Activities of Eva LICHTENBERGER related to 2012/2299(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the EU’s External Aviation Policy – Addressing future challenges PDF (202 KB) DOC (130 KB)
Legal basis opinions (0)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas aviation plays an increasing role in global climate change;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that there has been important progress in defining and implementing Union mechanisms and systems such as the Single European Sky (SES), the clean sky initiative, the SES Air Traffic Management Research (SESAR), the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) to enhance safety and meet passenger requirements;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that some of the requests in Parliament's 2006 resolution are still to be met; emphasises, in particular, the need to promote high international safety and security standards in order to reduce the effects on the climate and environment, ensure equal treatment of Union and non- Union air carriers, and promote social rights;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasises the importance of airport hubs and the urgent need for investments more efficient use of existing airport infrastructure;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to boost fair and efficient systems of ETS, VAT on flight tickets and kerosene taxation and to earmark revenues for an international fund in favour of climate protection measures in the developing countries;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to conduct an easily accessible overview of studyies of the Members States' disparate air travel fees, duties, levies and taxes and their impact on ticket prices and airlines' profits;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Takes the view that the External Aviation Policy should be based on thefully respect principles of reciprocity, including market access and economic reciprocity within EU-US agreements, openness and fair competition, with a level playing field, and should have two main objectives: to benefit consumers and to support EU airlines and airports in their efforts to preserve their position as world leaders;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Commission to propose an urgent revision or replacement of Regulation 2004/868/EC concerning protection against subsidisation and unfair pricing practices causing injury to Community air carriers as well as to alternative sustainable transport modes;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Commission to complete a fair agreement with the Russian Federation regarding the modernisation of the existing system of utilisation of Trans-Siberian Routes and the full application of the reciprocity principle in this regard;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Considers that the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has an important role to play in developing regulatory frameworks for the global aviation sector, for example in the liberalisation of ownership and control of airlines; encourages the ICAO to continue to develop global, market-based measures to limit greenhouse gas emissionreduce noise at airports and limit all relevant greenhouse gas emissions, such as CO2, NOx, sulphur and vapour contrails; believes that an agreement within ICAO on a global approach should be reached as soon as possible;