Activities of Stanislav POLČÁK related to 2021/0223(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure (A9-0234/2022 - Ismail Ertug)
Amendments (23)
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Various instruments of Union law already set targets for renewable fuels. Directive 2018/2001/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council45 for instance set a market share target of 14 % of renewables in transport fuels. At the same time, it is essential to take into account the fact that if the EU’s goal of climate neutrality by 2050 is to be met, emissions from the transport sector will need to be reduced by around 90%. __________________ 45Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82).
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) A recharging station is the single physical installation for the recharging of electric vehicles. Every station has a theoretical maximum power output, expressed in kW. Every station has at least one recharging point that can serve only one vehicle at a time. The number of recharging points at a recharging station determine the number of vehicles that can be recharged at that station at any given time. Where more than one vehicle recharges at that recharging station at a given time, the maximum power output is distributed to the different recharging points, such that the power provided at each individual recharging point is lower than the power output of that station and the power output of all recharging points is comparable. A recharging pool consists of one or more recharging stations at a specific location, including, as the case may be, the dedicated parking lots adjacent to them. For the targets set in this Regulation for recharging pools, the minimum power output required for those recharging pools couldmay be provided by one or more recharging stations.
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Price transparency is crucial to ensure seamless and easy recharging and refuelling. Users of alternative fuel vehicles should be given accurate price information before the start of the recharging or refuelling service. The price should be communicated in a clearly structured manner to allow end users to identify the different cost components. Irrespective of other ways of communicating it, the price must always be stated at the relevant recharging or refuelling station.
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) New services emerge, particularly in support of the use of electric vehicles. Entities offering those services, such as mobility service providers, should be able to operate under fair market conditions. In particular, operators of recharging points should not give unduly preferential treatment to any of those service providers, for instance through unjustified price differentiation that may impede competition and ultimately lead to higher prices for consumers. The Commission should monitor the development of the recharging market. When reviewing the Regulation, the Commission will take actions where required byto address possible adverse effects of market developments such as limitations of services for end users or business practices that may limit competition.
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Hydrogen fuelled vehicles should be able to refuel at or close to the destination, which is usually located in an urban area. To ensure that publicly accessible destination refuelling is possible at least in the main urban areas, all urban nodes as defined in Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council55 should provide such hydrogen refuelling stations. Within the urban nodes, public authorities should consider to deploy the stations within multimodal freight centres as those are not only the typical destination for heavy-duty vehicles but could also serve hydrogen to other transport modes, such as rail and inland shipping. __________________ 55Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network and repealing Decision No 661/2010/EU (OJ L 348, 20.12.2013, p. 1).
Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) At the early stage of market deployment there is still a degree of uncertainty with regard to the kind of vehicles that will come into the market and to the kind of technologies that are going to be widely used. As outlined in the Commission’s communication ‘A hydrogen strategy for a climate-neutral Europe’56 the heavy-duty segment was identified as the most likely segment for the early mass deployment of hydrogen vehicles. Therefore, hydrogen refuelling infrastructure should preliminarily focus on that segment while also allowing light-duty vehicles to fuel at publicly accessible hydrogen refuelling stations. To ensure interoperability, all publicly accessible hydrogen stations should at least serve gaseous hydrogen at 700 bar. The infrastructure roll out should also take into account the emergence of new technologies, such as liquid hydrogen, that allow a larger range for heavy-duty vehicles and are the preferred technology choice of some vehicle manufacturers. To that end, a minimum number of hydrogen refuelling stations should be required to serve also liquid hydrogen in addition to gaseous hydrogen at 700 bar. __________________ 56 COM(2020) 301 final.
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Users of alternative fuel vehicles should be able to pay easily and conveniently at all publicly accessible recharging and refuelling points, without the need to enter into abe in direct contract with the operator of the recharging or refuelling point or a mobility service provider. Therefore, for recharging or refuelling on an ad hoc basis, all publicly accessible recharging and refuelling points should accept payment instruments that are widely used in the Union, and in particular electronic payments through terminals and devices used for payment services. That ad hoc payment method should always be available to consumusers, even when contract- based payments are offered at the recharging or refuelling point.
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) Transport infrastructure should allow seamless mobility, user-friendliness and accessibility for all users, including persons with disabilities and older persons. In principle, the location of all recharging and refuelling stations as well as the recharging and refuelling stations themselves should be designed in such a way that they can be used by as much of the public as possible, in particularcluding by older persons, persons with reduced mobility and persons with disabilities. This should include for example providing sufficient space around the parking lot, ensuring that the recharging station is not installed on a kerbed surface, ensuring full disabled access, and ensuring that the buttons or screen of the recharging station are at an appropriate height and the weight of the recharging and refuelling cables is such that persons with limited strength can handle them with ease. In addition the user interface of the related recharging stations should be accessible. In that sense, the accessibility requirements in Annexes I and III to Directive 2019/88257 should be applicable to recharging and refuelling infrastructure. __________________ 57Directive (EU) 2019/882 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the accessibility requirements for products and services (OJ L 151, 7.6.2019, p. 70).
Amendment 200 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) In order to promote alternative fuels and develop the relevant infrastructure, the national policy frameworks should consist oftain, among other things, detailed strategies to promote alternative fuels in sectors that are difficult to decarbonise such as aviation, maritime transport, inland waterway transport as well as rail transport on network segments that cannot be electrified. In particular, Member States should develop clear strategies for the decarbonisation of inland waterway transport along the TEN-T network in close cooperation with those Member States concerned. Long term decarbonisation strategies should also be developed for TEN-T ports and TEN-T airports, in particular with a focus on the deployment of infrastructure for low and zero emission vessels and aircraft as well as for railway lines that are not going to be electrified. On the basis of those strategies the Commission should review this Regulation with a view to setting more mandatory targets for those sectors.
Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) Member States should make use of a wide range of regulatory, economic and non- regulatory incentives and measures to reach the mandatory targets and implement their national policy frameworks, in close cooperation with relevant private sector actors, who should play a key role in supporting the development of alternative fuels infrastructure and should be actively involved from the outset in the design of the above incentives and measures so that the private sector can anticipate and understand them.
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) Simple and easy-to-compare information on the prices of different fuels could play an important role in enabling vehicle users to better evaluate the relative cost of individual fuels available on the market. Therefore, a unit price comparison of certain alternative fuels and conventional fuels offered by them, expressed as ‘fuel price per 100km’, should be displayed for information purposes at all relevant fuel stations.
Amendment 216 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49
Recital 49
(49) The International Maritime Organization (‘IMO’) developensures uniform and internationally recognised safety and environmental standards for maritime transport. Conflicts with international standards should be avoided in view of the global nature of maritime transport. Therefore, the European Union should ensure that technical specifications for maritime transport adopted pursuant to this Regulation are consistent with international rules adopted by the IMO. At the same time, the IMO should strive to ensure that the standards adopted reflect the Union’s climate protection goals.
Amendment 228 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 - paragraph 3
Article 1 - paragraph 3
3. This Regulation establishes a reporting mechanism to stimulate cooperation and ensures a robust tracking of progress. The mechanism shall comprise a structured, transparent, iterative process and ongoing dialogue between the Commission and Member States for the purpose of the finalisation of the national policy frameworks and their subsequent implementation and corresponding Commission action.
Amendment 278 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 - paragraph 1 - indent 1
Article 3 - paragraph 1 - indent 1
— publicly accessible recharging stations for light-duty vehicles are deployed commensurate to the uptake of light-duty electric vehiclesin a way that allows the development of electromobility and encourages its uptake, to the extent necessary to meet the objectives of the European Climate Law;
Amendment 357 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 - paragraph 3
Article 3 - paragraph 3
3. Neighbouring Member States shall ensure that the maximum distances referred to in points (a) and (b) are not exceeded for cross-border sections of the TEN-T core and the TEN-T comprehensive network.(Does not affect the English version.)
Amendment 445 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 - paragraph 2 - introductory part
Article 5 - paragraph 2 - introductory part
2. Operators of recharging points shall, at the publicly accessible recharging points operated by them, provide end users with the possibility to recharge their electric vehicle on an ad hoc basis using a payment instruments that isare widely used in the Union. To that end:
Amendment 491 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 - paragraph 4
Article 5 - paragraph 4
4. Prices charged by operators of publicly accessible recharging points shall be reasonable, easily and clearly comparable, transparent and non- discriminatory. Operators of publicly accessible recharging points shall not discriminate between the prices charged to end users and prices charged to mobility service providers nor between prices charged to different mobility service providers. Where relevant, the level of prices may only be differentiated in a proportionate manner, according to an objective justification.
Amendment 562 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 - paragraph 1 - introductory part
Article 7 - paragraph 1 - introductory part
1. From the date referred to in Article 24 all operators of publicly accessible hydrogen refuelling stations operated by them shall provide for the possibility for end users to refuel on an ad hoc basis using a payment instruments that isare widely used in the Union. To that end, operators of hydrogen refuelling stations shall ensure that all hydrogen refuelling stations operated by them accept electronic payments through terminals and devices used for payment services, including at least one of the following:
Amendment 567 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 - paragraph 4
Article 7 - paragraph 4
4. Operators of publicly accessible refuelling stations may provide hydrogen refuelling services to customers on a contractual basis, including in the name and on behalf of other mobility service providers. Mobility service providers shall charge prices to end users that are reasonable, transparent and non- discriminatory. Mobility service providers shall make available to end users all applicable price information, prior to the start of the rechargfuelling session, and specific to their intended rechargfuelling session, through freely available, widely supported electronic means, clearly distinguishing the price components charged by the operator of the hydrogen refuelling point, applicable e-roaming costs and other fees or charges applied by the mobility service provider.
Amendment 576 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 - paragraph 1
Article 8 - paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure until 1 January 2025 that an appropriate number of publicly accessible refuelling points for LNG are put in place, at least along the TEN-T core network, in order to allow LNG heavy-duty motor vehicles to circulate throughout the Union, where there is demand, unless the costs are disproportionate to the benefits, including environmental benefits, and the fulfilment of the EU’s climate protection goals.
Amendment 673 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 - paragraph 1 - subparagraph 1 - point d
Article 13 - paragraph 1 - subparagraph 1 - point d
(d) policies and measures necessary to ensure that the mandatory targets and objectives referred to in points (b) and (c) of this paragraph are reached;
Amendment 714 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 - paragraph 4
Article 13 - paragraph 4
4. Where necessary, Member States shall cooperate, by means of consultations or joint policy frameworks, to ensure that the measures required to achieve the objectives of this Regulation are coherent and coordinated, including the availability of infrastructure for alternative fuels on cross-border sections of the TEN-T core network and the TEN-T comprehensive network. In particular, Member States shall cooperate on the strategies to use alternative fuels and deployment of corresponding infrastructure in waterborne transport. The Commission shall assist the Member States in the cooperation process.
Amendment 724 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 - paragraph 8
Article 13 - paragraph 8
8. Each Member State shall take due account of any recommendations from the Commission in its national policy framework. If the Member State concerned does not address a recommendation or a substantial part thereof, that Member State shall provide a written explanation to the Commis(Does not affect the English version.)