Activities of Michael CRAMER related to 2011/2096(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Single European transport area (debate)
Single European transport area (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system PDF (300 KB) DOC (206 KB)
Amendments (43)
Amendment 1 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 3
Paragraph 2 – indent 3
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 4
Paragraph 2 – indent 4
Amendment 72 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – indent 1
Paragraph 15 – indent 1
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – indent 2
Paragraph 15 – indent 2
Amendment 284 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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;