Activities of Michael CRAMER related to 2017/0114(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
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
Shadow reports (1)
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)
Amendments (37)
Amendment 53 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
Amendment 89 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
(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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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.