20 Amendments of Matthijs van MILTENBURG related to 2015/2348(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
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- having regard to the White Paper - Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area - Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system (COM(2011)144);
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
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Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to Commission Communication on Strengthening European Investment for jobs and growth: towards a second phase of the European Fund for Strategic Investment and a new European External Investment Plan (COM 2016/581);
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
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- having regard to the Commission Communication on Accelerating Europe's transition to a low-carbon economy (COM(2016)0500),
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
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Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to the Corridor Work Plans, drawn up by the European TEN-T Coordinators,
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
EU logistics and the need for additional measures in the TEN-T programme: a logistics coordinators an integral part of EU transport policies
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the importance of ensuring free movement of persons, goods and services, including by an efficient and sustainable freight transport system, for the development of the internal market, prosperity and economic, social and territorial cohesion of the EU;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that a seamlessn EU infrastructure system will onlythat is seamlessly implemented and consistent with the TEN-T already adopted will deliver its benefits to the logistics sector if the Union’s agreed legislation is properly transposed into national law, avoiding additional legal requirements tha; urges the Member States to transpose legislation correctly into national law without hampering the free exchange of goods; calls on the Member States to refrain from introducing new barriersapply and abide by European legislation, and urges the Commission to bring to the Court of Justice Member States that delay the implementation of EU law;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned about the negative impact on the logistics sector of closures of, and checks at, internal borders in connection with the ‘refugee crisis’and migrant crisis and terror threat in the European Union; calls on the Member States and the Commission to take freight flows into account when adopting such measures;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the further implementation of the core TEN-T network must serve to boost integrated multimodal freight transport in the EU, in particular its core network corridors to be completed by 2030within the time- frames laid down, completed by 2030, will eliminate bottlenecks, improve interoperability between the various modes of transport and national, regional and local infrastructure and will deliver integrated multimodal freight transport in the EU, and also the national planning included inof the comprehensive network in line with the core network, which will have to be completed by 2050;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the further implementation of the TEN-T network must serve to boost integrated multimodal freight transport in the EU, in particular its core network corridors to be completed by 2030, and also the national and regional planning included in the comprehensive network;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the distribution of a large number of nodes and freight traffic in the TEN-T network follows highly populated areas in cross-border zones and dense networks that share capacity with passenger traffic; considers it necessary to rethink howimplement freight infrastructure should be shaped in the TEN-T, in particular in highly congested areas; calls on the Commission to reassess the methodology for establishing freight networks and to pay increased attention to alternative freight routes linking less congested nod, in coordination with the European coordinators, to assess progress in the implementation of the projects and to urge Member States, terminals and portso deliver;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Regrets that too often Member States’ national infrastructure plans are decided without reference to the TEN-T objectives; urges the Commission to increase coordination between the two levels of planning and suggests adding to the European Semester a chapter on supervising its coherence with appropriate corrective measures; calls on the Commission not to prioritise Member State projects that are not in line with the TEN-T programming;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that Member States experiencing economic and budgetary difficultiAdvocates the optimal use of the public and private funding schemes, are unable to co-finance freight projects as a result of a strict interpretation of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP); advocates a more flexible application of the SGP by excluding genuine European infrastructure projects (i.e. Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) projects) frlso in the light of blending Connecting Europe Facility and Horizon 2020 with the European Fund for Strategic Investments and other financial instruments; welcomes the promotion of more sustainable investments across sectors to further meet COP21-targets and help delivering on the transition to a resource efficient, circular and zero- carbon economy; calls on the Commission to assess the main challenges and to present a road map to overcome the calculation of the public debt;ose, concerning investments in transport and infrastrucure.
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that an efficient EU logistics system requires further coordination beyond physical connectivity and an operational TEN-T network; calls on the Commission to appoint a TEN-T European logistics coordinator that could effectively complement, coordinate and give coherence to the ongoingmake logistics an integral part of the Core Network Corridors and the work of the cEuropean Coordinators in the area of multimodality;.
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the urgency of a greater simplification of documents and administrative and customs procedures across all modes; calls on the Commission and the Member States, under the ‘better regulation’ agreement to analyse redundant EU legislation on transport and mobility and additionally to monitor national, regional and local rules that could be in contradiction with EU law;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Urges the Commission to propose a digital framework for electronic information exchange and transport management in multimodal transport (e- freight) in order to facilitate a simplified, paperless, seamless, transparent information flow among businesses and authorities;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the need to ensure enough EU funding for the implementation of the TEN-T beyond the present MFF; expects the Commission to present the CEF mid-term review in 2017, proposing streamlining of measuresresources for the implementation of the priority projects in good time; insists on the ‘use it or lose it’ principle, whereby unspent CEF funds are made available for upcoming calls for proposals; suggests launchingurges the Commission to assess a proposal for a specific call on logistics in 2017, including multimodal transport and freight solutions in urban nodes;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses the importance of improving the provision of and access to information on EU multimodal and logistics services, in particular to SMEs that have limited access to this information; calls on the Commission, in cooperation with network operators, to present a handbook on multimodal transport in the EU that includesfacilitate the exchange of current agreements, tools, conventions, legislation and best practices on multimodal transport in the EU;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Notes with concern that the logistics sector will face a shortage of workforce in the coming years and that slow adaptation of its workforce to digital technologies could undermine the sector’s performance; calls on the Commission to identify training and learning needs at EU level, and working conditions, costs and barriers that discourage the workforce from entering the transport sector, and to propose as a matter of urgency measures to make it more attractive to young people and to future generations; regards this as an opportunity to increase the proportion of women and new entrants on the transport labour market, for example EU migrants;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take into considerationnote of the recent EP recommendations on fighting ‘social dumping’ insocial-economic aspects of the transport sector;