Activities of Jean-Paul BESSET related to 2009/2095(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Strategic goals and recommendations for the EU’s maritime transport policy until 2018 (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT Report on strategic goals and recommendations for the EU’s maritime transport policy until 2018 PDF (194 KB) DOC (106 KB)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Hopes that the EU’s maritime policies will henceforth be designed within the framework of a ‘single European sea’ and, consequently, calls on the Commission to develop a European maritime transport policy as part of a common maritime area;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Urges the Commission to continue to combat abuses of flags of convenience and to look at the possibility of creating a European register;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Commission to submit to the Council and to the European Parliament by June 2010 a list of the State aid provided in the last three years to European maritime transport companies and a breakdown of the market, as a percentage, between container line consortia and maritime conferences;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Underlines that the social rules governing maritime workers, as laid down by the ILO, must be respected;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Urges the Commission to propose before the end of 2010 a system of ‘maritime emissions trading schemes’ (METS), which would be used as an additional tool for the reduction of CO2 emissions from maritime transport;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that these reductions must be agreed in global fora in order to limit disparities in competitive conditions, but that this must not prevent the EU from taking initiatives aimed at further reductions in the fleets of its Member States, thereby encouraging the other continents to follow suit and helping them to become competitive in this area;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Stresses that, as part of its research and development policy, the Commission must give priority to innovation in the area of renewable technologies for use on vessels, such as solar and wind technologies;