4 Amendments of Julie LECHANTEUX related to 2021/2015(INI)
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
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2. Stresses that more investment in updating river and canal infrastructure (for example, locks, bridges and interoperable deployment of digital technologies across borders) is key, while respecting the applicable environmental law; highlights the need to improve the management and monitoring of major ongoing projects, some of which – such as the Seine-Nord Europe Canal – are so behind schedule that their viability and long-term competitiveness are at risk, which would benefit other means of transport, the main stakeholders in which are frequently foreign companies;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 3
3. Notes that there is not a ‘one size fits all’ solution for tackling the problem of low water levels as a result of climate change; deplores, however, that the problems of the inland waterway sector, caused by the low water levels, have not been taken duly into account; also deplores the fact that the EU’s clean transport policy puts pressure on stakeholders and infrastructure to undertake a modal shift, which essentially satisfies only environmental objectives rather than the aim of safeguarding national markets and creating jobs in the inland navigation sector;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
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10. Stresses the role of inland ports as strategic, multimodal nodes in the logistics system; stresses, therefore, that inland ports as well as sea ports should have efficient connections with a focus on connecting to the TEN-T core and comprehensive corridors where possible; it is therefore important for connections to TEN-T corridors to be equipped with the means to distribute alternative fuels; if this is not done, technological inequalities linked to the energy transition in transport might give rise to unfair competition between inland waterway and maritime transport operators, who are the main economic actors using the corridors;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that the inland waterway sector consists mostly of SMEs, family businesses and smaller ports, which makes it difficult for them to make expensive investments in order to comply with the goals of the Green Deal; considers, therefore, that the administrative burden and cost for access to funding should be significantly reduced and that these small undertakings should be offered more attractive tax incentives in particular;