Activities of Brigitte FOURÉ related to 2008/0062(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Cross-border enforcement in the field of road safety (debate)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The types of road traffic offences to be covered by this system should reflect their seriousness in terms of endangering road safety and should cover offences which are qualified as traffic offences in the laws of all Member States. It is accordingly appropriate to make provision in relation to speeding, drink-driving, non-use of a seat- belt, and failing to stop at a red traffic light. The Commission will continue to monitor developments across the EU in respect of other road traffic offences with serious implications for road safety and if appropriate will consider proposing a revis. Following the submission of a report on the implementation of theis Directive in order to cover them within its scope, such as driving under the influence of drugs, use of mobile phones while driving and uninsured drivingtwo years after it has entered into force, the Commission will, if appropriate, propose a revision of this Directive in order to cover them within its scope.
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2 a (new)
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The offence notification shall contain, as a minimum, contain the subject of the notification, the name of the authority responsible for implementing sanctions, the name of the central authority responsible for enforcing this Directive, and a description of the relevant details of the offence concerned and. It shall specify the amount of the financial penalty that the holder is required to pay, the most convenient payment procedures, the possibilities for the holder to contest the grounds for the offence notification and to appeal against a decision imposing a financial penalty, and the procedure to be followed in case of dispute or appeal.
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. The offence notification shall inform the holder that he must complete a reply form if he does not intend to pay the penalty. It shall also inform the holder that, if he refuses to pay, his refusal will be communicated to the central authority of the State of residence with a view to enforcement of the decision imposing the sanction.
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5a Recognition and enforcement of sanctions 1. The competent authority of the State of residence shall, without any other formality, recognise a decision imposing a sanction communicated to it pursuant to Article 5a(2) and, without delay, take every step required to enforce it, except where it decides to invoke one of the following grounds for non-recognition or non-enforcement: (a) the law of the State of residence provides for immunity making it impossible to enforce the decision imposing the sanction; (b) the party concerned has not been informed of his or her right of appeal and of the period within which an appeal may be lodged. 2. Enforcement of the decision imposing the sanction by the competent authority of the State of residence shall be governed by the law of the State of residence. 3. The competent authority of the State of offence shall immediately inform the competent authority of the State of residence of any ruling or measure serving to render the decision imposing the sanction unenforceable. The State of residence shall cease to enforce the decision imposing the sanction as soon as the competent authority of the State of offence has informed it of such a ruling or measure.
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 b (new)
Article 5 b (new)
Article 5b Information to be supplied by the State of residence The competent authority of the State of residence shall, without delay, inform the competent authority of the State of offence by any means leaving a written record (a) of any decision not to enforce a decision imposing a sanction, together with the reasons for such non- enforcement; (b) of the enforcement of a decision imposing a sanction as soon as it has been completed.
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7a Information for European drivers 1. Member States shall make the arrangements required in order to provide road users with the necessary information about the measures implementing this Directive. Such information may be passed on via, among other sources, road safety bodies or automobile clubs. Member States shall ensure that the rules on speed limits are displayed on signs erected on every road traversed by their borders. 2. On its Internet site the Commission shall post a summary of the rules in force in Member States in the field covered by this Directive.
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8a Assessment and report 1. Two years after this Directive has entered into force, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on its implementation by the Member Staes and its effectiveness in terms of the goal of reducing the number of fatalities on the EU’s roads. 2. On the basis of that report, the Commission shall consider how the scope of this Directive might be extended to cover other road traffic offences with serious implications for road safety. 3. In the same report the Commission shall put forward proposals to harmonise checking equipment on the basis of Community criteria and road safety checking procedures. 4. In the report the Commission shall, in addition, discuss those cases in which an offence did not lead to payment of a penalty, on account of the holder’s defence that he was not driving the vehicle concerned at the time when the offence was committed. If it thinks fit, the Commission shall propose any measure serving to close this loophole. 5. In the report the Commission shall, further, assess how the Member States have, on a voluntary basis, implemented the guidelines referred to in Article 2a and shall consider whether those recommendations should be made mandatory. If necessary, the Commission may submit a proposal amending this Directive.