6 Amendments of Georgios KOUMOUTSAKOS related to 2008/0147(COD)
Amendment 31 #
Council position – amending act
Recital 5 (new)
Recital 5 (new)
(5a) Transport modes other than road transport have already started to internalise external costs and the relevant Union legislation either phases in such internalisation or at least does not prevent it. In the road transport sector, several taxes and charges already apply, including taxes and charges to compensate partially for external costs such as CO2, as is for example the case with excise taxes on fuel. However, this process needs to be monitored and encouraged further with a view to establishing a Union-wide framework for the internalisation of external costs in all transport modes.
Amendment 51 #
Council position – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 c – paragraph 3
Article 7 c – paragraph 3
3. The external-cost charge related to traffic-based air pollution shall not apply to vehicles which comply with the most stringent EURO emission standards until fourive years after the dates of application laid down in the rules which introduced those standards.
Amendment 62 #
Council position – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 f – paragraph 5
Article 7 f – paragraph 5
5. The amount of the mark-up shall be deducted from the amount of the external cost charge calculated in accordance with Article 7c, except for vehicles of EURO emission classes 0, I and II;. The related revenues shall be invested in financing the construction of priority projects of European interest identified in Annex III to Decision No 1692/96/EC.
Amendment 66 #
Council position – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 g – paragraph 3 – point (c)
Article 7 g – paragraph 3 – point (c)
(c) no infrastructure charge is more than 17500 % above the maximum level of the weighted average infrastructure charge as referred to in Article 7b; and
Amendment 67 #
Council position – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 g – paragraph 3 – point (d)
Article 7 g – paragraph 3 – point (d)
(d) the peak periods during which the higher infrastructure charges are levied for the purpose of reducing congestion do not exceed fivthree hours per day.
Amendment 82 #
Council position – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall determine the use of revenues generated by this Directive. The revenues generated from external-cost charges, or the equivalent in financial value of these revenues, shouldall be used to benefit the transport sector, to make transport more sustainable and optimise the entire transport system, including the following: (a) facilitating efficient pricing; (b) reducing road transport pollution at source; (c) mitigating the effects of road transport pollution at source; (d) improving the CO2 and energy performance of vehicles; (e) developing alternative infrastructure for transport users and/or expanding current capacity; (f) optimising logistics; or (g) improving road safety; Member States shall determine the use to be made of revenue from charges for the use of road infrastructure. To enable the transport network to be developed as a whole, revenue from charges shall be used to benefit the road transport sector and optimise the road transport system. At least 15 % of the revenues generated by the external cost charge in each Member State shall be dedicated to financially supporting TEN-T projects in order to increase transport sustainability. This percentage shall gradually increase over time. The application of the multiplication factor in mountain areas for charging of air pollution costs and noise shall be linked to the requirement to spend the revenues generated in the construction of priority projects of European interest identified in Annex III to Decision No 1692/96/EC.