Activities of Inés AYALA SENDER related to 2012/2296(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on a strategy for an electronic toll service and a vignette system on light private vehicles in Europe PDF (158 KB) DOC (83 KB)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas certain problems with non- residents have repeatedly arisen in cross- border areas when new electronic toll systems have been implemented, resulting in protests and complaints about financial losses and discrimination;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the Commission’s statement that the two main stakeholders concerned are toll chargers and EETS providers, but points out that road users, especially transport companies, are a third key stakeholder; points out that the users of private vehicles are potential end users who could help to speed up the development of the EETS; calls on the Commission to consider how these stakeholders could be involved to the most useful effect in the next stages of its action;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Agrees with the Commission that the current EETS system has been a failure, and emphasises that drastic action is needed in order to create an interoperable EETS; believes that the Commission should draw up proposals for a regulation in the area of interoperability as soon as possible so as to oblige all stakeholders to advanceas soon as possible so as to speed up the EETS project; regrets the fact that Member States have on the whole shown little interest in developing the EETS; urges the Commission, therefore, to devise and propose an incentive scheme to encourage operators and Member States to shorten the time-frames for implementing the system;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Agrees with the Commission that demand exists for an interoperable solution in the area of electronic road charging, but believes that a regulation ismeasures are needed to make stakeholders implement such a system, since the remuneration alone from an interoperable system is not sufficiently attractive for certain manufacturers of road charging equipment or certain road operators;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that the market-driven approach favoured by the Commission has failed to bear fruit and that political action is therefore needed in order to speed up the implementation of the EETS and translate it into reality in the immediate future;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points out that regionalisation programmes could constitute an intermediate stage that might prove successful in given areas, especially in systems with a high volume of traffic, but they might not be an efficient way to meet the needs of professional and other drivers travelling through many countries and in particular to or from outlying Member States; notes, however, that this stage should not, under any circumstances, amount to an end in itself and hence should be treated as a transition towards the ultimate goal of speeding up the establishment of the EETS;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission to provide in its work programmes on the trans- European transport networks for the possibility of financing projects that might afford a means of speeding up the implementation of the EETS;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to undertake without delay a comprehensive study to establish the most likely method of road charging in the medium to long term, including charging for road use via technologies such as GPS, which may remove the need for physical tolling in the first place; believes that the Commission must take great care in drawing up such a studBelieves that the Interoperability Directive, Directive 2004/52/EC, provides the necessary regulatory framework for individual charging systems to coexist, allowing Member States to choose between different technologies according to the characteristics of their road network; considers that the systems should seek to reduce the extent of physical tolling and, at all events, encourage automated tolling; believes that, whatever the system chosen, it is necessary to ensure that consumers would at all times be made aware of the cost of the toll being levied to an electronic device such as their GPS system or toll tag;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that there is no will for an EETS on the part of industry stakeholders, namely toll service providers, road concessions and manufacturers of electronic ‘tags’ and associated equipment, and that a regulation is therefore needed to force stakeholders to come toget; considers that the market demand-based approach has failed to produce the desired results and that it is necessary to look into the shortcomings which have led to this situation; calls on the Commission to carry out a detailed assessment in the light of the present technical and contractual interoperability projects between Member States and, where andppropriate, to propose new measures based on best practice to create an efficient road charging experience for the end user, particularly in the context of more widespread use of road charging in the future;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Points out that several Member States intend to implement charging systems within the next few years or extend existing concessions; calls on the Commission to ensure that those systems meet the interoperability requirements and to guarantee that the implementation of charging systems will not, under any circumstances, discriminate against non- residents by creating obstacles to the principle of free movement; calls for infringement proceedings to be instituted in the event of non-compliance; calls on the Member States and toll-road operators to work in close cooperation with neighbouring countries and provide every facility necessary to set up charging systems, payment and collection facilities, and information for users about prices, terms and conditions of use, and so on;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines that Member States must remain free to set the amount charged for road use, and should have the final say in spending revenues collected from road charging, while calling upon Member States to continue to upgrade theirand the Commission to heed Parliament’s request that tolls should not be levied solely on commercial vehicles and that the revenue obtained should be used to maintain and improve Member States’ transport networks so as to make them as sustainable, efficient and environmentally friendly as possible;