13 Amendments of Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA related to 2018/2792(RSP)
Amendment 5 #
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to Special Report 23/18 of the European Court of Auditors entitled 'Air Pollution - Our health still insufficiently protected';
Amendment 18 #
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas poor air quality has an enormous impact on health, and whereas pregnant women, children and the elderly are particularly exposed;
Amendment 31 #
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas national financial plans are being drawn up to support air quality improvement, such as Poland's 'clean air' programme, to which around EUR 25 billion will be allocated over the period 2018-2029;
Amendment 65 #
Paragraph 6
6. Regrets the flexibility mechanism introduced under Article 5 in Directive 2016/2284; highlights that in 2018 eleven Member States requested adjustments to their emission ceiling targetsStresses that in 2018 eleven Member States requested the application of the flexibility mechanism under Article 5 of Directive 2016/2284; calls on the Commission to limit the use of emission inventory adjustment to the strict minimum and to consider whether Member States have taken action to compensate for possible unforeseen emissions from one sector before applying for an adjustment of emission inventories;
Amendment 75 #
Paragraph 11
11. Recognises the important role of district heating in reducing emissions and stresses that well-developed district heating installations are one of the key factors that can limit air pollution; encourages Member States without district heating to consider the benefits of introducing such a system;
Amendment 83 #
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls that cutting air pollution and reducing CO2 emissions from the transport sector are twin challenges in urban areas, that zero-emission and low- emission cars, vans and buses are essential to provide clean, energy-efficient and affordable mobility for all citizens and that accelerating the development of a mass market for these vehicles by scaling up their offer in the Union is crucial for bringing down prices to the benefit of consumers, fleet operators, public procurement authorities and European society as a whole;
Amendment 91 #
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines once again the importance of long-term Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) and encourages Member States to draw up SUMPs which give priority to zero-emission and low- emission transport modes and which include intelligent transport systems; supports the establishment of traffic zones and intermodal platforms where priority is given to use by public transport;
Amendment 99 #
Paragraph 14
14. Recognises the role of green public procurement through the purchasing of zero-emission and low-emission vehicles by public authorities for their own fleets or for (semi) public car-sharing programmes;
Amendment 104 #
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to continue reducing NOx emissions of the car fleet by reviewing the conformity factor, as provided for by the second RDE package, annually and in line with technological developments, so as to bring it down to 1 as soon as possible, and by 2021 at the latestif possible;
Amendment 132 #
Paragraph 19
19. HighlightStresses that methane emissions are not regulated under EU air pollution legislation and not specifically regulated under, but as a greenhouse gas are indirectly covered by EU climate policy;
Amendment 134 #
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Draws attention to the fact that countries with a highly fragmented agricultural sector face greater problems and costs in connection with the introduction of measures to reduce harmful emissions from this sector than countries where the agricultural sector is based on heavily mechanised large-scale farms;
Amendment 155 #
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Draws attention to the need to support regions affected by the energy transformation, especially mining regions, as these are poor regions often characterised by high levels of harmful substances in the air;
Amendment 159 #
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Notes that setting increasingly radical limits on the presence of substances harmful to health in the air is not in itself an effective method of improving air quality, as demonstrated by the number of cases before the European Court of Justice; notes that an effective policy must include the implementation of long-term and integrated air quality improvement plans with adequate financial resources;