12 Amendments of Nicola CAPUTO related to 2018/2023(INI)
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas according to Directive 2014/94/EU, alternative fuels still encompass fuels of fossil origin, thus contradicting the goal of decarbonisation and the phasing out of fossil fuels; however, in the shipping sector, LNG and CNG as transitory technologies may contribute to cleaner air especially around ports and along coastlines;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes the Action Plan on Alternative Fuels Infrastructure and highlights that further coordination at EU level is needed; urges the Member States and industry to demonstrate an enhanced level of ambition and to speed up its implementation;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Notes that, with around 95% of road vehicles still conventionally fuelled, including renewable biofuels blends, the number of vehicles and vessels running on alternative energies in the EU is too low; highlights that persistent problems, notably a lack of infrastructure for recharging and refuelling vehicles and vessels, insufficient smart grid development and difficulties for consumers to easily use the infrastructure, continue to create market barriers to the use of vehicles and vessels running on alternative energies; underlines that for the EU to successfully make the transition to low and zero emission mobility, an integrated approach, which requires a common policy framework for vehicles, infrastructures, electricity grids, economic incentives and digital services working across EU, national, regional and local levels, is needed;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on Member States to review their energy taxation frameworks in order to facilitate and incentivise the uptake of alternative fuels and to remove burdensome taxation on electricity used to generate alternative fuels, including power-to-gas as storage for intermittent renewable energies;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on Member States to support policies that stimulate the offer of alternatively fuelled light and heavy-duty vehicles, such as ambitious emissions standards to be reached by 2025 and 2030 for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles, including binding sales targets for zero and low emission vehicles;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Suggests an annual evaluation of the Member States’ implementation status and broadening of the Directive’s scope to shift it from deployment along the TEN-T network to also covering urban and regional nodes and the infrastructure for public fleets; calls on the Commission to extend the CEF's scope in this regard and increase its funding;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. calls on the Commission to complement the climate related goals of Directive 2014/94/EC with additional clean air measures following the fitness check of the EU Ambient Air Quality Directives1a; _________________ 1a 2004/107/EC and 2008/50/EC
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the Commission’s effort to provide an additional EUR 800 million as start-up financing to support the uptake of alternative fuels infrastructure; doubts, however, that the leverage will be sufficient given the projected need for EUR 5.2 billion up to 2020 and an additional EUR 16-22 billion of overall investment up to 20253 ; _________________ 3urges the Commission to not only support the deployment but also the operating of such infrastrucutre during the unprofitable market uptake phase; _________________ 3 COM(2017)0652. COM(2017)0652.
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Urges Member States to ensure the rapid deployment of and further funding for sufficient alternative fuels infrastructure and fast and ultra-fast charging solutions along the TEN-T core and comprehensive networks, including in urban and rural areas, by further developing and implementing national policy frameworks; believes that priority should be given to the most emission neutral solutions seen from a full vehicle lifecycle perspective;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on Member States to review their energy taxation frameworks in order to facilitate and incentivise the uptake of alternative fuels, including land side electric charging of ships that cannot compete with energy generation by dirty combustion engines on board which is exempted from taxation and to remove burdensome taxation on electricity used to generate alternative fuels, including power- to-gas as storage for intermittent renewable energies; calls on the Commission to include such an exemption for ports in the Energy Taxation Directive;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Stresses the importance of timely, easily understandable and transparent information to consumers; notes the relevance of the planned price comparison between alternative and conventional fuels; requests that this information be collected and processed by an open data platform;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Regrets that progress regarding the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure and the availability of alternatively powered vehicles is too slow, and calls on manufacturers to step up efforts in this regard; recognises the need for policies that stimulate the offer of alternatively fuelled light and heavy-duty vehicles, such as ambitious emissions standards in 2025 and 2030 for new light and heavy-duty vehicles, including strong incentives such as a bonus-malus system for zero and low emission vehicles;