28 Amendments of Debora SERRACCHIANI related to 2011/0294(COD)
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Growth in traffic has resulted in increased congestion on international transport corridors. In order to ensure the international mobility of goods and passengers, the capacity of the trans- European transport network and the use of this capacity should be optimised and, if necessary, expanded by removing infrastructure bottlenecks and bridging missing infrastructure links within and between Member States and towards the countries of the Balkan peninsula, with a view to the accession of Croatia to the Union in 2013 and the negotiations under way with other candidate countries and potential candidates from the same geographical area.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The trans-European transport network policy has to take into account the evolution of the transport policy and infrastructure ownership. In the past, Member States were the principal entity in charge of creating and maintaining transport infrastructure. However, other entities, including private, have also become relevant for the realisation of a multimodal trans-European transport network, including for example infrastructure managers, concessionaires or port, interport and airports authorities.
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Cooperation with neighbouring and third countries is necessary to ensure connection and interoperability between the respective infrastructure networks. Therefore the Union should, where appropriate, promote projects of mutual interest with those countries, giving priority to projects with countries undergoing the accession process to join the Union, candidate countries and potential candidates, so that they can integrate more rapidly within the Union. These projects should seek to develop the trans-European transport network by avoiding traffic congestion on existing infrastructure and ensuring a balanced growth of the network, which should include improved integration of logistics and connections in the Mediterranean area, with a view to giving that area a key role once again.
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) In order to implement the core network within the given time horizon, a corridor approach could be used, focusing on the corridors with the heaviest traffic, as an instrument to coordinate on a transnational basis different projects and synchronise the development of the corridor, thereby maximising network benefits.
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) In developing core network corridors due account should be given to the rail freight corridors set up in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 of 22 September 2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning a European rail network for competitive freight25 as well as to the European Deployment Plan for ERTMS provided for in Commission Decision 2009/561/EC of 22 July 2009 amending Decision 2006/679/EC as regards the implementation of the technical specification for interoperability relating to the control-command and signalling subsystem of the trans-European conventional rail system. Existing cooperation structures under these legal acts can be maintained and work carried out pursuant to those structures can feed into the work of the multimodal network corridors, taking fully into account the new multimodal dimension.
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) In order to maximise consistency between the guidelines and the programming of the relevant financial instruments available at Union level, trans- European transport network funding should be based on this Regulation and draw on the Connecting Europe Facility. Correspondingly, it should aim at aligning and combining funding from relevant internal and external instruments such as structural and cohesion funds, the Neighbourhood Investment Facility (NIF), the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA), and from financing from the European Investment Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and other financial institutions. In particular, when developing the trans-European transport network, Member States should take into account to the ex ante conditionalities applicable to transport as provided for in Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No XXX/2012 [Regulation laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund covered by the Common Strategic Framework and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006]. Moreover, Member States should widely adopt appropriate instruments to ensure cross-subsidisation, the expense of which should be borne by motorway operators, in order to begin implementing the TEN-T core network railway corridors.
Amendment 183 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Article 1 – paragraph 4
4. The guidelinesIt provides for measures for the implementation of the trans-European network. The implementation of projects depends on their degree of maturity and the availability of financial resources, without prejudging the financial commitment of a Member State or the Union.
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)
(ga) a transport infrastructure which reflects the specific situations in various parts of the Union and provides a balanced coverage of the Union regions, including the outermost and other remote regions, also with a view to the accession of Croatia to the Union in 2013 and, subsequently, that of other candidate countries and potential candidates;
Amendment 254 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point h
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) the establishment of infrastructure requirements, notably in the field of interoperability, safety and security, which will benchmark quality, efficiency and sustainability in line with the positive socio-economic benefits of transport services;
Amendment 295 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. With a view to the accession of Croatia to the Union in 2013 and the negotiations under way with other candidate countries and potential candidates, the Union shall promote, as a matter of priority, projects of common interest and projects of mutual interest that concern the Mediterranean cross-border area. The key aims of these projects shall be to relieve traffic pressure on existing infrastructure and to ensure a balanced development of the priority projects, in synergy with the development of cohesion policy which seeks to achieve an overall territorial balance.
Amendment 299 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Amendment 305 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Efforts shall be made to complete the comprehensive network and comply with the relevant provisions of this Chapter by 31 December 2050.
Amendment 403 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) connecting railway transport infrastructure to inland port infrastructure.
Amendment 424 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) rivers, canals and lakes comply with the minimum requirements for class IV waterways and continuous bridge clearance as laid down in the European Agreement on Main Inland Waterways of International Importance (AGN) on the new classification of inland waterways and ensure continuous bridge clearancein full compliance with the provisions laid down in Articles 41 and 42 of this Regulation.
Amendment 447 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Amendment 509 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) maritime links between maritime ports of the comprehensive network or between a port of the comprehensive network and a third-country port, should this be of strategic importance to the Union;
Amendment 522 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2 - point c a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 2 - point c a (new)
(ca) constitute a maritime link and its hinterland connections between a core network port and ports situated in third countries which represent strategic connections in terms of the enlargement of the Union, the development of relations with North African countries or the link between comprehensive network transport infrastructure on the mainland that is separated from third countries.
Amendment 583 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 1
Article 44 – paragraph 1
1. The core network shall consist of those parts of the comprehensive network which are of the highest strategic importance for achieving the objectives of the trans- European transport network policy. It shall be structured in such a way as to take into consideration the future geographical framework with a view to the enlargement of the Union and the possible development and completion of the priority corridors. The core network shall in particular contribute to coping with increasing mobility and to the development of a low-carbon transport system.
Amendment 642 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 a (new)
Article 45 a (new)
Article 45 a Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 17 as regards inland waterway transport infrastructure, at the request of a Member State, exemptions from the minimum requirements may only be granted by the Commission in duly justified cases as long as the proportionality of the exemption can be demonstrated and the implementation of the core network is ensured.
Amendment 643 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 3
Article 46 – paragraph 3
Amendment 647 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 46 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Efforts shall be made to complete the core network and comply with the relevant provisions of this Chapter by 31 December 2030.
Amendment 700 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 51 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. harmonise work with Coordinators of Priority Areas of existing and future macro-regional strategies, which are specifically dedicated to the improvement of transport links, in cases where the core network corridor for which the European Coordinator is responsible forms part of the territory covered by a EU macro- regional strategy.
Amendment 711 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 2
Article 52 – paragraph 2
2. The corridor platform shall be composed of the representatives of the Member States concerned and, as appropriate, other public and private entities. In any case, the relevant infrastructure managers as defined in Directive 2001/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2001 on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure shall participate in the corridor platform. As appropriate, other public and private entities shall be included.
Amendment 722 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) a description of the characteristics of the core network corridor, including bottlenecks and disconnections from adjacent corridors;
Amendment 730 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point f – indent 2
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point f – indent 2
the related financial plan, with the various sources envisaged for funding and financing, at international, national, regional, local and Union level, iencluding, whenever possible,ouraging earmarked cross- financing systems as well as private capital, in particular those deriving from public motorway concessions and including private capital, where possible, together with the amount of commitments already made and, where applicable, reference to the contribution of the Union envisaged under the Union's financial programmes.
Amendment 920 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 19/33
Annex I – Volume 19/33
On page 3, of the map of Italy (north- eastern sector) includes among the planned roads athe section between Vicenza and Trento, which corresponds to the Valdastico motorway, is deleted.
Amendment 921 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Volume 19/33
Annex I – Volume 19/33
To add the Grosseto-Fano trunk road (E78) to the core network
Amendment 958 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Section 1a
Annex II – Section 1a
To add Bari (IT)