Activities of Eva LICHTENBERGER related to 2008/2134(INI)
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Amendments (16)
Amendment 3 #
Draft report
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 4 #
Draft report
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 7 #
Draft report
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Invites the Commission to examine the possibility of laying down simplified security procedures and screening processes for business aviation passengers, given that they are normally known to the operator;
Amendment 14 #
Draft report
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 20 #
Draft report
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 27 #
Draft report
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 29 #
Draft report
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 33 #
Draft report
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Considers that General and Business Aviation has a reducedn environmental impact in terms of CO2- and other greenhouse gas emissions, and noise, when compared with that of commercial air transportir pollution at airports and noise;
Amendment 34 #
Draft report
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes it to be necessary, however, to reduce emissions through further enhancing the environmental performance of smaller aircraft by using cleanerincluding Business Aviation in EU legislation on emissions' standards for aircraft, phasing out the use of more polluting engines and fuels and by promoting research, technological development and innovation; in this respect stresses the importance of initiatives such as Clean Sky and CESAR;
Amendment 35 #
Draft report
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. NoteRegrets that the vast majority of General and Business Aviation falls outside the scope of the Commission proposal to extend the Emission Trading Scheme to aviation;
Amendment 38 #
Draft report
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Is of the view that noise issues should be dealt with at nin the framework of EU legislational and local levels in accordance with the subsidiarity principEU competition rules;
Amendment 39 #
Draft report
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Believes that policy-makers must have at their disposal adequate data and statistical information on General and Business Aviation in order to fully understand the sector and thus be able to regulate it properly; therefore calls on the Commission and EUROSTAT to develop and implement a systematic approach to the gathering and sharing of international and European data;
Amendment 42 #
Draft report
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission to take appropriate measures to facilitate access ofencourage the EU's General and Business Aviation manufacturing industry to become more energy saving and less polluting and thereby get better access to world markets;
Amendment 45 #
Draft report
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to reinforcecarry out a detailed check on whether support for aeronautical research, development and innovation, in particular bycluding to SMEs that develop and build aircraft for General and Business Aviation cannot be considered as hidden subsidies;
Amendment 46 #
Draft report
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Notes that Business Aviation is already paying kerosene taxes; requests the Commission to also propose VAT on tickets and kerosene taxation for EU transborder commercial aviation;
Amendment 48 #
Draft report
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26