driving techniques and similar elements into the tutorial programmes of driving schools and other institutions that provide traffic education;
Amendment 236 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to devote at least 40% of the overall EU-funding for cities to rail projects;
Amendment 244 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Bureau of the European Parliament and its services to set an example by implementing its own decisions and boosting mobility management measures for EP Members, staff and visitors, with the aim of integrating sustainable mobility into the scope of the EMAS Directive;
Amendment 25 #
2008/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Suggests, therefore, that the Commission designate, no later than the end of 2008, ten of the most important cross-border journeys within the corridors and ten of the worst bottlenecks, and propose concrete potential solutions;
Amendment 32 #
2008/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Looks to the Commission to define the 'green corridors' as pilot projects to reduceshift freight to environmentally friendly modes, and to reduce overall accidents, noise, local air pollution, CO2 emissions, landscape and energy consumption and the use of renewable energy sources (particularly wind and solar energy) in accordance with the EU legislation and its objectives;
Amendment 34 #
2008/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Proposes that Member States should use a zone-by-zone noise survey to determine the upper limits by day and night along freight lines and to enforce noise emission limits by means of strict controls;
Amendment 38 #
2008/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Regards it as a priority to promote modal shift towards the safest modes of transport and to improve supervision/checking of logistics for the transport of hazardous and polluting goods, with a view to avoiding danger to human lives and preventing environmental disasters;
Amendment 69 #
2008/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that standardising and simplifying the administration of the authorities involved in the freight transport market, together with simplified customs rules and procedures at borders is bound to lead to greater efficiency of freight transport logistics; urges the Commission to ask the appropriate associations and organisations to develop a single intermodal European freight document; recalls the experience gained from the 'one-stop shops' in the Trans-European Rail Freight Network (TERFN) initiative;
Amendment 19 #
2008/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers it possible for ports and nature to coexist in a sustainable manner, and calls on the Directorate-General for the Environment to work together with the Directorate-General for Trs the destruction of nature often causes economic damage to other sectors, such as tourism, agriculture and fisheries, and therefore calls on the Transport Commissioner to work intensively with the Environment Commissioner in drawing up and enforcing Europeans port in drawing up theses and environmental legislation and guidelines;
Amendment 47 #
2008/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Warmly welcomes the Commission’s intention to submit a legislative proposal on creating a barria border-free European maritime transport areapolicy and considers that the aims of thise proposal should be to ensure transparency in ports’ financing, trans-border cooperation and coordination for the use of existing port infrastructure capacities, and fair competition between ports, and between maritime transport and land transport in the Union, with the aim of avoiding long distance road transport;
Amendment 63 #
2008/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21a (new)
Paragraph 21a (new)
21a. Strongly supports the role of locally owned, non-for-profit trust ports, and urges local, regional, national and European authorities to take steps to protect them from disrepair, as their social, recreational and touristic benefit for the surrounding communities goes beyond their original economic function;
Amendment 114 #
2008/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Considers that further scientific effort is urgently needed to calculate the external climate costs of transport, and to quantify the effects of air craft pollution, in particular vapour contrails, on climate change;
Amendment 32 #
2008/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) While increasing rail freight transport, noise reduction of freight wagons is of strategic importance for keeping and making it more acceptable to the European citizens. The efficient financing of action plans for retrofitting freight wagons and reducing their noise at the source is therefore urgently needed.
Amendment 53 #
2008/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
Amendment 55 #
2008/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In order to optimise the management of the freight corridor and guarantee a better flow and performance of the international rail freight services, it is necessary to ensure efficient coordination between the regulatory bodies over the different networks covered by the freight corridor. To ensure that the railway infrastructure is better used, the management of that infrastructure and the strategic terminals along the freight corridor needs to be coordinated.
Amendment 61 #
2008/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. This Regulation applies to the management and use of railway infrastructure for domestic and international rail services, apart from: The amending of Article 1(2) intends to replace the entire paragraph including points ‘a’, b, ‘c’ and ‘d’.European rail freight corridors. Urban, suburban, regional and regularly timetabled passenger services (local public passenger transport) are excluded from this regulation and should not be affected by it. Regional networks which are used for regional freight transport services solely by a railway undertaking that is not covered by Directive 91/440/EEC until capacity on that network is requested by another applicant are also excluded from this regulation. Or. de
Amendment 63 #
2008/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 65 #
2008/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 66 #
2008/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 67 #
2008/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point d
d) privately-owned railway infrastructure that exists solely for use by the infrastructure owner for their own freight operations.eleted
Amendment 73 #
2008/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
c) "heavy maintenance work" shall mean any intervention or repair to the railway infrastructure and its equipment which is necessary for running the trains along the freight corridor, made known at least one year in advance and involving reservations on the capacities for the infrastructure in accordance with Article 28 of Directive 2001/14/EC;
Amendment 74 #
2008/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e
Amendment 82 #
2008/0247(COD)
Council position
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The international rail corridors for a European rail network for competitive freight should be set up in a manner consistent with the Trans-European Transport Network ("TEN-T"), Green Corridors and/or European Railway Traffic Management System ("ERTMS") corridors. To that end, the coordinated development of the networks is necessary, and in particular as regards the integration of the international corridors for rail freight into the existing TEN-T, Green Corridors and the ERTMS corridors. Furthermore, harmonising rules relating to those freight corridors should be established and silent freight train projects should be promoted at the level of the Union. If necessary, the creation of those corridors and noise reduction of freight trains at source should be supported financially within the framework of the TEN-T, research and Marco Polo programmes, and other policies, loans and funds of the Union, such as the European Investment Bank, European Regional Development Fund and the Cohesion Fund.
Amendment 91 #
2008/0247(COD)
Council position
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) Fees for using the infrastructure should vary according to the quality and reliability of the train path allocated and to the noise level of the train.
Amendment 96 #
2008/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The freight corridors shall be created in accordance with the following procedure: Points ‘a’ and ‘b’ in the Commission text have become paragraph 3 (amended).At the latest two years after the entry into force of this Regulation, Member States with a common border must have defined at least one joint cross-border freight corridor. Or. de
Amendment 97 #
2008/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
Amendment 100 #
2008/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b – introductory part
Amendment 104 #
2008/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b – subpoint i
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b – subpoint i
Amendment 107 #
2008/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b – subpoint ii
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b – subpoint ii
Amendment 110 #
2008/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b – subpoint iii
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b – subpoint iii
Amendment 114 #
2008/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall examine the proposals for the creation of the freight corridors referred to in paragraph 2 and, in compliance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 18(3), adopt a decision relating to an initial network of freight corridors at the latest one year after the entry intointegrate well- balanced measures in favour of freight and passenger rail transport into its upcoming proposal on the review of the trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T) as well as increase significantly its support in the Recovery Plan and in future co-financing actions in favour of rail transport, particularly for ERTMS and noise reduction of rail freight wagons. Where appropriate, the Commission and the European Railway Agency shall eliminate administrative obstacles for ce of this Regulation. As part of this examination, the criteria shown in the Annex shall be taken into considerationrtification of new brake blocks, thereby contributing to silent freight trains.
Amendment 130 #
2008/0247(COD)
Council position
Article 8 - paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 8 - paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. The management board shall commit the infrastructure managers involved in the freight corridor to using interoperable IT applications or alternative solutions available in future such as interfaces to handle requests for international train paths and the operation of international traffic on the corridor.
Amendment 132 #
2008/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) a description of the characteristics of the freight corridor, including bottlenecks, and the implementation programme for the measures necessary for creatimproving the freight corridor;
Amendment 146 #
2008/0247(COD)
Council position
Article 13 - paragraph 6
Article 13 - paragraph 6
6. The management board shall promote coordination of priority rules relating to capacity allocation on the freight corridor.
Amendment 146 #
2008/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The investment plans referred to in paragraph 1 shall include a financing strategy for realising within the shortest term possible actions for noise reduction of rail freight wagons.
Amendment 150 #
2008/0247(COD)
Council position
Article 15 - paragraph 2
Article 15 - paragraph 2
2. Each infrastructure manager concerned shall draw up priority rules for the management between the different types of traffic in the part of the freight corridors within the responsibility of that infrastructure manager in accordance with the targets and/or guidelines referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. Those priority rules shall be published in the network statement referred to in Article 3 of Directive 2001/14/EC.
Amendment 150 #
2008/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. The investment plans referred to in paragraph 1 shall also include a strategy for the growth of the capacity of freight trains which may run in the freight corridor. The strategy may be based on (in other words, for removing the identified bottlenecks, upgrading existing infrastructure and building new infrastructure). The strategy may include measures to increasinge the length, gaugetrack gauge, loading gauge, speed management, load hauled or axle load authorised for the trains running in the freight corridor.
Amendment 152 #
2008/0247(COD)
Council position
Article 15 - paragraph 3
Article 15 - paragraph 3
3. The principles for establishing the priority rules shall at least provide that the train path referred to in Article 13(3) and (5) allocated to freight trains which comply with their scheduled time in the working timetable shall not be modified, as far as possible.. The principles for establishing the priority rules shall aim at minimising the overall network recovery time and noise reduction with regard to the need of all types of transport. For this purpose, infrastructure managers may coordinate the management between the different types of traffic along several freight corridors.
Amendment 154 #
2008/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9
Article 9
Amendment 160 #
Amendment 161 #
2008/0247(COD)
Council position
Annex I - point 3
Annex I - point 3
3. SE, DK, DE, AT,(CH,) IT Stockholm-Malmö-Copenhagen- Hamburg-Innsbruck-Verona-PalermoWürzburg/Nürnberg/Regensburg- (Lötschberg/St Gotthard)-Napoli
Amendment 165 #
2008/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The governance body shallmay define the standard categories of freight trafficpaths, which shall be valid in the whole of the freight corridor. At least one of these categories (hereinafter referred to as "priorityfacilitated freight") shall include goods whose transportation is very time-sensitive and which therefore require an efficient transporit time and guaranteed punctuality.
Amendment 166 #
2008/0247(COD)
Council position
Annex I - point 8
Annex I - point 8
DE, NL, BE, PL, LT, LV, EST Bremerhaven/ Rotterdam/ Antwerp- Aachen/ Berlin- Warsaw-Terespol (Poland- Belarus border)/Kaunas-Riga-Tallinn
Amendment 170 #
2008/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Amendment 197 #
2008/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 6
Article 12 – paragraph 6
Amendment 203 #
2008/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. TFollowing a proposal of the governance body of the freight corridor, the infrastructure managers of the freight corridor shall draw up and publish the rules of priority between the different types of trafficapplicable to delayed trains in the event of traffic disruption in the freight corridor in the network statement referred to in Article 3 of and Annex I to Directive 2001/14/EC.
Amendment 215 #
2008/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Amendment 216 #
2008/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 231 #
2008/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – point g a (new)
Annex – point g a (new)
ga) consistency with reduced noise of freight wagons as provided in the freight noise reduction action plans;