13 Amendments of Spyros DANELLIS related to 2011/0294(COD)
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Intelligent transport systems are necessary to provide the basis for optimising of traffic and transport operations and improving related services. They should be interoperable and must be deployed widely across transport modes, Member States, and regions, in order to maximise benefits for the internal market, sustainable growth and cohesion.
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The guidelines should provide for the development of the comprehensive network in urban nodes, in accordance with Union aims regarding Sustainable Urban Mobility, as those nodes are the starting point or the final destination (‘last mile’) for passengers and freight moving on the trans-European transport network and are points of transfer within or between different transport modes.
Amendment 199 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) ‘European added value’ means, in relation to a project, the economic, social and environmental value resulting from Union intervention which is additional to the value that would otherwise have been created by Member State action alone;
Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point r a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point r a (new)
(r a) 'isolated network' means the rail network of a Member State, or a part thereof, with a track gauge which is different to that of the European standard nominal track gauge (1435mm), for which certain major infrastructure investments cannot be justified in economic cost-benefit terms by virtue of the specificities of that network arising from its geographic detachment or peripheral location;
Amendment 228 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point r b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point r b (new)
(r b) 'climate impact assessment' means an ex-ante evaluation of the absolute and relative greenhouse gas impacts of new, extended or upgraded transport infrastructure on the basis of a harmonised methodology, publicly accessible by citizens in accordance with the Aarhus Convention, comprising: 1. changes in greenhouse gas emissions from traffic; 2. changes in greenhouse gas emissions from infrastructure operation, maintenance and management; 3. greenhouse gas emissions from infrastructure construction, development and end-of-life processes; 4. indirect effects on other sectors;
Amendment 241 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) promote the most advanced technological and operational concepts broadly across transport modes and Member States;
Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point i
(i) for both passenger and freight traffic, seamless connections between transport infrastructure for long-distance traffic on the one hand, and regional and local traffic on the other, including soft mobility options such as cycling and walking;
Amendment 257 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point j
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point j
(j) a transport infrastructure that reflects the specific situations in different parts of the Union and provides for a balanced coverage of European regions, including outermost regions, insular and other peripheral regiones;
Amendment 370 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 –point c – subpoint 1
Article 13 – paragraph 3 –point c – subpoint 1
(1) nominal track gauge for new railway lines: 1 435 mm, except for isolated railway networks;
Amendment 546 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) optimise existing infrastructure by increasing efficiency and sustainability, in particular by facilitating the distribution and uptake of alternative fuels;
Amendment 560 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 37 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. ITS shall be deployed as broadly as possible across the Union, as far as possible with the aim of enabling a set of interoperable basic capabilities in all Member States.
Amendment 602 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part
Article 45 – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part
(a) for railway transport infrastructure, except for isolated railway networks:
Amendment 751 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 a (new)
Article 54 a (new)
Article 54 a Methodologies for socio-economic cost- benefit analysis, European added value and climate impact assessment Based on the definitions in Article 3, the Commission shall develop detailed methodologies for: - a socio-economic cost-benefit analysis; - the assessment of the European added value; - climate impact assessments. Those methodologies shall be used for the assessment of projects of common interest as set out in Article 7. The Commission shall give particular attention to minimising the administrative burden that the expanded assessment process may present, in particular to smaller projects with low estimated total budgets. Those methodologies shall be adopted by delegated acts by no later than 31 January 2014 in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 56.