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139 Amendments of Mathieu GROSCH

Amendment 161 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the Commission has repeatedly called on Member States to shift tax burden from labour to other tax bases, such as environmental pollution and consumption; whereas internalising negative externalities of production and transport is a pivotal element of EU policy objectives; whereas measures which only apply to domestic products, transporters or producers would put additional pressure on the competitiveness of domestic businesses, in particular in energy-intensive industries or the transport sector, compared with businesses operating outside the EU which are not subject to internalisation levies;
2013/11/15
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 821 #

2013/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Calls on the Commission to examine a proportional and non-discriminatory carbon equalisation system as referred to in Directive 2009/29/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 23 April 2009, internalising the negative externalities of production and transport, such as a European border tax adjustment (BTA) levied by Member States on import products, calculated on the basis of the life-cycle carbon cost of products, and including a rebate mechanism for exports; stresses that in order for a carbon equalisation system applied to import products to be compatible with WTO rules domestic carbon taxation should apply to similar products and should not be imposed directly on producers or transporters; acknowledges that due to its practical complexity a BTA should be carefully designed and gradually implemented in line with international trade agreements, e.g. through a pilot project in sectors which are most affected by domestic environmental levies; believes that a BTA would benefit both the competitiveness of EU businesses and the environmental sustainability of international production and transport; points out that revenues from a BTA could be used to decrease taxes, in particular on labour, and/or support the development of sustainable technologies.
2013/11/18
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 265 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18 a (new)
18 a. "Access and defence infrastructure" means all infrastructure that allows sea and land access to a port area including maritime access and defence works, land access connections to general transport facilities and infrastructure for utilities necessary for the activities in the port area;
2013/12/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 267 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18 b (new)
18 b. "Terminal or project-related infrastructure" means civil works within the port area that include berths used for the mooring of ships, the reclamation of land used for terminal construction, dredging alongside berths and access to terminals from the general public transport facilities within the port area, mentioned under Article 2(1)(18a);
2013/12/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 268 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18 c (new)
18 c. "Port superstructure" means surface arrangements, warehouses, workshops, office buildings, mobile and fixed equipment, information and automation systems needed to perform the port services mentioned under Article 2(2);
2013/12/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 400 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Public funds, referred to in paragraph 1 and 3, made available to the managing body of the port in order to either partly or entirely finance the access and land infrastructure as well as the terminal or project related infrastructure stay within the public remit, as long as these infrastructures are managed and exploited by the managing body of the port in a non-commercial way.
2013/12/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 401 #

2013/0157(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Public funds made available to the managing body of the port in order to either partly or entirely finance the superstructure fall outside the public remit as they are directly related to the benefit of the individual port service involved.
2013/12/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 75 #

2013/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) In order to meet the objectives of the White Paper on Transport published in 2011 the revision of Directive 96/53/EC is an opportunity to improve the driver’s safety and comfort taking into account the requirements set out in the Occupational Health and Safety Framework Directive 89/391/EEC.
2013/12/10
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 88 #

2013/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) Longer vehicles may be used in cross- border transport if the twowo or several Member States concerned already allow it and if the conditions for derogation under Article 4(3), (4) or (5) of the Directive are met. The European Commission has already provided guidance on the application of Article 4 of the Directive. The transport operations referred to in Article 4(4) do not have a significant impact on international competition if the cross- border use remains limited to two Member States where the existing infrastructure and the road safety requirements allow itCompetent authorities of Member States should determine specific requirements to the vehicle, the infrastructure and the driver in order to assure an adequate level of safety. The cross-border use of these vehicles should be backed by bilateral or multilateral agreements between the competent authorities of Member States concerned specifying the routes and other conditions that need to be met. The European Commission has already provided guidance on the application of Article 4 of the Directive. This balances the Member States’ right under the principle of subsidiarity to decide on transport solutions suited to their specific circumstances with the need to prevent such policies from distorting the internal market. The provisions of Article 4 (4) are clarified in this respect.
2013/12/10
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 94 #

2013/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) In order to assess the impact of vehicles exceeding the dimensions set up by this Directive on road safety, it is appropriate that Member States collect data of accidents involving heavy good vehicles longer than 18.75 m. The Commission should consider proposing the inclusion of these data among the annual reporting obligations of Member States in the framework of Council Decision 93/704/EC on the creation of a Community database on road accidents.
2013/12/10
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 150 #

2013/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a a (new)
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
(aa) The first phrase of Article 4(4) is replaced by the following phrase: `Member States may allow vehicles or vehicle combinations used for goods transport which carry out certain transport operations that do not significantly affect international competition in the transport sector to circulate in their territories with weights and dimensions deviating from those laid down in points 1, 2, and 4 of Annex 1.´
2013/12/10
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 167 #

2013/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Transport operationsIn line with the subsidiarity principle transport operations using vehicles or vehicle combinations with dimensions and weights deviating from those laid down in points 1, 2, 3, and 4 of Annex I shall be considered to not significantly affect international competition in the transport sector if they take place on the territory of a competent authority of a Member State or, for a cross-border operation, between only twoshall be allowed, between two or several competent authorities of neighbouring Member States, who have both adopted measures taken in application of this paragraph, and if one of the conditions, under (a) and (b) is fulfilled: . Competent authorities of Member States shall determine specific requirements to the vehicle, the infrastructure and the driver in order to assure an adequate level of safety. The cross-border use of these vehicles should be backed by bilateral or multilateral agreements between the Member States concerned specifying the routes and other conditions that need to be met.
2013/12/10
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 204 #

2013/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – indent 3 – point iii
tThese devices can be easily folded, retracted or removed by the driverwill be folded and unfolded automatically.
2013/12/10
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 254 #

2013/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 9 a (new)
(7a) Article 9a is added: Article 9 a With the aim of improving the driver’s safety and comfort, and ultimately to ensure the improvement of road safety of the vehicles in the scope of this directive, the safety and comfort requirements to be met by the driver’s cabins are as follows: - Compliance with the requirements set out in the Occupational Health and Safety Framework Directive 89/391/EEC, with its hierarchy of prevention measure for the elimination of sources of whole-body vibration and of musculoskeletal disorders; - The provision of the driver’s cabin with safety features starting with a secure fire exit of the cabin; - The increase in size of the driver’s cabin to adapt to comfort and safety requirements for driver’s seats and couchettes taking into account emergency situations.
2013/12/10
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 356 #

2013/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point c
Directive 96/53/EC
Annex I – point 2.3.1 – indent 3
two-axle buses: 19,5 tonnes
2013/12/10
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 360 #

2013/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point c a (new)
Directive 96/53/EC
Annex I – point 2.3.4 (new)
(ca) The following point is added : 2.3.4 Alternatively fuelled vehicles: the maximum weight is that mentioned in point 2.3.1, 2.3.2 or 2.3.3 increased by the additional weight required for the alternative propulsion mode, with a maximum of 1,5 tonnes. That additional weight shall be indicated in the official registration documents of the motor vehicle issued by the Member State where the vehicle is registered. In cases where this information is missing, the values mentioned in points 2.3.1., 2.3.2 or 2.3.3 shall apply.
2013/12/10
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 154 #

2013/0072(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 a (new)
(22a) Before a claim is submitted, a complaint should invariably be lodged.
2013/10/09
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 297 #

2013/0072(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point ii
when the delay is of at least fiveour hours and includes one or several nights, the assistance specified in Article 9(1)(b) and 9(1)(c); and
2013/10/09
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 300 #

2013/0072(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point iii
when the delay is of at least fiveour hours, the assistance specified in Article 8(1)(a).
2013/10/09
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 334 #

2013/0072(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
In Article 6(3) the following paragraph shall be inserted: Paragraph 2 shall not apply where the arrival has been delayed as a result of routing or landing instructions issued by the air safety authorities.
2013/10/09
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 574 #

2013/0072(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
Annex 1 – paragraph 1 – point ii
technical problems which are not inherent in the normal operation of the aircraft, such as the identification of a defect during the flight operation concerned and which, or the identification of damage, such as engine damage caused by bird strike that occurred during the previous flight, and which in both cases prevents the normal continuation of the operation; or a hidden manufacturing defect revealed by the manufacturer or a competent authority and which impinges on flight safety;
2013/10/09
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 19 #

2012/0328(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The inclusion of aviation in the European Emission Trading Scheme should be taken into account in all Union aviation agreements with third countries.
2013/01/29
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 77 #

2012/0305(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The use of fluorinated greenhouse gases, or of mixtures that contain fluorinated greenhouse gases, with a global warming potential of 2500 or more, to service or maintain refrigeration equipment with a charge size equivalent to 50 tonnes of CO2 or more, shall be prohibited from 1 January 20205. Until 1 January 2035 this provision shall not apply to recovered or reclaimed fluorinated greenhouse gases with a global warming potential of 2500 or more used for the maintenance or servicing of existing refrigeration equipment, provided they have been recovered from such equipment.
2013/04/26
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 84 #

2012/0305(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
FTo avoid distortion of competition on the EU market, from [dd/mm/yyyy] [insert date 31 years after entry into force of this regulation], refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat pump equipmenproducts and equipment placed on the Union market shall not be charged with hydrofluorocarbons before it isunless the hydrofluorocarbons were placed on the Union market or before it is made available to the end-user[dd/mm/yy] [insert starting date of quota system] or are accounted for wits first installationhin the hydrofluorocarbons quota referred to in Article 14.
2013/04/26
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 86 #

2012/0305(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The equipment shall be charged where it is intended to be used, by persons certified in accordance with Article 8.deleted
2013/04/26
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 87 #

2012/0305(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to hermetically sealed equipment or to equipment that contains a quantity of hydrofluorocarbons corresponding to less than 2 % of the equipment's foreseen maximum capacity.
2013/04/26
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 121 #

2012/0305(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – row 12a (new)
12a. New stationary refrigeration equipment that contains fluorinated greenhouse gases with GWP of 2500 or more, except equipment intended for applications <-50°C Date of prohibition [dd/mm/yy] [insert date 4 years after entry into force of this regulation],
2013/04/26
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 135 #

2012/0305(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – row 7
2030 2130%
2013/04/26
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 80 #

2012/0184(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) Odometer fraud is considered to affect between 5% and 12% of used cars sales, resulting in a very important cost to society of several billions Euros yearly and in an incorrect evaluation of a roadworthiness condition of a vehicle. With a view to combat odometer fraud, the recording of mileage in the roadworthiness certificate combined with the obligation to present the certificate of the previous test would facilitate the detection of tampering or manipulation of the odometer. The establishment of a database recording the mileage of vehicles and the serious accidents in which they have been involved, with due regard for data protection, will also help to prevent manipulation and to make important information accessible. Odometer fraud should alsofurthermore be more systematically considered as an offence liable to a penalty.
2013/03/28
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 218 #

2012/0184(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. In the case where a vehicle of categories M1 or N1 reaches a mileage of 160 000 km on the first roadworthiness test after the vehicle was first registered more than ten years previously, it shall be subject to annual roadworthiness test thereafter annuallys.
2013/03/28
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 276 #

2012/0184(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(4a) The testing centre and the repair workshop may be one and the same only where this is authorised by a national provision and a corresponding authorisation issued in accordance with Annex A, point A.3, of ISO/IEC 17020:2012.
2013/03/28
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 288 #

2012/0184(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall examine the feasibility, costs and benefits of the establishment of an electronic vehicle information platform with a view to exchange information, including details of the mileage of and serious accidents suffered by vehicles, on data related to roadworthiness testing between the competent authorities of Member States responsible for testing, registration and vehicle approval, the testing centres and the vehicle manufacturers.
2013/03/28
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 322 #

2012/0184(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 4 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
(6a) Details of major repairs necessitated by an accident
2013/03/28
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 209 #

2011/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that the basic rules on passenger rights should be laid down in a Charter of Passengers’ Rights for all forms of transport, and therefore expects, by 20132, such a proposal which takes into account the specific characteristics of carriers and past experience;
2011/09/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 276 #

2011/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – indent 2
a 40%by 2020, to increase inby 40% the number of parking spaces for heavy goods vehicles on the Trans-European Road Network (TERN) in each Member State compared with 2010 figures;
2011/09/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 331 #

2011/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 4
the dedicatunder the next financial framework 2014-2020, the provision of at least 10% of TEN-T funding for projects to inland waterway projects;
2011/09/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 360 #

2011/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – indent 1
– a proposal, by 20153, on the creation of a single European airspace by further reducing functional airspace blocks, with the Member States also being called upon to promote the implementation of the single European airspace;
2011/09/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 13 #

2011/2020(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Takes the view that the EU budget contribution to the transport-related agencies should be commensurate with their additional responsibilities, such as those conferred on the European Maritime Safety Agency; considers that it is important to have prudent budgeting for agencies, in accordance with internal audits of effectiveness of their expenditures.
2011/07/29
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 58 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) promoting sustainable transport and, removing bottlenecks in key network infrastructures and closing gaps in cross- border routes, with a view to guaranteeing efficient comodality;
2012/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 121 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) a cessation or complete or partial relocation of a productive activity;
2012/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 181 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – row 7
7. Ppromoting sustainable 7.1. Road: The existence A comprehensive transport and, removing of a comprehensive transport plan is in place bottlenecks in key national transport plan that contains: network infrastructures which contains an (referred to in Article and closing gaps in cross- appropriate prioritisation 9(7)) border routes, with a view of investments in the core to guaranteeing efficient Trans European Network comodality (referred to in of Transport Infrastructure Article 9(7)) (TEN-T) network, in the comprehensive network (investments other than the core TEN-T) and in secondary connectivity (including public transport at regional and local level). prioritisation of investments in the core TEN-T network, the comprehensive network and secondary connectivity. The prioritisation should take into account the contribution of investments to mobility, sustainability, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and contribution to the Single European transport area; a realistic and mature project pipeline (including timetable, budgetary framework); a strategic environmental assessment fulfilling the legal requirements for the transport plan; measures to strengthen capacity of intermediary bodies and beneficiaries to deliver the project pipeline. 7.2. Railway: The A chapter on railway existence within the development within the comprehensive national comprehensive transport transport plan of an plan is in place that explicit chapter on railway contains: development which contains an appropriate prioritisation of investments in the core Trans European Network of Transport Infrastructure (TEN-T) network, in the comprehensive network (investments other than the core TEN-T) and in secondary connectivity of the railway system according to their contributions to mobility, sustainability, national and European wide network effects. The investments cover mobile assets and interoperability and capacity building. a realistic and mature project pipeline (including timetable, budgetary framework); a strategic environmental assessment fulfilling the legal requirements for the transport plan; measures to strengthen capacity of intermediary bodies and beneficiaries to deliver the project pipeline.
2012/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 183 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – row 7.1
7. Promoting sustainable 7.1. Road: The existence and waterway: A comprehensive transport and removing of a comprehensiveThe existence of a transport plan is in place bottlenecks in key national transport plan comprehensive, efficient that contains: network infrastructures which contains ancomodal national (referred to in Article appropriatetransport plan which 9(7)) contains an appropriate prioritisation 9(7))of of investments, in the ccluding intelligent transporet Transsystems, in the core Trans European Network of of Transport Infrastructure (TEN-T) network, in the comprehensive network (investments other than the core TEN-T) and in secondary connectivity (including public transport at regional and local level). prioritisation of investments in the core TEN-T network, the comprehensive network and secondary connectivity. The prioritisation should take into account the contribution of investments to mobility, sustainability, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and contribution to the Single European transport area; a realistic and mature project pipeline (including timetable, budgetary framework); a strategic environmental assessment fulfilling the legal requirements for the transport plan; measures to strengthen capacity of intermediary bodies and beneficiaries to deliver the project pipeline. 7.2. Railway: The A chapter on railway existence within the development within the comprehensive national comprehensive transport transport plan of an plan is in place that explicit chapter on railway contains: development which contains an appropriate prioritisation of investments in the core Trans European Network of Transport Infrastructure (TEN-T) network, in the comprehensive network (investments other than the core TEN-T) and in secondary connectivity of the railway system according to their contributions to mobility, sustainability, national and European wide network effects. The investments cover mobile assets and interoperability and capacity building. a realistic and mature project pipeline (including timetable, budgetary framework); a strategic environmental assessment fulfilling the legal requirements for the transport plan; measures to strengthen capacity of intermediary bodies and beneficiaries to deliver the project pipeline.
2012/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 184 #

2011/0276(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – row 7.2
7. Promoting sustainable 7.1. Road: The existence A comprehensive transport and removing of a comprehensive transport plan is in place bottlenecks in key national transport plan that contains: network infrastructures which contains an (referred to in Article appropriate prioritisation 9(7)) of investments in the core Trans European Network of Transport Infrastructure (TEN-T) network, in the comprehensive network (investments other than the core TEN-T) and in secondary connectivity (including public transport at regional and local level). prioritisation of investments in the core TEN-T network, the comprehensive network and secondary connectivity. The prioritisation should take into account the contribution of investments to mobility, sustainability, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and contribution to the Single European transport area; a realistic and mature project pipeline (including timetable, budgetary framework); a strategic environmental assessment fulfilling the legal requirements for the transport plan; measures to strengthen capacity of intermediary bodies and beneficiaries to deliver the project pipeline. 7.2. Railway: The A chapter on railway existence within the development within the comprehensive national , efficient comprehensive transport transport plan of ancomodal national plan is in place that transport plan of an contains: explicit chapter on railway contains: development which contains an appropriate prioritisation of investments in the core Trans European Network of Transport Infrastructure (TEN-T) network, in the comprehensive network (investments other than the core TEN-T) and in secondary connectivity of the railway system according to their contributions to mobility, sustainability, national and European wide network effects. The investments cover mobile assets and interoperability and capacity building. a realistic and mature project pipeline (including timetable, budgetary framework); a strategic environmental assessment fulfilling the legal requirements for the transport plan; transport plan; measures to strengthen capacity of intermediary bodies and beneficiaries to deliver the project deliver the project pipeline.
2012/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 107 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – introductory part
(7) promoting sustainable transport and, removing bottlenecks in key network infrastructures and closing gaps in cross- border routes, with a view to guaranteeing efficient comodality:
2012/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 115 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a
(a) supporting a multin efficient comodal Single European Transport Area by investing in the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) network;
2012/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 122 #

2011/0275(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c
(c) developing environment-friendly and low-carbon transport system, intelligent and interoperable transport systems which are safer, more efficient and generate low carbon emissions and promoting sustainable urban mobility;
2012/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 43 #

2011/0274(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point d – introductory part
(d) promoting sustainable transport and, removing bottlenecks in key network infrastructures and closing gaps in cross- border routes, with a view to guaranteeing efficient comodality, by:
2012/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 46 #

2011/0274(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point d – point i
i) supporting a multi-n efficiently comodal Single European Transport Area by investing in the Trans-European Transport Network;
2012/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 51 #

2011/0274(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point d – point ii
ii) developing environment-friendly and low-carbon transport systems including, intelligent and interoperable transport systems which are safer, more efficient and generate low carbon emissions and promoting sustainable urban mobility;
2012/05/23
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 113 #

2011/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) In order to ensure coherence between the different exemptions set out in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006, and to reduce the administrative burden on transport undertakings whilst respecting the objectives of that Regulation, the maximum permissible distances set out in its Articles 13(b), (d), (f) and (p) should be revised.
2012/03/29
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 167 #

2011/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(1 a) Member States shall exempt the vehicles mentioned in Article 13(-1) (new) of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 from the application of this Regulation.
2012/03/29
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 169 #

2011/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
(3 a) By 2020 all vehicles engaged in international transport which are not covered by the exceptions in Articles 13 and 14 of this Regulation shall be fitted with recording equipment within the meaning of this Regulation irrespective of their date of first authorisation.
2012/03/29
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 180 #

2011/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85
Article 4 – paragraph 1
02935250Location data shall be recorded to allow the identification of the starting and ending place of the daily work period. For that purpose, vehicles put into service for the first time [248 months after the entry into force of this Regule specifications] shall be fitted with recording equipment connected to a global navigation satellite system (GNSS).
2012/03/29
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 184 #

2011/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85
Article 4 – paragraph 2
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 39 concerning the supplementing of Annex IB with the detailed technical specifications necessary to enable the processing of the location data received from the GNSS by the recording equipment. The Commission shall also be authorised in this connection to amend the 24-month time limit referred to in Article 4(1) if it can show at the end of that period that no suitable equipment meeting the required specifications is yet available.
2012/03/29
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 215 #

2011/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. The relevant specifications shall be determined by the Commission by 31 December 2014. It shall be authorised to adopt delegated acts pursuant to Article 39 to adjust this time limit if it can show at that date that no suitable equipment meeting the required specifications is yet available.
2012/03/29
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 221 #

2011/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85
Article 19 – paragraph 4
(4) Member States shall take appropriate measures to prevent conflicts of interests between fitters or workshops and road transport undertakings. In particular, if a transport undertaking is also operating as an approved fitter or workshop, it shall not be allowed to install and calibrate recording equipment in its own vehicles.deleted
2012/03/29
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 308 #

2011/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 13 – paragraph -1 (new)
A new paragraph is added before Article 13(1) of Regulation 561/2006: (-1 new) Member States must allow derogations from Articles 5 to 9 for vehicles or combinations of vehicles used for carrying materials, equipment or machinery for the driver's use in the course of his work, and which are used only within a 150 kilometre radius from the base of the undertaking and only on the condition that driving the vehicle does not constitute the driver's main activity.
2012/03/29
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 330 #

2011/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 13 – paragraph 1
The distance of ‘100 km’ or ‘50 km’ referred to in points (b), d), (f) and (p) of Article 13(1) is replaced by ‘1050 km’.
2012/03/29
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 337 #

2011/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 561/2006
Article 13 – paragraph 1– point (d)
The content of Article 13, paragraph 1, point (d) of Regulation 561/2006 is replaced by: d) vehicles or combinations of vehicles with a maximum permissible mass not exceeding 7.5 tonnes used by universal service providers as defined in Article 2(13) of Directive 97/67/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 1997 on common rules for the development of the internal market of Community postal services and the improvement of quality of service to deliver items as part of the universal service and for carrying materials, equipment or machinery for the driver's use in the course of his work, with these vehicles only being used within a 150 kilometre radius from the base of the undertaking, and on condition that driving the vehicles does not constitute the driver's main activity;
2012/03/29
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 26 #

2010/2211(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Calls therefore for an increase in the overalld coordination between the funds available for TEN-T through earmarkingand the cohesion funding for transport projects (currently 23.7% of cohesion resources) and for the dedication of anthis amount within this for the core TEN-T network, thus increasing EU added value,from the cohesion fund to be contingent upon the observation of general principles of European transport policy and for TEN-T funding to be made conditional upon the concentration of national funding on the TEN-T core network;
2010/12/09
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 32 #

2010/2211(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. The revenues coming from the internalisation of the external costs should be earmarked particularly for mobility and thereby facilitate the PPPs, inter alia, in transport projects;
2010/12/09
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 7 #

2010/2001(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that, with a view to securing economic recovery in Europe, investment in transport, in particular the TEN-Ts, has a crucial role to play in driving forward growth and employment as well as in advancing Europe's economic and environmental interests; believes, accordingly, that, with a view to enabling the largest possible number of projects to be implemented, all possible funding mechanisms should be considered, including the creation of a European fund for transport;
2010/07/26
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 204 #

2010/0253(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) The national regulatory bodies should create a network to enhance cross- border cooperation and improve market condition. This network should within five years after entry into force of this directive lead to the creation of a European regulatory body.
2011/05/31
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 204 #

2010/0253(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) The national regulatory bodies should create a network to enhance cross- border cooperation and improve market condition. This network should within five years after entry into force of this directive lead to the creation of a European regulatory body.
2011/05/31
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 287 #

2010/0253(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 21 a (new)
(21 a) 'essential facility’ means a facility where the following conditions are cumulatively met: - the service is indispensable to the operator of a railway undertaking, in particularly for new competitors, in order to operate in an efficient way; - the company operating the service facility has the capacity and is technically able to provide access according to economical and social related conditions; - the refusal of the facility is likely to eliminate all competition because it is physically or economically impossible to replicate it.
2011/05/31
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 287 #

2010/0253(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 21 a (new)
(21 a) 'essential facility’ means a facility where the following conditions are cumulatively met: - the service is indispensable to the operator of a railway undertaking, in particularly for new competitors, in order to operate in an efficient way; - the company operating the service facility has the capacity and is technically able to provide access according to economical and social related conditions; - the refusal of the facility is likely to eliminate all competition because it is physically or economically impossible to replicate it.
2011/05/31
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 347 #

2010/0253(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Having due regard to Articles 93, 107 and 108 of the Treaty, Member States mayshall also provide the infrastructure manager with financing consistent with its tasks, the size of the infrastructure and financial requirements, in particular in order to cover new investments.
2011/05/31
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 347 #

2010/0253(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Having due regard to Articles 93, 107 and 108 of the Treaty, Member States mayshall also provide the infrastructure manager with financing consistent with its tasks, the size of the infrastructure and financial requirements, in particular in order to cover new investments.
2011/05/31
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 400 #

2010/0253(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The services referred to in Annex III, point 2, shall be supplied by all operators of service facilities in a non-discriminatory manner, since they are essential facilities according to Art. 3 (21a) (new).
2011/05/31
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 400 #

2010/0253(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The services referred to in Annex III, point 2, shall be supplied by all operators of service facilities in a non-discriminatory manner, since they are essential facilities according to Art. 3 (21a) (new).
2011/05/31
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 419 #

2010/0253(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Requests by railway undertakings for access to the service facility may only be rejected if there are viable and acceptable alternatives allowing them to operate the freight or passenger service concerned on the same route under economically acceptable conditions. The burden of proving for the existence of a viable alternative lies with the operator of the service facility.
2011/05/31
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 419 #

2010/0253(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Requests by railway undertakings for access to the service facility may only be rejected if there are viable and acceptable alternatives allowing them to operate the freight or passenger service concerned on the same route under economically acceptable conditions. The burden of proving for the existence of a viable alternative lies with the operator of the service facility.
2011/05/31
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 449 #

2010/0253(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. The regulatory body has to be informed and have access to relevant documents concerning the requests and decisions according to Annex III point 1 and 2 in order to be able to ensure that these decisions are taken in a non- discriminatory way.
2011/05/31
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 449 #

2010/0253(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. The regulatory body has to be informed and have access to relevant documents concerning the requests and decisions according to Annex III point 1 and 2 in order to be able to ensure that these decisions are taken in a non- discriminatory way.
2011/05/31
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 454 #

2010/0253(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 5
5. Annex III may be amended in the light of experience in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 60.deleted
2011/05/31
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 454 #

2010/0253(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 5
5. Annex III may be amended in the light of experience in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 60.deleted
2011/05/31
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 14 #

2009/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the transport sector, due to its crucial contribution to economic growth, can play a key role in the realisation of the EU 2020 Strategy,
2010/03/26
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 111 #

2009/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Finds that the development of passenger and freight transport as a whole raises the issue not of the transfer of traffic but ratheris crucially dependent ofn the effective use of the various modes of transport, and that the goal of European transport policy should therefore be oriented towards effective comodality, closely linked with decarbonisation, safety and cost-effectiveness of transport, and that this will lead to optimum redistribution between the various transport modalities;
2010/03/26
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 219 #

2009/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises that intelligent systems in transport organisation, such as Galileo and safety, such as ERTMS, Galileo, SESAR and ITS, need support in terms of research as well as in their application, since they lead to considerable environmental improvements due to a reduction in exhaust gases and traffic noise, improve safety by creating solutions to infrastructure bottlenecks and, not least, result in increased energy independence;
2010/03/26
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 319 #

2009/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 - indent 2
- a doubling of the number of bus and rail users in urban areas by 2020passengers (and, if relevant, ship passengers) by 2020 and a 20% increase in funding for pedestrian- and cycle- friendly transport concepts,
2010/03/26
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 329 #

2009/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 - indent 3
- a 20% reduction in CO2 exhaust emissions from road passenger and freight traffic compared with 2010, to be achieved through suitable innovations and avoiding unladen journeys, the promotion of alternative energies, and logistical optimisation of passenger and freight transport,
2010/03/26
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 341 #

2009/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 - indent 4
- a 20% reduction in the electricitnergy used by rail vehicles compared with the level and capacity of 2010,
2010/03/26
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 352 #

2009/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 - indent 5
- starting from 2011, fitting an ERTMS- compatible system to all new railway rolling stock and link linescommissioned from 2011 and to all new and rehabilitated link lines starting from 2011,
2010/03/26
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 363 #

2009/2096(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 - indent 7
- financial support for the creation of multimodal connections (platforms) for inland waterway transport, inland ports and rail transport, and a 20% increase in the number of such platforms, by 2020,;
2010/03/26
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 12 #

2008/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Urges the Commission to review administrative requirements in terms of efficiency and simplification;
2008/06/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 13 #

2008/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Commission in general to take measures seeking to ensure enforcement and monitoring;
2008/06/04
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 3 #

2008/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas sustainable and efficient freight transport in Europe plays a vital role in having a successful and competitive economy, in meeting consumer demands and in creating a considerable number of jobs and wealth for European citizens,
2008/06/10
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 4 #

2008/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas freight transport is expected to grow by some 50% (in tonne-kilometres (tkm)) between 2000 and 2020, in line with forecasts in the White Paper 'European transport policy for 2010: time to decide' (COM(2001)0370), and whereas it has already grown some 30% faster than GDP between 1995 and 2005; whereas, furthermore, growth in freight transport as a whole has mainly been caused by a disproportionatethe result of an increase in road and air transport relative to other modes of transport,
2008/06/10
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 13 #

2008/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that Europe's freight transport systems must meet pressing challenges if they are to make a greater contribution to reducing external costs, oil consumption and CO2 emissionsto increase effective integration and sustainability of freight transport in Europe, and therefore welcomes the above-mentioned Commission communications and Council conclusions; encourages the Commission, the Member States and industry to support in future a freight transport policy which is more sustainable for the environment, the climate, the economy, security and social interests, by promoting the use, in an enlarged European Union, of more efficient logistics systems as part of the gradual integration of priority cross- border rail freight corridors, hubs and conventional networksrs and polluter pays principles for all modes of transport;
2008/06/10
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 17 #

2008/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Supports the view of the Commission that co-modality and intermodality remain key factors in creating sustainable and efficient freight transport in Europe;
2008/06/10
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 35 #

2008/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that timely and precise decisions, stable standards and targeted promotion measures lead to cost savings through mass production (economies of scale); uUrges the Commission and the Member States in this connection to offer stronger - particularly financial - incentives to boost the environmental performance of all modes of transport and to support the besmost efficient combinations of modes of transport with a view to achieving the lowest possible impact on the environment, especially in the 'green' corridors;
2008/06/10
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 37 #

2008/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Regards it as a priority to improve supervision/checking of logistics for the transport of hazardous and polluting goods, with a view to avoiding danger to human lives and preventing environmental disasterproper implementation and strengthening of existing legislation regarding the transport of hazardous and polluting goods;
2008/06/10
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 40 #

2008/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Commission and Member States to press forward with a selection of pilot freight logistics projects to act as a role modelthe exchange of best practice in sensitive cross-border areas (mountainous areas and conurbations), as well as in cities;
2008/06/10
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 41 #

2008/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to concentrate EU co-financing on the efficiency and interoperability of conventional rail infrastructure and intermodal hubs - coastal shipping and inland waterways, railways, roads and air transport - and to allocate at least 40% of each set of EU transport infrastructure appropriations to the railways, as called for in Parliament's resolution of 12 July 2007 on the implementation of the first railway package;
2008/06/10
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 50 #

2008/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Takes the view that freight should as far as possible arrive at the port nearest to its destination, thus helping to avoid road transport, and cConsiders better links from maritime and inland ports to their hinterland rail network to be the crucialan important element in transport infrastructure;
2008/06/10
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 52 #

2008/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Is convinced of the potential of inland waterways regarding freight transport and urges the Commission to ensure a proper implementation of the NAIADES action programme;
2008/06/10
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 53 #

2008/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that investments in hinterland terminals can be put into effect flexibly and rapidly by means of incentives to investment, thereby eliminating bottlenecks in the intermodal chain as a whole;
2008/06/10
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 55 #

2008/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. RecCalls thatfor the compliance with, and/or introduction of, stable intermodal standards for the dimensions and weight of vehicles, containers and loading equipment, areto be considered as being of strategic importance with a view to shifting freight transport to rail and sustainable waterways, thereby reducing infrastructure costs;
2008/06/10
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 59 #

2008/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to draft its guidelines for environmental and railway subsidies in such a way as to simplify investments in sustainable rail freight transport; stresses in this connection the strategic importance of unrestricted co- financing of noise reduction, including at source (retrofitting of goods trucks), such as already exists for the fitting of rolling stock with ERTMS; stresses the possibility of imposing penalties in the event of non- compliance with contractual obligations;
2008/06/10
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 64 #

2008/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission to support projects concerning the differential use of high-speed lines e.g. for light freight transports;
2008/06/10
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 68 #

2008/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that standardising and simplifying the administration of the authorities involved in the freight transport market, together with simplified customs rules and procedures at borders is bound to lead to greater efficiency of freight transport logistics; urges the Commission to develop a single intermodal European freight document; recalls the experience gained from the 'one-stop shops' in the Trans-European Rail Freight Network (TERFN) initiative;
2008/06/10
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 70 #

2008/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Member States, the Commission and the industry to regard higher social standards in the freight transport sector as a basis for ensuring a higher level of performance and to guarantee them inter alia by means of checks and supervision in accordance with laws and regulations; considers that providing training and enhancing the attractiveness of jobs in the freight transport market will contribute in the long term to the safety and quality of the EU as a location forStresses that there is a lack of good logistics education delivered by universities and therefore calls on the Member States to give absolute priority to higher education and further education in the logistic and freight transport sector;
2008/06/10
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 72 #

2008/2008(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Urges the Commission to support projects and research and work towards standard information flows to ensure the integration and interoperability of modes at data level;
2008/06/10
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 7 #

2008/0195(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Mobile workers which do not fall under the scope of application of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport1 shall fall under the scope of application of this Directive. 1 OJ L 102, 11.4.2006, p. 1.
2009/01/28
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 18 #

2008/0195(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. The Directive shall apply to mobile workers, as defined in Article 3 (d) of this Directive, employed by undertakings established in a Member State, participating in road transport activities covered by Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 or, failing that, by the AETR Agreement. This Directive shall also apply to mobile workers as defined in the second sentence of Article 3(d). . At latest two years after application of this Directive, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council, analysing the consequences of this Directive on mobile workers and self-employed drivers in respect of road safety, conditions of competition, the structure of the profession as well as social aspects.
2009/01/28
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 19 #

2008/0195(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Mobile workers who do not fall under the scope of application of the driving time and rest period in Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 should fall under the scope of application of this Directive.
2010/02/03
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 26 #

2008/0195(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 3 – point d
"'mobile worker' shall also include any person who is not tied to an employer by an employment contract or by any other type of working hierarchical relationship, but: i who does not have the freedom to organise the relevant working activities; ii whose income does not depend directly on the profits made; iii who does not have the freedom, individually or through a cooperation between self-employed drivers, to have relations with several customers."deleted
2009/01/28
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 30 #

2008/0195(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1- point 1 - point a
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. The Directive shall apply to mobile workers, as defined in Article 3 (d) of this Directive, employed by undertakings established in a Member State, participating in road transport activities and those covered by Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 or, failing that, by the AETR Agreement. This Directive shall also apply to mobile workers as defined in the second sentence of Article 3(d)the AETR Agreement.
2010/02/03
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 31 #

2008/0195(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 - point 1 - point a a (new)
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(aa) A new paragraph 1a is inserted in Article 2 as follows: 1a. At the latest two years after application of this Directive, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council, analysing the consequences of this Directive concerning mobile workers and self-employed drivers in respect of road safety, conditions of competition, the structure of the profession as well as social aspects.
2010/02/03
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 33 #

2008/0195(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1- point 2 -. point b
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 3 – point d
'mobile worker' shall also include any person who is not tied to an employer by an employment contract or by any other type of working hierarchical relationship, but: i who does not have the freedom to organise the relevant working activities; ii whose income does not depend directly on the profits made; iii who does not have the freedom, individually or through a cooperation between self-employed drivers, to have relations with several customers."deleted
2010/02/03
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 34 #

2008/0195(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point e
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 3 – point i
"(i) 'night work' shall mean work during a period of work which includes at least two hours work performed during night time."deleted
2009/01/28
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 35 #

2008/0195(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2 - point e
Directive 2002/15/EC
Article 3 – point i
(i)'night work' shall mean work during a period of work which includes at least two hours work performed during night time.deleted
2010/02/03
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 118 #

2008/0147(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 18
(18) In order to give the precedence to the construction of priority projects of European interestojects designed to promote sustainable mobility at large, Member States which have the possibility of applying a mark-up should use this option before levying an external cost charge. To avoid an undue charging of users, an external cost charge should not be combined with a mark-up unless the external costs exceed the amount of the mark-up already levied. In such a case, it is thus appropriate that the amount of the mark-up should be deducted from the external cost charge.
2008/11/25
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 124 #

2008/0147(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 21
(21) Charging external costs through tolls will be more effective in influencing transport decisions if users are aware of these costs. They should accordingly be identified separately on a comprehensible statement, a bill or an equivalent document from the toll operator. Furthermore, such a document may make it easier for hauliers to pass on the cost of the external cost charge to the shipper or any other clients.
2008/11/25
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 135 #

2008/0147(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 24
(24) In accordance with the transport policy objectives of this Directive, the additional revenue generated from an external cost charge should be used for projects with a broad Community interest and designed to promote sustainable mobility at large. Such projects should therefore relate to facilitating efficient pricing, reducing road transport pollution at source, mitigating its effects, improving CO2 and energy performance of vehicles, and developing alternative infrastructure for transport usersnd improving transport infrastructure. It includes, for example, research and development on cleaner vehicles and the implementation of the transport part of the action plans under Council Directive 96/62/EC of 27 September 1996 on ambient air quality assessment and management and Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2002 relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise, which may comprise measures to mitigate traffic-based noise and air pollution around large infrastructure and in agglomerations. Earmarking this revenue does not release Member States from the obligation laid down in Article 88(3) of the Treaty to notify the Commission of certain national measures, nor does it prejudge the outcome of any procedures initiated under Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty.
2008/11/25
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 142 #

2008/0147(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 25
(25) In order to promote interoperability of tolling arrangements, two or more Member States should be allowed to cooperate in introducing a common system of tolls, subject to compliance with certain conditions.
2008/11/25
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 153 #

2008/0147(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 27
(27) Article 55(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1260/19999 provides that the revenue generated by charges borne directly by users must be considered in the determination of the funding-gap in the case of a revenue- generating project. However, since the revenue generated by an external cost charge is earmarked for projects aimed at reducing road transport pollution at the source, mitigating its effects, improving CO2 and energy performance of vehicles, and developing alternativend improving infrastructure for transport users, it should not be considered in the calculation of the funding-gap.
2008/11/25
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 275 #

2008/0147(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7e – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the revenue generated from the mark-up is invested in financing the construction of priority projects of European interest, identified in Annex III to Decision No 1692/96/EC, whichprojects designed to promote sustainable mobility and contribute directly to the alleviation of the congestion or environmental damage and which are located in the same corridor as the road section on which the mark-up is applied;
2008/12/11
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 277 #

2008/0147(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7e – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the mark-up does not exceed 15% of the weighted average infrastructure charge calculated in accordance with Article 7b(1) and Article 7d except where the revenue generated is invested in cross-border sections of priority projects of European interestojects designed to promote sustainable mobility involving infrastructure in mountainous regions, in which case the mark-up may not exceed 25%;
2008/12/11
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 363 #

2008/0147(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. A Member State in which an external cost charge is levied shall ensure that the revenue generated by the charge is earmarked for measures aimed at facilitating efficient pricing, reducing road transport pollution at source, mitigating its effects, improving CO2 and energy performance of vehicles, and developing alternative infrastructure for transport usersnd improving transport infrastructure.
2008/11/26
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 17 #

2007/0099(COD)


Article 1 – paragraph 5 – introductory wording
This Regulation shall not apply to the following types of carriage and unladen journeys made in conjunction with such carriage shall not require a Community licence and shall be exempt from any carriage authorisation:
2009/02/26
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 20 #

2007/0099(COD)


Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Once the goods carried in the course of an incoming international carriage have been delivered, hauliers referred to in paragraph 1 shall be permitted to carry out, with the same vehicle, or, in the case of a coupled combination, the motor vehicle of that same vehicle, up to three cabotage operations following the international carriage from another Member State or from a third country to the host Member State. Authorisation to carry out these cabotage operations shall not be conditional on the vehicle being completely unloaded. The last unloading of a load in the course of a cabotage operations before leaving the host Member State shallmust take place within seven days from the lafirst unloading in the host Member State in the course of the incoming international carriage.
2009/02/26
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 28 #

2007/0099(COD)


Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
National road haulage services carried out in the host Member State by a non-resident haulier shall only be deemed to conform with this Regulation if the haulier can produce clear evidence of the incoming international carriage in the course of which he has arrived in the host Member State and of each consecutive cabotage operation carried out therein.
2009/02/26
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 29 #

2007/0099(COD)


Article 16 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation, and shall take all the measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Member States shall notify those provisions to the Commission by ...*,at the latest on 30 April 2011 and shall notify it without delay of any subsequent amendment affecting them. __________ ∗ OJ: 2 years from the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
2009/02/26
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 30 #

2007/0099(COD)


Article 19 – subparagraph 2
It shall apply from ...*. _____________ ∗ OJ: 2 years after the date of30 April 2011, with the exception of Articles 8 and 9, which shall entery into force on the twentieth day following the publication of this Regulation.
2009/02/26
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 97 #

2007/0098(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) The Commission should be pursuing the aim of ensuring that serious offences are punished with the same rigour in the different Member States, and taking appropriate measures to that end.
2008/03/06
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 106 #

2007/0098(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 a (new)
(22a) To encourage coach tours specifically for tourists on low incomes and promote tourism in the regions there is a need to re-introduce the 12-day rule for round trips by coach (see paragraph 78 of Parliament’s Resolution of 29 November 2007). For this reason Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006, on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport, should be extended accordingly.
2008/03/06
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 110 #

2007/0098(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) to undertakings which are engaged exclusively in certain road passenger transport services for non-commercial purposes and free of charge, which have a main occupation other than that of road passenger transport operator, and which use vehicles driven by their own employees.
2008/03/06
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 119 #

2007/0098(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 –point b
(b) be employed and remunerated by the undertaking, or manage it, or, if the undertaking is a natural person, be that same person.
2008/03/06
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 133 #

2007/0098(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – point c
(c) have an operating centre, situated in that Member State, with the necessary equipment, and in particular a sufficient number of vehicle parking places for regular use by its vehiclesbe able to prove on request where in the Member State of establishment the vehicles are parked when they are not in use.
2008/03/06
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 151 #

2007/0098(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) current assetapital and reserves totalling at least EUR 915 000 for a single vehicle used and EUR 5 07 500 for each additional vehicle used;
2008/03/06
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 153 #

2007/0098(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) debt claims, securities and cash at bank and in hand totalling more than 80% of debts of which the residual duration is no greater than one year (“quick ratio” >= 80%).deleted
2008/03/06
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 165 #

2007/0098(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The persons concerned shall sit the examination in their Member State of residence.
2008/03/06
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 168 #

2007/0098(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. Member States may exempt from compulsory training applicantthe examination persons who provide proof of at least five10 years’ continuous practical experience in a transport undertaking at management level before publication of this Regulation.
2008/03/06
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 182 #

2007/0098(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission may take any initiative necessary in order to facilitate the implementation of paragraph 4. It may decide to postpone the time limit referred to in paragraph 4. Since a decision to postpone would be designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, it shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 25(4).
2008/03/06
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 190 #

2007/0098(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. By 1 June 2009 the Commission shall report on the question of what would be the impact of extending the scope of this Regulation to include commercial transport with vehicles whose design and equipment are appropriate and which are intended to carry up to nine persons including the driver. The Commission shall if necessary take the relevant initiatives.
2008/03/06
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 191 #

2007/0098(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 a (new)
Article 29a The following paragraph shall be inserted in Article 8 of Regulation (EG) No 561/2006: (6a) By way of derogation from the above, it shall be permissible in the case of cross- frontier occasional transport to allow the weekly rest period to begin no later than at the end of twelve 24-hour periods after the previous weekly rest period. In such cases two regular, or one regular and one reduced, weekly rest periods shall be granted consecutively. The total accumulated driving time during these twelve 24-hour periods may not exceed 90 hours.
2008/03/06
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 11 #

2007/0097(COD)


Article 6 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
The operator of a regular service may use additional vehicles to deal with temporary and exceptional situations. These additional vehicles may only be used under the same conditions as set out in the authorisation referred to in paragraph 3.
2009/02/26
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 15 #

2007/0097(COD)


Article 30 – subparagraph 2
It shall apply from …*. _____________ ∗ OJ: 2 years from the date of30. April 2011, with the exception of Article 28a, which shall entery into force on the tenth day following the publication of this Regulation.
2009/02/26
Committee: TRAN