3 Amendments of Vladko Todorov PANAYOTOV related to 2011/0190(COD)
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Emissions from shipping due to the combustion of marine fuels with a high sulphur content contribute to air pollution in the form of sulphur dioxide and particulate matter, which harm human health and contribute to acidificationthe environment and contribute to the formation of acidic precipitates.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Passenger ships operate mostly in ports or close to coastal areas and their impacts on human health and the environment are significant. Those ships are required to use marine fuel with the same maximum sulphur content as is applicable in SECAs (1.5%). Given that stricter sulphur standards will apply in SECAs, it is justified by the need to improve air quality around ports and coasts in the non-SECA territories that the same standards apply to passenger ships. However, the introduction of a new SECA standard for passenger ships would be delayed by 5 years in order to avoid potential problems with fuel availability. while allowing passenger ships to be equipped with a purification system.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In order to determine the date of the application of 0.50% sulphur limit in conformity with the IMO decision, to designate new SECAs, to approve new alternative abatement methods and to establish the appropriate conditions for their use, to ensure appropriate monitoring of sulphur content of fuels and the harmonized content and the format of Member States' reports and to adapt the provisions of the Directive to scientific and technical progress, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of specification of the date from which the maximum sulphur content of fuel of 0.50% by mass should apply in the Union, designation of new SECAs on the basis of the decision of the IMO, approval of new emission abatement methods not covered by Council Directive 96/98/EC15 and establishment, supplementation or amendment of conditions for their use, the specification of the means of sampling and emission monitoring and the content and the format of the report and the amendment of Article 2, points 1, 2, 3, 3a, 3b and 4 or Article 6 paragraph 1(a) and 2 in the light of scientific and technical progress and, where relevant, the instruments of the IMO. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and to the Council. ___________________ 1 OJ L 241, 29.8.1998, p. 27.