Activities of Silvia-Adriana ȚICĂU related to 2011/2096(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Single European transport area (debate)
Amendments (24)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Is aware of the major contribution made by the transport sector to industrial policy, competitiveness and the EU's trade balance; notes that in 2009 exports of machinery and equipment in the transport sector totalled EUR 454.7 billion, accounting for 41.5% of all exports outside the EU-27; further notes that in 2009 the EU registered its biggest trade surpluses in the areas of machinery and equipment in the transport sector (EUR 112.6 billion) and transport services (EUR 21.5 billion);
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the great potential ICT has toof both ICT and intelligent transport systems (ITS) in terms of reduceing transport emissions in travel and freight; stresses the need to promote innovative solutions such as optimised route planning, intermodality or communication between vehicles and infrastructure; recalls that use of ICT, and especially of videoconferencing, can help reduce the need to travel;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that the use of ITC in the road transport sector and its interfaces with other modes of transport will make a significant contribution to improving environmental performance, efficiency (energy efficiency included), road transport safety and security (the transport of dangerous goods included), public safety and the mobility of passengers and goods, while also ensuring the proper functioning of the internal market, greater competitiveness and higher employment; in order to ensure coordinated and efficient ITS use throughout the Union, it is necessary to introduce a series of specifications, including standards, on a case-by-case basis; these should be implemented in the context of the following priority actions and areas: provision at EU level of information services concerning multimodal transport options; provision at EU level of real-time traffic information services; data and procedures for supplying users free of charge wherever possible with standard minimum information concerning traffic in the context of road safety; availability on a harmonised basis of the eCall system, to be interoperable Union-wide; provision of information services concerning safe parking areas for lorries and commercial vehicles; and availability of reservation facilities for safe parking areas for such vehicles;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Considers, in the context of ITS applications and services which require exact and reliable data and positioning input, that infrastructures are needed using satellite technology or other advanced technologies, so as to ensure the requisite standards of precision; cutting- edge technologies such as Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) or EGNOS/Galileo could be used for implementing ITS applications, especially for the location and tracking of goods in transit, including intermodal transit;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that European research can provide new solutions to increase transport efficiencyreduce CO2 emissions and increase efficiency in the field of transport, and welcomes the Commission’s strategic approach in this regard; believes that more efficient ways of commercialising research results are needed;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the importance of SESAR (Single European Sky ATM Research) for the creation of the 'single European sky', and calls for EGNOS certification, given that this is a key element in terms of use by civil aviation;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes that enterprises should be encouraged to promote competitive pricing so as to ensure that the price difference between non-polluting and energy-efficient vehicles and traditional vehicles does not disadvantage the former on the market;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Draws attention to the role of electric vehicles in the development of energy- efficient transport, and recommends that the Member States act to implement Directive 2009/33/EC on the promotion of clean and energy-efficient road transport vehicles, in the context of public transport;
Amendment 85 #
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 other markets do not lead to social dumping or, private monopolies, the deterioration of social and working conditions or the degradation of the quality European transport services;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Highlights the inequalities in the development of transport infrastructure among the Member States and calls on the Commission and the Member States to help to develop a single and uniformly developed European transport area;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Highlights the importance of developing the transport infrastructure of new Member States to achieve a single European transport area, and in particular, the more urgent need to develop the transport infrastructure of new Member States, including the roads infrastructure, as well as connecting these states’ infrastructures with those of the European Union neighbouring states; calls on the Commission to include the transport infrastructure development needs of new Member States in its future multiannual financial framework so that, by 2025, the transport infrastructure of the new Member States reaches the level of the other Member States;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Highlights the yet insufficiently unexplored potential of transport on the Danube and in the Black Sea area, and calls on the Commission and the Member States along the Danube to achieve this potential by developing multimodal terminals, by modernising the Danube river ports, and by developing short- distance maritime corridors to the Black Sea;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Stresses that the last 10 years have been marked by decreasing investment in the maintenance and modernisation of rail transport infrastructure, which has led to a deterioration in the quality of European rail services and to a smaller rail transport market share; stresses the importance of rail transport to the future of European transport and calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure the necessary funding for the maintenance and modernisation of rail infrastructure and the existing rail networks, and to analyse and plan the completion of a high-speed rail network to connect all capitals, major cities and industrial centres in the EU by 2050;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 1
Paragraph 5 – indent 1
– Member States should commit themselves to eliminate the 25 known bottlenecks in the European transport area by 2020, to prioritise cross-border projects and to submit, by 2013, an approved funding plan by 2015as a framework for and in accordance with the specific Operational Programmes of the Member States;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 3
Paragraph 5 – indent 3
– the Commission should commit itself to support alternative funding models and instruments, including project bonds, and to provide for increased use of that revenue both to fund TEN-T projects when making proposals to internalise external costs and to develop the transport infrastructure of the Member States;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Requests, by 2015, a proposal on urban mobility, achieved with the participation of the local authorities of Member States, and in which, whilst respecting the principle of subsidiarity, support for projects is made conditional upon the submission of urban mobility plans which provide for efficient passenger and goods logistics chains, contribute to a reduction in traffic volumes and environmental pollution (atmospheric pollution and noise), comply with the standards of European transport policy and are coherent with regard to surrounding towns and regions;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Stresses the need to promote an environmentally friendly fleet for urban and suburban public transport and calls on the Commission and the Member States to support projects meant to ensure intermodality between the public transport system and other transport types (e.g. cycling);
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – indent 2
Paragraph 15 – indent 2
– by 2015, a 450% increase in the number of secure parking spaces for heavy goods vehicles on the Trans-European Road Network (TERN) in each Member State compared with 2010 figures;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 2
Paragraph 16 – indent 2
– continuing support for the NAIADES programme, with an assessment of its success to be carried out in 2013, following its expiry, and its retention to be considered, if appropriatethe continuation of this programme for the period 2014-2020;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 4
Paragraph 16 – indent 4
– the dedication of at least 120% of TEN-T funding to inland waterway projects;
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 5 a (new)
Paragraph 16 – indent 5 a (new)
- the Commission to draw up and submit a proposal for an integrated common policy on the EU’s inland waterways similar to the EU common maritime policy, to include development of inland transport services and ways of connecting them with other transport modes, development of the areas surrounding inland waterways, protection of water environment, etc.;
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – indent 1
Paragraph 17 – indent 1
– a proposal, by 2015, on the creation of a single European airspace by further reducing functional airspace blocks on finalising a single European airspace, with the Member States also being called upon to promote the implementation of the single European airspace;
Amendment 381 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Stresses the importance of promoting electric vehicles for the reduction of emissions by the transport sector and calls on the Member States and the relevant European industries to contribute both to the promotion of electric vehicles and to the development of the necessary infrastructure for their use; highlights the potential of the development of this infrastructure to job creation at regional and local level;
Amendment 412 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to annually assess the goals of the White Paper, progress made, and results, and to report to Parliament in this respect, every 5 years, on the implementation of the White Paper;