49 Amendments of Gesine MEISSNER related to 2016/2327(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 23 June 2016 entitled “Renewable energies progress report"1a, __________________ 1a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2016)0292.
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 09 September 2015 entitled "Implementation of the 2011 White paper on transport"1a, __________________ 1a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0310.
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the Commission in its 2011 White paper aims to reduce transport GHG emissions by at least 60% by 2050 compared to the 1990 level and whereas a reliable long-term emissions- reduction trajectory provides vehicle manufacturers with the necessary planning security for investments in new technologies;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the long-term decarbonisation of transport requires a wide use of renewable fuels; whereas, in this context, by now it is still uncertain which drive technology will prove the most resource- and climate-efficient for the different modes of transport; whereas it is expected that liquid and gaseous fuels will continue to play an important role, in particular with regard to shipping, aviation and HDVs, for the decades to come;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas since the adoption of the Biofuels Directive in 2003 the legislative framework has repeatedly been changed, whereas a certain stability of the legislative approach is necessary to attract investments in advanced biofuels;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new))
Recital A a (new))
Aa. whereas the sustainability of electric vehicles strongly depends on the use of renewable electricity and therefore should always be considered as being linked to the share of renewable electricity;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas ambitious low-emission strategies, in among others China and India, illustrate that it offers major economic opportunities;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that, in order to respect the Paris Agreement, greenhouse gas emissions from transport will need to be near zero byfurther reduced until mid-century; points out that emissions of air pollutants from transport need to be drastically reduced to meet the WHO public health guidelines as a minimum without any delay;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the shift towards low- emission mobility offers major opportunities for carvehicle manufacturers, suppliers and for innovative energy and service providers;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines that the implementation of new innovative technologies, in a market-driven approach, is a key element to achieve an effective reduction of the GHG emissions within the transport sector;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Encourage the Commission to act as the leading actor for global, harmonised measures, with regards to more sustainable and efficient transport;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to come forward with a 202530 target for cars (in the range of 68-78 gr CO2/km) and vans (in the range of 105-120 gr CO2/km)and vans to be calculated based on the new Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedures (WLTP) reflecting the new measuring test procedures;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises the need for a clear change in demand management in order to make the necessary shift to an intermodal approach; reiterates that transport should be seen as a service and not a goal as such;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Invites the Commission to ensure full implementation of existing legislation and to come forward with a ‘transport and climate’ legislative package with a view to achieving the climate objectives, covering all modes, including urban mobility;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to adopt an ambitious mandate faction plan to support the market uptake of electric vehicles and, considering that the availability and accessibility of charging infrastructure as well as the competitiveness of electric vehicles are essential to increase consumer acceptance; calls for a long- term European initiative on next generation batteries in this regard;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to introduce and improve CO2 standards for all road transport as a matter of urgency; points out thatwelcomes cost-effective vehicle standards probably represent the most effective measure for improving energy efficiency in the EU in the period up to 2030;
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the swift adoption of a transparent harmonized labelling system on EU-level, which would provide consumers with comparable data on the fuel consumption and CO2 emissions of cars placed on the market;
Amendment 125 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission to come up with a proposal on the certification, monitoring and reporting of heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) by the end of 2017 and ambitious 202530 CO2 stargets by the beginning of 2018ndards, based on best available data;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the Commission’s efforts at developing standards for inter- operable electronic tolling systems in the EU and the forthcoming revision of the Eurovignette Directive, which should include distance-based charging and differentiation on the basis of carbon dioxide emissions; calls for the extension of distance-based charging to cover all passenger cars and vans, and for the principle to be extended to urban areas;
Amendment 137 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the potential of innovative technologies such as automated driving and "platooning" (grouping divers vehicles) as it allows better use of slipstream and thereby reduces fuel consumption and emissions; calls for further support for research and development in that area, notably for necessary digital infrastructure and calls for a coherent legislative framework at EU level;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 147 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for a more comprehensive and coordinated system of type-approval and market surveillance on the basis of clearly defined rules and a clearer distribution of responsibilities, involving EU oversight, in order to address the failures identified in the aftermath of Dieselgate and to ensure the full, homogenous and efficient implementation of the new type-approval and market surveillance framework;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that autonomous vehicles can be an important asset in improving the efficiency of transport; insists, however, that autonomous vehicles should be electric, shared, and include smart measures to mitigate increasing use;
Amendment 165 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. RegretNotes, in this regard, the adoption of high conformity factors for NOx emissions and urges the Commission to review the conformity factors in 2017 and annually thereafter, based on best available technologies;
Amendment 180 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers the 2020 ICAO agreement inadequate, in particular the provision of carbon-neutral growth targets and its voluntary natureAcknowledges the decision by the 39th Session of the ICAO Assembly to develop a global market-based measure (GMBM) scheme for international aviation; calls on the Commission to assess the decision, including the voluntary commitments and reservations made by states and to monitor the developments towards the implementation of the decision, including international implementation and the domestic implementation in the 67 states that intend to voluntary participate in the GMBM; calls on the Commission to present an assessment in a timely a manner;
Amendment 184 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Encourages the shift towards Cooperative Connected and Automated mobility, and supports the Commission’s European Strategy in this regard;
Amendment 205 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that the IMO fell short of delivering progress on the GHG emissions reduction target and measures and therefore urgesefforts to limit international maritime emissions through the IMO are not yet concluded and encourages the involved parties to present their proposal without delay; stresses, however, that, in the absence of a comparable system operating under the IMO, CO2 emissions emitted at Union ports and during voyages to and from Union ports shallcould be subject to the EU ETS from 2023;
Amendment 224 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for a more stringent limits than thoseambitious approach to increase the share of renewable energies in transport than proposed in the recast of the Renewable Energy Directive in order to phase down first generation biofuels by 2030 and achieve long- term decarbonisation of the transport sector;
Amendment 231 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. InvitesReiterates its call on the Commission to favour biofuels with high GHG-efficiency, while based on best available scientific evidence, while respecting the principle of technology neutrality, taking into account indirect land use change and ensuring that existing investments are protected in order to create a long-term perspective for investments in sustainable biofuels;
Amendment 239 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Encourages greater market penetration of those advanced biofuels which comply with the principle of cascading use and waste hierarchybiofuels, both conventional and advanced, which comply with high GHG savings, a low risk of indirect land use change and with the most efficient use of resources from an overall life-cycle perspective ("well-to- wheel") and which respect strong environmental and social sustainability criteria in order to avoid the same issues that occurred with first-generation biofuelfurther reduce fossil fuel use and GHG emissions;
Amendment 245 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses in this regard that the life- cycle assessment of biofuels should take into consideration their role to play in the circular economy, which includes inter alia the supply of high-protein animal feed that is chronically short in the EU and otherwise would have to be imported;
Amendment 246 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Recalls that 94% of European transport relies on oil products and believes that sustainable domestic biofuels reduce the fossil fuel import dependency, thus strengthening EU energy security;
Amendment 252 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that crop-based biofuels should not count towards Member States’ climate targets under the Effort Sharinge importance of robust and credible accounting of emissions and removals resulting from bioenergy under the LULUCF Regulation;
Amendment 267 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Underlines the role that natural gas, (e.g. CNG and LNG) and in particular bio-methane and synthetic methane, could play in the transition towards the decarbonisation of the transport sector, especially with regard to shipping, aviation and HDVs.;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Urges the Commission and the Member States to limitencourage the financing of transport initiatives through the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), Trans- European Transport network (TEN-T), Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) and Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) financing to initiatives that contribute to climate action;.
Amendment 271 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Stresses that synthetic fuels (liquid and gaseous) derived from surplus renewable energies, in particular solar- and wind-energy at peak production that otherwise would be wasted, could contribute to reducing GHG emissions of the existing fleets from a life-cycle perspective while also increasing the renewable energy yield;
Amendment 277 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Welcomes the fact that EU businesses are currently world technology leaders in synthetic fuels technologies and sees this as a chance to strengthen economic growth and high-quality employment in the EU; therefore stresses the importance of creating a framework that encourages the further development and roll-out of such technologies;
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Stresses that any legislative proposal to reduce CO2 emissions from heavy-duty vehicles has to take account of the key features of trucks, as all these variables result in different CO2 emissions; strongly supports the use of simulation tool VECTO and certified data provided by manufacturers to calculate the CO2 results for a complete vehicle or truck-trailer combination, considering its possible missions;
Amendment 399 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Urges the Commission to come forward with an ambitious proposal for the Combined Transport Directive that better promotes efficient freight transport and encourages the modal shift towards rail and sustainable inland waterways of 30 % by 2030 and 50 % by 2050;
Amendment 400 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Urges the Commission to come forward with an ambitious proposal for the Combined Transport Directive that better promotes efficient freight transport and encourages the modal shift towards rail and sustainable waterways of 30 % by 2030 and 50 % by 2050;
Amendment 410 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Asks the Commission to improve aviation efficiency, including by means of the proposal on landing fees and CO2 standards beyond those enshrined inWelcomes the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) aAgreement to reduce CO2 emissions;
Amendment 419 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Recalls that airspace is also part of the EU single market, and that any fragmentation resulting from its inefficient use, as well as diverging national practices (concerning, for instance, operational procedures, taxes, levies, etc.), causes longer flight times, delays, extra fuel burn, and higher levels of CO2 emissions, in addition to negatively impacting the rest of the market and hampering the EU's competitiveness; urges therefore the Council and Member States to make swift progress for the completion of the Single European Sky;
Amendment 433 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Considers that the EU should implement the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) through the Union Emissions Trading System (ETS), while allowing for 50 % of the journeys to be excluded, provided that the destination is implementing CORSIA through national measures; proposes that the EU ETS should be retained for flights within the European Economic Area (EEA)as agreed by ICAO is the most efficient way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from aviation;
Amendment 450 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Stresses that, in order to address current market barriers to ship efficiency and lower emissions, transparency and the real transport work data in the EU Monitoring, Reporting, Verification (MRV) system should be preserved if and when the EU decides to align itsCalls on the Commission to align the EU Monitoring, Reporting, Verification (MRV) system with the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Data Collection System (DCS), as soon as it is operational;
Amendment 458 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Stresses that, in the absence ofEncourages the IMO to find an international agreement on an emissions reduction objective for the shipping sector and IMO measures to mitigate emissions in the international maritime sector, the Union should incorporate international shipping into the Emissions Trading System from 2023 without delay;
Amendment 466 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 b (new)
Paragraph 31 b (new)
31b. Underlines that innovative financing solutions and the use of the EU investment support facilities available from the European Investment Bank should provide useful tools to help ship- owners to shoulder/cover the initial cost in order to reduce GHG.
Amendment 469 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Asks the Commission to come forward with a review of the Directive on River Information Services (RIS)21 in 2018, including on how to promote the use of RIS for reducing inland waterways emissions; __________________ 21 Directive 2005/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on harmonised river information services (RIS) on inland waterways in the Community, OJ L 255, 30.9.2005, p. 152-159.