8 Amendments of Dominique RIQUET related to 2016/2305(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Insists that within the current international technological race, achieving a dynamic European Gigabit Society is indispensable to maintain competitiveness and prosperity of the EU, as well as to unleash the potential for innovation and transformation in the transport sector;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Agrees that deployment of 5G networks is a necessary condition for the development and the uptake of existing and new business opportunities and models in the transport sector; underlines that effective use of the potential of very high-capacity internet networks is key to the process of digitisation of transport modes and services and the wide use of innovative means of transport for people and goods, such as increasingly connected and autonomous vehicles or drones;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that progress in the building of the European Gigabit Society can only be made with appropriate high levels of investment in network infrastructure in all the Member States; doubts whether financing models based only or primarily on investment funds will be sufficient to upgrade infrastructure where necessary and will help fill existing gaps in the level of development of network infrastructure, and even out differences in the availability of high- capacity internet connections in border and outlying areas, as well as in non-urban areas; highlights in this respect the added value of blending of financial instruments to trigger the necessary additional private investments;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Encourages the Commission to pay more attention, in the development of the European Gigabit Society, to the issues of data privacy, cybersecurity and cybercrime and their specificities in the transport sector; notes that any progress in this area cannot be made without giving adequate priority to the security of users of digitised transport systems;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the Commission to consider adjustclarifying the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EUEU guidelines for the application of State aid rules in relation to the rapid deployment of broadband networks, in order to facilitate construction of high-speed internet networks;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 5 – point 1 (new)
(1) Stresses that, in parallel with the development of 5G, the general introduction of the internet of things will have a major impact, inter alia, on goods transport and logistics;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – point 2 (new)
Paragraph 5 – point 2 (new)
(2) Recalls that the gigabit society and 5G will definitively transform postal activity and more generally material exchanges (letters and parcels);
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Strongly supports efforts towards ensuring access to the 5G network in public transport facilities and vehicles, in transport hubs and on all major transport routes by 2025, and expects that a full access all over the EU will follow; notes the important role of internet technology for the development of multimodal, user- friendly and safe infrastructure and transport services;