Activities of Inés AYALA SENDER related to 2017/0114(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures (debate) ES
Amendments (18)
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) In order to ensure that this gradual replacement of time-based charges with distance-based charges does not become a further obstacle to access to the main European markets for transport from peripheral countries and regions, a compensation system should be put in place as soon as possible to balance the added costs and thereby ensure that it does not represent a significant loss of competitiveness.
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 b (new)
Recital 4 b (new)
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Nevertheless, in application of the ‘polluter pays’ principle, it should also be noted that the internalisation of costs via fixed-sum taxes in respect of a standard measure of fuel is an efficient means of collection, since it does not fluctuate with variations in prices, as well as being efficient in environmental terms, since de facto it establishes a bonus/malus system in which those who pollute most also pay most. Moreover, collection through taxes on fuels does not have the effect of diverting traffic onto less safe routes that are not subject to tolls. In this context, the Commission should analyse and study the impact of both existing and new tolls for heavy goods vehicles on the European single market and its differentiated territorial distribution.
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
(5b) The development of a valid and acceptable framework for inter-urban road charging must take the social component into account. A formula needs to be found that establishes a balance and does not discriminate against and impose a burden on the working classes, who are forced to live on the outskirts of cities as the most affordable option, given the excessive cost of housing in cities, creating further economic constraints on and obstacles to their mobility. As the White Paper on transport states, restricting mobility is not an option, and it is therefore necessary to establish financial support procedures and mechanisms at European and Member State level in order to ensure non- discriminatory access to city centres for the working classes.
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Road congestion, to which all motor vehicles contribute in different proportions, represents a cost of about 1% of GDP. A significant part of this cost can be attributed to interurban congestion. A specific congestion charge should therefore be allowed, on condition that it is applied to all vehicle categories. In order to be effective and, proportionate and non- discriminatory, the charge should be calculated on the basis of the marginal congestion cost and differentiated according to location, time and vehicle category. Similarly, balancing and compensatory formulae need to be found that do not discriminate against the working classes living on the outskirts of cities, who would already have to bear the costs of both user charges and tolls. In order to maximise the positive effect of congestion charges, corresponding revenues should be allocated to projects addressing the sources of the problem.
Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) Bus and coach services offer the potential to solve wide-ranging environmental and social challenges and are part of the solution to congestion and transport externalities. In light of the positive role that energy efficient buses and coaches play as a collective mobility service, Member States should have the possibility to exempt them from external cost and congestion charging.
Amendment 254 #
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 27
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 27
(27) ‘concession contract’ means a ‘public works contractconcession’ as defined in Article 15 (1) of Directive 2014/243/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council1a**; _________________ 1aDirective 2014/23/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the award of concession contracts.
Amendment 274 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. Tolls and user charges shall not discriminate, directly or indirectly, on the grounds of the nationality of the road user, the Member State or the third country of establishment of the transport operator or of registration of the vehicle, or the origin or destination of the transport operation. In order to avoid any additional burden and added costs for transport from peripheral countries, a compensation system shall be put in place to prevent any loss of competitiveness, which could be based, inter alia, on access to a more effective fleet and/or the provision of exclusive or technological infrastructure such as e- highways.
Amendment 301 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
9. As of 1 January 2020, tolls and user charges applied to heavy duty vehicles shallmay apply to all heavy duty vehicles.
Amendment 307 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 7 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Member States shall set user charges, including administrative costs, for all heavy duty vehicle categories, at a level that does not exceed the maximum rates laid down in Annex II.
Amendment 313 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 (new)
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7a – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 7a – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The proportionality of road use shall take into consideration the singularity of transport operations which start in a country on the periphery of the EU. A formula should be found for levying user charges, be it a deduction in externality rates and/or congestion rates or other possibilities, so that there is no discrimination with the dramatic increase of prices against the transport operations in these countries.
Amendment 314 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 (new)
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 a – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 7 a – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. To the extent that intercity toll charges are applied, financial support mechanisms and procedures (bono social) must be set up at EU and Member State levels to ensure that European citizens who have been displaced to the outskirts of cities are not discriminated against.
Amendment 332 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 1999/62/CE
Article 7 c– paragraph 5
Article 7 c– paragraph 5
5. From 1 January 2021, Member States that levy tolls shallmay apply an external-cost charge to heavy duty vehicles on at least the part of the network referred to in Article 7(1) where environmental damage generated by heavy duty vehicles is higher than the average environmental damage generated by heavy duty vehicles defined in accordance with relevant reporting requirements referred to in Annex IIIa.;
Amendment 342 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 da – paragraph 3
Article 7 da – paragraph 3
3. A congestion charge imposed on any section of the road network shall apply in a non-discriminatory manner to all vehicle categories, in accordance with the standard equivalence factors set out in Annex V. Member States may however decide to exempt buses and coaches for the promotion of collective transport and socio-economic development and territorial cohesion.
Amendment 371 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 g – paragraph 3
Article 7 g – paragraph 3
3. Where, in the event of a check, a driver or, if appropriate, the transport operator, is unable to produce the vehicle documentsdoes not hold a valid subscription or its vehicle does not carry on-board equipment approved by the toll operator necessary to ascertain the emission class of the vehicle for the purposes of paragraph 2, Member States may apply tolls up to the highest level chargeable.
Amendment 441 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point b
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) eliminating bottlenecks and missing links on the trans-European transport network, and maintaining it;
Amendment 442 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point b
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) developing alternative infrastructure and multimodal hubs for transport users.;
Amendment 443 #
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 3 – point c a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(ca) discount rate (bono social) for persons displaced to the outskirts of cities;