14 Amendments of Paolo COSTA related to 2008/0147(COD)
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The promotion of sustainable transport is a key element of the common transport policy. To this end, the negative impacts of transport, in particular congestion, which impedes mobility, pollution, which creates health and environmental damage, and its contribution to climate change and accidents must be reduced. Moreover environmental protection requirements must be integrated into the definition and implementation of other Community policies, including the common transport policy.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) To better reflect the cost of traffic- based air and noise pollution, accidents 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 110 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The authority which sets the external cost charge should also have no vested interest in setting the amount at an undue level and should therefore be independent from the body which collects and manages toll revenue. Experience has shown that adding a mark-up to tolls in mountainous areas in order to finance priority projects of the trans-European network is not a practicable option for infrastructure operators if the traffic diversion which may result from an increase of the toll is such that it implies a loss of revenueif the definition of a corridor is not consistent with the reality of the traffic flow. To remedy this situation, the corridor on which a mark-up shcould be allowed on alternatishould in particular cover routes to which traffic could otherwise be divad sections for which the introduction of a mark-up would result in a traffic diversion towards the priority project concertned.
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In order to give the precedence to the construction of priority projects of European interest, Member States which have the possibility of applying a mark-up should use this option before 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 theshould not be prevented from applying a mark-up when also levying an external cost charge.
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) The use of electronic tolling systems is essential to avoiding disruption to the free flow of traffic and to preventing adverse effects on the local environment caused by queues at toll barriers. It is therefore appropriate to ensure that the infrastructure and external cost charge iss are collected by means of such a system, subject to compliance with the requirements of Directive 2004/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the interoperability of electronic road toll systems in the Community that foresees appropriate and proportionate measures to ensure that technical, legal, commercial and data protection and privacy concerns are properly addressed in the implementation of electronic tolling. Furthermore such systems should be designed without roadside barriers and in a way which allows subsequent extension to any parallel roads at low cost. Provision should however be made for a transitional period in order to permit the necessary adaptations to take place.
Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 2 – point b d a (new)
Article 2 – point b d a (new)
(bd a) ‘costs of accidents’ means the social costs of traffic accidents, which are not covered by risk oriented insurance premiums;
Amendment 205 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Member States mayshall maintain or introduce tolls and/or user charges on their road network or on certain sections of that trans-European road network under the conditions laid down in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of this aArticle and in Articles 7a to 7j, without prejudice to Article 9(1a).
Amendment 238 #
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 climate change, accidents, traffic-based air pollution, the cost of traffic-based noise pollution, or bothall of them. 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 338 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7i – paragraph 4
Article 7i – paragraph 4
4. An external cost charge shall be levied and collected by means of an electronic system which complies with the requirements of Article 2(1) of Directive 2004/52/EC and which can subsequently be extended to other road sections without the need for roadside barriers which imply significant additional roadside investment.
Amendment 342 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7i – paragraph 5
Article 7i – paragraph 5
Amendment 382 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
As from 2011, at least 15% of the revenues generated by external cost and infrastructure charge in each Member States shall be dedicated to the financial support on TEN-T projects to increase transport sustainability. This percentage shall gradually increase over the years.
Amendment 399 #
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, climate change, accidents and traffic- based pollution and on the inclusion of vehicles of more than 3.5 and less than 12 tonnes. The report shall also assess:
Amendment 446 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Annex
Annex
Directive 1999/62/EC
Annex IIIa – point 2 – subparagraph 3
Annex IIIa – point 2 – subparagraph 3
The classification of roads and the definition of time periods shall be based on objective criteria related to the level of exposure of the roads and their vicinities to congestion and pollution such as population density, the yearly number of pollution peaks measured in accordance with Directive 96/62/EC, the average daily and hourly traffic and, the level of service (percentage of the day or the year when road usage is close to or above capacity, average delays and/or queues lengths), and the yearly number of accidents. The criteria used shall be included in the notification.
Amendment 524 #
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 When a Member State chooses to include all or part of the cost of accidents in the external cost charge, the independent authority shall calculate the chargeable external cost of traffic accidents by applying the following formulae or by taking the unit values following the Table 10 of the Handbook: External Accident Costs = accident figures * unit cost per accident * external part. All parameters, data and other information necessary to understand how the chargeable accident cost is calculated shall be made public.