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OPINION Proposal for a Regulation by the European Parliament and the Council on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure, and repealing Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council
Amendments (12)
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Therefore all modes of transport should be addressed in one instrument which should take into account a variety of alternative fuels. The use of zero-emission powertrain technologies is at different stages of maturity in the different modes of transport. In particular, in the road sector, a rapid uptake of battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles is taking place. Hydrogen fuel-cell road vehicles are available to markets, as well. In addition, smaller hydrogen and battery electric vessels and hydrogen fuel-cell trains are currently being deployed in different projects and in first commercial operations, with full commercial roll out expected in the next years. In contrast, the aviation and waterborne sectors continue to be dependent on liquid and gaseous fuels and should be phased-out, as zero- and low- emission powertrain solutions are expected to enter the market only around 2030 and in particular for the aviation sector even later, with full commercialisation taking its time. The use of fossil gaseous or liquid fuels is only possible if it is clearly embedded into a clear decarbonisation pathway that is in line with the long-term objective of climate neutrality in the Union by 2050 at the latest, requiring increasing blending with or replacement by renewable fuels such as bio-methane, advanced biofuels or renewable and low- carbon synthetic gaseous and liquid fuels.
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) SWith the aim to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions, such biofuels and synthetic fuels, substituting diesel, petrol and jet fuel, can be produced from different feedstock and can be blended into fossil fuels at very high blending ratios. They can be technically used with the current vehicle technology with minor adaptations. Renewable methanol can also be used for inland navigation and short-sea shipping. Synthetic and paraffinic fuels have a potential to reduce the use of fossil fuel sources in the energy supply to transport. All of these fuels can be distributed, stored and used with the existing infrastructure or where necessary with infrastructure of the same kind.
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The deployment of publicly accessible recharging infrastructure for light-duty electric vehicles has been uneven across the Union and different Member States and regions. Continued uneven distribution would jeopardize the uptake of such vehicles, limiting connectivity across the Union. Continuing divergence in policy ambitions and approaches at national leveland regional level will jeopardize the ecological transition and will not create the long-term certainty needed for substantive market investment. Mandatory minimum targets for Member States at national level should therefore provide policy orientations and complement National Policy Frameworks. That approach should combine national fleet based targets with distance-based targets for the trans-European network for transport (TEN-T). National fleet based targets should ensure that vehicle uptake in each Member State is matched with the deployment of sufficient publicly accessible recharging infrastructure. Distance-based targets for the TEN-T network should ensure full coverage of electric recharging points along the Union’s main road networks and thereby ensure easy and seamless travel throughout the Union.
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) A sufficient number of publicly accessible fast recharging points dedicated to heavy-duty vehicles should also be deployed along the TEN-T network to ensure full connectivity throughout the Union and all its territories and regions. That infrastructure should have sufficient power output to allow the recharge of the vehicle within the driver’s legal break time. In addition to fast recharging points along the network, heavy-duty vehicles should also be able to use publicly accessible recharging infrastructure for overnight recharging along the main transport network to specifically support the electrification of the long haul sector.
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The deployment of recharging infrastructure is equally important in private locations, such as in private depots and at logistic centres to ensure overnight and destination charging. Public authorities at local and national level should take measures in the context of setting up their revised national policy frameworks to ensure that the appropriate infrastructure is provided for that overnight and destination charging.
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) In accordance with Article 3 of Directive 2014/94/EU, Member States have established national policy frameworks outlining their plans and objectives to ensure that those objectives would be met. Both the assessment of the national policy framework and the evaluation of Directive 2014/94/EU have highlighted the need for higher ambition and a better coordinated approach across Member States in view of the expected acceleration in the uptake of alternative fuel vehicles, in particular of electric vehicles. Furthermore, fossil fuels should be phased out and green alternatives to fossil fuels will be needed in all transport modes to meet the ambitions of the European Green Deal and reaching the Union’s climate objective of carbon neutrality by 2050 at the latest. The existing National Policy Frameworks should be revised to clearly describe how the much greater need for publicly accessible recharging and refuelling infrastructure as expressed in the mandatory targets is going to be met by the Member States. The revised frameworks should equally address all transport modes including those for which no mandatory deployment targets exists.
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) The revised national policy frameworks must be in line with the EU climate targets in achieving the climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest and should include strong supporting actions for the development of the market as regards alternative fuels and green solutions, including the deployment of the necessary infrastructure to be put into place, in close cooperation with regional and local authorities and with the industry concerned and other stakeholders, while taking into account the needs offair and just transition and needs of social partners and small and medium- sized enterprises. Additionally, the revised frameworks should describe the overall national framework for planning, permitting and procuring of such infrastructure, including the identified obstacles and actions to remove them so shat a faster rollout of infrastructure can be achieved.
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
Recital 52
(52) In the application of this Regulation, the Commission should consult relevant expert groups, civil society organisations and in particular the Sustainable Transport Forum (‘STF’) and the European Sustainable Shipping Forum (‘ESSF’). Such expert consultation is of particular importance when the Commission intends to adopt delegated or implementing acts under this Regulation.
Amendment 317 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that the national policy frameworks take into account the needs of the different transport modes existing on their territory, including those for which limited alternatives to fossil fuels are available. and that recharging infrastructure promotes modal shift and multi-modal transport.
Amendment 320 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that national policy frameworks take into account, as appropriate, the interests of regional and local authorities, in particular when recharging and refuelling infrastructure for public transport is concerned, as well as those of the stakeholders concerned, in particular transport and energy infrastructure providers. Local and regional authorities shall be consulted regularly to bring their inputs regarding the deployment of the alternative fuels infrastructure.
Amendment 326 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 5
Article 13 – paragraph 5
5. Support measures for alternative fuels infrastructure shall be aligned with the EU climate objective of achieving climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest and comply with the relevant State aid rules of the TFEU.
Amendment 336 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. Relevant, consistent, transparent and clear information shall be made available as regards motor vehicles which can be regularly fuelled with individual fuels placed on the market, or recharged by recharging points. That information shall be made available in motor vehicle manuals, at refuelling and recharging points, on motor vehicles and in motor vehicle dealerships in their territory. This requirement shall apply to all motor vehicles, and their motor vehicle manuals, placed on the market after 18 November 2016.