Activities of Csaba SÓGOR related to 2017/0128(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the interoperability of electronic road toll systems and facilitating cross-border exchange of information on the failure to pay road fees in the Union (recast)
Amendments (14)
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) This Directive does not affect the Member States' freedom to lay down rules governing road infrastructure charging and taxation matters. Nonetheless, by making electronic tolling systems inside the Union interoperable it would contribute to the objectives laid down by Union legislation on road tolls while fully respecting the data protection safeguards laid down in Union law.
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) 'electronic toll domain' means a road, a road network, a structure such as a bridge or a tunnel, or ferry, where road fees are collected using, exclusively or partially, automatic detection mechanisms such as communication with on-board equipment inside the vehicle or, possibly supplemented by automatic number plate recognition;
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) ‘Member State of registration’ means the Member State of registration ofwhere the vehicle with which the offence of failing to pay a road fee was committed is registered;
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
All new electronic toll systems which require the installation or use of on-board equipment shall, for carrying out electronic toll transactions, use one or more of the following technologies listed in Annex IV . : (a) satellite positioning; (b) mobile communications using the GSM-GPRS standard (reference GSM TS 03.60/23.00); (c) 5.8 GHz microwave technology.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Existing electronic toll systems which use technologies other than those listed in Annex IVsubparagraph 1 shall comply with those technologies if substantial technological improvements are carried out
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
EETS providers shall make available to users on-board equipment which is suitable for use, interoperable and capable of communicating with all electronic toll systems in service in the Member States using the technologies listed in Annex IVparagraph 1.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. The on-board equipment may use its own hardware and software, use elements of other hardware and software present in the vehicle, or both. For the purpose of communicating with other hardware systems present in the vehicle, the on-board equipment may use technologies other than those listed in Annex IVparagraph 1.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
The Member State in whose territory there was a failure to pay a road fee shall use the data obtained exclusively in order to establish who is liable for the failure to pay that fee.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Without prejudice to Article 8, the national contact point may provide the toll charger affected by the failure to pay road fees the information necessary to recover the unpaid fees.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and, where the national law of the Member State in which the payment is due classifies the failure to pay a road fee as constituting a criminal offence, the national laws, regulations or administrative provisions transposing Directive (EU) 2016/680 shall apply to personal data processed under this Directive.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that the processing of personal data processed under this Directive are, within an appropriate time period, rectified if inaccurate, or erased or restricted, and that a time limit for the storageis limited to the types of data is establishted in Annex II. In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and, where applicable, the national laws, regulations or administrative provisions transposing Directive (EU) 2016/680, Member States shall establish a time limit for the storage of personal data and ensure that inaccurate personal data are rectified or erased within an appropriate time period.
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 11 amending Annexes I and IV I in order to adapt ithem to technical progress.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 10 shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from [the entry into force of this Directive]. period of five years from [the entry into force of this Directive]. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV
Annex IV