Activities of Georges BACH related to 2011/2096(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Single European transport area (debate)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Stresses the importance of enhanced coordination and cooperation between the national authorities in cross-border prosecutions in the case of traffic offences in order to provide more safety and coherence in European road traffic;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – indent 1
Paragraph 15 – indent 1
– another review of the rules on driving and rest times for passenger and goods transport, and the implementation thereof, by 2014, taking account of the European Parliament’s proposals on harmonisation between Member States of the penalties applying in the event of serious contravention of the social regulations in road transport;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – indent 2
Paragraph 15 – indent 2
– a 40% increase in the number of parking spaces for heavy goods vehicles on the Trans-European Road Network (TERN) in each Member State compared with 2010 figures, taking safety and hygiene standards in particular into account;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – indent 3 a (new)
Paragraph 15 – indent 3 a (new)
- a rapid cancellation of all restrictions on cabotage in order to facilitate economically and ecologically optimum usage of the transport vehicles and to avoid unnecessary empty runs as far as possible, accompanied by a harmonisation of the social provisions in order to prevent wage dumping and guarantee fair competition;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – indent 4
Paragraph 15 – indent 4
– an improvement in the initial and further training of persons employed in the transport sector, and in access to those professions, in order, on the one hand, to harmonise working conditions and salaries; and, on the other hand, significantly to boost the attractiveness of these professions and hence actively counteract the constantly increasing skills shortages;
Amendment 385 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 18 – indent 1 a (new)
- with respect to improving safety in European train transport and for the purposes of establishing a common internal market, increasing promotion of technical harmonisation and interoperability between the different Member States, in particular where the European safety system ETCS is concerned, and for the European Railway Authority to be equipped with the necessary competences and resources to this end;
Amendment 394 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 – indent 3
Paragraph 18 – indent 3
– the independence and strengthening of national regulatory authorities, in the interest of more efficient railways, and the submissfor their closer cooperation in an European network, and the submission, in consideration of the experiences gained from this cooperation, by 2014, of a Commission proposal to establish a European regulatory authority, if this should be deemed necessary;