10 Amendments of Jacqueline FOSTER related to 2012/2056(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas Parliament has expressed its support for the introduction of eCall on numerous occasions, including support for its mandatory deployment,
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas a voluntary approach to deployment in the EU has been Commission policy since 2003 but has not achieved significant progress to date, in large part due to the costs associated with implementation, which would be passed on to the consumer;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas private in-vehicle emergency call services exist today, but none of them offers full EU-wide coverage and market penetration is below 0.4 % of the vehicle fleet, while some of the services introduced have been dismantled due to market failures, leaving the user without in-vehicle emergency call service during the lifetime of the vehicle, whereas, however, a number of vehicle manufacturers are increasing the deployment of their eCall systems and others have announced the deployment of new emergency assistance services in the very near future;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the technology is ready and common EU-wide standards havare been agreing finalised, refined and tested by the industry and the public authorities, in the HeERO demonstration project;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes the initiative to take steps to reduce road fatalities across Europe and supports a cross border approach by emergency services; stresses however, that eCall devices should only be fitted if required by the customer and therefore supports a voluntary approach to the project;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets the delays and lack of progress in the voluntary deployment of eCall to date; acknowledges, however, that the mandatory deployment of a public, 112- based eCall system by 2015 in all new type-approved cars will result in increased costs for motor manafacturers, which would be passed on to the consumer;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that eCall should be a publictechnology neutral EU-wide emergency call system, embedded in the vehicle andusing not only embedded in- vehicle systems, but also open to third party and mobile based systems, while still based on 112 and on common pan- European standards, in order to ensure a reliable and affordable interoperable service that can work seamlessly and interoperably across Europe and in all automobiles, irrespective of make, country or actual location of the vehicle, thus maximising the benefits of eCall for all drivers;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that a public EU-wide eCall service can coexist with private emergency services, as long as, whether or not a vehicle buyer opts for a private solution, vehicles are equipped with the public eCall service so as to ensureprovided that continuity of the service EU-wide throughout the lifetime of the vehicle is guaranteed;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Emphasises that the eCall system utilises technical components (satellite positioning, processing and communication capabilities) that could also provide the basis for several other in-vehicle applications and services but stresses that the eCall controller cannot be "open" for reliability reasons concerning safety, security and consumer protection;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the eCall system is based on an interoperable and open-access platform in order to encourage innovation and boost the competitiveness of the European information technology industry on the global markets;