45 Amendments of Benoît LUTGEN related to 2021/2046(INI)
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Green Deal outlines that the transport sector needs to cut at least 90 % of its emissions by 2050, while at the same time transport needs to be kept affordable and the industry competitive at least at current levels;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the decarbonisation of transport will only reduce the Union’s dependence on imports of fossil fuels and strengthen Europe’s energy security if biofuels and synthetic fuels are produced in Europe;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas, although they account for only 2% of the total number of kilometres travelled, powered two- wheelers account for 17% of the total number of road fatalities; whereas there are significant disparities between countries; whereas the EU should give priority to taking further action to improve their safety in the next decade;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas cyclists and motorcyclists are vulnerable road users and are at the centre of the sustainable and smart mobility transition;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas, according to the European Commission, only 8% of fatalities occur on motorways, with 37% inside urban areas and 55% on non- motorway rural roads (2015 figures, Commission study 2017: https://goo.gl/TtzP54);
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas technology neutrality is the most efficient way to address the different individual mobility needs of citizens and businesses, and it enables the market to offer tailored solution for the different challenges of rural and urban environments;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas co-modality should be the central element for any transport policy which aims to improve affordability, availability and reliability of mobility by promoting competition within the modes, especially within rail;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the Commission report on the application of Directive 2014/94/EU on the deployment of alternative infrastructure identified shortcomings that could undermine the overall uptake of zero- emission vehicles, notably on user- friendliness and charging convenience which are strong barriers for consumers to switch to electric; ;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the goal of improving road safety should be as broad as possible in its scope; whereas in Europe, motorway speed limits are (with one exception) 120 or 130 km/h; whereas in recent years, the mass, power and top speed of new vehicles sold in Europe have increased significantly, from 1 268 kg and 180 km/h to 1 372 kg and 185 km/h in 10 years;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s sustainable and smart mobility strategy and supports its ambition to achieve a climate- neutral, digitalised, competitive, affordable, resilient, reliable, and efficient transport sector;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s sustainable and smart mobility strategy and supports its ambition to achieve a climate- neutral, digitalised, competitive, more resilient and efficient transport sector;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Calls on the Commission that all upcoming policy decisions related to the CO2 targets as laid out in the Green Deal must follow the life-cycle approach.
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to formulate clear benchmarks and establish an annual report on the progress, including proposals for corrective measures if targets do not materialize.
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the sustainable and smart mobility transformation through the Next Generation EU recovery package by investing in research, rail infrastructure and by supporting European based production facilities for alternative fuels;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission’s efforts to accelerate the uptake of zero- emission vehicles and zero-emission fuels; calls on the Commission to aim for higher numbers of zero-emission light- and heavy-duty vehicles by 2030 and to propose more stringent CO2 standards and air-pollutant emission standardsreiterates that the measurements of CO2 Emissions at the tail pipe is insufficient and calls on the Commission to immediately come forward with an holistic life-cycle emission approach for all modes of transport;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission’s efforts to accelerate the uptake of zero- emission vehicles and zero-emission fuels; calls on the Commission to aim for higher numbers of zero-emission light- and heavy- duty vehicles by 2030 and to propose more stringent CO2 standards and air-pollutant emission standards; believes that the CO2standards should ensure a continuous reduction of emissions via more frequent targets and reach a 0g CO2/km target by 2035 at the latest;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Calls on the Commission to incorporate biofuels and synthetic fuels into the CO2 fleet targets for passenger cars, vans and heavy duty vehicles;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to revise future passenger-car standards to make the vehicles in question lighter, sensibly powerful and more fluid in their design by establishing a regulatory framework that imposes restrictions on their mass, power and speed and the size of their frontal area, four factors that can make vehicles more dangerous, but that are also areas of design in which many technological advances beneficial for road safety are being made;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to propose binding targets for public charging points as well as for hydrogen refuelling stations; believes that Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure2 should be transformed into a regulation; _________________ 2 OJ L 307 28.10.2014, p. 1.come forward with an ETS system for all modes of transport and ensure a rigid monitoring and enforcement;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to propose binding targets for public charging points as well as for hydrogen refuelling stations; believes the charging points should offer ad hoc charging by default via commonly available payment methods and display transparent tariffs in advance, during and after charging; believes that Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure2 should be transformed into a regulation; _________________ 2 OJ L 307 28.10.2014, p. 1.
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes the necessity to establish interoperability requirements in relation to the deployment of the charging infrastructure to ensure the harmonisation of a widespread and accessible infrastructure for all vehicle types, including powered two-wheelers;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that battery-electric vehicles will soon become the cheapest option for all consumers compared to other power trains; underlines that zero- emission fuels, such as clean hydrogen and synthetic fuels, should be used in accordance with the ‘energy efficiency first’ principle, mainly for those transport modes where direct electrification is not possible or not yet market-ready;
Amendment 386 #
10a. Welcomes the willingness of the Commission to boost long distance and cross border rail services and to propose regulatory measures to enable innovative and flexible tickets that combine different modes of transport. Thus, encourages the Commission to take the necessary legislative measures to promote rail passenger services, particularly in the areas of ticketing, access to a minimum set of static and dynamic data on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory conditions for all transport stakeholders and, to ensure that travellers are better protected in their combined cross-border rail journeys involving multiple railway undertakings.
Amendment 445 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to propose mobility solutions that include the first and the last mile, thereby integrating the use of sustainable public transport, free-floating e-services such as powered two-wheelers and private mobility solutions;
Amendment 484 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the Commission’s continued support to shift freight transport towards rail and inland waterways; regrets the fact that, despite these efforts, the share of road freight transport has increased in recent yearsiterates that without a Single European Railway Area and competition within the rail sector modal shift will not take place; underlines that sufficient trimodal terminals are a key to achieve this goal;
Amendment 485 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 13 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Underlines that rail has the biggest potential to realise efficiency gain, recalls that policy actions should be prioritised which increase capacity, reliability, availability and seamless cross border operations of rail freight across the Union;
Amendment 520 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the need to complete the internalisation of external costs for all modes of transportincorporate and monitor the implementation of the user pays and polluter pays principle for all modes of transport, while measuring the impact of each technology on the basis of a life-cycle analysis;
Amendment 526 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the incluscreation of the maritime sector in thean EU emissions trading system (ETS) and the planned reduction of allowances allocated for free to the aviation sectfor transport;
Amendment 571 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Insists on an Impact Assessment on ETS and the Energy Taxation Directive with a special focus on the affordability for consumers and global competitiveness of our companies for all modes and including all possible ways to replace conventional fuels with batteries, synthetic fuels, biofuels, bio-LNG, shore power and hydrogen carriers;
Amendment 584 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the initiative to implement multimodal ticketing, and eEuropean Commission’s willingness to improve the consumer experience with regards to planning and purchasing of tickets for multimodal and long-distance rail journeys. Calls upon the Commission to propose regulatory measures to mandate static and dynamic data sharing between suppliers and vendors through fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory commercial terms and open up the booking systems of railways operators; Encourages the Commission to include public service obligations stakeholders in the process from the very beginning;
Amendment 605 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Reiterates, that Galileo plays a crucial role in making all modes of transport more efficient, calls on the Commission to incorporate all GNSS services into the frame of the European Mobility Data Space and to promote and enable the use of those data by authorities, companies and citizens;
Amendment 610 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Calls on the Commission to propose a harmonised framework for digital enforcement in all modes of transport and to amend the corresponding legislation in order to make electronical information on licenses, vehicles, drivers and certificates mandatory;
Amendment 616 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Highlights that all means of digitalisation should be used toimproves efficiency which decreases greenhouse gas emissions and increase transport safety; believes that it is of vital importance to ensure that every step of digitalisation contributes to a lower overall transport volum, while at the same time transport becomes safer, more reliable and affordable;
Amendment 644 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Notes that the shift towards sustainable and smart mobility requires the sharing of data and proper data-integration between all relevant stakeholders, calls on the Commission to ensure that incumbent transport companies are not abusing their position when it comes to booking platforms;
Amendment 670 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Supports the Commission assessment that buying and planning multimodal journeys is burdensome. Allowing travellers to easily plan their journeys via a single transaction by buying, a single integrated ticket for connecting trains or multimodal journeys would be a real step forward for European passengers. Encourages the European Commission to take legislative actions in the areas of licensing, distribution agreement and booking systems, and to develop smart and interoperable payment services.
Amendment 694 #
27a. Points out that in particular the single market for rail and short sea shipping is still not functioning, as they are either subject to different national rules, protectionism or custom checks; Encourages the Commission to urgently address and remove existing competitive distortions in those modes of transport;
Amendment 713 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Reiterates that fair and transparent competition is a fundamental prerequisite to unlock the full potential of the Single Market; Calls on the Commission to ensure the effective opening of national rail markets;
Amendment 749 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to prioritise investments with the greatest benefit in terms of road safety, giving priority to work at accident black spots, including investments in maintaining existing infrastructure and building new infrastructure, particularly in rural areas;
Amendment 769 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that every Citizen has the equal opportunity to pursue a career in the field of transport;
Amendment 772 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Believes that the Union’s industrial strategy, in particular the European Battery and Hydrogen AllianceGreen Deal is only a success, if individual and collective mobility stays affordable, the Union becomes less reliant from third countries especially with regards to rare earth, rare metals and energy, whill help to create well-paid and securee at the same time our industries maintains their position as global leaders, thus securing and creating well-paid jobs throughout the Union;
Amendment 777 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Supports the Commission's position that fair mobility also means protection for passengers and their rights. To revive the transport and tourism sector post COVID-19, it will be essential to regain consumer confidence. Thus, The European Parliament supports the Commission's position stressing the need for better implementation of EU passenger rights and encourages the Commission to work closely with national consumer protection authorities to ensure that travellers' rights are properly enforced.
Amendment 782 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 b (new)
Paragraph 31 b (new)
31b. Welcomes the Commission's position that the EU must help passengers in the event of airline bankruptcy or of major liquidity crisis such as the COVID- 19 pandemic. Calls for the adoption of an adequate financial protection scheme to protect passenger against an insolvency of the transport carrier
Amendment 784 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 c (new)
Paragraph 31 c (new)
31c. Welcomes the willingness of the Commission to consider the creation of a binding multimodal framework for passenger rights, stresses that, future legislative framework should be simple, easy to implement for stakeholders and easily enforceable by consumers;
Amendment 785 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 d (new)
Paragraph 31 d (new)
31d. Supports the Commission willingness to reinforce the resilience of the transport sector. Calls on the Commission to consider the feasibility of introducing limitations or removal of full prepayment obligations for consumers in travellers rights legislations.
Amendment 805 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Calls on the Commission to come forward with concrete measures on road safety, integrating the safe systems approach into the strategy, as there can be no sustainable and smart mobility if it is not safe; underlines that the Road Safety Agency should be specifically mandated to address the safety of vulnerable road users (e.g. motorcyclists, cyclists, pedestrians);