Activities of Dominique VLASTO

Dominique RIQUET, Michel DANTIN, Christine DE VEYRAC, Dominique VLASTO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1

The Agency shall issue, suspend, amend, renew or revoke authorisations for placing on the market for types of vehicles in accordance with Article 22 of Directive … [the Interoperability Directive].

2013/09/20
Committee: TRAN

2013/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – title

Authorisations for placing in service of a trackside ~~control-command and signalling~~ERTMS sub-system sub-systems

2013/09/20
Committee: TRAN

2013/0014(COD)

Dominique RIQUET, Michel DANTIN, Christine DE VEYRAC, Dominique VLASTO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1

The Agency shall issue authorisations for placing in service of ~~the~~a trackside ~~control- command and signalling~~ERTMS subsystems located or operated in the entire Union in accordance with Article 18 of Directive … [the Interoperability Directive].

2013/09/20
Committee: TRAN

2013/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2

2. Where after ~~the~~ examination and within the deadlines referred to in paragraph 1 the Agency considers that national rules enable the essential requirements for interoperability to be fulfilled, CSMs to be respected and the CSTs to be achieved, and that they would not result in arbitrary discrimination or a disguised restriction on rail transport operation ~~between Member States~~, the Agency shall inform the Commission and the Member State concerned about its positive assessment. The Commission may validate the rule in the IT system referred to in Article 23.

2013/09/20
Committee: TRAN

2013/0014(COD)

Dominique RIQUET, Phil BENNION, Michel DANTIN, Christine DE VEYRAC, Dominique VLASTO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2

2. Where after ~~the~~ examination referred to in paragraph 1 the Agency considers that national rules enable the essential requirements for interoperability to be fulfilled, CSMs to be respected and the CSTs to be achieved, and that they would not result in arbitrary discrimination or a disguised restriction on rail transport operation ~~between Member States~~, the Agency shall inform the Commission and the Member State concerned about its positive assessment. The Commission may validate the rule in the IT system referred to in Article 23.

2013/09/20
Committee: TRAN

2013/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3 – point a

(a) issue a recommendation addressed to the Member State concerned, that the problematic rule be repealed or modified immediately, and stating the reasons why theat rule ~~in question should~~has to be modified or repealed;

2013/09/20
Committee: TRAN

2013/0014(COD)

Dominique RIQUET, Michel DANTIN, Christine DE VEYRAC, Dominique VLASTO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3 – point b

(b) inform the Commission about its negative assessment and forward to it the recommendation addressed to the Member State concerned.

2013/09/20
Committee: TRAN

2013/0014(COD)

Dominique RIQUET, Michel DANTIN, Christine DE VEYRAC, Dominique VLASTO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 a (new)

Article 22a Use of the database The Agency shall carry out the technical examination of the national rules in force referred to in available national legislation as listed in its reference document database as at the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

2013/09/20
Committee: TRAN

2013/0014(COD)

Dominique RIQUET, Michel DANTIN, Christine DE VEYRAC, Dominique VLASTO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1

1. The Agency ~~may~~shall assist the railway undertakings, at their request, in checking the technical and operational compatibility between ERTMS on-board and trackside subsystems before placing a vehicle in service.

2013/09/20
Committee: TRAN

2013/0014(COD)

Dominique RIQUET, Michel DANTIN, Christine DE VEYRAC, Dominique VLASTO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4

4. If the Agency considers that the deficiencies referred to in paragraph 3 prevent the national safety authority concerned from effectively performing its tasks in relation to railway safety and interoperability, the Agency shall recommend to the national safety authority to take appropriate steps within a time limit ~~to be~~which it defineds taking into account the importance of the deficiency.

2013/09/20
Committee: TRAN

2013/0014(COD)

Dominique RIQUET, Michel DANTIN, Dominique VLASTO, Christine DE VEYRAC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 4

4. The Agency shall issue audit reports covering the activities referred to in paragraph 3 and send them to the notified conformity assessment body concerned and to the Commission. Each audit report shall include, in particular, any deficiencies identified by the Agency and recommendations for improvement. If the Agency considers that these deficiencies prevent the notified body concerned from effectively performing its tasks in relation to railway safety and interoperability, the Agency shall adopt a recommendation requesting the Member State in which that notified body is established to take appropriate steps within a time limit set by the Agency.

2013/09/20
Committee: TRAN

2013/0014(COD)

Dominique RIQUET, Phil BENNION, Michel DANTIN, Dominique VLASTO, Christine DE VEYRAC

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3

3. At the Commission’s request, the Agency shall issue recommendations on how to improve the interoperability and safety of the railway systems, in particular by facilitating coordination between railway undertakings and infrastructure managers, or between infrastructure managers.

2013/09/20
Committee: TRAN

2013/0014(COD)

Dominique RIQUET, Michel DANTIN, Christine DE VEYRAC, Dominique VLASTO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point f

(f) the national rules notified to the Commission in accordance with Article 8 of Directive … [Railway Safety Directive] and Articles 14 of Directive … [Interoperability Directive] and the Agency's assessment of them;

2013/09/20
Committee: TRAN

2013/0014(COD)

Dominique RIQUET, Michel DANTIN, Christine DE VEYRAC, Dominique VLASTO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1

The Agency shall contribute to identifying potential railway spare parts to be standardised. To this end, the Agency ~~may~~shall establish a working party in order to coordinate the stakeholders’ activities and ~~may~~shall establish contacts with the European standardisation bodies. The Agency shall present the Commission with appropriate recommendations. within two years after the entry into force of this Regulation and shall submit the results of its work relating to spare parts to the Commission in accordance with the procedure under Article 75.

2013/09/20
Committee: TRAN

2013/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 4

4. The term of office of the members shall be f~~our~~ive years and may be renewed once.

2013/09/20
Committee: TRAN

2013/0014(COD)

Dominique RIQUET, Phil BENNION, Michel DANTIN, Christine DE VEYRAC, Dominique VLASTO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 2

2. The term of office of the Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson shall be f~~our~~ive years and may be renewed once. If, however, their membership of the Management Board ends at any time during their term of office, their term of office shall automatically expire on that date also.

2013/09/20
Committee: TRAN

2013/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1

1. The Agency shall establish one or more independent Boards of Appeal.

2013/09/20
Committee: TRAN

2013/0014(COD)

Dominique RIQUET, Phil BENNION, Michel DANTIN, Christine DE VEYRAC, Dominique VLASTO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1

1. The term of office of the members and alternates of a Board of Appeal shall be f~~our~~ive years and may be renewed once.

2013/09/20
Committee: TRAN

2013/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 1

1. An appeal may be brought before the Board of Appeal against decisions taken, or not taken within the prescribed time limits, by the Agency pursuant to Articles 12, 16, 17 and 18.

2013/09/20
Committee: TRAN

2013/0014(COD)

Dominique RIQUET, Phil BENNION, Michel DANTIN, Christine DE VEYRAC, Dominique VLASTO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 1

1. Any natural or legal person may appeal against a decision addressed to that person by the Agency pursuant to Articles 12, 16, 17 and 18 or against a failure to take a decision within the prescribed time limits.

2013/09/20
Committee: TRAN

2013/0014(COD)

Dominique RIQUET, Phil BENNION, Michel DANTIN, Dominique VLASTO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 1

1. When examining the appeal, the Board of Appeal shall act expeditiously and within a maximum of two months. It shall, as often as necessary, invite the parties to the appeal proceedings to file, within ~~specified time limits~~one month, observations on its notifications or on communications from other parties to the appeal proceedings. Parties to the appeal proceedings shall be entitled to make oral presentations.

2013/09/20
Committee: TRAN

2013/0014(COD)

Dominique RIQUET, Michel DANTIN, Christine DE VEYRAC, Dominique VLASTO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Any task or obligation in addition to the tasks stemming from EU legislation and not entailing compensation as laid down in Article 58(2)(b), (c), (d) and (e) shall be subject to an assessment and to compensation from the budget of the European Union.

2013/09/20
Committee: TRAN

2013/0014(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 77 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. The Agency shall undertake the certification and authorisation tasks pursuant to Articles 12, 16, 17 and 18 within one year following the entry into force of this Regulation. Until then, Member States shall continue to apply their national legislation.

2013/09/20
Committee: TRAN

2013/0014(COD)

Dominique RIQUET, Michel DANTIN, Christine DE VEYRAC, Dominique VLASTO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 77 – paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. For an additional period of 36 months after the one-year period laid down in Article 77(3a), national safety authorities may continue to issue certificates and authorisations by derogation from Articles 12, 16, 17 and 18 on the terms laid down by the Commission by means of delegated acts within the meaning of Article 75. Before those decisions are taken, the Agency shall ascertain that they will not reduce the level of safety or result in discrimination or restrictions on access to the railway system.

2013/09/20
Committee: TRAN

2013/0012(COD)

Michel DANTIN, Dominique VLASTO

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)

(7a) In accordance with Regulation (EU) No .../2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of ... establishing the Connecting Europe Facility1, the development of new technologies and innovation, in particular regarding the decarbonisation of transport, should be eligible for Union funding. The regulation also provides for additional funding to be granted to actions which exploit the synergies between at least two of the sectors covered by the regulation (transport, energy and telecommunications). Lastly, the regulation encourages the Commission to submit joint work programmes in an effort to take full advantage of possible synergies between those sectors. The funding should therefore make a full contribution to the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure. _____________________ 1 OJ L ...

2013/10/03
Committee: TRAN

2013/0012(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9

(9) Biofuels are fuels produced from biomass, as defined in the Directive 2009/28/EC. Biofuels are currently the most important type of alternative fuels, accounting for 4.4% in EUnion transport. They can contribute to a substantial reduction in overall CO2 emissions, if they are produced sustainably ~~and do not cause indirect lands use change~~. They could provide clean power to all modes of transport. However, supply constraints and sustainability considerations may limit their use.

2013/10/03
Committee: TRAN

2013/0012(COD)

Dominique VLASTO, Christine DE VEYRAC, Michel DANTIN, Dominique RIQUET

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)

(10a) The deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure must be underpinned by a diversified and safe energy mix, which prioritises decarbonised or low-carbon-emission solutions. In order to achieve the objectives of this directive, technological neutrality must be guaranteed and national action frameworks must take due account of the requirement to support the commercial development of alternative fuels that are of an appropriate quality and available in sufficient quantities.

2013/10/03
Committee: TRAN

2013/0012(COD)

Dominique VLASTO, Christine DE VEYRAC, Dominique RIQUET

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 b (new)

When drawing up their national action frameworks, Member States should take due account of the technological maturity of existing solutions in order to determine the priority choice of alternative fuel and the relevant delivery and distribution infrastructure. This balanced approach should also be used when evaluating real market needs and analysing the cost-effectiveness of the commercial development model chosen for each alternative fuel.

2013/10/03
Committee: TRAN

2013/0012(COD)

Michel DANTIN, Dominique VLASTO, Christine DE VEYRAC

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11

(11) Electricity is a clean fuel particularly attractive for deployment of electric vehicles and electric two-wheelers in urban agglomerations, peripheral population areas and the transport routes connecting them, and which can contribute to improving air quality and reducing noise. Member States should ensure that recharging points for electric vehicles are built up with sufficient coverage, at least twice the number of vehicles, and 10% of them publicly accessible, focussing in particular on urban agglomerations, peripheral population areas and the transport routes connecting them. Private owners of electric vehicles depend to a large extent on access to recharging points in collective parking lots, such as in appartment blocks, office and business locations. Regulatory provisions should be set up by public authorities, assisting citizens by ensuring that the appropriate infrastructure with sufficient electric vehicle recharging points is provided by the site developers and managers.

2013/10/03
Committee: TRAN

2013/0012(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13

(13) Electric vehicles could contribute to the stability of the electricity system by recharging their batteries from the grid at times of low general electricity demand and feeding power from the batteries back into the grid at times of high general electricity demand. ~~Therefore recharging points should use~~Periods of high demand on the local electricity distribution system are likely to coincide with times when prices are low on the wholesale electricity market. Therefore recharging points should use intelligent charging systems, which regulate the power and duration of the charge, and be linked up to intelligent metering systems, and the price for electricity at a recharging point should be market based, so that flexible consumption (and storage) of electricity is promoted through dynamic pricing and signals from the electricity distribution system operator.

2013/10/03
Committee: TRAN

2013/0012(COD)

Michel DANTIN, Dominique VLASTO, Christine DE VEYRAC

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14

(14) With respect to recharging points for electric vehicles which are not publicly accessible, Member States should ensure ~~consistency and aim to maximis~~, by means of intelligent control systems, that they contribute to the stability of the electricity system and are economically efficient, using existing solutions and possible synergies with intelligent meter roll-out plans following the obligation under Annex I.2 of Directive 2009/72/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity and repealing Directive 2003/54/EC. PMember States may choose whether or not to make publicly accessible recharging points ~~are currently not~~ part of the regulated activities of a distribution system operator as defined in Chapter VI of Directive 2009/72/EC.

2013/10/03
Committee: TRAN

2013/0012(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 a (new)

(15a) Member States which have already invested in the development of standardised technologies for normal and fast recharging points should not be penalised. As a result, an appropriate transitional period should be introduced for the purposes of adapting to the new standards and provision should be made for maintaining additional safety requirements.

2013/10/03
Committee: TRAN

2013/0012(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 17

(17) Hydrogen vehicles, including hydrogen powered two-wheelers, have at present very low market penetration rates ~~but a build-up of sufficient~~. Before building up sustainable hydrogen refuelling infrastructure ~~is essential to enable larger-scale hydrogen vehicle deployment.~~ , research and development should be encouraged in an effort to ensure that hydrogen is a cost-effective alternative fuel in sufficient supply for a sufficient number of hydrogen-powered vehicles.

2013/10/03
Committee: TRAN

2013/0012(COD)

Dominique VLASTO, Christine DE VEYRAC, Michel DANTIN

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18

(18) Member States should ensure that publicly accessible infrastructure for the supply of hydrogen to motor vehicles is built up, with distances between refuelling points for motor vehicles allowing area covering circulation of hydrogen vehicles within the national territory, as well as a certain number of refuelling points located in urban agglomerations. This would allow hydrogen vehicles to circulate Union-wide.deleted

2013/10/03
Committee: TRAN

2013/0012(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 20

(20) Member States should ensure that publicly accessible infrastructure for the supply of gaseous Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) to motor vehicles is built up, with distances between refuelling points allowing area covering circulation of CNG vehicles across the Union, as well as a certain number of refuelling points located in urban agglomerations, in close cooperation with regional and local authorities and the sector concerned, and depending on technical feasibility and cost-effectiveness, that sufficient and publicly accessible infrastructure for the supply of gaseous Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) to motor vehicles is built up.

2013/10/03
Committee: TRAN

2013/0012(COD)

Dominique VLASTO, Christine DE VEYRAC, Michel DANTIN, Dominique RIQUET

Proposal for a directive
Recital 21

(21) Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is an attractive fuel alternative for vessels to meet the requirements for decreasing the sulphur content in maritime fuels in the Sulphur Emission Control Areas, affecting half of the ships sailing in European Short Sea Shipping, as provided for by Directive 2012/33/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 amending Council Directive 1999/32/EC as regards the sulphur content of marine fuels. A core network of LNG refuelling points for maritime and inland waterway vessels should be available at least by the end of 202030. LNG should be used alongside other fuels, such as low-sulphur-content distillates or fuels with a high sulphur content used by vessels equipped with a scrubber, in an effort to ensure that the aforementioned requirements are met. The initial focus on the core network should not rule out that in the longer perspective LNG is also made available at ports outside the core network, in particular those ports that are important for vessels not engaged in transport operations (fishing vessels, offshore service vessels etc.).

2013/10/03
Committee: TRAN

2013/0012(COD)

Michel DANTIN, Dominique RIQUET, Dominique VLASTO, Christine DE VEYRAC

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 4 a (new)

4a) "Off-peak charging" means a combination of two situations: a low price on the wholesale electricity market and low demand on the electricity grid. At such times the grid manager shall send out a message indicating that power is available at the connection point.

2013/10/03
Committee: TRAN

2013/0012(COD)

Michel DANTIN, Dominique RIQUET, Dominique VLASTO, Christine DE VEYRAC

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 5 a (new)

- an annual report on developments on the alternative fuels market, and in particular on supply and demand on that market;

2013/10/03
Committee: TRAN

2013/0012(COD)

Michel DANTIN, Dominique VLASTO

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

Slow recharging points for electric vehicles shall comply with the technical specifications set out in Annex III.1.1. by 31 December 20157 at the latest.

2013/10/03
Committee: TRAN

2013/0012(COD)

Michel DANTIN, Dominique VLASTO, Christine DE VEYRAC

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3

Member States shall ensure that the equipment for slow and fast recharging points as set out in Annex III.1.1 and Annex III.1.2 shall be available on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms and shall comply with safety standards in force in electrical installations, such as the requirement for a safety shutter for alternating current slow recharging points.

2013/10/03
Committee: TRAN

2013/0012(COD)

Dominique VLASTO, Georgios KOUMOUTSAKOS, Gesine MEISSNER

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4

4. Member States, in close cooperation with regional and local authorities and with the industry concerned, shall ensure that shore side electricity supply for waterborne vessels is installed in p~~orts provided t~~assenger and merchant ~~it is cost-effective and has environmental benefits~~berths within ports of the TEN-T Core Network by 31 December 2020.

2013/10/03
Committee: TRAN

2013/0012(COD)

Michel DANTIN, Dominique VLASTO, Christine DE VEYRAC

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. To facilitate multimodal passenger transport, Member States shall ensure, where feasible and where it does not hinder the operation of rail services, that railways stations are equipped with recharging points for electric vehicles, including L-category electric vehicles. Member States shall consult the infrastructure managers, operators and owners of railways stations to ensure that the location of these recharging points is technically suitable.

2013/10/03
Committee: TRAN

2013/0012(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 6

6. All publicly accessible recharging points for electric vehicles shall be equipped with intelligent ~~metering~~control systems ~~as defined in Article 2(28) of Directive 2012/27/EU and respect the requirements laid down in Art~~to encourage off-peak charging and to inform users about the pricle ~~9(2) of that Directive~~of the electricity consumed.

2013/10/03
Committee: TRAN

2013/0012(COD)

Michel DANTIN, Dominique RIQUET, Dominique VLASTO, Christine DE VEYRAC

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 7

~~7. Annex I.1 (h) and the last subparagraph of Annex I.2 of Directive 2009/72/EC shall apply to the consumption data and the metering system of the recharging point for electric vehicles.~~deleted

2013/10/03
Committee: TRAN

2013/0012(COD)

Michel DANTIN, Dominique VLASTO

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 8

8. Member States ~~shall~~may not prohibit ~~electric vehicle users from buying electricity from any electricity suppli~~users from concluding a contract with any electro-mobility service provider, regardless of the Member State in which the supplier is registered. ~~Member States shall ensure that consumers have the right to contract electricity simultaneously with several suppliers so that electricity supply for an electric vehicle can be contracted separately.~~

2013/10/03
Committee: TRAN

2013/0012(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Not later than two years after this Directive enters into force, the Commission shall adopt measures concerning the standards applicable to recharging points for electric buses. These delegated acts shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 8.

2013/10/03
Committee: TRAN

2013/0012(COD)

Dominique VLASTO, Christine DE VEYRAC, Michel DANTIN, Dominique RIQUET

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1

1. Member States oin ~~the territory of which exist already at~~which hydrogen refuelling infrastructure already exists on the dayte of ~~the~~ entry into force of this Directive ~~hydrogen refuelling points~~ shall ensure that a sufficient number of publicly accessible refuelling points are available~~, with distances not exceeding 300 km,~~ to allow the circulation of hydrogen vehicles within the entire national territory by 31 December 20205 at the latest.

2013/10/03
Committee: TRAN

2013/0012(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1

1. Member States ~~shall ensure that publicly accessible LNG refuelling points for maritime and inland waterway transport are provided in all maritime ports of the Trans-European Transport (TEN-T) Core Network~~, in close cooperation with regional and local authorities and with the sector concerned, shall ensure that the main maritime ports of the Trans- European Transport (TEN-T) Core Network are equipped with publicly accessible LNG refuelling points for maritime and inland waterway transport, with appropriate distances between them, to allow the circulation of LNG vessels Union-wide by 31 December 20230 at the latest. Actual market needs and existing bunkering points shall be taken into consideration when defining the network of LNG refuelling points in maritime ports.

2013/10/03
Committee: TRAN

2013/0012(COD)

Dominique VLASTO, Christine DE VEYRAC, Michel DANTIN, Dominique RIQUET

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2

2. Member States ~~shall ensure that~~, in close cooperation with regional and local authorities and with the sector concerned, shall ensure that the main inland ports of the Trans- European Transport (TEN-T) Core Network are equipped with publicly accessible LNG refuelling points for maritime and inland waterway transport ~~are provided in all inland ports of the TEN-T Core Network,~~, with appropriate distances between them, to allow the circulation of LNG vessels Union-wide by 31 December 202530 at the latest. Actual market needs and existing bunkering points shall be taken into consideration when defining the network of LNG refuelling points in inland ports.

2013/10/03
Committee: TRAN

2013/0012(COD)

Dominique VLASTO, Christine DE VEYRAC, Michel DANTIN

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3

3. Member States shall cooperate to ensure that heavy duty motor vehicles running on LNG can travel all along the roads on the TEN-T Core Network. For this purposes, publicly accessible refuelling points for LNG shall be established within distances not exceeding 4800 km by 31 December 20230 at the latest.

2013/10/03
Committee: TRAN

2013/0012(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 6

6. Member States shall ensure, on the basis of identified real market needs and cost- effectiveness, that a sufficient number of publicly accessible refuelling points are available~~, with maximum distances of 150 km,~~ to allow the circulation of CNG vehicles ~~Union- wide~~in the Union by 31 December 20230 at the latest.

2013/10/03
Committee: TRAN

2013/0012(COD)

Michel DANTIN, Dominique RIQUET, Dominique VLASTO

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 5 a (new)

5a. Market developments An annual report on changes in supply (additional infrastructure capacity) and demand (capacity actually used) on alternative fuel markets, on direct and indirect costs and on changes in tax revenue.

2013/10/03
Committee: TRAN

2012/2318(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Strongly believes that the financial crisis should be seen as an opportunity to implement the 'Pooling and Sharing' initiative in the field of maritime capability generation in a truly European manner, in particular by taking advantage of the LeaderSHIP 2020 initiative and fostering networking between operators in the shipbuilding and repair sector and the ancillary industries, which is the only way to guarantee that Europe is able and fit to meet global security challenges affecting both its waters and its naval capabilities;

2013/04/03
Committee: AFET

2012/2318(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Dominique VLASTO, Michèle STRIFFLER, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40

40. Recalls that dual-use capabilities are relevant and should be welcomed in the implementation of the CSDP, in light of the complex security challenges in today’s world; stresses that the current crises in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa highlight the need for a comprehensive approach that ~~makes u~~harnesses, on the one hand, of the full range of civilian-military engagement and, on the other, of dual-use equipment and capacities, including European naval capabilities and civilian and military shipbuilding capacities ensuring vessel security and resilience; invites the Member States to work with the appropriate EU bodies and agencies, notably the EDA and the Commission, in seeking EU funding for dual-use capability development, which is a way to fill in capability gaps at the national, regional and Union level; recalls the dual-use potential of the Galileo programme and its value for the implementation and effectiveness of CSDP operations, particularly in the maritime domain;

2013/04/03
Committee: AFET

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph A

A. whereas certain petitions have been deposited requesting ~~that the establishment of the European Parliament in more than one place be discontinued;~~ either that the European Parliament should no longer have its seat in Strasbourg or that Parliament’s seat should continue to be located in Strasbourg in accordance with Protocol No 6 annexed to the Treaty on European Union;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS, Philippe JUVIN, Jean ROATTA, Brice HORTEFEUX, Jean-Marie CAVADA

Draft opinion
Paragraph A – point 1 (new)

(1) whereas, on the basis of Article 341 TFEU, the Protocol on the location of the seats of the institutions and of certain bodies, offices, agencies and departments of the European Union forms an integral part of the Treaties and thus of EU primary law, having been ratified, as part of the Treaty of Amsterdam, by all the Member States in accordance with their respective constitutional rules;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS, Philippe JUVIN, Constance LE GRIP

Draft opinion
Paragraph A – point 2 (new)

(2) having regard to the ruling handed down by the Court of Justice of the European Union on 13 December 2012 in joined Cases C-237/11 and C-238/11 opposing France and Parliament, which annuls Parliament’s decision of 9 March 2011;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Brice HORTEFEUX, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS, Jean ROATTA, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph A b (new)

Ab. having regard to the requirements set out in the Treaty, which, following the adoption of the Treaty of Amsterdam in 1997, has formally laid down for Parliament an arrangement involving a seat in Strasbourg and two other sites in Brussels and Luxembourg;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Jean ROATTA, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Brice HORTEFEUX, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph A c (new)

Ac. whereas the seats of some European institutions were chosen on account of their symbolic significance, one such example being Strasbourg, the city which symbolises the process of Franco-German reconciliation which is at the root of the European peace project;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Brice HORTEFEUX, Constance LE GRIP, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph A d (new)

Ad. whereas, in accordance with the sole article of Protocol No 6 annexed to the TFEU, the European Parliament has its seat in Strasbourg, the Council has its seat in Brussels, the Commission has its seat in Brussels, the Court of Justice of the European Union has its seat in Luxembourg, the Court of Auditors has its seat in Luxembourg, the Economic and Social Committee has its seat in Brussels, the Committee of the Regions has its seat in Brussels, the European Investment Bank has its seat in Luxembourg, the European Central Bank has its seat in Frankfurt and the European Police Office (Europol) has its seat in The Hague;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Arnaud DANJEAN, Bernd POSSELT, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Sandrine BÉLIER, Jean ROATTA, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph A e (new)

Ae. having regard to Parliament’s Environmental Statement for 2010, issued in May 2011, and in particular pages 68 to 70;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Dominique VLASTO, Brice HORTEFEUX, Jean ROATTA, Arnaud DANJEAN, Sandrine BÉLIER, Bernd POSSELT, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS, Philippe JUVIN, Constance LE GRIP

Draft opinion
Paragraph A f (new)

Af. having regard to the document drawn up by Parliament’s Secretariat entitled ‘Replies and follow-up to the discharge for 2010’;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Constance LE GRIP, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph A g (new)

Ag. having regard to the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 13 December 2012 in Cases C-237/11 and C-238/11;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Brice HORTEFEUX, Constance LE GRIP, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS

Draft opinion
Paragraph B

B. whereas one of these petitions (0630/2006) does not bears the ~~signatures of more than one million citizens of the EU;~~ one million signatures required for compliance with Rule 201(2) (Rule 191(2) when the petition was deposited) of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, and whereas, moreover, its originators are MEPs seeking to circumvent the Treaties;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Dominique VLASTO, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Brice HORTEFEUX, Constance LE GRIP, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS

Draft opinion
Paragraph B a (new)

Ba. whereas, pursuant to the former Rule 191(2) and the current Rule 201(2) of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, petitions to Parliament ‘shall show the name, nationality and permanent address of each petitioner’, which ‘petition’ 0630/2006 clearly does not do;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Dominique VLASTO, Brice HORTEFEUX, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS

Draft opinion
Paragraph B b (new)

Bb. whereas petitions and the more recently introduced European Citizen’s Initiative must not be used for polemical purposes by representatives of EU citizens;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph B c (new)

Bc. whereas the city of Strasbourg is associated in people’s minds with the European Parliament, and whereas the seating capacity for visitors is much greater in the Strasbourg than in the Brussels Chamber, which represents an asset for the seat of European democracy;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph C – subparagraph 1 (new)

whereas it appreciates that some Members of the European Parliament have difficulties of access to certain institutions or agencies because of certain problems in road, rail or air services, but does not consider that this should be the subject of a report or petition, in view of the difficulties encountered in everyday life by many fellow citizens, which would give the impression that Members of the European Parliament are out of touch with the realities facing the people of Europe;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS, Brice HORTEFEUX

Draft opinion
Paragraph C a (new)

Ca. whereas petitions are not an instrument for evading the Treaties but an instrument for use by European citizens to improve EU legislation which creates obstacles in their everyday life or to provide them with assistance so as to support them if their rights as citizens are disregarded;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph C b (new)

Cb. whereas the concept of mobility is inherent in the work of Members of the European Parliament to enable them to come closer to European citizens, whereas the Committee on Petitions regularly invites petitioners to comment on their petitions by inviting them to the European Parliament in Brussels and whereas this work of contact with citizens should not be confined to one direction;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS, Brice HORTEFEUX

Draft opinion
Paragraph C c (new)

Cc. whereas, if a debate is initiated concerning the seat of the European Parliament, it will inevitably lead to discussion of the distribution of the seats of the European Institutions, which is laid down in the Treaty, and whereas the budgetary discharges of the European agencies could be affected by it;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Welcom~~Notes the decision by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs to draw up a report on the location of the seats of the European Union’s institutions, bearing in mind that the adoption of such a report lies outside the remit of the European Parliament, as the Treaties do not provide for it;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Considers that the only possible way of amending the ‘Protocol on the location of the seats of the institutions and of certain bodies and departments of the European Communities and of Europol’ is by means of a Treaty revision pursuant to Article 48 TEU, which requires an initiative by a Member State or the European Commission;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Brice HORTEFEUX, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Constance LE GRIP, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Considers, however, that it is time to stop the polemics concerning the cost of the Strasbourg seat; calls therefore for the figures provided by official sources within the European Parliament to be quoted clearly in the annexes to the own- initiative report of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, including pages 68-70 of the Environmental Declaration of the European Parliament of May 2011 concerning the ‘environmental impact of the Strasbourg seat’ and page 40 of the document of the European Parliament’s Secretariat entitled ‘REPLIES AND FOLLOW-UP TO THE DISCHARGE FOR 2010’ on the annual cost of the Strasbourg seat;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS, Brice HORTEFEUX

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Does not considers that a majority exists within the Council in favour of altering the seat of any European Institution, bearing in mind that this would send an undesirable message to citizens, which would be interpreted as expressing a desire on the part of the Member States to make the European Union’s decision-making bodies more remote from the European citizen;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Notes the intention of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs to draw up a report which will make it possible to recall that the European Parliament has its seat in Strasbourg;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS, Jean-Marie CAVADA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. Recalls that European Citizens’ Initiatives (ECIs) have the purpose of securing the adoption of a legal act of the Union which does not amend primary law, whereas any call for amendment of the ‘Protocol on the location of the seats of the institutions and of certain bodies and departments of the European Union’ would entail amendment of a primary legal act, which is not compatible with the regulation;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Brice HORTEFEUX, Sandrine BÉLIER, Bernd POSSELT, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Jean ROATTA, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Agrees with the principle that the European Parliament would be more effective, cost-efficient and~~Considers efficiency, cost-effectiveness and the principle of respect~~ful of~~ for the environment ~~if it were located in a single place; and notes that the continuation of the monthly migration between Brussels and~~not to be connected with the place in which Parliament sits, but with its needs; points out that according to figures from the European Parliament’s services, the annual cost of Parliament’s seat in Strasbourg hwas ~~become a symbolic negative issue amongst most EU citizens which is detrimental to Parliament’s reputation~~EUR 51.5 million in 2010, or 0.04% of the annual EU budget, which represents a cost of 10 cents per EU citizen per year, and hence considers the arguments on Parliament’s cost to be exaggerated;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Arnaud DANJEAN, Sandrine BÉLIER, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Bernd POSSELT, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Jean ROATTA, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)

emphasises that the gross cost of holding part-sessions in Strasbourg is EUR 7 445 000 per part-session, and that 80% of these costs are fixed and would be incurred irrespective of where the part-session is held, be they for equipment, publications or translation, etc.;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Considers it inappropriate in the European Year of Citizens to show these selfsame European citizens that the idea is to distance them from EU institution decision-making centres, and also believes that prevailing Euroscepticism would use this is a reason to criticise an over-concentration of decision-making bodies in one set place;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Considers that deciding the seats of EU institutions lies outside the remit of the European Parliament; points out that the ECB in Frankfurt is building new premises for itself, that the Council in Brussels will soon have new buildings, and that investments have been made in the European Parliament in Strasbourg in recent years to make it a parliament worthy of the centre of European democracy;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Jean ROATTA, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Emphasises that almost 95% of the EU budget is intended for investment and hence for the public, adding that the European Union, with such a small and deficit-less operating budget for 500 million inhabitants, stands as an example in these times of crisis;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Sandrine BÉLIER, Bernd POSSELT, Jean ROATTA, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2d. Points to the environmental example set by the European Parliament’s seat in Strasbourg, which reduced its own CO2 emissions by 57% between 2006 and 2010, meaning that these now represent 3.6% of all Parliament’s CO2 emissions;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Jean-Marie CAVADA, Arnaud DANJEAN, Sandrine BÉLIER, Bernd POSSELT, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS, Jean ROATTA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)

2e. Adds that the carbon footprint for travel for committee, political group and delegation meetings, which increased by 23.8% between 2006 and 2010, is significantly larger (6 350 tonnes of CO2 in 2010) than that for Parliament’s seat in Strasbourg (4 199 tonnes of CO2 en 2010);

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS, Philippe JUVIN, Jean-Marie CAVADA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)

2f. Considers that the success of the open days held every year at the European Parliament’s seat in Strasbourg, the 100 000 visitors each year outside part-sessions and the 10 000 students from the Euroscola Programme indicate that the European public have in no way rejected the seat of the European Parliament in Strasbourg;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Bernd POSSELT, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Jean ROATTA, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 g (new)

2g. Points out that holding part-sessions in Brussels rather than Strasbourg would result in a saving of EUR 1.5 million, as is specified in paragraph 28 - ‘Costs of using Strasbourg as the seat of the EP’ of the document drawn up by Parliament’s Secretariat entitled ‘Replies and Follow-up to the Discharge for 2010’;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – point 1 (new)

(1) Adds that all new European agencies and institutions should be created in the new Member States;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Points out that Croatia, as the 28th Member State of the Union as of 1 July 2013, is bound to seek the siting of a future EU agency or institution on its territory;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Dominique VLASTO, Michèle STRIFFLER, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS, Jean-Marie CAVADA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Points out that Parliament’s initiatives on determining for itself the matter of its seat – which is in Strasbourg – were set aside by the Court of Justice in its ruling of 13 December 2012 and that, therefore, any action on Parliament’s part to establish the seats of the EU institutions is in breach of the very Treaties which it sees itself as defending in its capacity as the democratic voice of Europe’s citizens;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Dominique VLASTO, Michèle STRIFFLER, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Points out that the European Union has developed in a polycentric way, with the EU institutions and agencies located, insofar as possible, throughout all the Member States, so as to bring decision making closer to the people and avoid an unwelcome concentration of power;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Points out that it is fundamentally important to Europe’s citizens that decisions are taken in more than one place;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Jean ROATTA, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS, Philippe JUVIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for Parliament to express its view as to whether the current arrangement should continue; and if an appropriate majority vote is recorded, recommends that Parliament propose Treaty changes under Article 48.deleted

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean ROATTA, Bernd POSSELT, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS, Constance LE GRIP

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point 1 (new)

(1) Considers that the so-called petition No 0630/2006 is not in fact a petition because it does not meet the criteria for admissibility of petitions to Parliament under Rule 201 of its Rules of Procedure (formerly Rule 191(2)) inasmuch as it does not show the nationality and permanent address of each petitioner, and that, by implication, electronic signatures on a petition are not admissible and there can be no guarantee as to the real or virtual level of support for this initiative;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Considers, in the light of the foregoing, that the first-named petitioner in petition No 0630-2006 is the only one to meet the admissibility criteria and that this means the so-called petition has received just one signature;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS, Jean-Marie CAVADA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Finds it regrettable that this debate should focus on a matter which concerns 0.04% of the EU budget at a time when people want to see an overall Union budget capable of responding adequately to the financial difficulties that Member States are experiencing;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS, Philippe JUVIN, Brice HORTEFEUX

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Asks Parliament’s Legal Service to specify whether such a report on the location of the seats of the EU institutions is lawful;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4d. Considers that petitions about the seats of the EU institutions should be forwarded to the Member States, which alone are empowered to take decisions in the matter;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Michèle STRIFFLER, Dominique VLASTO, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)

4e. Considers that the own-initiative report by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs can have no legal impact;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Philippe BOULLAND, Alain CADEC, Dominique RIQUET, Dominique VLASTO, Michèle STRIFFLER, Arnaud DANJEAN, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)

4f. Points out that Parliament may be consulted on the question of the seats of the European institutions only prior to the convening by the Council of an intergovernmental conference and that there are no plans for such a conference.

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2298(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas Europe’s strategy must ensure that a balance is struck between efforts to reduce the environmental imprint of transport and ensuring freedom of movement in the European Union in order to achieve a single European transport area which is intermodal, interconnected, integrated and effective in its use of resources;

2013/04/11
Committee: TRAN

2012/2298(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that more efficient, coherent and targeted use of R&I in transport policy is key in order to respond to new realities, breaking away from conventional thinking and focusing on pioneering ideas; in order to provide users with innovative transport solutions that meet the needs and fulfil the requirements of availability, profitability, credibility, quality and continuity;

2013/04/11
Committee: TRAN

2012/2298(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses that Union policies should be neutral with regard to alternative technologies ('technology neutrality'), with priorities and funding being decided on the basis of results over the entire life-cycle of specific fields, and that harmonisation efforts must not be an obstacle to the development of innovative or alternative solutions in the field of transport, the diversity of the energy mix and deployment of smart communication technologies;

2013/04/11
Committee: TRAN

2012/2298(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Believes that R&I in the area of sustainable mobility should be based on the principle of integration, in particular through the abolition of trans-border missing links (interconnections), increased compatibility between and within the systems (interoperability) and ~~a shift to more sustainable modes, such as rail and sustainable waterborne transport~~the promotion of the most appropriate mode for a given route (intermodality) ;

2013/04/11
Committee: TRAN

2012/2298(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Confirms that efforts to achieve cleaner power for transport and mobility technologies should be linked to more efficient concepts ~~involving less volume and weight~~, as well as better vehicle design; underlines the potential of innovative energy savings ~~through better use of wind, waves, sun, gravitation and regen~~and taking advantage of the opportunities offered by renewables and the use of alternative f~~orce~~uels;

2013/04/11
Committee: TRAN

2012/2298(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Strongly supports R&I in the area of individual mobility, ~~for example walking, cycling and other mobility tools whose average weight and volume is significantly less than that of the transported body/object~~while promoting a differentiated approach, taking into account the needs and specificities of urban, peri-urban, interurban and rural areas;

2013/04/11
Committee: TRAN

2012/2298(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Underlines the need for the EU institutions to set examples of good practice within their own mobility management services~~, such as the further development of Parliament's mobility point for its Members, staff and visitors~~;

2013/04/11
Committee: TRAN

2012/2298(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for more R&I in relation to the shift from ownership to sharing mobility models, including car- and bike-sharing; encourages the Commission to intensify its promotion of more collectivised individual mobility and more individualised public and collective transport systems;deleted

2013/04/11
Committee: TRAN

2012/2298(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on the Commission to focus its research efforts on further reducing the ~~climate~~environmental impact of different ~~aviation emissions (such as CO2, NOx, sulphur, vapour contrails)~~ modes of transport, in particular by supporting the ~~higher atmosphere while, inter alia, developing obs~~promotion of so-called altervnati~~on technologies and cooperation between meteorological services and air traffic management and control systems (ATM/ATC)~~ve fuels and increasing the resilience of infrastructure;

2013/04/11
Committee: TRAN

2012/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas this report is Parliament’s road map for supporting blue growth; whereas investment in natural and human capital is essential in order to meet the challenges this entails, most notably that of making human activity economically and socially sustainable, ensuring environmentally sound conditions and adapting to climate change so as to combat coastal erosion and marine acidification and preserve biodiversity; and whereas healthy, productive ecosystems are vital for the development of a sustainable, competitive blue economy;

2013/05/02
Committee: TRAN

2012/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Union and the Member States to give strong support to the creation of maritime clusters; underscores the strategic importance of such clusters as centres of excellence for economic activity related to blue growth; believes that developing them will promote the sharing of knowledge and good practice, generate synergies between the various sectors of the blue economy and help to attract investment;

2013/05/02
Committee: TRAN

2012/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses, however, that the increased economic activity associated with blue growth must not come at the expense of marine and coastal ecosystems ~~and~~; emphasises that it must be compatible with the environmental objectives of the Maritime Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), that the precautionary principle must be observed and that maritime security and safety must be guaranteed; believes it is important that measures for exploiting and developing the coastal, maritime and marine heritage be planned in parallel with measures for conservation and restoration;

2013/05/02
Committee: TRAN

2012/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Notes with concern the environmental impact of marine litter in all European sea basins and calls on the Commission and Member States to focus on the full implementation of the relevant EU directives, such as those on waste management, port reception facilities for ship-generated waste, water quality and marine strategy; criticises the fact that shortcomings in the recycling of raw materials and rare earth materials are contributing to an increase in waste; calls, therefore, for tough measures to improve recycling industries capable of offering an alternative to the intensive exploitation of underwater resources;

2013/05/02
Committee: TRAN

2012/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Welcomes the Commission’s legislative proposal for Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) and Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) as measures necessary for managing the increasing number of maritime and coastal activities and protecting the environment, ensuring that various activities can coexist harmoniously and avoiding conflict over the use of coastal and sea areas; considers it necessary in this regard to opt for an ecosystems-based approach to the management of human activity on the coast and at sea;

2013/05/02
Committee: TRAN

2012/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the Commission to ensure that best practices are disseminated and that lessons are learned from preparatory actions in this area, since there are significant differences between Member States in the development of management systems for maritime and coastal areas; considers, nonetheless, that a tailored approach is needed here, so as to leave the Member States scope, when implementing EU maritime and coastal planning guidelines, for taking account of local specificities and needs in liaison with local authorities;

2013/05/02
Committee: TRAN

2012/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Believes that the land-sea interface needs to be strengthened in the context of spatial planning in order to safeguard continuity of human activities and of the supply chain and to ensure that coastal areas are properly connected with their hinterland; believes that this could avoid the phenomenon of coasts being treated as borders;

2013/05/02
Committee: TRAN

2012/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Expresses its regret that the negative perception of working, health and safety conditions continues to undermine the attractiveness of maritime professions; encourages the Commission and Member States to step up their efforts to address this situationReiterates its call for significant improvement in working, health and safety conditions in the maritime professions; encourages the Commission and Member States to step up their efforts in this field in order to improve career security and make jobs in the blue growth economy and related sectors more attractive;

2013/05/02
Committee: TRAN

2012/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Notes with concern that shipping within the EU continues to be hampered by administrative and customs red tape that compromises the vision of a European maritime transport area and prevents ~~the growth of the industry~~growth in the industry, especially in maritime cabotage and ‘motorways of the sea’; believes that a uniform set of rules for intra-Union shipping needs to be developed as it is crucial to ensuring the free movement of goods and persons in EU waters;

2013/05/02
Committee: TRAN

2012/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Emphasises the need to support the development of effective and sustainable port services and infrastructure that can cope with the challenges of an expected increase in shipping traffic, and of reducing environmental and noise pollution, shifting traffic from land to sea and ensuring the smooth switching of passengers and goods from one mode of transport to another; advocates the parallel development in European ports of ship repair and scrapping;

2013/05/02
Committee: TRAN

2012/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Calls upon Member States, with the direct involvement of local and regional authorities, to support initiatives to develop and upgrade tourism infrastructure and make every effort to eliminate bureaucracy and the lack of transparency in the sector; notes the importance of creating or upgrading specialised high-level schools (administration and economy of tourism enterprises, tourism professions, maritime colleges, cookery schools, etc.) and of improving training provision with a view to boosting the quality of tourist services and products, the use of new technologies and the process of adapting to climate change;

2013/05/02
Committee: TRAN

2012/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls on the Commission to include maritime and coastal tourism in related actions and programmes, such as the ‘EDEN - European Destinations of Excellence’ and the ‘Calypso’ programmes, and to support initiatives that encourage the diversification of coastal, maritime and marine tourism, help to make tourist activities and employment less seasonal and stimulate adaptation to climate change;

2013/05/02
Committee: TRAN

2012/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Calls on the Commission to adopt in its forthcoming communication in this area an integrated approach to the development of marine energy resources by exploiting synergies between offshore wind ~~and ocean energy~~energy and other forms of renewable marine energy; emphasises that such an approach must allow energy to be supplied from a full and sustainable range of sources, in line with the precautionary principle and ensuring maritime security and safety, and that it must also include plans for adequate infrastructure to transport sea-generated energy to land and to ensure interconnection with the conventional electricity grid;

2013/05/02
Committee: TRAN

2012/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 7

~~Aquaculture~~(Does not affect the English version)

2013/05/02
Committee: TRAN

2012/2297(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Points out that EU aquaculture already provides 80 000 jobs and has the potential significantly to improve the economies of coastal communities, bearing in mind UN estimates that production of farmed fish will exceed that of conventional fisheries by 2019;(Does not affect the English version)

2013/05/02
Committee: TRAN

2012/2297(INI)

Dominique VLASTO, Christine DE VEYRAC, Michel DANTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Calls on the Commission, in its forthcoming strategic guidelines for aquaculture in the EU, to promote offshore aquaculture, which can be combined with blue energy facilities so as to reduce pressure from over-intensive aquaculture on coastal ecosystems and on other activities;(Does not affect the English version)

2013/05/02
Committee: TRAN

2012/2296(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Takes the view that the rules on competition and state aid should not result in a lack of competitiveness for the European automobile sector and calls on the Commission to evaluate the plans for restructuring, aid and closer relations between manufacturers in the sector in comparison with those put forward by third countries and in order to kick-start an upturn in growth and employment in this sector in Europe;

2013/07/16
Committee: TRAN

2012/2296(INI)

Dominique VLASTO, Christine DE VEYRAC, Michel DANTIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Welcomes the Commission’s strategy to deploy alternative fuels charging and refuelling infrastructure for clean vehicles;

2013/07/16
Committee: TRAN

2012/2296(INI)

Dominique VLASTO, Christine DE VEYRAC, Michel DANTIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Reiterates the importance of complying with the principle of technological neutrality in the choice of standards in order to protect the investments of first movers and thus encourage innovation in the sector;

2013/07/16
Committee: TRAN

2012/2137(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas the EU is the world's most important tourist destination and 100 million Chinese are expected to travel abroad by 2020 and it is therefore necessary to support initiatives to attract these new tourist flows;

2012/11/07
Committee: AFET

2012/2137(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 o (new)

1o. Calls on the Commission and the Council and the relevant Chinese authorities to facilitate, in cooperation with Parliament, tourist flows from China to the EU by harmonizing and accelerating procedures for issuing visas for Chinese nationals, particularly in the context of business and conference travel;

2012/11/07
Committee: AFET

2012/2137(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 x (new)

1x. Calls on the Commission and the Council to work with China and in collaboration with Parliament to establish a balanced EU-China trade relationship, based in particular on the principle of reciprocal access to public and private markets, the free flow of currencies and the reciprocal protection of investments and intellectual property rights;

2012/11/07
Committee: AFET

2012/2094(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas the internet has also become a factor in the development of international trade which demands continuing vigilance, particularly in relation to consumer protection;

2012/09/27
Committee: AFET

2012/2094(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Underlines the need for more stringent supply-chain controls and corporate responsibility schemes not only in respect of trading in products (from equipment to mobile devices) and services which can be used to curtail human rights and digital freedom but also with a view to more effective consumer protection;

2012/09/27
Committee: AFET

2012/2094(INI)