Activities of Silvia-Adriana ȚICĂU related to 2008/2240(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures - Greening of transport and internalisation of external costs (continuation of debate)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Notes that carbon emissions from road transport amount to 72% of total emissions in the transport sector, and Europe must respond to the challenges posed by climate change;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission communication on greening transport as a first tentative partial step towards a more comprehensive approach making for environment-friendlier transport in its many and varied modes; , as well as recognition of the importance and necessity of making transport more efficient in the context of combating climate change;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises that, as well as having positive effects and being indispensable for the European Union's economic development and economic and social cohesion, mobility also entails adverse consequences for the natural environment and for people, and therefore maintains that European transport policy – without disregarding the legitimate interests of individuals and industry where mobility is concerned – should continue to aim for greening so as to cancel out, or at any rate reduce, the harmful effects of transport;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission, therefore, where every mode of transport is concerned, to provide for the measures and instruments required to make transport greener, taking into account the measures already implemented in the various transport sectors; with reference to those proposals, to conduct scientifically sound assessments of the impact of the individual measures and their competition implications in terms of modes, as well as their impact on the costs of mobility and competitiveness; and, proceeding from that basis, to submit a master plan for the greening of transport, together with specific legislative proposals;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Deplores the fact that the Commission has not so much as attempted in its communication to gauge, assess, and describe the impact that its proposed method for internalising external costs might have on competition among the various modes of transport, and on the costs of mobility and competitiveness;