Activities of Silvia-Adriana ȚICĂU related to 2005/0283(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
Promotion of clean road transport vehicles (debate)
Promotion of clean road transport vehicles (debate)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) The energy and environmental award criteria should be certain among the several award criteria to be taken into consideration by contracting authorities or contracting entities when they are called upon to take a decision on the procurement of clean and energy- efficient road transport vehicles.
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) State aid for the procurement of road transport vehicles, including the retrofitting of type-approval vehicles with engines and replacement parts, should be allowed under Community rules. Such State aid may be justified in the light of the common interest of the Community, in particular as regards urban sustainable transport mobility.
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17 b (new)
Recital 17 b (new)
(17b) The Commission should develop procedures for the compatibility assessment applicable to State aid used for the public transport of passengers by road within the ‘green public procurement’ rules and guidelines.
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1
Article 1
This Directive requires the inclusion of operational lifetime costs of energy consumption, CO2 emissions, and pollutant emissions as award criteria in the procurement of road transport vehicles, including the retrofitting of such vehicles with engines and replacement parts, by contracting authorities or contracting entities within the meaning of Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC or as criteria for the purchase of such vehicles by operators under contract, licence, permit or authorisation granted by public authorities, in order to promote clean and energy -efficient vehicles.
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
This Directive shall not apply to the retrofitting with engines and replacement parts of road transport vehicles that have exceeded 75% of their total lifetime mileage.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
Article 1 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
Without prejudice to the relevant law, in particular Community rules on State aid and Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 on public passenger transport services by rail and by road and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) Nos 1191/69 and 1107/70, Member States may promote the procurement or the purchase of clean and energy-efficient road transport vehicles, including retrofitting with engines and replacement parts where such vehicles have not exceeded 75% of their total lifetime mileage.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1a Definitions ‘Road transport vehicle’ means the vehicles of M and N categories as defined in Directive 2007/46/EC and retrofitting with engines and replacement parts where such vehicles have not exceeded 75% of their total lifetime mileage.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. By 1 January 2013 the use of the label stating ‘clean and energy-efficient road urban transport’ shall be applied only to those contracting authorities or contracting entities undertaking 100% green procurement in their annual procurement of public road transport vehicles.
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Commission shall develop procedures for the compatibility assessment applicable to State aid used for the public transport of passengers by road within the framework of EC ‘green public procurement’ rules and guidelines.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4a Standardised test procedures The Commission shall develop implementing measures in order to standardise test procedures for vehicles not covered by standardised EU test procedures referred to in Article 3(2). These measures, designed to amend non- essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 5(2).
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 b (new)
Article 4 b (new)
Article 4b Accompanying measures Public authorities may encourage the improvement of urban traffic management through specific infrastructure components aiming to make public transportation more efficient.