Activities of Michael CRAMER related to 2017/0115(CNS)
Shadow reports (1)
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)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 10 #
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 #
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 #
(1 a) The Commission should introduce a framework of harmonising rules on sustainable vehicle taxation.
Amendment 14 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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.