Activities of Ari VATANEN
Plenary speeches (62)
Charging HGVs for infrastructure
Electronic road toll systems
Transitional points system for HGVs in Austria in 2004
Compensation and assistance to air passengers
Taxation of passenger cars
Cohesion policy
Air service agreements between Member States and third countries
Question Time (Commission)
Transport policy for 2010 (continuation)
Environmental performance of freight transport system
Air navigation
Vote
Pedestrian protection: Commitment by the European automobile industry
Allocation of slots at Community airports
European Aviation Safety Agency
Noise at airports
Road Transport
Market access to port services
Reporting formalities for ships
Question Time (Commission)
VOTE
Maritime traffic
Air carrier liability in the event of accidents
Safe transport of radioactive material
Interoperability of the trans-European rail system
Priorities in road safety
Bananas COM (continuation)
Summer time
Action plan for Albania and the neighbouring region
Anti-personnel mines
National and international road traffic
Air transport and the environment
Tyres for motor vehicles and trailers
Community railway undertakings
Technical roadside inspection of commercial vehicles
Sustainable urban development – rural development – EQUAL initiative
Vote
Transport of dangerous goods by road
Social and economic situation and development of the regions of the Union
Common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services (recast) - Common rules concerning the conditions to be complied with to pursue the occupation of road transport operator - Common rules for access to the international road haulage market (recast) (debate)
The role of NATO in the security architecture of the EU (A6-0033/2009, Ari Vatanen) (vote)
The role of NATO in the security architecture of the EU (A6-0033/2009, Ari Vatanen) (vote)
Annual Report (2007) on the main aspects and basic choices of the CFSP - European Security Strategy and ESDP - The role of NATO in the security architecture of the EU (debate)
Annual Report (2007) on the main aspects and basic choices of the CFSP - European Security Strategy and ESDP - The role of NATO in the security architecture of the EU (debate)
Commemoration of the Holodomor, the Ukraine artificial famine (1932-1933) (debate)
EU-Russia relations (debate)
Getting a grip on energy prices (debate)
Conditions to be complied with to pursue the occupation of road transport operator - International carriage of passengers by coach and bus (recast) - International carriage of goods by road (recast) (debate)
Human Rights in the World 2007 and the EU's policy on the matter - EU Election Observation Missions (debate)
The Green Paper on 'Adapting to climate change in Europe - options for EU action' (debate)
Annual report of the European Union on Human Rights (debate)
EC-Russia short-stay visa agreement – EC-Russia readmission agreement (debate)
Use of wood shavings to age wine artificially – Use of wood shavings as an oenological practice for European wines (debate)
Progress report on the accession of Bulgaria and Romania (debate)
Darfur (debate)
Egypt: the case of Ayman Nour (debate)
Egypt: The Ayman Nour affair (vote)
Cambodia: political repression
Human rights in Russia
EU road-safety action programme
Situation in Ukraine
Situation in Iraq (continuation)
Reports (3)
Report on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council directive on reporting formalities for ships arriving in and departing from Community ports - Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism PDF (165 KB) DOC (109 KB)
REPORT Report on the role of NATO in the security architecture of the EU PDF (191 KB) DOC (114 KB)
REPORT European Road Safety Action Programme : Halving the number of road accident victims in the European Union by 2010: A shared responsibility PDF (207 KB) DOC (139 KB)
Opinions (1)
OPINION Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Russian Federation on the facilitation of issuance of short-stay visas
Written declarations (2)
Amendments (28)
Amendment 9 #
2008/2217(INI)
Draft report
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas an efficient and sustainable urban transport policy for the benefit of both European citizens and the European economy will only be guaranteed by ensuring fair treatment between the transport of goods and of passengers and between the different modes of transport,
Amendment 98 #
2008/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Despite the current signals from Russia of a return to juxtaposition in EU-Russia-US relations, emphasises its view that such a development is not desirable;, is convinced that democratic freedoms are the answer to aspirations for people around the world; believes that no country or nation should be excluded from such a vision, because every human being has the right to live in a democracy;
Amendment 108 #
2008/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the updating of the ESS as part of the European Union's commitment to defining and protecting European security interests and thus making it possible to create a strategy for tackling the threats of the 21st century; notes that this strategy can only be fully implemented through a revived EU-NATO cooperation consensusa revived EU-NATO cooperation consensus is an essential element of the implementation of this strategy, based on a common approach to security policies, as well as a renewed and common security consensus between the EU and the United States of America, reflecting the common values and goals of these two democracies;
Amendment 128 #
2008/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Insists that all democracies should be united in their efforts to build stability and peace, and thus join with all intergovernmental organisations in promoting these goals; regrets profoundly that the doctrine of non-alignment, inherited from the Cold War era, undermines the alliancepromotion of democracitic values to the benefit of undemocratic and not yet truly democratic powers; regrets that, in the name of a doctrine of non- alignment, certain Member States opted out of the joint responsibility provided for by the solidarity clause contained in the Treaty of Lisbon;
Amendment 49 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas internalising external costs is an important step towards the goal of achieving real costing in the transport sector, the possibility of cross-subsidisation of sustainable urban transport concepts needs to be assessed in order to ensure fair treatment between the transport of goods and of passengers and between the different modes of transport and efforts must be made to develop new financial instruments,
Amendment 93 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 - Indent 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 - Indent 3 a (new)
- a monitoring of the local measures related to access to city centres in order to avoid new trade barriers within the Internal Market;
Amendment 98 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 - Indent 4
Paragraph 3 - Indent 4
- an evaluation of the external costs and economic and societal benefits of the various modes of transport and assessment of the possibility of internaliszing these costs if required;
Amendment 99 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 - Indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 3 - Indent 4 a (new)
- the European Commission to base its policy on the internalisation of external costs on a sound and specific cost-benefit analysis at all levels of decision making, to determine the most effective means for abatement or removal of transport's externalities in a socially equitable and economically efficient way;
Amendment 239 #
2008/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to do more intensive work, alone or together with the European Investment Bank, for example, on setting up new financial instruments; calls, in addition, on the Commission to examine the question of cross-subsidisation in the field of transport that ensures fair treatment between all modes of transport and between transport of passengers and of goods;
Amendment 6 #
2008/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas solutions aimed at more sustainable and efficient logistics and rail freight transport systems not only lead to improvements in the economy and in security, but also meet the EU's objectives in the fields of climate change and energy savings by 2020,
Amendment 11 #
2008/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the European corridor network should be better developed, starting from existing structures and technologies such as the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS), and should also incorporate 'green' corridors for all modes of freight transport with ambitious sustainable environmental criteria,
Amendment 12 #
2008/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the aim of the EU Freight Logistics Action Plan must be to facilitate freight transport operations in Europe and beyond for the benefit of all European companies and for European competitiveness as a whole,
Amendment 16 #
2008/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that Europe's freight transport systems must meet pressing challenges if they are to make a greater contribution to reducing external costs, oil consumptionenergy efficiency and CO2 emissions reduction, and therefore welcomes the above- mentioned Commission communications and Council conclusions; encourages the Commission, the Member States and industry to support in future a freight transport policy which is more sustainable for the environment, the climate, the economy, security and social interests, by promoting the use, in an enlarged European Union, of more efficient logistics systems as part of the gradual integration of priority cross- border rail freight corridors, hubs and conventional networks;
Amendment 31 #
2008/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Looks to the Commission to define the 'green corridors' as pilot projects to reduce accidents, noise, local air pollution, CO2toxic and non-toxic emissions, landscape and energy consumption and the use of renewable energy sources (particularly wind and solar energy) in accordance with EU legislation and its objectives;
Amendment 42 #
2008/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to concentrate EU co-financing on the efficiency and interoperability of conventional rail infrastructureall modes of freight transport and intermodal hubs - coastal shipping and inland waterways, railways, roads and air transport - and to allocate at least 40% of each set of EU transport infrastructure appropriations to the railways, as called for in Parliament's resolution of 12 July 2007 on the implementation of the first railway package1; 1; Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2007)0344.
Amendment 49 #
2008/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Takes the view that freight should as far as possible arrive at the port nearest to its destination, thus helping to avoid road transport, and cConsiders better links from maritime and inland ports to their hinterland rail and road network to be the crucial element in transport infrastructure;
Amendment 54 #
2008/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls that compliance with, and/or introduction of, stable intermodal standards for the dimensions and weight of vehicles, containers and loading equipment, are of strategic importance with a view to shifting freight transport to rail and sustainable waterways, thereby reducing infrastructure costs;
Amendment 139 #
2008/0147(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) In accordance with the transport policy objectives of this Directive, the additional revenue generated from an external cost charge should be used for projects with a broad Community interest and designed to promote sustainable mobility at largeto reduce the damage which arises. The Member State should propose a specific plan indicating how the additional revenue generated from external cost charges is to be used to reduce the damage arising from the cost. Such projectlans should therefore relate to facilitating efficient pricing, reducing road transport pollution at source, mitigating its effects, improving CO2 and energy performance of vehicles, and developing alternative infrastructure for transport users. It includes, for example, research and development on cleaner vehicles and the implementation of the transport part of the action plans under Council Directive 96/62/EC of 27 September 1996 on ambient air quality assessment and management and Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2002 relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise, which may comprise measures to mitigate traffic-based noise and air pollution around large infrastructure and in agglomerations. Earmarking this revenue does not release Member States from the obligation laid down in Article 88(3) of the Treaty to notify the Commission of certain national measures, nor does it prejudge the outcome of any procedures initiated under Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty.
Amendment 177 #
2008/0147(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 2 – point b b
Article 2 – point b b
(bb) ‘external cost charge’ means a charge levied through a toll for the purpose of recovering the costs incurred by a Member State related to traffic-based air pollution, and traffic-based noise pollution and congestion;
Amendment 185 #
2008/0147(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 2 – point b e
Article 2 – point b e
Amendment 210 #
2008/0147(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may maintain or introduce tolls and/or user charges on their road n Trans-European Network or on certain sections of that network under the conditions laid down in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of this aArticle and in Articles 7a to 7j.
Amendment 231 #
2008/0147(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 233 #
2008/0147(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 b – paragraph 1
Article 7 b – paragraph 1
1. The infrastructure charge shall be based on the principle of the recovery of infrastructure costs. The weighted average infrastructure charge shall be related to the construction costs and the costs of operating, maintaining and developing the infrastructure network concerned. The weighted average infrastructure charge may also include a return on capital or a profit margin based on market conditions.
Amendment 245 #
2008/0147(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7 b – paragraph 2
Article 7 b – paragraph 2
2. The external cost charge shall be related to the cost of traffic-based air pollution, the cost of traffic-based noise pollution, or both. On road sections subject to congestion the external cost charge may also include the cost of congestion during the periods when these road sections are usually congested.
Amendment 255 #
2008/0147(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7c – paragraph 1
Article 7c – paragraph 1
1. The external cost charge shall vary according to the type of road and EURO emission class, and also according to the time period in cases where the charge includes the cost of congestion or traffic- based noise pollution.
Amendment 309 #
2008/0147(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7g – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 7g – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) precise information locating the road sections where the external cost charge is to be levied and describing the class of vehicles, type of roads and the exact time periods according to which the external cost charge will vary;
Amendment 312 #
2008/0147(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7g – paragraph 3 – point d a (new)
Article 7g – paragraph 3 – point d a (new)
(da) a specific plan indicating how additional revenue from external cost charges is to be used to reduce the damage caused.
Amendment 69 #
2007/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Is of the view that the Union's enlargement process remains a key issue for 2008 and that it should be based on the Union's capacity to integrate new Member States; notes, however, that the European Union through its Member States is not static but evolving (taking account of the impact of enlargement on its institutions, its financial resources and its capacity to pursue its political objectives);