17 Amendments of Michael CRAMER related to 2015/2005(INI)
Amendment 6 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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,