Activities of Damiano ZOFFOLI related to 2016/2327(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
A European Strategy for Low-Emission Mobility (debate) IT
Amendments (51)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 setting emission performance standards for new passenger cars as part of the Community's integrated approach to reduce CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles 2a and Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2011 setting emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles as part of the Union's integrated approach to reduce CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles 3a __________________ 2a OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 1. 3a OJ L 145, 31.5.2011, p. 1
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
– having regard to the own initiative report 2015/2005(INI) of the European Parliament adopted 09 September 2015, entitled “Implementation of the 2011 White Paper on transport: taking stock and the way forward towards sustainable mobility”;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to Regulation (EC) No 595/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 on type-approval of motor vehicles and engines with respect to emissions from heavy duty vehicles (EURO VI) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information and amending Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 and Directive 2007/46/EC and repealing Directives 80/1269/EEC and 2005/78/EC 4a; __________________ 4a OJ L 188, 18.7.2009, p. 1
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to Directive 2009/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of clean and energy-efficient road transport vehicles 1a, __________________ 1a OJ L 120, 15.5.2009, p. 5.
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 b (new)
Citation 3 b (new)
– having regard to the Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 23 February 2017 on the “Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - A European Strategy for Low- Emission Mobility” of 20 July 2016,
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC 6a; __________________ 6a OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2015/757 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on the monitoring, reporting and verification of carbon dioxide emissions from maritime transport, and amending Directive 2009/16/EC 5a; __________________ 5a OJ L 123, 19.5.2015, p. 55
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC 7a; __________________ 7a OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 16;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Council Directive 93/12/EEC 8a __________________ 8a OJ L 350, 28.12.1998, p. 58
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to Directive (EU) 2015/1513 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 September 2015 amending Directive 98/70/EC relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources 9a __________________ 9a OJ L 239, 15.9.2015, p. 1
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas under the Paris Agreement, ratified by the EU on 4 November 2016 and entered into force on the same date, following its ratification by 141 Parties, all actors committed at keeping the increase of global temperature to well below 2°C above pre- industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1,5°C above pre-industrial levels;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas transport represents almost a quarter of Europe's greenhouse gas emissions and is the main cause of air pollution in cities;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas road transport is responsible for over 70% of transport greenhouse gas emissions and much of the air pollution, action is mainly needed in this area, while efforts should be intensified in all sectors of transport for reducing emissions;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas transport is responsible for more than half of NOx emissions (with road transport accounting for 39% of total emissions) and contributes significantly to the total emissions of other pollutants;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the 7th Community Environment Action Programme clearly recognises the role of transport in achieving the Union's 2050 vision of "living well, within the limits of our planet";
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
–1a. Welcomes the Communication from the Commission on "A European Strategy for Low-Emission Mobility" and concurs that a momentous shift to low- emission mobility is essential for the broader shift to a clean circular economy;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to come forward with a 2025 target for cars (in the range of 68-78 gr CO2/kmcorresponding to 68-78 gr CO2/km New European Driving Cycle (NEDC) and vans (corresponding the range ofo 105-120 gr CO2/km) to be NEDC calculated based on the new Worldwide harmonizsed Light vehicles T test Pprocedures (WLTP);
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the introduction of the new WLTP; underlines the need, however, to develop a more transparent and realistic on-road test procedure to reflect realhowever, in the light of the fact that research shows that the new WLTP laboratory test cycle will still have around 20% gap with real world emissions and will remain open to test optimisation and manipulation, a targeted ex post RDE methodology for CO2 should be developed, complementary to WLTP. This methodology should be based on measuring devices already existing in the vehicle, i.e. fuels consumption and CO2 emissions complemented by fuel consumption meters on vehicmeters. To this purpose and in order to obtain reliable data, a standard approach to collect, store, use and communicate fuel consumption values should be developed making maximum use of sensors already present in cars, while fully respecting privacy rules;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Invites the Commission to present an update of the 2011 White Paper on transport based on the report 2015/2005 (INI) of the European Parliament adopted 09 September 2015 entitled “Implementation of the 2011 White Paper on transport: taking stock and the way forward towards sustainable mobility” which accounts for current and developing challenges in the transport sector, especially digitalisation, automatisation, connectivity, sustainability, social matters and clean energy for transport;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Notes that low-emission mobility not only requires technical solutions but also behavioural change of transport users; Key to enable a majority of citizens to switching to more sustainable modes of transport is an affordable, well-developed and multimodal public transport system that covers urban nodes and connects with rural areas;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Notes that a sustainable transition in transport requires systemic multi- stakeholder action from civil society, consumers, social partners, SMEs, innovative start-ups, global acting major corporations and politicians and official bodies on all levels of government;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to consider additional solutions to curb CO2 emissions from the transport sector and in particular take better into account light weighting's contribution to directly reduce CO2 emissions from vehicles;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to adopt an ambitious mandate for the market uptake of electric vehicles an; in this regard calls for a long-term European initiative on next generation batteries in this regard;as well as for the development of the necessary charging infrastructure.
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points out that the completion of the internal transport market would improve resource efficiency and reduce emissions; its completion can however only be reached while also tackling “social dumping” in the transport sector through clear and enforceable rules and their uniform application;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to adopt an ambitious mandate for the market uptake of electric vehicles and zero- emission vehicles and calls for a long-term European initiative on next generation batteries in this regard;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to review the EU approach to aviation connectivity; stresses that one main goal of enhancing connectivity should focus on connecting remote and disadvantaged regions of the Union; underscores that this should be combined with investments in green alternatives such as cross-border (night) trains;
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for a transparent labelling system, which would provide consumers with accurate, robust and comparable data on the fuel consumption and CO2, CO2 emissions and air pollutant emissions of cars placed on the market; calls for a revision of the Car Labelling Directive (1999/94/EC), which should consider making information on other air pollutant emissions such as NOx and particulate matter mandatory;
Amendment 127 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes VECTO and stresses the need to continue having access to a transparent, realistic and updated monitoring data;
Amendment 130 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the introduction of low- emissions and zero-emission city buses through mandatory green public procurement targets, making the granting of funding for urban mobility conditional on the implementation of sustainable urban mobility plans (SUMPs);
Amendment 141 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the importance of interoperability for the purpose of reducing emissions from HGVs, in both urban and extra-urban transport;
Amendment 146 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for a more comprehensive and coordinated system of type-approval and market surveillance, involving EU oversightat the EU level involving a strong and reliable EU oversight and system of controls, which should involve the establishment of a European Vehicles Surveillance Agency, in order to address the failures and legal loopholes identified in the aftermath of Dieselgate;
Amendment 153 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the importance of a swift adoption of the Regulation (n. 2016/0014), which is crucial to update the current EU type-approval legal framework; therefore, confirms that the future adoption of the aforementioned Regulation shall ensure a consistent and more transparent playing level field for all the stakeholders of the vehicles sectors and shall establish effective rules to protect consumers;
Amendment 154 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Welcomes the Guidance on the evaluation of Auxiliary Emission Strategies and the presence of Defeat Devices, published by the Commission on 26 January 2017 with the purpose of supporting Member States and the competent authorities in detecting defeat devices;
Amendment 155 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Stresses the importance of a swift adoption of the proposal for a Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles (COM(2016)0031) which is crucial to update the current EU type-approval legal framework; therefore, confirms that the future adoption of the aforementioned Regulation shall ensure a consistent and more transparent playing level field for all the stakeholders of the vehicles sectors and shall establish effective rules to protect consumers;
Amendment 157 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Regrets, in this regard , the adoption of high conformity factors for NOx emissions and urges the Commission to review the conformity factors in 2017; which could be considered a de facto blanket derogation from the emission limits currently in force while allowing cars to pollute at over double the level allowed by law from 2017 to 2020 and 50% more after 2020; urges the Commission to review the conformity factor for RDE tests of NOx emissions in 2017 - as provided for by the 2nd RDE package - and to further revise it annually, in line with technological developments, so as to bring it down to 1 by 2021 at the latest;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that autonomous vehicles can be an important asset in improving the efficiency of transport; insists, however, thatindividual and commercial transport; to enhance sustainability gains autonomous vehicles should be electriclow- or zero-emission vehicles, shared, and include smart measures to mitigate increasing use;
Amendment 172 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls for the swift adoption of the 3rd and 4th real driving emissions (RDE) packages to complete the regulatory framework for the new type-approval procedure, and for the swift application of this framework;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Notes that urban freight vehicles contribute disproportionately to air and noise pollution and have a negative impact on congestion; therefore calls for better optimization of the supply chain in urban areas; calls on the commission to encourage the use of zero-emission light- duty commercial vehicles, zero-emissions buses, waste trucks, taxis and freight bicycles in last mile logistics;
Amendment 193 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the importance of reinforcing the Single European Sky in order to reduce CO2 emissions; calls on the Commission to maintain high innovation ambitions by encouraging research into the use of photovoltaics in the aviation sector (e.g. Solar Impulse 2) and into bio-methane and synthetic methane;
Amendment 194 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the importance of reinforcing the Single European SkyCalls for continued efforts to reduce the fragmentation of the European airspace; and stresses the importance of reinforcing the Single European Sky through the improvement of the performance of air traffic management, including improved trajectory management in order to reduce CO2 emissions;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Asks the Commission to develop a comprehensive political strategy to cope with systemic changes that the paradigm of “mobility as a service” will have on consumers, workforce and industry; especially in the context of an ongoing digitalisation and automatisation of the transport sector;
Amendment 197 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses the importance of continuing to boost research in this area in order to step up investment in technologies for the development of sustainable aviation – by promoting the design of lighter aircraft, the use of digital and satellite technology to support a more efficient management of flight routes, the production and use of alternative new- generation fuels, especially given that in this sector there are not many alternatives to traditional liquid fuels – including through the development of public-private partnerships; underlines, in this regard, the key role played by research programmes such as Clean Sky and SESAR and the need for their mandates to be extended;
Amendment 200 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Calls for action to be taken regarding short-haul flights, especially those using obsolete technology which is therefore responsible for high emissions; calls, wherever possible and convenient from an environmental perspective, for more sustainable means of transport to be promoted and for multimodal transport to be encouraged;
Amendment 212 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Welcomes the recent adoption by the IMO of a 0.5% global sulphur limit, which is expected to avoid 250000 premature deaths globally;
Amendment 216 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Supports the introduction of more sulphur emission control area and NOx emission control area across Europe;
Amendment 256 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that crop-based biofuels should not count as zero emissions towards Member States’ climate targets under the Effort Sharing Regulation;
Amendment 379 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Calls on the Commission to introduce a 2025 zero-emission target for city buses in its upcoming truck CO2 standards proposal
Amendment 434 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Considers that the EU should implement the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) through the Union Emissions Trading System (ETS), while allowing for 50 % of the journeys to be excluded, provided that the destination is implementing CORSIA through national measures; proposes that the EU ETS should be retained for flights within the European Economic Area (EEA); but in this respect calls the EC to review the EU ETS for the post-2020 period once there will be more clarity about the implementation of the GMBM
Amendment 440 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Calls for continued efforts to reduce the fragmentation of the European airspace; and stresses the importance of reinforcing the Single European Sky through the improvement of the performance of air traffic management, including improved trajectory management in order to reduce CO2 emissions
Amendment 446 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 b (new)
Paragraph 29 b (new)
29b. Stresses the importance of continuing to boost research in this area in order to step up investment in technologies for the development of sustainable aviation – by promoting the design of lighter aircraft, the use of digital and satellite technology to support a more efficient management of flight routes, the production and use of alternative new- generation fuels, especially given that in this sector there are not many alternatives to traditional liquid fuels – including through the development of public-private partnerships; underlines, in this regard, the key role played by research programmes such as Clean Sky and SESAR and the need for their mandates to be extended;
Amendment 448 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 c (new)
Paragraph 29 c (new)
29c. Calls for action to be taken regarding short-haul flights, especially those using obsolete technology which is therefore responsible for high emissions; calls, wherever possible and convenient from an environmental perspective, for more sustainable means of transport to be promoted and for multimodal transport to be encouraged;