28 Amendments of Dominique VLASTO related to 2013/0012(COD)
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
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.
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
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.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 b (new)
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.
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
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.
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
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 usePeriods 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.
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
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.
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 a (new)
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.
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
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.
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
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.
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
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.).
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 4 a (new)
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.
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 5 a (new)
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;
Amendment 231 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
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.
Amendment 243 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
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.
Amendment 247 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4
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 ports provided tassenger and merchant it is cost-effective and has environmental benefitsberths within ports of the TEN-T Core Network by 31 December 2020.
Amendment 254 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 5 a (new)
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.
Amendment 259 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 6
Article 4 – paragraph 6
6. All publicly accessible recharging points for electric vehicles shall be equipped with intelligent meteringcontrol systems as defined in Article 2(28) of Directive 2012/27/EU and respect the requirements laid down in Artto encourage off-peak charging and to inform users about the pricle 9(2) of that Directiveof the electricity consumed.
Amendment 264 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 7
Article 4 – paragraph 7
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 8
Article 4 – paragraph 8
8. Member States shallmay not prohibit electric vehicle users from buying electricity from any electricity suppliusers 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.
Amendment 276 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 11 a (new)
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.
Amendment 282 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States oin the territory of which exist already atwhich 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.
Amendment 301 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
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.
Amendment 309 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
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.
Amendment 315 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3
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.
Amendment 331 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 6
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- widein the Union by 31 December 20230 at the latest.
Amendment 362 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 5 a (new)
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.