Activities of Inés AYALA SENDER related to 2008/0147(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Charging of heavy goods vehicles (debate)
Amendments (40)
Amendment 33 #
Council position – amending act
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) In any case and anticipating the discriminatory consequences of their possible application to vehicles from peripheral Member States, the Commission should provide Member States with the studies, assessments and instruments required to identify and mitigate the distortionary effects on competition and the internal market.
Amendment 36 #
Council position – amending act
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) In cases where a mark-up is allowed on alternative road sections to which the traffic may be diverted as a result of the introduction of the mark-up on a corridor, these sections should be close to the corridor and at any rate should not entail an increase in costs for the haulier.
Amendment 39 #
Council position – amending act
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Charging external costs through tolls will be more effective in influencing user decisions if they are aware of such costs. Therefore, those costs should be identified separately on a statement, on a bill or an equivalent document provided by the toll operator. Furthermore, such a document would facilitate hauliers in passing on the cost of the external-cost charge to the shipper or to any other clients. To enable hauliers to pass on any extra costs to their clients, the Commission should provide Member States with the instruments required to ensure that the infrastructure and external cost charges can indeed be passed on separately from transport prices.
Amendment 42 #
Council position – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 – point (d)
Article 1 – point 1 – point (d)
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 2 – point (d)
Article 2 – point (d)
(d) 'vehicle' means a motor vehicle or articulated vehicle combination intended or used for the carriage by road of goods and having a maximum permissible laden weight of over 3,5 tonnes;"for road traffic.
Amendment 70 #
Council position – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 g – paragraph 4
Article 7 g – paragraph 4
4. The variations referred to in paragraphs 1 and 3 are not designed to generate additional toll revenue. Any unintended increase in revenue shall be counterbalanced by changes to the structure of the variation which must be implemented within two years from the end of the accounting year in which the additional revenue is generatand shall be returned to the users concerned.
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 29 a (new)
Recital 29 a (new)
(29a) Given that one of the objectives of the Directive is that the tolls and charges introduced do not result in an increase in the tax burden but are a readjustment of the current charging system for the activities of road freight vehicles, the proposal shall provide for a formula to be applied to ensure that the average amount of the new charges does not exceed the effective compensation to be obtained through taxes already recovered.
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 2 – point b
Article 2 – point b
“(b) ‘toll’ means a specified amount payable for a vehicle based on the distance travelled on a given infrastructure and comprising an infrastructure charge and/or an external cost charge;
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 2 – point b b
Article 2 – point b b
(bb) ‘external cost charge’ means a charge levied through a toll for the purpose of recovering the costs incurred by a Member State related to traffic-based air pollution, traffic-based noise pollution and congestion;
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 2 – point b e
Article 2 – point b e
Amendment 214 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may maintain or introduce tolls and/or user charges on their trans-European road network or on certaina sections of that network under thereof only if they meet the conditions laid down in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of this article and in Articles 7a to 7j.
Amendment 218 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall not impose within their territory both tolls and user chargesTolls and charges may not both be imposed at the same time on any given category of vehicle for the use of a single road section. However, a Member States which imposes a user charge on its network may also impose tolls for the use of bridges, tunnels and mountain passes.
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – point a
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. User charges shall be in proportion to the duration of the use made of the infrastructure and shall be available for the duration of a day, week, month and a year. In particular, the annual rate shall be no less than 8160 times the daily rate, the monthly rate shall be no less than 1326 times the daily rate and the weekly rate shall be no less than five times the daily rate.
Amendment 228 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 7a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 b – paragraph 2
Article 7 b – paragraph 2
2. The external cost charge shall be related to the cost of traffic-based air pollution, the cost of traffic-based noise pollution, or both. On road sections subject to congestion the external cost charge may also include the cost of congestion during the periods when these road sections are usually congested.
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7c – paragraph 3
Article 7c – paragraph 3
3. The amount of the external cost charge shall be set by an authority designated by the Member State for this purpose. Theeach Member State. If a Member State designates an authority for this task, that authority shall be legally and financially independent from the organisationbody in charge of managing orand collecting part or all of the charge. However, if that organisation is controlled by the Member State, the authority may be an administrative entity of that Statall or part of the charge.
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7f – paragraph 1
Article 7f – paragraph 1
1. Toll rates which comprise only an infrastructure charge shall be varied according to EURO emission class in such a way that no toll is more than 100% above the toll charged for equivalent vehicles meeting the strictest emission standards. Existing concession contracts shall be exempt from this provision until such time as the contract is renewed.
Amendment 304 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7f – paragraph 4
Article 7f – paragraph 4
4. The variations referred to in paragraphs 1 and 3 are not designed to generate additional toll revenue. Any unintended increase in revenue shall be counterbalanced by changes to the structure of the variation which must be implemented within two years from the end of the accounting year in which the additional revenue is generatreturned to the users concerned.
Amendment 333 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7i – paragraph 2
Article 7i – paragraph 2
2. The arrangements for collecting tolls and user charges shall not, financially or otherwise, place non-regular users of the road network at an unjustified disadvantage to those who would use alternative forms of payment. In particular, where a Member State collects tolls or user charges exclusively by means of a system that requires the use of a vehicle on-board unit, it shall ensure that appropriate on-board units compliant with the requirements of Directive 2004/52/EC can be obtained by all users under reasonable administrative and economic arrangements.
Amendment 335 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7i – paragraph 3
Article 7i – paragraph 3
3. If a Member State levies an external cost charge on a vehicle, the amount of such toll on a vehicle, the total amount of the toll, the amount of the infrastructure charge and the amount of the external cost charge shall be indicated in a document provided to the haulier, if possible by electronic means.
Amendment 337 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7i – paragraph 4
Article 7i – paragraph 4
Amendment 341 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7i – paragraph 5
Article 7i – paragraph 5
Amendment 360 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. A Member State in which an external cost charge is levied shall try to ensure that the revenue generated by the charge is earmarked for measures aimed at facilitating efficient pricing, reducing road transport pollution at source, mitigating its effects, improving CO2 and energy performance of vehicles, and developing alternative infrastructure for transport users.
Amendment 386 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 9b
Article 9b
The Commission shall facilitate dialogue and the exchange of technical know-how between Member States in relation to the implementation of this Directive and in particular the Annexes. The Commission shall adapt Annexes 0, III, IIIa and IV in the light of scientific and technical progress and Annexes I and II in the light of inflation. Thoese measures designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 9c(3).
Amendment 400 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. No later than 31 December 2013, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation and effects of this Directive, in particular as regards the effectiveness of the provisions on the recovery of the costs related to congestion and traffic- based pollution and on the inclusion of vehicles of more than 3.5 and less than 12 tonnes. The report shall also assess:
Amendment 404 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 411 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 414 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 419 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point d
Amendment 425 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 2– paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 2– paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 3l December 20105 at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.
Amendment 435 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Annex
Annex
Directive 1999/62/EC
Annex IIIa – point 2 – subparagraph 1
Annex IIIa – point 2 – subparagraph 1
The Member State shall notify the Commission of the classification of vehicles according to which the toll shall vary. It shall also notify the Commission of the location of roads subject to higher external cost charges (hereafter “suburban roads”) and of roads subject to lower external cost charges (hereafter “mother interurban roadorways”).
Amendment 458 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Annex
Annex
Directive 1999/62/EC
Annex IIIa – point 3 – subparagraph 4
Annex IIIa – point 3 – subparagraph 4
The independent authorityMember State shall monitor the effectiveness of the charging scheme in reducing environmental damage arising from road transport and in relieving congestion where it is applied. It shall regularly adjust the charging structure and the specific amount of the charge set for a given class of vehicle, type of road and period of time to the changes in transport demand every two years.
Amendment 471 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Annex
Annex
Directive 1999/62/EC
Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – Suburban roads – EURO V and less polluting
Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – Suburban roads – EURO V and less polluting
Amendment 474 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Annex
Annex
Directive 1999/62/EC
Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – Other interurban roads – title
Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – Other interurban roads – title
Other interurban roads and motorways
Amendment 476 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Annex
Annex
Directive 1999/62/EC
Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – Other interurban roads – EURO 0
Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – Other interurban roads – EURO 0
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Amendment 479 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Annex
Annex
Directive 1999/62/EC
Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – Other interurban roads – EURO II
Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – Other interurban roads – EURO II
Amendment 483 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Annex
Annex
Directive 1999/62/EC
Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – Other interurban roads – EURO IV
Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – Other interurban roads – EURO IV
Amendment 486 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Annex
Annex
Directive 1999/62/EC
Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – Other interurban roads – EURO V and less polluting
Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – Other interurban roads – EURO V and less polluting
Amendment 495 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Annex
Annex
Directive 1999/62/EC
Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.2 – subparagraph 1 – formula
Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.2 – subparagraph 1 – formula
NCVij (daily) = e x ∑k NCjk x POPk / WADT NCVij (day) = a (%) x NCVj NCVj (night) = nb (%) x NCVij (day) where - a(%) + b(%) = 100% -n night correction factor = b/a - NCVij noise cost of vehicle class ione heavy goods vehicle on road type j (euro/vehicle.kilometre) - NCjk noise cost per person exposed on road type j to noise level k (euro/person) - POPk population exposed to daily noise level k per kilometre (person/kilometre) - WADT weighted average daily traffic (vehicle) -passenger car equivalent) n night correction factor
Amendment 513 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Annex
Annex
Directive 1999/62/EC
Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.3 – subparagraph 1
Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.3 – subparagraph 1