9 Amendments of Sari ESSAYAH related to 2011/0092(CNS)
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) As regards the possibility for Member States to apply a lower level of taxation to commercial than to non-commercial use of gas oil as motor fuel, this provision would appear to be no longer compatible with the requirement to improve energy efficiency and the need to addresis economically important because transport costs account for a significant portion of the business cost structure, especially in countries twhe growing environmental impact of transportre travelling distances are long, and should therefore be deletedremain in place. Article 9(2) of Directive 2003/96/EC authorises certain Member States to apply a reduced rate on heating gas oil. That provision is no longer compatible with the proper functioning of the internal market and with the wider objectives of the Treaty. It should therefore be deleted.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) As regards tThe possibility for Member States to apply a lower level of taxation to commercial than to non-commercial use of gas oil as motor fuel, this provision would appear to be no longer compatible with the requirement to improve energy efficiency and the need to address the growing environmental impact of transport is economically important because transport costs account for a significant portion of the business cost structure, especially in countries where travelling distances are long, and should therefore be deletedremain in place. Article 9(2) of Directive 2003/96/EC authorises certain Member States to apply a reduced rate on heating gas oil. That provision is no longer compatible with the proper functioning of the internal market and with the wider objectives of the Treaty. It should therefore be deleted.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 2003/96/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States may differentiate between commercial and non-commercial use of gas oil as motor fuel, provided that the Community minimum levels are respected and the rate for commercial gas oil used as motor fuel does not fall below the national level of taxation in force on 1 January 2003, notwithstanding any derogations for that use laid down in this Directive.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 2003/96/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. ‘Commercial gas oil used as motor fuel’ shall mean gas oil used as motor fuel for the following purposes: (a) the carriage of goods for hire or reward, or on own account, by motor vehicles or articulated vehicle combinations intended exclusively for the carriage of goods by road and with a maximum permissible gross laden weight of not less than 7.5 tonnes; (b) the carriage of passengers, whether by regular or occasional service, by a motor vehicle of category M2 or category M3, as defined in Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers.
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex
Annex
Directive 2003/96/EC
Annex I – Table A – Row 5 a (new)
Annex I – Table A – Row 5 a (new)
Diesel oil 20€/t CO2 8.2€/GJ 8.2€/GJ 8.2€/GJ commercial use
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 2003/96/EC
Article 7
Article 7
As from 1 January 2013, from 1 January 2015 and from 1 January 2018, the minimum levels of taxation applicable to motor fuels shall be fixed as set out in Annex I, Table A." Member States may differentiate between commercial and non-commercial use of gas oil used as propellant, provided that the Union minimum levels are observed and the rate for commercial gas oil used as propellant does not fall below the national level of taxation in force on 1 January 2003, notwithstanding any derogations for this use laid down in this Directive. "Commercial gas oil used as propellant" shall mean gas oil used as propellant for the following purposes: (a) the carriage of goods for hire or reward, or on own account, by motor vehicles or articulated vehicle combinations intended exclusively for the carriage of goods by road and with a maximum permissible gross laden weight of not less than 7.5 tonnes; (b) the carriage of passengers, whether by regular or occasional service, by a motor vehicle of category M2 or category M3, as defined in Council Directive 70/156/EEC1 of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers. ____________ 1 OJ L 42, 23.2.1970, p. 1.
Amendment 217 #