19 Amendments of Marie-Christine ARNAUTU related to 2017/0290(COD)
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
1) The negative impact of road transport on air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, accidents, noise and congestion continues to pose problems to the economy, health and well-being of European citizens. Despite the fact that road transport is the main contributor of those negative effects, road freight transport is estimated to grow by 60 per cent by 2050, particularly because of the intensification of trade between Member States.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
2) Reducing the negative impact of transport activities remains one of the main goals of the Union's transport policy. Council Directive 92/106/EEC21 which establishes measures to encourage the development of combined transport, is the only legislative act of the Union to directly incentivise the shift from road freight to lower emission transport modes such as inland waterways, maritime and rail. That Directive has not had the desired effect, because of social dumping in the road transport sector, which has given it a considerable competitive advantage. _________________ 21 Council Directive 92/106/EEC of 7 December 1992 on the establishment of common rules for certain types of combined transport of goods between Member States (OJ L 368, 17.12.1992, p.38).
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
3) The goal of reaching 30 % of road freight over 300 km shifted to other modes of transport such as rail or waterborne transport by 2030, and more than 50 % by 2050, in order to optimise the performance of multimodal logistic chains, including by making greater use of more energy- efficient modes, has been slower than expected and according to the current projections, will not be reachwill not be reached until the material conditions in which drivers in road haulage operate are significantly improved.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
4) Directive 92/106/EEC has contributed to the development of the Union's policy on combined transport and has helped shift a considerable amount of, but has not made it possible to shift enough international freight away from road. Shortcomings in the implementation of that Directive, notably ambiguous language and outdated provisions, and the limited scope of its support measures, have significantly reduced its impact.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
5) Directive 92/106/EEC should be simplified and its implementation improved by reviewing the economic incentives to combined transport and ways of improving wages and social conditions for road haulage employees, with the aim of encouraging the shift of goods from road transport to modes which are more environmentally friendly, safer, more energy efficient and cause less congestion.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
7) A combined transport operation is to be seen as one single transport operation that directly competes with a unimodal transport operation from the point of departure to the final destination. Regulatory conditions should ensure equivalence between international combined transport and international unimodal transport, and national combined transport and national unimodal transport respectively.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
13) The main infrastructure bottleneck hampering the shift from road freight to other modes of transport is at the transhipment terminal level. The current distribution and coverage of transhipment terminals in the Union, at least along the existing TEN-T Core and Comprehensive network, is insufficient yet the capacity of existing transhipment terminals is reaching its limit and will need to develop in order to cope with overall freight traffic growth. Investing in transhipment terminal capacity may reduce overall transhipment costs, and hence produce a derived modal shift, as demonstrated in some Member States. Member States should therefore ensure, in coordination with the neighbouring Member States and with the Commission, that more combined transport transhipment terminals and transhipment capacity are constructed or made available to transport operators. This would incentivise the use of freight transport alternatives and increase modal shift, thus making combined transport operations more competitive than road transport alone. The increased coverage and capacity of transhipment terminals should, at the very minimum, be established along the existing TEN-T Core and Comprehensive networks. There should be on average at least one sSuitable transhipment terminals for combined transport located no further than 150 kmshould be located at an optimal distance from anevery shipment location in the Union, a distance which will vary according to the geographical and economic realities of each region in the Member States.
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
14) Member States should implement additional economic support measures in addition to the existing ones, targeting the various legs of a combined transport operation, in order to reduce the road freight and to encourage the use of other modes of transport such as rail, inland waterways and maritime transport, thereby reducing air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, road traffic accidents, noise and congestion. Such measures may include the reduction of certain taxes or transport fees, grants for intermodal load units effectively transport in combined transport operations, or the partial reimbursement of transhipments cost. On the other hand, efforts to combat social dumping in the road transport sector would counteract the relative loss of attractiveness of rail transport and inland waterway and maritime transport.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
Recital 22
22) Since the objectives of this Directive to further promote the shift from road transport to more environmentally friendly modes of transport, and hence reduce the negative externalities of the Union transport system, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States where international transport is concerned but can rather, by reason of the primarily cross-border nature of freight combined transport and interlinked infrastructure, and of the problems this Directive is intended to address, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in agreement with the Member States and in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a directive
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 92/106/EEC
Title
Title
Council Directive 92/106/EEC of 7 December 1992 on the establishment of common rules for certain types of international combined transport of goods;
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a directive
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive applies to international combined transport operations.
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a directive
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
For the purposes of this Directive, ‘international combined transport’ means carriage of goods by a transport operation, consisting of an initial or final road leg of the journey, or both, as well as a non-road leg of the journey using rail, inland waterway or maritime transport between at least two Member States or at least one Member State and a third country:
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a directive
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
a) in principle, 150 km in distance as the crow flies, unless geographical or economic considerations necessitate a derogation;
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a directive
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 1 – paragraphe 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraphe 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 205 #
Proposal for a directive
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 3
4. The evidence referred to in paragraph 1 shall be presented or transmitted upon the request of the authorised inspecting officer of the Member State where the check is carried out. In case of road side checks, it shall be presented within the duration of such check. It shall be in an official language of that Member State orand in English. During a roadside check, the driver shall be allowed to contact the head office, the transport manager or any other person or entity which may support him in providing the evidence referred to paragraph 2.
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a directive
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Where necessary for the achievement of the aim referred to in paragraph 8, the Commission, in agreement with the Member States, shall take the necessary measures to support investment in transhipment terminals as regards :
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a directive
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall coordinate with neighbouring Member States and with the Commission and ensure that, when such measures are implemented, priority is given to ensuring a balanced and sufficient geographical distribution of suitable facilities in the Union, and notably on the TEN-T Core and Comprehensive networks, allowing that any location in the Union is not situated at a distance farther than 150 km from such terminal, except where a derogation is granted.
Amendment 262 #
Proposal for a directive
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 92/106/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 8
Article 6 – paragraph 8
8. Member States, with financial support from the European Union, shall ensure that support measures for international combined transport operations aim at reducing the road freight and encourage the use of other modes of transport such as rail, inland waterways and maritime transport, thereby reducing air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, road traffic accidents, noise and congestion.;