Activities of Jörg LEICHTFRIED related to 2013/0105(COD)
Plenary speeches (4)
Dimensions and weights of road vehicles circulating within the Community (debate) DE
Dimensions and weights of road vehicles circulating within the Community (debate) DE
Dimensions and weights of road vehicles circulating within the Community (debate)
Dimensions and weights of road vehicles circulating within the Community (debate)
Reports (2)
RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 96/53/EC laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic PDF (426 KB) DOC (116 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic PDF (301 KB) DOC (432 KB)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In its policy orientations on road safety 2011-2020, the Commission set out measures to make vehicles safer and better protect vulnerable road users. The importance of visibility for vehicle drivers was also underlined in the Commission’s report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of Directive 2007/38/EC on the retrofitting of mirrors to heavy goods vehicles registered in the Community. A new cab profile will also contribute to improving road safety by reducing the blind spot in the drivers’ vision, including under the windscreen, which should help save the lives of many vulnerable road users such as pedestrians or cyclists. The new cab profile should therefore, after an appropriate transitional period, become mandatory. This new profile cshould also incorporate energy absorption structures in the event of a collision. The potential gain in the volume of the cab would also improve the driver’s comfort and safety.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Using alternative engines that no longer rely only on fossil fuels and are therefore non-polluting or less polluting, such as electric or hybrid engines for heavy-duty vehicles or buses (mainly in urban or suburban environments) generates extra weight which should not be counted at the expense of the effective load of the vehicle so that the road transport sector is not penalised in economic terms. Vehicles with alternative engine technologies should be permitted to exceed the maximum weight by up to one tonne. However, the extra weight should not increase the load capacity of the vehicle. The principle of technological neutrality should be maintained.
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The White Paper on Transport also stresses the need to monitor developments in intermodal transport, particularly in the area of containerisation, where 45-foot containers are increasingly used. They are transported by rail or inland waterways. But the road components of intermodal journeys can only be undertaken today if both the Member States and the transporters follow cumbersome administrative procedures or if these containers have patented chamfered corners, the cost of which is prohibitive. Increasing the length of the vehicles transporting them by 15 cm could eliminate these administrative procedures for transporters and facilitate intermodalcombined transport, without risk or prejudice to the infrastructure or other road users. The small increase that this 15 cm represents in relation to the length of an articulated truck (16.50 m) does not constitute an additional risk to road safety. In the policy orientation of the White Paper on Transport, tThis increase ishould however be authorised only for intermodalcombined transport, for in which the road component does not exceed 300 km for operations involving a rail, river or sea component. This distance appeared sufficient to link an industrial or commercial site with a freight terminal or a river port. To link a seaport and support the development of motorways of the sea, a longer distance is possible for a short intra-European maritime transport operationthe distance to or from the nearest transshipment station for operations involving a rail component or 150 km from the river port or seaport of transshipment for operations involving a river or sea component.
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – indent 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – indent 3 a (new)
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – indent 12 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – indent 12 a (new)
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – indent 3 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – indent 3 b (new)
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – indent 12 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – indent 12 b (new)
- ‘combined transport’ means the transport of goods between member states where the lorry, trailer, semi-trailer, with or without tractor unit, swap body or container of 20 feet or more uses the road on the initial or final leg of the journey and, on the other leg, rail or inland waterway or maritime services where this section exceeds 100 km and make the initial or final road transport leg of the journey; - between the point where the goods are loaded and the nearest suitable rail loading station for the initial leg, and between the nearest suitable rail unloading station and the point where the goods are unloaded for the final leg, or; - within a radius not exceeding 150 km from the inland waterway port or seaport of loading or unloading.
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
In the aim of improving the aerodynamic performance and road safety of vehicles or combinations of vehicles, vehicles or combinations of vehicles that meet the criteria set out in paragraph 2 below may exceed the maximum lengths provided for in point 1.1 of Annex I. The main purpose of these exceedances is to allow the construction of tractosafer cabs and to improvinge the aerodynamic characteristicsperformance of vehicles or combinations of vehicles, and improving road safety.
Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(3a) With regard to the admissibility of exceeding maximum length limits as a result of aerodynamic adjustments in accordance with Articles 8 and 9, a general inspection of the vehicle or vehicle combination shall also be carried out to ensure that the total excess length is not significantly detrimental to traffic safety and traffic flow, especially in the light of specified infrastructural parameters.
Amendment 247 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts concerning the requirements which the new tractor cabs must meet in accordance with Article 16. These take the form of technical characteristics, minimum levels of performance, design constraints, and procedures for the establishment of the test certificate indicating the increase in aerodynamic performance referred to in paragraph 3.
Amendment 308 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 12 – paragraph 6
Article 12 – paragraph 6
In accordance with paragraph 1, Member States shall encourage the equipment of vehicles and vehicle combinationsnew N2 and N3 vehicles shall be fitted with onboard weighing devicesystems (total weight and axle load) tohat enable the weight data to be communicated at any time from a moving vehicle to an authority carrying out roadside inspections or responsible for regulating the transport of goods. This communication shall be through the interface defined by the CEN DSRC13 standards EN 12253, EN 12795, EN 12834, EN 13372 and ISO 14906. The information shall also be accessible for the driver. __________________ 13 DSRC: Dedicated Short-Range Communications
Amendment 325 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 13 – paragraph 7
Article 13 – paragraph 7
An excess length or excess width of between 21 and 210% of the maximum dimensions indicated in point 1 of Annex 1, either of the load on board or of the vehicle itself, shall give rise a financial penalty for the haulier. The inspection authorities shall immobilise the vehicle until its unloading if the excess length or excess width comes from the load or until the transport company obtains a special permit in accordance with Article 4(3);
Amendment 326 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 18 – paragraph 8
Article 18 – paragraph 8
An excess length or excess width of the load or of the vehicle of more than 210% of the maximum dimensions indicated in point 1 of Annex 1 shall be considered as a very serious infringement within the meaning of this Directive, because of the increased risks incurred by other road users. It shall give rise to a financial penalty for the haulier and to the immediate immobilisation of the vehicle by the inspection authorities, until its unloading or until the transport company obtains a special permit in accordance with Article 4(3), if the excess length or excess width comes from the load. The procedure leading to the loss of good repute of the transport company shall be implemented in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009.
Amendment 336 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
Directive 96/53/EC
Article 16 a (new)
Article 16 a (new)
(15a) The following Article 16 a is added: Article 16 a No later than [five years from the date of publication of this Directive], the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation and the effects of this Directive, in particular as regards the impact of this Directive on modal shift.
Amendment 341 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point b
Directive 96/53/EC
Annex I – point 2.2.2
Annex I – point 2.2.2
three-axle motor vehicle with two or three- axle semi-trailer carrying, in intermodal transport, one or more intermodalcombined transport units, for a total maximum length of 40 or 45 foot: 44 tonnes.