50 Amendments of Erik MEIJER
Amendment 27 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas European towns and cities should be able to choose from a wide range of flexible instruments so as to put together a tailor- made policy mix in order to solve their specific trafficmobility problems; whereas better logistical solutions must be sought in all transport areas (passengermodes, including walking and cycling, as well as public, private and freight transport),
Amendment 43 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas a growing number of European towns and cities are making use of instruments such as green zones, low emission zones and restricted access to urban road; whereas a solution to the problem of cross-border enforcement of all traffic offences at a European level is urgently needed in the interest of fairness;
Amendment 81 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 - Indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 3 - Indent 1 a (new)
- European guidelines to promote, at local and regional levels, integrated ticketing including not only public transport but also parking facilities and car hiring facilities in proximity to airports, railways and bus stations;
Amendment 102 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 - Indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 3 - Indent 4 a (new)
- action to ensure the effective cross- border enforcement of all road traffic offences, whether criminal or administrative;
Amendment 110 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recognises the rationale behind the Green Paper to create a new urban mobility culture; regrets that cycling has not been addressed more thoroughly in the Green Paper; believes that cycling should be part of this rationale, since cycling addresses the main challenges in the Green Paper and calls on Member States to support with appropriate measures all flexible solutions and adequate dedicated road infrastructure respecting the subsidiarity principle.
Amendment 114 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Title between paragraphs 3 and 4
Title between paragraphs 3 and 4
Amendment 124 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers it necessary for traffic- related CO2 emissions to be regularly monitored in urban areas and calls for a specific European framework to be devised for that purpose;
Amendment 126 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Title between paragraphs 4 and 5
Title between paragraphs 4 and 5
Amendment 131 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 - Introductory part
Paragraph 5 - Introductory part
5. Calls for specific European rules for the standardisation and harmonisation ofEuropean guidance in the following to be drawn uppolicy areas:
Amendment 137 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 - Indent 1
Paragraph 5 - Indent 1
- the introducdesign and operation of green zones and road charging,
Amendment 151 #
Amendment 159 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Title between paragraphs 5 and 6
Title between paragraphs 5 and 6
Amendment 182 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 - Indent 7
Paragraph 6 - Indent 7
- promotion of the use of alternative means of transport such as the bicycle by stressing the rationale behind the Green Paper to create a new urban mobility that will contribute better to safe and secure urban transport not so much emphasised in the Green Paper in order to make it more affordable to all citizens,
Amendment 200 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Requests that access to the CARE database (Community database on Accidents on the Roads in Europe) be opened, which would be a powerful tool for exchanging information and expertise among transport professionals;
Amendment 204 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Title between paragraphs 6 and 7
Title between paragraphs 6 and 7
Amendment 212 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Title between paragraphs 8 and 9
Title between paragraphs 8 and 9
Amendment 226 #
Amendment 176 #
2008/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Amendment 186 #
2008/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Amendment 58 #
2008/0147(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to move towards a sustainable transport policy, transport prices should better reflect the costs related to traffic- based air pollution, traffic-based noise pollution, climate changedamage to the landscape and biodiversity, oil dependence, climate change, accidents costs not covered by insurance payments and congestion caused by the actual use of vehicles, trains, planes or ships as a means of optimising the use of infrastructure, reducing local pollution, managing congestion and fighting against climate change at least cost for the economy. This calls for a stepwise approach in all transport modes, taking into account their particular characteristics.
Amendment 91 #
2008/0147(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Tolls based on distance travelled should be allowed to include an external cost element based on the cost of traffic- based air and noise pollution damage to the landscape and biodiversity, oil dependence, the impact of climate change and accident costs not covered by insurance payments. Furthermore, on roads that are usually congested and during peak periods congestion costs which are mostly borne at local level should also be allowed to be recovered through the external cost charge. The external cost element included in tolls should be allowed to be added to the cost of infrastructure, provided that certain conditions are respected in the calculation of costs so as to avoid undue charging.
Amendment 92 #
2008/0147(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) To better reflect the cost of traffic- based air and noise pollution, damage to the landscape and biodiversity, oil dependence, the impact of climate change and accident costs not covered by insurance payments and congestion, the external cost charge should vary according to the type of roads, type of vehicles and time periods such as daily, weekly or seasonal peak and off peak periods and night period.
Amendment 115 #
2008/0147(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In order to give the precedence to the construction ofensure efficiency and sustainability of the priority projects of European interest, Member States which have the possibility of applying a mark-up should use this option beforein addition to levying an external cost charge. To avoid an undue charging of users, an external cost charge should not be combined with a mark-up unless the external costs exceed the amount of the mark-up already levied. In such a case, it is thus appropriate that the amount of the mark-up should be deducted from the external cost charge.
Amendment 165 #
2008/0147(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 2 – point b a
Article 2 – point b a
(ba) ‘infrastructure charge’ means a charge levied through a toll for the purpose of recovering the costs incurred by a Member State related to infrastructureor more than one Member State related to infrastructure if the project has been jointly realised;
Amendment 168 #
2008/0147(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 2 – point b b
Article 2 – point b b
(bb) ‘external cost charge’ means a charge levied through a toll for the purpose of recovering the costs incurred by a Member State related to traffic-based air pollution, traffic-based noise pollution, damage to the landscape and biodiversity, oil dependence, the impact of climate change, accident costs not covered by insurance payments and congestion;
Amendment 189 #
2008/0147(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 2 – point b e a (new)
Article 2 – point b e a (new)
(be a) ‘cost of damage to the landscape and biodiversity’ comprises the cost of damage caused by spatial separation and operation of the infrastructure to habitats, ecosystems and species including pollution of land, soil and groundwater;
Amendment 192 #
2008/0147(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 2 – point b e b (new)
Article 2 – point b e b (new)
(be b) ‘cost of oil dependence’ comprises the costs on the economy of increased use of oil in terms of transport by heavy goods vehicles and in delaying the shift towards renewable transport systems and fuels.
Amendment 195 #
2008/0147(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 2 – point b e c (new)
Article 2 – point b e c (new)
(be c) ‘cost of climate change’ comprises the costs to society of the increased occurrence of extreme weather conditions and required adjustments in all sectors of economic, public and private activity, including growing healthcare costs and costs of policies of mitigation;
Amendment 197 #
2008/0147(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 2 – point b e d (new)
Article 2 – point b e d (new)
(be d) ‘accident costs not covered by insurance payments’ includes those costs, in case of accidents involving damage due to the spread of dangerous or highly polluting substances, that are covered by public funds and where insurance payments do not contribute or only partially cover them, including the administrative costs;
Amendment 236 #
2008/0147(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 b – paragraph 2
Article 7 b – paragraph 2
2. The external cost charge shall be related to the cost of traffic-based air pollution, the cost of traffic-based noise pollution, or bothdamage to the landscape and biodiversity, oil dependence, the impact of climate change and accident costs not covered by insurance payments. On road sections subject to congestion the external cost charge may also include the cost of congestion during the periods when these road sections are usually congested.
Amendment 279 #
2008/0147(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7e – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 7e – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 280 #
2008/0147(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7e – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 7e – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The first subparagraph shall apply to existing and new cross-border projects subject to the agreement of all Member States involvedresponsible in the construction and operation of the concerned section in that project.
Amendment 286 #
2008/0147(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7e – paragraph 6
Article 7e – paragraph 6
Amendment 396 #
2008/0147(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. No later than 31 December 2013, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation and effects of this Directive, in particular as regards the effectiveness of the provisions on the recovery of the costs related to congestion and traffic-based pollution, damage to the landscape and biodiversity, oil dependence, the impact of climate change, accident costs not covered by insurance payments and on the inclusion of vehicles of more than 3.5 and less than 12 tonnes. The report shall also assess:
Amendment 410 #
2008/0147(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the relevanceway of integrating other external costs in the calculation of tolls, especiallysuch as the cost of carbon dioxide emissions should the definition of a common fuel tax element related to climate change have not yielded satisfactory results, the cost of accidents and the cost of biodiversity loss;
Amendment 413 #
2008/0147(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the relevance of extendingextension of the scope of the Directive to other categories of vehicles;
Amendment 528 #
2008/0147(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Annex
Annex
Directive 1999/62/EC
Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.3 a (new)
Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.3 a (new)
4.3.a Each Member State shall provide data calculations in order to identify all costs including adverse effects on health, damage to biodiversity and the landscape, the impact of climate change, oil dependency and accidents not covered by insurance. The calculation of the external cost shall be based on the respective methodology for each type of external cost as per the 'Handbook on estimation of external costs in the transport sector' based on Article 11(3). Each Member State shall notify its minimum charge amounts to the Commission in order to comply with provisions as set in Article 9b and 11.
Amendment 8 #
2007/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the internal dimension of the Enlargement Strategy directly affects the Union's ability to pursue its policy objectives and to achieve an ever closer Union, as laid down in the Treaties,
Amendment 50 #
2007/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas these policies should encompass the variety of situations prevailing in our neighbourhood, notably in those countries which have candidate status and have started negotiations, those which have candidate status but have not yet started negotiations, those which have membership prospects, those which have a European integration goal and those which merely wish to have close neighbourly ties with the Union,
Amendment 169 #
2007/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Warns, therefore, that further enlargement without adequate consolidation could lead to a Union of multiple configurations, with core countries moving towards closer integration and others lying at its margins, and that this scenario would have seriously detrimental implications for the Union's capacity to act – since it would weaken its institutions, for the stability of some of its Member States – since it would make them more vulnerable to external pressure, and for its credibility as global actor – since it would undermine its already precarious unity in external affairs;
Amendment 217 #
2007/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. WelcomNotes in this respect the launch, within the framework of the EU, of the Union for the Mediterranean as a positive stepsible instrument in our relations with the southern neighbours; believes that this new development strengthens the argument in favour of specific contractual multilateral relations with our eastern neighbours, which, compared to their southern partners, have clear European ambitions and perspectives; recalls that, as a first step, these relations should translate themselves into the establishment of a Free Trade Area, to be followed by closer relations along the lines of a European Economic Area Plus (EEA +), of a European Commonwealth or of specific regional cooperation frameworks, for example in the Black Sea area;
Amendment 234 #
2007/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes in this context the Commission Communication on the Western Balkans of 5 March 2008 (COM(2008)0127), which outlines a range of measures for supporting the countries in the region in their efforts towards EU integration and for deepening our relations with them, whether in the areas of trade, energy, education and/or research; believes that such measures should include also the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with Serbia and calls on all Member States to overcome their reservations in this respect;
Amendment 155 #
2007/2268(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a (new). Takes the view that there is still only a small part of the population of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia that is able to benefit from improved access for its inhabitants to the territory of the EU Member States, and that this candidate country must have at least equivalent access rules if new concessions are made in this area to other former Yugoslav states, such as Serbia in the context of preparation of a stabilisation and association agreement, or Bosnia-Herzegovina in the case of open frontiers with the candidate country of Croatia;
Amendment 157 #
2007/2268(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b (new). Draws attention to the importance of removing unnecessary barriers for inhabitants of neighbouring countries to gain access to the territory of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and accordingly calls urgently for the opportunity for inhabitants of Albania to deal with all the formalities this requires at the frontier posts instead of only at the embassy in that country’s capital city;
Amendment 160 #
2007/2268(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c (new). Calls on the government and parliament of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to relinquish as soon as possible agreements with the United States not to hand over any citizens of that country suspected of war crimes to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, contrary to the practice of other European states;
Amendment 59 #
2007/2267(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a Urges that the return and housing of refugees, mainly ethnic Serbs, be fully completed and all obstacles to their reintegration and acceptance by other residents definitively overcome, in time for the final agreement on accession of Croatia to the EU;
Amendment 63 #
2007/2267(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes Croatia's Pre-Accession Economic Programme (PEP), recalls that preservation of the shipbuilding industry remains extremely important for the economic viability and the jobs of the inhabitants at the Adriatic coast and notes that it envisages the adoption in March 2008 of the long overdue National Restructuring Programme for the Shipbuilding Industry; reminds the Croatian authorities that progress in this area, besides being a requirement of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement, is of crucial importance for accession negotiations;
Amendment 70 #
2007/2267(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Invites to do more to improve the overall attitude towards the environment, inter alia by eliminating illegal rubbish dumps along roads, river banks, farm land and on the edge of woodlands by introducing a waste collection system that is separate as far as possible;
Amendment 102 #
2007/0145(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Action 1 – Section A – paragraph 2 – point j
Annex – Action 1 – Section A – paragraph 2 – point j
(j) shall restablish a joint tuition fee regardless of the actual place of study of the students within the masters programmepect the right of the Member States to decide the model of financing in education;
Amendment 112 #
2007/0145(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Action 1 – Section B – paragraph 2 – point j
Annex – Action 1 – Section B – paragraph 2 – point j
(j) shall restablish a joint tuition fee regardless of the actual place of study of the students within the masters programmepect the right of the Member States to decide the model of financing in education;