5 Amendments of Phil BENNION related to 2013/0157(COD)
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) In order to be efficient, the port infrastructure charges of each individual port should be set by the managing body of the port in a transparent and autonomous way in accordance with that port's own commercial and investment strategy.
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18 a (new)
18 a. 'Privately owned and operated port' means a port that is not owned and operated by a national authority, a region, a province or a municipality;
Amendment 366 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to national and Union law including collective agreements between social partners, the managing bodies of the port may contractually require the designated provider of port services appointed in accordance with the procedure established by Article 7, in the case where this provider is different from the incumbent provider of port services, to grant staff previously taken on by the incumbent provider of port services the rights to which they would have been entitled if there had been a transfer within the meaning of Directive 2001/23/EC.
Amendment 439 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14a Financial transparency of privately owned and operated ports Without prejudice to requirements under State aid, competition law and other relevant legislation, transparency requirements under Articles 13 and 14 may not apply in the cases of privately owned and operated ports if the disclosure of information in the setting of charges relates to impending developments or matters in the course of negotiations that may, as a consequence, interfere with the business model, and ultimately, distort competition. For this reason, the managing body should be able to decide whether disclosing such information would be seriously prejudicial to the interests of the undertaking. Where the managing body has not disclosed information according to this paragraph, it shall provide a statement to this effect.
Amendment 443 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. The managing body of the port shall establish a committee of representatives of operators of waterborne vessels, cargo owners or other port users which are requested to pay an infrastructure charge or a port service charge or both. This committee shall be called the ‘port users’ advisory committee‘. The managing body of a privately owned and operated port may decide not to establish such a committee.