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Activities of Sabine WILS related to 2009/2152(INI)

Shadow opinions (1)

OPINION White Paper: Adapting to climate change: Towards a European framework for action
2016/11/22
Committee: TRAN
Dossiers: 2009/2152(INI)
Documents: PDF(113 KB) DOC(101 KB)

Amendments (3)

Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that efforts by the transport sector to adapt will be particularly difficult in the face of climate change and that it is companies in the sector which are at present making the majority of the efforts; considers, however, that efforts by this sector and its companies to adapt may in no way be solely independent, bearing in mind what is at stake in terms of the competitiveness of the whole of the European economy, and that they must be fully taken into account in the strategic approach to adaptation, in particular by proposing action to increase the resilience of the transport sectorut rather require tighter regulation as a means of guaranteeing the competitiveness of European firms in the car industry as well as effective improvements for the environment;
2009/12/15
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Approves the action proposed in order to increase the resilience of physical infrastructure; stresses that such action must cover not only construction but also maintenance of infrastructure, including transportin particular public rail infrastructure;
2009/12/15
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that, with regard to instruments and financing, the action proposed in the White Paper is very vague; stresses that companies in the transport sector are already heavily taxed and that users of modes of transport also make a large contribution to the necessary financial outlay; calls on the Commission, therefore, to favour modes of financing which would not increase the costs on transport companies or the costs for users;delete
2009/12/15
Committee: TRAN