BETA

14 Amendments of Zigmantas BALČYTIS related to 2017/0291(COD)

Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
(9) Extending the scope of the Directive by including practices such as lease, rental and hire-purchase of vehicles, as well as contracts for public road transport services, special purpose road transport passenger services, non- scheduled passenger transport and hire of buses and coaches with drivers as well as specific postal and courier services and waste refusal services ensures that all relevant procurement practices are covered. The Directive should foresee the possibility to extend its scope to the rail sector at a later stage.
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) All clean and energy-efficient transport options must be considered. Manufacturers should have the flexibility to further develop and use neutral technologies to meet CO2 reduction objectives. Competition between different solutions and manufacturers will encourage innovation and benefit everyone. This will allow a smooth and cost-efficient transition to the decarbonisation of transport.
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
(14) Life-cycle costing is an important tool for contracting authorities and entities to cover energy and environmental costs during the life-cycle of a vehicle, including the cost of greenhouse gas emission and other pollutant emissions on the basis of a relevant methodology to determine their monetary value. Given the scarce use of the methodology for the calculation of operational lifetime costs under Directive 2009/33/EU and the information provided by contracting authorities and entities on the use of own methodologies tailored to their specific circumstances and needs, there should be no methodology mandatory to use, but contracting authorities, contracting entities or operators should be able to choose any life-costing methodology in order to support their procurement processes. The assessment of the CO2 emissions should consider the entire lifecycle of the vehicles including during the production, use and end of life, taking into account disposal and recycling. Therefore, contracting authorities and other entities should focus on the entire vehicle and not only on its components and the maximum tail-pipe emission expressed in CO2 g/km and real driving pollutant emissions.
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) EU financial instruments should be mobilised in order to support Member States at national, regional and local level to achieve the targets under this Directive. Minimum binding targets for charging points per Members State, together with direct infrastructure financing and financing of electric vehicle charging points and hydrogen vehicle filling stations should be considered as well, where not commercially viable on their own. For this purpose, funding instruments such as the Connecting Europe Facility supporting the development of high performing, sustainable and efficiently interconnected trans-European networks in the fields of transport and the European Fund for Strategic Investments or the Cleaner Transport Facility supporting the deployment of cleaner transport vehicles and their associated infrastructure needs could be mobilised. Advisory Hubs should play a key role in this transition by facilitating and promoting investments and supporting institutional capacities.
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) The requirements of this Directive and the new minimum procurement targets may lead to additional financial resources for contracting authorities. Therefore, it would be appropriate to seek financial mechanisms to implement the requirements of this Directive. The Union's financial policy and in particular the future Multiannual Financial Framework after 2020 should be in line with the new requirements for the promotion of clean and energy efficient road transport vehicles and support the decarbonisation of transport and the use of cleaner road transport vehicles.
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18 b (new)
(18b) Reforms need to be introduced at local and national level, with clear investments signals and combining the different sources to reach the goal of this Directive.
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) Enhanced environmental audits and tests should be envisaged, encouraging local authorities to purchase, rent and lease energy-efficient road transport vehicles. For this purpose, it would be appropriate to develop EU financial mechanisms to assist in the implementation of the requirements of this Directive.
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 2009/33/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
By [18 months after the entry into force] Member States shall prepare and submit to the Commission a report on rail transport outlining: (a) all national services using diesel, both for passenger and freight transport; (b) potential for replacement of diesel trains by alternative solutions, including hybrid trains, fuel cell and electric trains; (c) a timeline for such a transition.
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2009/33/EU
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
4a. 'sustainable battery' means a battery for which the whole value chain is taken into account and the final battery product is fit for reuse and/or recycling. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt a delegated act by [18 months after entry into force] with a more precise definition based on an assessment of the CO2 emissions considering the whole chain, e.g. the entire lifecycle of the battery including full lifecycle of carbon emissions during the production process and end of life carbon footprint of the battery.
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2009/33/EU
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
4a. 'sustainable lifecycle vehicle' means a vehicle which is produced by using significantly lower emissions than comparable vehicle types, and is designed to allow for a more sustainable end of life, including reuse and recycling potential of its components. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt a delegated act by [18 months after entry into force] with a more precise definition.
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2009/33/EU
Article 4 a
(4) The following Article 4a is inserted: “Article 4a Delegation of powers The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 8a in order to update Table 3 in the Annex with CO2 tail-pipe emission and air pollutants thresholds for heavy duty vehicles once the related heavy-duty CO2 emission performance standards are in force at Union level”.deleted
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b a (new)
Directive 2009/33/EU
Article 10 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The Commission shall provide guidance to Member States with regards to the different EU funds that might be used for the purposes of this Directive, e.g. Connecting Europe Facility supporting the development of high performing, sustainable and efficiently interconnected trans-European networks in the field of transport, the European Fund for Strategic Investments, or the Cleaner Transport Facility supporting the deployment of cleaner transport vehicles and their associated infrastructure needs.
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b b (new)
Directive 2009/33/EU
Article 10 – paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Advisory Hubs shall play a key role in the transition to transport decarbonisation by facilitating and promoting investments and supporting institutional capacities. Therefore, the Commission shall substantially reinforce the role and the capacity of the European Investment Advisory Hub, notably through a local presence and a proactive role in the preparation of projects.
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a directive
ANNEX 1
Directive 2009/33/EC
Annex – table 4 – footnote 1
*Vehicles with zero-emissions at tailpipe shall be counted as 1 vehicle contributing to the mandate and those using sustainable batteries shall counted as 1.25 vehicles. All other vehicles that meet the requirements of Table 2 in this annex shall be counted as 0.5 vehicle contributing. Any vehicle which meets the definition of 'sustainable lifecycle vehicle' shall in addition receive a bonus credit of 0.25.
2018/05/04
Committee: ITRE