Activities of Dirk STERCKX related to 2010/2137(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION Report from the Commission: Report on competition policy 2009
Amendments (8)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and Member States to developsecure completion of the internal market for transport and fairer competition in the transport domain while respecting other European Union policy objectives, such as properly functioning transport and mobility services, policy objectives in the areas of public services, safety and environmental protection, and EU 2020 targets on CO2 emissions and oil dependency;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Invites the Commission to give an overview onf, firstly, state support and compensation for the provision of public services, and secondly, taxation, levies, infrastructure financing and charging and VAT systems for different transport modes and effects on intermodal competition, and to include in this overview the effect of obligatory minimum rail infrastructure and voluntary maximum charging of road infrastructureco-modality;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission, while reviewing legislation on passenger rights and reimbursement for delays, to guarantee fair and equal compensation schemes for delays across all transport modes (25% compensation for a delay of more than 1 hour, 50% for a delay of more than 2 hours, according to the existing legislation in the field of railways) and the setting- up of independent arbitration bodies between operators and clients;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need to avoid unfair competition within the liberalised road transport sector by guaranteeing that social, safety and environmental rules are properly applied, paying special attention to the opening of this market for cabotage and dumping practices; is consequently dismayed by the new rules on cabotage in road transport, which constitute a barrier to the internal market;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. CWelcomes the Commission proposal to review the first railway package, and calls on the Commission to prevent Member States and their rail companies from preventing or obstructing the entrance of other companies into their rail services markets, especially while themselves participating in the opening of other markets (reciprocity);
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to propose guidelines for state support to ports for the construction of port infrastructure, with the aim of improving legal certainty;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls on the Commission, in response to the deadline for implementing the postal directive, to strictly enforce the rules on state support.