7 Amendments of Gilles SAVARY related to 2008/2041(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the EU has committed itself to complying with the Kyoto Protocol and controlling the greenhouse gas emissions likely to worsen the consequences of climate change,
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. Wwhereas European towns and cities should be able to choose from a wide range of instruments so as to put together a tailor- made policy mix in order to solve their specific traffic problemspromote modal shift towards sustainable transport modes and thus address environmental and societal problems (congestion, accidents, pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, noise, etc...); whereas better logistical solutions must be sought in all transport areas (passenger and freight transport),
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recognises and respects the principle that local authorities are free to manage their own affairs and that the authorities which run local transport services are free to adopt their own mobility policies, provided that they do not infringe the relevant specific national and European legislation;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2a. Maintains that, in view of its international commitments regarding environmental protection and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, the EU is entitled to act in the area of urban mobility, using the political, legislative, budgetary, and regulatory resources at its disposal;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. believes that the European Union should define an overall strategy on urban mobility leading to a reduction in the high use of private cars and promote modal shift towards sustainable modes of transport, to support the EU's commitments on environmental protection and on cutting greenhouse gas emissions;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for the financing of projects from European Unallocation of European Structural and Cohesion fFunds to be more closeltransport and urban mobility linked to conditions and requirements in the future and considers this to bevestments to be subject to compliance with a significant number of the best practices referred to in the list in paragraph 6 and to their incorporation in a suistainable instrument for promoting environmentally friendly transport conceptsmobility plan commensurate with the urban area to be covered;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Proposes that a programme called ‘URBAN mobility’ be established with a view to financing sustainable mobility programmes in EU agglomerations with sustainable mobility plans encompassing every kind of travel, the idea being to reduce urban congestion and encourage forms of movement entailing little in the way of external costs;