9 Amendments of Tomasz Piotr PORĘBA related to 2016/2099(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas transport is the largest sector in which the European Investment Bank (EIB) has been active since its foundation, with more than a trillion euros invested in transport projects since 1958 and with the EIB providing funding for projects which will contribute to achieving the EU’s objectives both within and beyond its borders;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas decarbonisinglowering emissions in the transport sector is a major challenge, and significant reductions in CO2 emissions from transport are needed if the EU is to achieve its long-term climate goalsare needed; whereas congestion and air pollution are major problems in developing urban mobility;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas in 2015 the EIB invested EUR 14 billion in transport projects that will benefit 338 million passengers per year and save 65 million travel hours per year, and whereas since 1993 the EIB has been increasing the amount of TEN-T lending through financial instruments;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesNotes the adoption of Commission President Juncker’s plan to increase the capacity of the Investment Plan for Europe from EUR 315 billion to EUR 630 billion; underlines, however, that it should not lead to a reduction in well-functioning sources of transport infrastructure funding;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Encourages the EIB to continue to support sustainable, safe, climate-friendly and innovative transport; underlines that it is the European Parliament’s priority to provide sufficient funding for projects with European added value, including the cross- border transport links, and to connect secondary and tertiary nodes to TEN-T infrastructure, including multimodal nodes;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that an innovative and effective economy needs advanced, modern and high-quality infrastructure and that transport infrastructure should be among the priorities, with a special focus on innovative multimodal infrastructure solutions such as short multimodal tunnels or bridges in sparsely populated areas or local communities;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. UHighlights the large disparity between the number of investment projects financed in western and eastern EU countries, and therefore underlines the importance of geographical balance in investments with EIB involvement, and expects the EIB and the Commission to deliver appropriate technical and administrative assistance to project preparation in countries that need it;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance in combating climate change of the goals set by COP 21 with regard to transporNotes the conclusions of the COP 21 summit; underlines that the financial means should be available to bring about a modal shift from road to rail and waterborne and inland waterway transport; insists also that attention should be paid to investment in clean power for transport;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that the EIB uses a wide range of producfinancial instruments, such as loans, guarantees, project bonds and public- private partnerships to support public and private investment in transport; stresses that it is important to coordinate various types of EU funding in order to ensure that EU transport policy objectives are met.