Activities of Georges BACH related to 2010/2137(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION Report from the Commission: Report on competition policy 2009
Amendments (7)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop fairer competition in the transport domain while respecting other European Union policy objectives, such as properly functioning transport and mobility services, policy objectives in the areas of public services, safety and environmental protection, and EU 2020 targets on CO2 emissions and oil dependency;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines that the financial and economic crisis has led to a very large number of business bankruptcies and failures, not least among transport SMEs and VSEs, that crisis response plans have primarily been national plans and that coordination at European level has been belated and ineffective; regrets that there was no European mechanism, on the lines of a monthly barometer for transport companies, to better anticipate and forestall the effects of the economic crisis; notes that measures to help transport companies cope with cash flow problems and temporary additional costs could have been brought forward at European level in order to avoid the overlapping of national plans, and without state aid arrangements as a whole or the need for fair competition being compromised;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need to create and monitor fair competition within and between the transport modes in pricing structures and respecting social, safety and environmental rules, for example between road, waterway and rail freight transport or between short distance flights and long distance rail transport for passengerorder to generate transparent and clear pricing structures and pricing policies;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Asks the Commission to monitor the respect of social, safety and environmental rules, for example between road, waterway, airway and rail freight transport or between short distance flights and long distance rail transport for passengers;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission, while reviewing legislation on passenger rights and reimbursement for delays, to guarantee fair and equal compensation schemes for delays across all transport modes (25% compensation for a delay of more than 1 hour, 50% for a delay of more than 2 hours, according to the existing legislation in the field of railways) and the setting-up of independent arbitration bodies between operators and clients;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Invites the Commission to deliver an overview of cases where low cost air carriers were/are unfairly advantaged vis-à-vis other carriers, through special conditions granted to them while using certain airports, beyond the three-year period prescribed for start-up aid for airline companies;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Draws the Commission’s attention to the indirect obstacles to competition arising from the disparity, in the transport sector, in the rules on safety, interoperability and type-approval;