Activities of Marco CAMPOMENOSI related to 2023/2059(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on building a comprehensive European port strategy
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION Building a comprehensive European port strategy
Amendments (28)
Amendment 3 #
Aa. whereas current economic developments suggest an ongoing worldwide trade regionalisation which might become structural in the upcoming future, challenging European ports into new competitive tasks where they should tighten intra-regional links and shorten connections to grant supplies and make import/export’s routes more resilient;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas European ports are strategic infrastructures and play an overarching role in the European trade and industrial policies, building up on their vocation as gateways for goods and services and providing a wider range of industrial, manufacturing, and transformative activities, such as shipbuilding, steelmaking, energy production and data exchanging;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market,
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas our ports are the European Union’s gateways to the world and as such play a crucialn increasingly important role in our economy, wealth and jobs, both by facilitating trade and in the energy transitioy facilitating trade, being nodes of energy, clusters of transformative and industrial activities (such as shipbuilding and steelmaking), blue economy, and as facilitators of military mobility; on top of their logistical role at the crossroads of supply chains, ports are crucial partners in getting Europe’s economy and society through a realistic and concrete energy transition by enabling the production, supply and import of clean energies and technologies as well as by facilitating the supply chain for realising the Net-Zero Industry Plan;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that an open, sustainable and assertive EU trade policy, coupled with ambitious trade agreements, wcould contribute to strengthening the competitiveness and resilience of European ports;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas ports carry out a vital public service and should be valued as such; whereas ports have demonstrated again this vital and resilient role during recent and ongoing European and international crises, including the COVID pandemic and Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine by ensuring the continuance of supply chains and setting up alternative routes, as well as in the energy crisis by safeguarding Europe’s energy security, including through establishing at short term alternative routes for the provision of LNG and increasing Europe’s gas storage;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas non-EU entities have strategically increased their stakes in European port operations, companies, terminals and port infrastructure;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights repeated warnings by intelligence agencies against the risks of economic dependence, espionage and sabotage caused by the economic presence of entities, including vessels, from non-EU countries in our critical infrastructure and strategic sectors, such as ports9 ; _________________ 9 Dreigingsbeeld Statelijke Actoren 2 (in Dutch): https://open.overheid.nl/documenten/ronl- f76b037c88b27bbede038d38647642b4082 45240/pdf.
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that port concessions and/or lease contracts, whereby the port managing body is setting the multiple conditions (operational, social, environmental, etc.) under which a terminal should be operated, are an essential and important tool for the port managing bodies to safeguard the control of the port managing body and intervene in cases of breaches of contracts;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Underlines the importance of providing European ports with a more rationalized and efficient access to public and private funding coming from the EU, from its Member States, and from those third-countries that are most reliable.
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to present an EU strategic policy framework to reduce and limit influence and operational control by non-EU countries in the EU’s ports and in their processes and hinterland operations, especially avoiding any effective participation or control - both direct and indirect - in the management of a port authority as well as in every connected public entities, such as in- house companies;
Amendment 94 #
3. Calls on the Commission to continuously monitor and report to the relevant authorities in the Member States on the influence of non-EU countries in EU ports, EU terminal management and global container shipping and assess the potential links between the actions of a given non- EU country in these sectors;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that limiting foreign investments in an individual port in one Member State can negatively affect the competitive position of that port compared to neighbouring ports that do not have these limitations, which underlines the need for a joint European strategy; approach covering foreign investments in all EU critical infrastructures, including critical port infrastructure;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recognises the importance of monitoring the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market, as to assess in due time its full impact; calls on the Commission to closely monitor the port sector's market and, if necessary, intervene ex officio as provided for under Article 9 of Reg. (EU) 2022/2560;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to addresspay particular attention to the use of trusted technology in maritime logistics and in the functioning of container terminals; expresses its concern about the increasing dependence on non-EU producers for (border) security equipment in ports, as well as ship-to-shore cranes which are able to collect data on the origin and destination of containers;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines that while data-sharing in logistics contributes to the efficiency, agility and resilience of supply chains, the use of non-EU state-controlled platforms in ports may poses economic and strategic risks for the EU and, which should be prevented;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that EURecognises that ports as gateways to trade are sometimes being misused by criminal organisations for the trafficking of illicit products, in particular drugs, which can undermine the security of the port, supply chains and the people working there; since ports are key entry points for illicit drugs and, calls on the Commission to present measures for effective European cooperation among all relevant authorities and players to combat drug trafficking, extraction and criminal subversion;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. On a more general level, highlights the growing importance of critical infrastructure protection at sea and underwater (including energy pipelines, communication networks and offshore renewable energy facilities) for the safety and security of EU waters and operations;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the vital role ports play in the energy transition as energy hubs for the conversion, conditioning and storing of energy carriers, as well as its generation from low and zero emission sources, for the import of critical raw materials, as servicing stations for offshore energy facilities and as nodes in transport systems supporting the energy transition;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Underlines that European ports are pivotal in safeguarding Europe’s energy security and in reducing its external energy dependency; stresses that Europe’s ports have been and will be instrumental in repowering Europe in the short term as well as in reinforcing the efforts to achieve a pragmatic and concrete transition to a climate neutral society in the long term;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Underlines that an energy transition in ports will not be possible without a skilled workforce, easy and swift permitting procedures, adequate public and private funding, as well as EU legislation adequately recognising and facilitating the energy role of ports;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that strengthening the economic position of EU ports and improving their competitiveness in a global economy is crucial for limiting foreign influence and security risks, as well as for Europe’s supply-chain sovereignty;
Amendment 236 #
19a. Considers that pieces of European legislation that risk to undermine the competitiveness of EU ports and create carbon and business leakage toward ports outside the Union should be avoided or, if they already entered into force, amended; calls on the Commission to accelerate the revision of Directive 2003/87/EC1a of the European Parliament and of the Council, to bring those EU transhipment ports, which are subject to competition by non- EU ones, on a competitive par with them by subjecting ships which call at EU transhipment ports to the same requirements regarding the scope of GHG emissions covered by the directive as those that are in place for non-EU transhipment ports; _________________ 1a Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC.
Amendment 246 #
20. Calls on the Commission to analyse and address the investment needs of European ports in order for them to be competitive in the future and to work towards a more stable investment climate including transparencythat is attractive to foreign investors and ensures legal certainty for potential investors as well as transparency on outcomes of and predictability in investment assessments;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Recalls that ports are not stand- alone assets as they have their place in a vast ecosystem of maritime logistics and, supply chains and industry driven by demand from European importers and exporters;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Underlines the importance of maritime manufacturing, as well as shipbuilding and its supply-chain, in the EU as a foundation for maintaining a thriving maritime logistical sectorsector; in this regard, calls on the European Commission to urgently define an ambitious European Industrial Maritime Strategy for a globally competitive and resilient maritime technology industry;