15 Amendments of Luis de GRANDES PASCUAL related to 2011/2096(INI)
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the transport sector isand cross- border infrastructure are subject to many ‘frontier effects’, which can often be easily remedied and should therefore all be reduced,
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas differences among regions in Europe (peripheral situation, infrastructure, landscape, population density, socio-economic situation) pose very different problems and need flexibility regarding solutions,
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 2 bis (new)
Paragraph 1 – indent 2 bis (new)
- that the proposals on the internalisation of the external costs (air and noise pollution) ensure that the funds are allocated to the same modes of transport that have generated them, with a view to promoting research and new technologies, and not just a transfer of traffic volumes from one mode of transport to another;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the completion of the European internal transport market should be aimed for, without neglecting economic, employment and social aspects, and calls on the Commission to ensure that proposals on liberalising the airport, rail, road, and otherport, rail and road transport markets do not lead to social dumping or to private monopolies or oligopolies;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that efficient co-modality in passenger and goods transport – measured in terms of economic efficiency, environmental protection, social and employment conditions and safety and security aspects, and geared to existing and planned infrastructure in individual countries and regions – should be the guiding idea for future transport policy, and that these parameters should be used to determine modal distribution in countries and regions rather than retaining the proposed 300 km threshold for goods transport by road;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that efficient co-modality in passenger and goods transport – measured in terms of economic efficiency, territorial cohesion, environmental protection, social and employment conditions and safety aspects, and geared to existing and planned infrastructure in individual countries and regions – should be the guiding idea for future transport policy, and that these parameters should be used to determine some of the parameters that will influence modal distribution in countries and regions rather than retaining the proposed 300 km threshold for goods transport by road;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 bis (new)
Paragraph 4 bis (new)
4 bis. Recalls that the objective of the TENs, as stipulated in Article 170 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, is to promote the interconnection and interoperability of national networks as well as access to such networks, paying special attention to the need to link island, landlocked and peripheral regions with the central regions of the Union;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 5 – indent 4 a (new)
- the core network should be developed on the basis of the TEN-T priority projects and should include intermodal infrastructure, intermodal platforms and equipment and ICT solutions;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights that the samrisk-appropriate safety standards should apply to allevery kinds of passenger and goods transport at EU level and calls for a proposal to fund safety obligations, bearing in mind that, particularly in the case of maritime and air transport, international coordination is a prerequisite, and that current rules should be reviewed and/or replaced by 2015;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights that the same safeecurity standards should apply to all kinds of passenger and goods transport at EU level and calls for a proposal to fund safeecurity obligations, bearing in mind that, particularly in the case of maritime and air transport, international coordination is a prerequisite, and that current rules should be reviewed and/or replaced by 2015;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – indent 1
Paragraph 15 – indent 1
– another review of the rules on driving and rest times for passenger and goods transport, and the implementation thereof, by 2014, considers that drivers of long- distance goods vehicles should be able to take weekly breaks at home, without compromising road safety objectives; believes that it is also necessary to harmonise the restrictions on goods transport journeys throughout the European Union;
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 5 bis (new)
Paragraph 16 – indent 5 bis (new)
- in relation to TEN funds, attention to be paid to the need to increase the multimodal connections between sea ports and rail and road transport;
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – indent 2 a (new)
Paragraph 17 – indent 2 a (new)
- the conclusion of mutual recognition agreements on customs and security programmes between the EU and third countries, with priority for EU-US agreements;
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – indent 3 bis (new)
Paragraph 17 – indent 3 bis (new)
- the Member States and the parties involved to work actively to develop an air safety system that incorporates better technology and speeds up and facilitates security checks for passengers;
Amendment 380 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – indent 3 ter (new)
Paragraph 17 – indent 3 ter (new)
- air safety to be based on a previous risk analysis, particularly in relation to freight and post, and for it to be proportional to the risks involved in their transport;