18 Amendments of Theresa GRIFFIN related to 2017/0288(COD)
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) To ensure a coherent framework for the inter-urban carriage of passengers by regular coach and bus services throughout the Union, Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 should apply to all inter-urban carriage by regular services. The scope of that Regulation should therefore be extended, subject to appropriate safeguards and limitations.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In order to ensure fair competition in the market when necessary, operators of regular services should be provided with access rights to terminals in the Union on fair, equitable, non-discriminatory and transparent terms. Appeals against decisions rejecting or limiting access should be lodged with the regulatory body if it is in the public interest to do so.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Non-resident carriers should be able to operate national regular services under the same conditions as resident carriers, as long as they can demonstrate compliance with all relevant provisions of national, Union and international law.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Administrative formalities should be reduced as much aswhere possible without abandoning the controls and penalties that guarantee the correct application and effective enforcement of Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009. The journey form constitutes an unnecessary administrative burden and should therefore be abolished.
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 2 – paragraph 9
Article 2 – paragraph 9
9. ‘terminal’ means any staffed facility with a minimum area of 600m2, which provides a parking place that is used by coaches and buses for the setere according to the specified route a regular service is scheduled to stop for passengers to board or alight, equipped with facilities such as a check-in counter, waiting downroom or pticking up of passengerset office;
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 3 a – paragraph 1
Article 3 a – paragraph 1
Each Member State shall designate a single national regulatory body for the road passenger transport sector. That body shall be an impartial authority which is, in organisational, functional, hierarchical and decision making terms, legally distinct and independent from any other public or private entity. It shall be independent from any competent authority involved in the award of a public service contract.
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 3 a – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 3 a – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) carry out economic analyses of whether a proposed new service would compromise the economic equilibrium of a public service contract;.
Amendment 185 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 5 a – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 a – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Where terminal operators grant access, bus and coach operators must comply with the terminal's existing terms and conditions.
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 5 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Requests for access may be refused only on the grounds of lack of capacityfor justified reasons of public interest, including environmental and capacity considerations.
Amendment 205 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 5 a – paragraph 3
Article 5 a – paragraph 3
Terminal operators shall publish at least the following information in two or more official languages of the Union: regarding current timetables and capacity allocation.
Amendment 227 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 5 b – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 b – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The decision of the regulatory body on the appeal shall be binding, subject to national law provisions regarding judicial review. The regulatory body shall be able to enforce it by means of penalties which are effective, proportionate and dissuasive
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 8 – title
Article 8 – title
Authorisation procedure for the international carriage of passengers over a distance of less than 100 kilometres as the crow flies
Amendment 249 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
4. Authorisation shall be granted unless refusal can be justified on one or more of the grounds listed in points (a) to (d) of Article 8c(2)bjective grounds related to the public interest, such as that the service would compromise the equilibrium of a public service contract, environmental considerations or that the applicant has not complied with road transport or other relevant provisions of national, Union or international law..
Amendment 320 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Decisions rejecting an application or granting authorisation with limitations shall state the reasons on which they are based and shall be informed by the analyses of the regulatory body.
Amendment 341 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 8 d – paragraph 1
Article 8 d – paragraph 1
1. Member States may limit the right of access to the international and national market for regular services if thon objective pgroposed regular service carries passengers over distances of less than 100 kilometres as the crow flies and ifunds related to the public interest, such as that the service would compromise the economic equilibrium of a public service contract, environmental considerations or that the applicant has not complied with road transport or other relevant provisions of national, Union or international law.
Amendment 350 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 8 d – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 d – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The regulatory body shall examine the request and decide whether to carry out the economic analysis. It shall inform the interested parties of its decisionshall carry out such an analysis unless there are exceptional practical or other reasons properly justifying a decision not to do so.
Amendment 354 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 8 d – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 d – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Where the regulatory body carries out an economic analysis, it shall inform all interested parties of the results of that analysis and its conclusions within six weeks following receipt of all relevant information. The regulatory body may concluderecommend that the authorisation is to be granted, is to be granted subject to conditions or is to be rejected.
Amendment 404 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009
Article 28 – paragraph 5
Article 28 – paragraph 5
5. By [please insert the date calculated 5 years after date of application of this Regulation], the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Regulation. The report shall include information on the extent to which this Regulation has contributed to a better functioning road passenger transport markesystem, in particular for passengers, the bus and coach workforce and the environment.