Progress: Procedure completed
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | TRAN | EL KHADRAOUI Saïd ( S&D) | WORTMANN-KOOL Corien ( PPE), STERCKX Dirk ( ALDE), LICHTENBERGER Eva ( Verts/ALE), ZĪLE Roberts ( ECR) |
Former Responsible Committee | TRAN | EL KHADRAOUI Saïd ( PSE) | |
Former Committee Opinion | ENVI | ||
Former Committee Opinion | ITRE | TURMES Claude ( Verts/ALE) |
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PURPOSE: to encourage differentiated charging based on external costs as a means towards sustainable transport.
LEGISLATIVE ACT: Directive 2011/76/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures (Eurovignette Directive).
CONTENT: the Council adopted, on the basis of a text agreed with the European Parliament in second reading, a directive revising the so-called Eurovignette directive of 1999 on road use charges for heavy goods vehicles. Italy and Spain voted against, and Ireland, the Netherlands and Portugal abstained.
The new European framework law, which is a revision of the "Eurovignette" directive of 1999, aims at reducing pollution from road freight transport and making traffic flow smoother by levying tolls that factor in the cost of air and noise pollution due to traffic (so-called external costs) and help avoid road congestion.
External cost charge : Member States may apply an "external cost charge" on lorries, complementing the already existing infrastructure charge designed to recover the costs of construction, operation, maintenance and development of road infrastructure. They may also modulate the infrastructure charge to take account of road congestion, with a maximum variation rate of 175% during peak periods limited to five hours per day .
Tolls and user charges : the level of tolls will vary depending on the emissions of the vehicle, the distance travelled, and the location and the time of road use. Such differentiated charging is intended to encourage the move to transport patterns which are more respectful of the environment.
Whereas under the current directive application of tolls has basically been limited to the trans-European road network, it may now be extended to cover all motorways .
Vehicles complying with the most stringent emission standards will be exempted from the air pollution charge for four years after those standards have become applicable; that means that vehicles of the EURO VI emission class will be exempted until 31 December 2017. In addition, EURO V vehicles will be exempted until the date of application of the EURO VI standards, that is, until 31 December 2013. Less polluting vehicles than EURO VI, namely hybrid and electrical heavy goods vehicles, are exempted.
Moreover, Member States may exempt vehicles under 12 tonnes from the tolls if they consider this necessary, for example if application of tolls would create significant adverse effects or excessive administrative costs. However, they must inform the Commission about the reasons for such a decision.
Mark-up added to the infrastructure charge : while a mark-up may be added to the infrastructure charge in mountainous regions under certain conditions, the amount of this mark-up will be deducted from the external cost charge. This deduction, though, will not apply to the most polluting vehicles, that is, the EURO emission classes 0, I, II and from 2015 onwards also III.
Use of revenues generated by this Directive : Member States shall determine the use of revenues generated by this Directive. To enable the transport network to be developed as a whole, revenues generated from infrastructure and external costs charges, or the equivalent in financial value of these revenues, should be used to benefit the transport sector, and optimise the entire transport system. In particular, revenues generated from external cost charges, or the equivalent in financial value of these revenues, should be used to make transport more sustainable, including one or more of the following:
(a) facilitating efficient pricing; (b) reducing road transport pollution at source; (c) mitigating the effects of road transport pollution at source; (d) improving the CO 2 and energy performance of vehicles; (e) developing alternative infrastructure for transport users and/or expanding current capacity; (f) supporting the trans-European transport network; (g) optimising logistics; (h) improving road safety; and (i) providing secure parking places.
The amount of the mark-up shall be deducted from the amount of the external-cost charge, except for vehicles of EURO emission classes 0, I and II from 15 October 2011, and III from 2015 onwards. All these revenues generated by the simultaneous application of the mark-up and the external cost charges shall be invested in financing the construction of priority projects of European interest identified in Annex III to Decision No 661/2010/EU.
Reports : by 16 October 2015, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation and effects of this Directive, in particular as regards the effectiveness of the provisions on the recovery of the costs related to traffic-based pollution, and on the inclusion of vehicles of more than 3.5 and less than 12 tonnes. The report shall also evaluate the use of electronic systems to levy and collect infrastructure and external-cost charges and their degree of interoperability. The report shall be accompanied, if appropriate, by a proposal to the European Parliament and the Council for further revision of this Directive.
By 16 October 2012, the Commission shall present a report that summarises the other measures, such as regulatory policies, taken to internalise or reduce the external costs related to environment, noise and health from all transport modes, including the legal basis and maximum values used.
ENTRY INTO FORCE: 15/10/2011.
TRANSPOSITION: 16/10/2013.
DELEGATED ACTS: the Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union in respect of certain adaptations of the Annexes. The delegation of power may be revoked by the European Parliament or by the Council. The European Parliament or the Council may object to a delegated act within a period of two months from the date of notification. If the European Parliament or the Council objects to a delegated act, it shall not enter into force. The institution which objects shall state the reasons for objecting to the delegated act.
The Commission amended its position by incorporating the amendments of the European Parliament to the Council's position. They aim to:
clarify the Council's mechanism to vary infrastructure charges at peak periods by adding provisions to guarantee the revenue neutrality and improve the transparency; insert a provision on the use of revenues in the transport sector . The provision encourages Member States to invest the revenues of tolls in projects to make transport more sustainable. It shall be deemed applied if 15% of the revenues are used on the trans-European network. Member States will be obliged to report on the revenue raised and on the investments made in transport; authorise in mountain areas the simultaneous application of the existing mark-up and the new external cost charges for Euro 0, I and II vehicles and for Euro III vehicles as from 2015. A compulsory "mini-earmarking" of the revenues generated by this combination of charges is also foreseen; insert a " rendez-vous clause " based on Commission's reports due respectively 12 and 48 months after the entry into force of the Directive and where appropriate on a Commission's legislative proposal. The content of the reports has been aligned to the recent White Paper on transport .
The Council’s position did not foresee any obligation for Member States to transmit to the Commission a correlation table , in spite of the general line usually taken by the European Parliament on the matter.
However, the Hungarian Presidency with the support of the forthcoming Polish, Danish and Cypriot Presidencies issued a statement confirming that the adoption of this directive does not prejudge the outcome of interinstitutional negotiations on correlation tables.
The European Parliament could thus agree with the Council but with a statement according to which the Commission should inform it within twelve months after adoption of this agreement in plenary and make a report at the end of the transposition period on the practice of Member States in drawing up their own tables illustrating, as far as possible, the correlation between this Directive and the transposition measures.
During the plenary of 7 June 2011, the Commission issued a statement which among others confirms the commitment of the Commission towards ensuring that Member States establish correlation tables linking the transposition measures they adopt with the directive, confirms its agreement to produce the information requested by the European Parliament and stresses that its position followed in this file shall not be considered as a precedent.
The European Parliament adopted by 505 votes to 141, with 17 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures (Eurovignette).
It adopted its position at second reading, under the ordinary legislative procedure. The amendments adopted in plenary are the result of a compromise negotiated between the European Parliament and the Council. They amend the Council position as follows:
Tolls and user charges : according to the compromise text, a Member State may choose to apply tolls and/or user charges only to vehicles having a maximum permissible laden weight of not less than 12 tonnes if it considers that an extension to vehicles of less than 12 tonnes would, amongst others :
(a) create significant adverse effects on the free flow of traffic, the environment, noise levels, congestion, health, or road safety due to traffic diversion;
(b) involve administrative costs of more than 30 % of the additional revenue which would have been generated by that extension.
Member States choosing to apply tolls and/or user charges only to vehicles having a maximum permissible laden weight of not less than 12 tonnes shall inform the Commission of their decision and on the reasons therefore.
Infrastructure charge levied on specific road sections : the text provides that in exceptional cases concerning infrastructure in mountainous regions, and after informing the Commission, a mark-up may be added to the infrastructure charge levied on specific road sections which are subject to acute congestion, or the use of which by vehicles is the cause of significant environmental damage, under certain conditions.
The text also stipulates that the amount of the mark-up shall be deducted from the amount of the external-cost charge, except for vehicles of EURO emission classes 0, I and II from the date of the entry into force of the Directive, and III from 2015 onwards . All these revenues generated by the simultaneous application of the mark-up and the external cost charges shall be invested in financing the construction of priority projects of European interest identified in Annex III to Decision No 661/2010/EU.
Infrastructure charge : the infrastructure charge may also be varied for the purpose of reducing congestion, minimising infrastructure damage and optimising the use of the infrastructure concerned or promoting road safety, on condition that:
the variation is transparent, made public and available to all users on equal terms; the variation is applied according to the time of day, type of day or season; no infrastructure charge is more than 175 % above the maximum level of the weighted average infrastructure charge; the peak periods during which the higher infrastructure charges are levied for the purpose of reducing congestion do not exceed five hours per day; the variation is devised and applied in a transparent and revenue neutral way on a road section affected by congestion by offering reduced toll rates for hauliers who travel during off-peak periods and increased toll rates for hauliers who travel during peak hours on the same road section; and a Member State wishing to introduce such variation or changing an existing one informs the Commission thereof and provides it with the information necessary to ensure that the conditions are fulfilled. Based on the information provided, the Commission shall make public and regularly update a list containing the periods and corresponding rates during which the variation is applied.
Interoperable toll collection systems : the Commission shall promote cooperation between Member States that may prove necessary to ensure the interoperability of electronic toll collection systems at European level.
Use of revenues generated by this Directive : to enable the transport network to be developed as a whole, revenues generated from infrastructure and external costs charges, or the equivalent in financial value of these revenues, should be used to benefit the transport sector, and optimise the entire transport system . In particular, revenues generated from external cost charges, or the equivalent in financial value of these revenues, should be used to make transport more sustainable . Amongst other objectives, it is necessary to support the trans-European transport network and provide secure parking places.
This measure shall be deemed to be applied by Member States, if they have in place and implement fiscal and financial support policies which leverage financial support to the trans-European network and which have an equivalent value of at least 15% of the revenues generated from infrastructure and external cost charges in each Member State.
Implementing measures : in order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Directive, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers.
Report : at the latest 4 years after the entry into force of this Directive, the Commission’s report on the implementation and effects of this Directive, shall assess, amongst others:
the implementation and effect of the variation of infrastructure charges as referred to in the Directive on the reduction of local air pollution and congestion. The report shall also evaluate whether the maximum variation and peak period are sufficient to enable a proper functioning of the variation mechanism; scientific progress in estimating external costs of transport for the purpose of internalising them; and progress towards applying charges to road users and ways of gradually harmonising the charging systems that are applied to commercial vehicles. the use of electronic systems to levy and collect infrastructure and external-cost charges and their degree of interoperability pursuant to Directive 2004/52/EC.
The report shall be accompanied, if appropriate, by a proposal to the European Parliament and the Council for further revision of this Directive.
The Committee on Transport and Tourism adopted the recommendation for second reading contained in the report by Saïd EL KHADRAOUI (S&D, BE) on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures (Eurovignette).
It recommends that the European Parliament’s position adopted at second reading, under the ordinary legislative procedure, amends the Council position at first reading as follows:
Tolls and user charges : Member State may choose to apply tolls and/or user charges only to vehicles having a maximum permissible laden weight of not less than 12 tonnes if it considers that an extension to vehicles of less than 12 tonnes would:
(a) create significant adverse effects on the free flow of traffic, the environment, noise levels, congestion, health, or road safety due to traffic diversion; or
(b) involve administrative costs of more than 30 % of the additional revenue which would have been generated by that extension.
Moreover, Member States choosing to apply tolls and/or user charges only to vehicles having a maximum permissible laden weight of not less than 12 tonnes shall inform the Commission of their decision and on the reasons therefore.
Members consider that the weighted average infrastructure charge may also include a return on capital and/or on a profit margin based on market conditions.
Derogations : the external-cost charge related to traffic-based air pollution shall not apply to vehicles which comply with the most stringent EURO emission standards until three years after the dates of application laid down in the rules which introduced.
Fleet renewal incentives : Members consider it necessary to provide full incentives to renew the fleet, together with positive financial incentives for cleaner vehicles which must be accompanied by financial penalties for the most polluting trucks . At the same time it shall not be disregarded that, according to Directive, the revenues deriving from mark-up are earmarked for financing priority projects belonging to the TEN-T network.
Infrastructure charge : the infrastructure charge may also be varied for the purpose of reducing congestion, minimising infrastructure damage and optimising the use of the infrastructure concerned or promoting road safety, on condition that:
no infrastructure charge is more than 200% above (as opposed to 175%) the maximum level of the weighted average infrastructure charge; the peak periods during which the higher infrastructure charges are levied for the purpose of reducing congestion do not exceed eight hours per day (as opposed to five hours per day); the variation is devised and applied on a road section affected by congestion in a way which offers reduced toll rates to hauliers who choose to travel during off-peak periods and applies increased toll rates to those who choose to travel during peak hours on the same road section; a Member State wishing to introduce such a variation informs the Commission thereof and provides it with the information necessary to ensure that the conditions are fulfilled.
User guide : the Commission shall arrange for a user guide on the implementation of the Directive to be drafted in the languages of those Member States that apply it, with a special focus on modulating congestion , so as to enable public bodies and private firms to draw up business plans that take into account the possible effects of such modulation.
Information to the Commission : before the implementation of a new external-cost charge tolling arrangement, Member States shall send the Commission a specific plan indicating how additional revenue from external cost charges is to be used.
Interoperable toll collection systems : the Commission shall promote any cooperation between Member States that may prove necessary to ensure interoperable toll collection systems that can be used on one another's territory.
Use of revenues generated by this Directive : the report states that the revenues generated from external-cost charges, or the equivalent in financial value of these revenues, shall be used to benefit the transport sector, to make transport more sustainable and optimise the entire transport system, including providing secure parking places.
Members call for at least 15% of the revenues generated by the external cost charge and infrastructure charge in each Member State to be dedicated to financially supporting TEN-T projects in order to increase transport sustainability. This percentage shall gradually increase over time.
Delegated acts : the Commission shall adopt delegated acts as regards the calculation methods of sections 2 and 3 in Annex III.
Report : at the latest 4 years (instead of 5 years) after the entry into force of this Directive, the Commission’s report on the implementation and effects of this Directive, shall assess, amongst others:
the technical and economic feasibility of introducing minimum distance-based charges on the main inter-urban roads. The report shall identify the possible types of road sections to be charged, the possible ways of levying and enforcing in a cost-effective way such charges and a common simple method for setting the minimum rates; the degree of interoperability between different toll systems in the Member States as required by Directive 2004/52/EC; the technical and economic feasibility of gradually abolishing time-based charging systems and introducing distance-based systems.
The report shall be accompanied by a proposal to the European Parliament and the Council for further revision of this Directive.
The Commission recalls that the primary objectives for the Commission proposal are to allow Member States to internalise the most relevant external costs in the charging of heavy goods vehicles, and to extend the scope of the Directive outside of the trans-European network (TEN). It considers that these objectives have largely been achieved in the Council’s position at first reading and can therefore endorse it.
The key provisions in the Council's position, and the Commission's opinion of these provisions, are as follows:
Geographical scope : the Commission considers that the Council’s position falls short of the Commission's original proposal to extend scope to all roads but still represents significant progress.
Vehicle scope : the Council’s position states that Member States may decide to exempt vehicles between 3.5 and 12 tonnes for other reasons other than environment, congestion and administrative costs. The Commission's preference would have been for those derogations to be justified by objective and clearly identified reasons.
Choice of external costs : the Commission's preference would have been to include congestion as an external cost like air and noise pollution. However, the wider differentiation of infrastructure charges represents an acceptable and practicable second best solution to reduce congestion.
Derogations for less polluting EURO classes : in principle the Commission supports exempting less polluting vehicles from these charges but only for a fixed and limited period.
Earmarking of revenues : the Council proposes that funds raised by internalising external costs should be earmarked for programmes that improve the sustainability of the transport system, but Member States retain ultimate discretion on how to spend these funds. The Commission would have preferred that 'should' be replaced with 'shall', or at the very minimum that there be a requirement that Member States report on how such funds raised are being spent and express a firmer political intention to do it in the transport sector, notably on the trans- European network.
Amending the annexes : the ability to amend most of the Annexes in the current Directive by means of delegated acts (ex-old comitology regulatory procedure) was removed from the proposal. The Commission would prefer to retain the ability to amend these Annexes by means of delegated acts, in particular Annex III and the value for future Euro standards of the new Annex IIIb (of the Council's position).
It should be noted that the Council's position at first reading includes, in total or in part, 11 amendments adopted by the European Parliament at first reading. In particular, the Council’s position focuses on the amendment concerning the variation in tolls allowed between peak and off-peak times from 100% above the minimum rate to 175% above the maximum permissible average rate.
The amendment which introduced a new Article which exempts vehicles complying with future EURO standards has been partly accepted by Council. The latter has however granted a longer exemption period for EURO VI vehicles and added an exemption period for EURO V vehicles.
The following European Parliament substantive amendments which were acceptable to the Commission were not integrated in the Council’s position:
deleting language which authorises Member States to apply only annual rates to vehicles registered in that Member State; authorising Member States to levy a congestion charge which reflects the cost of congestion and requires them to draft action plans to combat congestion; allowing, in cases where drivers are not able to produce documentation in order to verify Euro class, that any additional cost as a result of this will be reimbursed if a driver can, at a later date, provide such proof; requiring the Commission to inform the Parliament, and not only the Committee, as to whether a tolling arrangement is complying with the requirements of the Directive and requiring the Commission to transmit to the European Parliament the decisions which are made available to the Committee mentioned in the Article; requiring Member States to detail how they intend to earmark funds raised from the internalisation of external costs; using the Galileo system as an efficient means of collecting charges; introducing different language on the earmarking of external cost funds raised and on the use to which Member States put funds raised from infrastructure charges; requiring that at least 15% of funds raised from internalising of external costs be ring fenced for expenditure of TEN-T projects; requesting the Commission to monitor the gradual abolition of time-based charging systems; requiring the Commission to make a legislative proposal for further revising the Directive.
The Council adopted its position at first reading by qualified majority on a proposal for a Directive on the charging of Heavy Goods Vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures, the "Eurovignette" Directive.
The Italian and Spanish delegations voted against and the Irish, Dutch and Portuguese delegations abstained.
Although the Council agrees with the Commission as regards the objective of the proposal, the Council’s approach involved some adaptations of the original proposal . The Council's Position modifies, to a certain extent, the original Commission proposal by redrafting it and deleting some provisions of the text. This implies that all amendments introduced in the European Parliament’s first-reading opinion related to these deleted provisions were not accepted by the Council.
With respect to the amendments proposed by the European Parliament, the Council observes that a certain number of amendments have – in spirit, partially or fully – already been included in its Position.
Geographical scope : the Commission proposed to extend the scope of the Directive outside of the trans-European network (TEN) to all roads. The Council considers that the Commission proposal needs to be modified in this respect, in order to limit the extension of the scope to the non TEN motorways .
Vehicle scope : in its original text, the Commission proposes to maintain the provision adopted in 2006 according to which a Member State may choose to apply tolls and/or user charges only to vehicles of 12 tonnes and more , until 31 December 2011. After that period, charges shall be applied to all heavy duty vehicles, unless a Member State considers that charging vehicles of less than 12 tonnes would affect the traffic flow, the environment, noise levels, congestion or health, or represents an administrative burden of more than 30% of the additional revenue which would have been generated by the extension to those vehicles.
The Council considers that this provision should give more discretion to Member States. In order to make the text clearer, the reference to the transition period was deleted . Moreover, the list of conditions available to Member States to justify the non charge of vehicles of less than 12 tonnes was made open, with the insertion of the expression "inter alia". Member States may decide to exempt vehicles between 3.5 and 12 tonnes for other reasons other than environment, congestion and administrative costs.
The European Parliament followed the Commission approach in principle but proposed the deletion of the two justifications offered to Member States not to charge vehicles of less than 12 tonnes and wants to postpone the decision on the justifications to a later stage of the legislative procedure. In this context, the Council could not take into consideration the EP amendments.
Choice of external costs : the Commission included in its proposal the costs of air pollution, noise and congestion. The Council agrees with the principle, but decided to only include in the external cost charge air pollution and noise.
The Council’s position states that Member States should be allowed to charge higher infrastructure charges during peak hours – a peak period should not exceed 5 hours per day – in such a way that no infrastructure charge is more than 175% above the maximum level of the weighted average infrastructure charge.
To this, the Council has deleted any references to congestion in the context of an external cost charge and, doing so, took on board the European Parliament amendments. However, the amendment on a congestion charge was not taken into consideration by the Council. The amendment on toll variation was however accepted in spirit by the Council.
Derogations for less polluting EURO classes : the Commission proposal contained a detailed table with different values in euro cents per vehicle and per kilometre for each Euro class vehicle. The Council, building on a European Parliament amendment, introduces a temporary derogation for the less polluting vehicle , i.e., Euro V and Euro VI classes. This means that EURO V is exempted until 31 December 2013 and EURO VI is exempted until 31 December 2017. Less polluting vehicles than EURO VI, namely hybrid and electrical heavy goods vehicles, are exempted.
Delegated acts and adaptation to inflation : the Council decided to limit the delegation of powers to the Commission to Annexes 0, where the Commission can adapt it to the Union acquis, and to the formulas of Annex IIIa, where the Commission may adapt it to scientific and technical progress. Moreover, new Articles on the exercise of delegation, revocation of the delegation and objections to the delegated acts were added.
To cover the need to adapt the amounts in euros included in Annexes II and IIIb, the Council's Position added a new article on adaptation to inflation. This article introduces a review of these amounts every 2 years, starting on 1 January of the second year following the date of entry into force of the Directive.
The Council's Position also includes a new provision stating that the Council and the European Parliament will determine, through the ordinary legislative procedure, the maximum values in Annex IIIb for more stringent emission standards, one year after the adoption of the corresponding regulations.
Other policy issues : the Council: (i) confirms the use of the transport legal basis, i.e., Article 91(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; (ii) clarify the provision referring to the establishment of user charges in relation to the duration of the use made of the infrastructure; (iii) decides to make each Member State responsible for setting the amount of the external cost charge.
Further EP amendments not included in the Council's Position concern:
the definition of "infrastructure charge" and the inclusion of projects jointly undertaken by more than one Member State; the deletion of the possibility for Member States to only apply annual rates for vehicles registered in that Member State; the possibility for users that did not have the necessary documentation in the vehicle to recover any additional cost paid as a consequence; the invitation to the European Commission to made available to the European Parliament its opinions on the compliance of Member States with the requirements concerning the calculation of the infrastructure charge; the consequent Commission decisions requiring member States to adapt the proposed external cost charge; the cooperation of Member States to ensure the development of interoperable electronic systems; the need to promote an efficient European interoperable toll system; the invitation to the Commission to monitor the gradual abolition of time-based charging systems.
The Council adopted its position at first reading by qualified majority on a proposal for a Directive on the charging of Heavy Goods Vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures, the "Eurovignette" Directive.
The Italian and Spanish delegations voted against and the Irish, Dutch and Portuguese delegations abstained.
Although the Council agrees with the Commission as regards the objective of the proposal, the Council’s approach involved some adaptations of the original proposal . The Council's Position modifies, to a certain extent, the original Commission proposal by redrafting it and deleting some provisions of the text. This implies that all amendments introduced in the European Parliament’s first-reading opinion related to these deleted provisions were not accepted by the Council.
With respect to the amendments proposed by the European Parliament, the Council observes that a certain number of amendments have – in spirit, partially or fully – already been included in its Position.
Geographical scope : the Commission proposed to extend the scope of the Directive outside of the trans-European network (TEN) to all roads. The Council considers that the Commission proposal needs to be modified in this respect, in order to limit the extension of the scope to the non TEN motorways .
Vehicle scope : in its original text, the Commission proposes to maintain the provision adopted in 2006 according to which a Member State may choose to apply tolls and/or user charges only to vehicles of 12 tonnes and more , until 31 December 2011. After that period, charges shall be applied to all heavy duty vehicles, unless a Member State considers that charging vehicles of less than 12 tonnes would affect the traffic flow, the environment, noise levels, congestion or health, or represents an administrative burden of more than 30% of the additional revenue which would have been generated by the extension to those vehicles.
The Council considers that this provision should give more discretion to Member States. In order to make the text clearer, the reference to the transition period was deleted . Moreover, the list of conditions available to Member States to justify the non charge of vehicles of less than 12 tonnes was made open, with the insertion of the expression "inter alia". Member States may decide to exempt vehicles between 3.5 and 12 tonnes for other reasons other than environment, congestion and administrative costs.
The European Parliament followed the Commission approach in principle but proposed the deletion of the two justifications offered to Member States not to charge vehicles of less than 12 tonnes and wants to postpone the decision on the justifications to a later stage of the legislative procedure. In this context, the Council could not take into consideration the EP amendments.
Choice of external costs : the Commission included in its proposal the costs of air pollution, noise and congestion. The Council agrees with the principle, but decided to only include in the external cost charge air pollution and noise.
The Council’s position states that Member States should be allowed to charge higher infrastructure charges during peak hours – a peak period should not exceed 5 hours per day – in such a way that no infrastructure charge is more than 175% above the maximum level of the weighted average infrastructure charge.
To this, the Council has deleted any references to congestion in the context of an external cost charge and, doing so, took on board the European Parliament amendments. However, the amendment on a congestion charge was not taken into consideration by the Council. The amendment on toll variation was however accepted in spirit by the Council.
Derogations for less polluting EURO classes : the Commission proposal contained a detailed table with different values in euro cents per vehicle and per kilometre for each Euro class vehicle. The Council, building on a European Parliament amendment, introduces a temporary derogation for the less polluting vehicle , i.e., Euro V and Euro VI classes. This means that EURO V is exempted until 31 December 2013 and EURO VI is exempted until 31 December 2017. Less polluting vehicles than EURO VI, namely hybrid and electrical heavy goods vehicles, are exempted.
Delegated acts and adaptation to inflation : the Council decided to limit the delegation of powers to the Commission to Annexes 0, where the Commission can adapt it to the Union acquis, and to the formulas of Annex IIIa, where the Commission may adapt it to scientific and technical progress. Moreover, new Articles on the exercise of delegation, revocation of the delegation and objections to the delegated acts were added.
To cover the need to adapt the amounts in euros included in Annexes II and IIIb, the Council's Position added a new article on adaptation to inflation. This article introduces a review of these amounts every 2 years, starting on 1 January of the second year following the date of entry into force of the Directive.
The Council's Position also includes a new provision stating that the Council and the European Parliament will determine, through the ordinary legislative procedure, the maximum values in Annex IIIb for more stringent emission standards, one year after the adoption of the corresponding regulations.
Other policy issues : the Council: (i) confirms the use of the transport legal basis, i.e., Article 91(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; (ii) clarify the provision referring to the establishment of user charges in relation to the duration of the use made of the infrastructure; (iii) decides to make each Member State responsible for setting the amount of the external cost charge.
Further EP amendments not included in the Council's Position concern:
the definition of "infrastructure charge" and the inclusion of projects jointly undertaken by more than one Member State; the deletion of the possibility for Member States to only apply annual rates for vehicles registered in that Member State; the possibility for users that did not have the necessary documentation in the vehicle to recover any additional cost paid as a consequence; the invitation to the European Commission to made available to the European Parliament its opinions on the compliance of Member States with the requirements concerning the calculation of the infrastructure charge; the consequent Commission decisions requiring member States to adapt the proposed external cost charge; the cooperation of Member States to ensure the development of interoperable electronic systems; the need to promote an efficient European interoperable toll system; the invitation to the Commission to monitor the gradual abolition of time-based charging systems.
During a public deliberation, the Council took note of a Presidency progress report on a proposal for a Directive amending Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures.
The Council also held a policy debate, focusing in particular on the congestion issue, and invited the Council’s preparatory bodies to continue examining this proposal.
The Council's preparatory bodies will address, in particular, the following outstanding issues: scope of the Directive, congestion charging including maximum chargeable amounts, action plan, earmarking and peripheral areas.
Diverging opinions regarding congestion charging remain the major obstacle to finding an agreement. Even though the Czech Presidency presented compromise proposals, such as the postponement of the introduction of congestion charges, Member States positions continue to differ.
Before a final decision on the draft Directive can be taken, further reflection is needed on the best ways and means to address its complexity by also taking into account the current economic and financial situation.
The Commission submitted its proposal in July 2008.
The European Parliament adopted its first-reading opinion in March 2009.
The European Parliament adopted by 359 votes to 256, with 86 abstentions, a legislative resolution amending, under the first reading of the codecision procedure, the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures.
The main amendments are as follows:
Extension of the rules to all main axes : according to the Parliament, the directive should permit the free movement of goods in the Union while guaranteeing equal treatment of carriers. It is therefore appropriate to apply it throughout the trans-European transport network and on all the roads customarily used for international goods transport.
Congestion charging : the text as adopted by Parliament in plenary left unchanged the provisions of the Commission proposal which allowed for the external cost charge for lorries to include the cost of congestion on busy roads during peak periods. However, Parliament did decide to delete from Annex IIIa the specific methods for calculating the cost of congestion, thereby leaving it up to the Member States to decide which methods to use. In confirming the Commission proposal on the congestion charge for lorries, therefore, the plenary did not follow the position set out in the report tabled by the Committee on Transport, which, in a bid to avoid penalising lorries, would have allowed Member States to apply a congestion charge to lorries provided they applied a similar charge to "all other road users". Lastly, an amendment tabled by the Greens/EFA Group seeking to add CO2 to the list of chargeable costs was also rejected in plenary.
User charges : the proposed directive provides that user charges shall be in proportion to the duration of the use made of the infrastructure and shall be available for the duration of a day, week, month and a year. MEPs consider that the monthly rate shall be no more than 10% of the annual rate and the weekly rate shall be no more than 2.7% of the annual rate. In order to avoid discrimination within the EU, MEPs also deleted a proposal that provided that a Member State may only apply annual rates for vehicles registered in that Member State.
Conurbations : the proposal provides that, in exceptional cases concerning infrastructure in mountainous regions, a mark-up may be added to the infrastructure charge levied on specific road sections which are subject to acute congestion. MEPs consider that conurbations may also be concerned by congestion, which may justify a mark-up to the charge. In general, MEPs propose that Member States should be able to use the revenues for the improvement of transport infrastructure in general, according to their own priorities.
Charges for use : charges for use shall not apply to vehicles complying in advance with future EURO emissions standards as regards the dates laid down in the relevant rules.
Informing the European Parliament : since the purpose of the proposed directive is to introduce the internalisation of external costs, the information provided to the Commission by Member States of where and how these are calculated should be made available to the European Parliament.
Non-regular users : the arrangements for collecting tolls and user charges shall not, financially or otherwise, place non-regular users of the road network at an unjustified disadvantage compared to those who use alternative forms of payment.
Earmarking revenues : the Parliament intends to reinforce the concept of earmarking. Therefore, a Member State in which an external cost charge is levied shall ensure that the revenue generated by the charge is earmarked as a priority to reduce and, where possible, eliminate the external costs arising from road transport. The revenue may also be used for measures aimed at improving CO2 and energy performance of road transport vehicles, and developing and improving existing road infrastructure or developing alternative infrastructure for transport users.
As from 2011, at least 15% of the revenues generated by external costs and infrastructure charges in each Member State shall be dedicated to financially supporting TEN-T projects in order to increase transport sustainability. This percentage shall gradually increase over time.
Galileo : as soon as the operability of toll collecting services based on the Galileo satellite positioning system is technically worked out, external cost charges shall be levied and collected by an interoperable European electronic toll collecting system as specified in Directive 2004/52/EC.
Report on tolls collected by Member States : the Parliament calls on the Commission to present, no later than 31 December 2010, the Commission a report on the availability of safe and secured parking places on the Trans-European Road Network (TERN). After involving the relevant social partners, this report shall be accompanied by proposals on:
earmarking of infrastructure charges for a sufficient number of safe and secured parking areas on the TERN; guidelines for the European Investment Bank, the Cohesion Fund and the Structural Funds for due consideration of safe and secure parking areas within the design and co-financing of TERN-projects.
Report on the results of the directive : the report to be presented by the Commission by 31 December 2013 should also examine:
the technical and economic feasibility of gradually abolishing time-based charging systems and introducing distance-based systems and the need to maintain a derogation for Member States with external borders with third countries to continue to apply time-based charging systems to heavy goods vehicles queuing at border-crossing points; the need for a proposal for a scheme to ensure the consistent and simultaneous internalisation of external costs for all other modes of transport.
The report shall be accompanied by an assessment of the progress of the internalisation of external costs for all modes of transport and by a proposal to the European Parliament and the Council for further revision of the directive.
Internalisation of external costs : the resolution stresses that the principle of internalising external costs is the equivalent of a management instrument and should encourage road users and the related industrial sectors to exploit and expand their respective capabilities in the area of environmentally-friendly transport, for example by means of changes in driving behaviour or further technological development.
Calculating external costs : in order to ensure that European road hauliers receive clear price signals, which act as an incentive to optimise their behaviour, MEPs stress that efforts should be made in the medium term to bring about convergence in the methods which all European charging systems use to calculate external costs.
Interoperability of toll systems : MEPs stress that interoperability of the toll systems in the Community should be achieved as quickly as possible. Efforts should be made to limit the number of devices in the vehicle to one, which makes it possible to apply the various rates which are in force in the various Member States. The Commission should take all necessary measures to ensure the rapid introduction of a truly interoperable system by the end of 2010.
The Committee on Transport and Tourism adopted the report drafted by Saïd El KHANDRAOUI (PES, BE) amending the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures.
The main amendments adopted in committee – under the first reading of the codecision procedure – are as follows:
Extension of rules to all major roads and 3.5 tonne vehicles : according to MEPs, the directive should permit the free movement of goods in the Union while guaranteeing equal treatment of carriers. It is therefore appropriate to apply it throughout the trans-European transport network and on all the roads customarily used for international goods transport. In addition, the Directive should apply to 3.5 tonne vehicles from 1 January 2012.
Congestion : the Directive should allow Member States to apply a congestion charge on lorries on the condition that they apply a similar charge to "all other road users". Before the implementation of a congestion charge, the Member State concerned should set out an action plan which identifies, on the basis of a cost/benefit analysis, the possible measures to enhance the capacity of the road sections concerned by reducing the traffic volume or by building new infrastructure. The action plan should cover all road users causing congestion.
The proposal stipulates that in exceptional cases concerning infrastructure in mountainous regions and conurbations, and after informing the Commission, a toll mark-up may be added to the infrastructure charge levied on specific road sections which are subject to acute congestion, or the use of which by vehicles is the cause of significant environmental damage. MEPs felt that conurbations could also be affected by congestion, and this could justify a toll mark-up. They proposed that the Member States should be able to use the revenues for the improvement of transport infrastructure in general according to their own priorities.
Cost of use : charges should not apply to vehicles complying in advance with future EURO emissions standards as regards the dates laid down in the relevant rules.
Earmarking of revenues : MEPs said that the concept of earmarking should be reinforced. A Member State in which an external cost charge is levied should ensure that the revenue generated by the charge is earmarked as a priority to reduce and where possible eliminate the external costs arising from road transport. The revenue could also be used for measures aimed at facilitating efficient pricing, reducing road transport pollution at source, mitigating its effects, improving CO2 and energy performance of road transport vehicles, and developing and improving existing road infrastructure or developing alternative infrastructure for transport users.
As from 2011, at least 15% of the revenues generated by external costs and infrastructure charges in each Member State should be dedicated to financially supporting TEN-T projects in order to increase transport sustainability. This percentage should gradually increase over time.
Galileo : as soon as the operability of toll collecting services based on the Galileo satellite positioning system is technically worked out, external cost charges should be levied and collected by an interoperable European electronic toll collecting system as specified in Directive 2004/52/EC.
Reporting on tolls : no later than 31 December 2010, the Commission should present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the availability of safe and secured parking places on the Trans-European Road Network (TEN). After involving the relevant social partners, this report should be accompanied by proposals on:
a) earmarking of infrastructure charges for a sufficient number of safe and secured parking areas on the TEN to be complied with by infrastructure operators or by public authorities responsible for the TEN;
b) guidelines for the European Investment Bank, the European Cohesion Fund and the European Structural Fund for due consideration of safe and secure parking areas within the design and co-financing of TEN-projects.
Report on the results of the Directive : the report on the application of the Directive, to be drawn up by the Commission in 2013, should focus inter alia on:
a) the technical and economic feasibility of gradually abolishing time-based charging systems and introducing distance-based systems and the need to maintain a derogation for Member States with external borders with third countries to continue to apply time-based charging systems to heavy goods vehicles queuing at border-crossing points;
b) the need for a proposal for a scheme to ensure the consistent and simultaneous internalisation of external costs for all other modes of transport.
The report should be accompanied by an assessment of the progress of the internalisation of external costs for all modes of transport and by a proposal to the European Parliament and the Council for further revision of this Directive.
Calculation of external costs : in order to ensure that European road hauliers receive clear price signals, which act as an incentive to optimise their behaviour, efforts should be made in the medium term to bring about convergence in the methods which all European charging systems use to calculate external costs.
Internalisation of external costs : the report stressed that the principle of internalising external costs was the equivalent of a management instrument and should encourage road users and the related industrial sectors to exploit and expand their respective capabilities in the area of environmentally-friendly transport, for example by means of changes in driving behaviour or further technological development.
Interoperability of toll systems : MEPs said that the interoperability of the toll systems in the Community should be achieved as quickly as possible. Efforts should be made to limit the number of devices in the vehicle to one, making it possible to apply the various rates which are in force in the various Member States. The Commission should take all necessary measures to ensure the rapid introduction of a truly interoperable system by the end of 2010.
In public deliberation, the Council took note of a Presidency progress report on a proposal for a Directive amending Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures.
Work on the proposal will continue under the Czech Presidency. The Council's preparatory bodies will focus in particular on the legal basis of the proposal, scope, external costs (especially road congestion), earmarking of charges and the methods for calculating external costs.
The Commission submitted its proposal in July 2008.
The European Parliament should adopt its opinion at first reading in March 2009.
PURPOSE: to amend Directive 1999/62/EC (“Eurovignette”) on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures.
PROPOSED ACT: Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council.
BACKGROUND: transport plays a crucial role in the economy and society but it relies heavily on oil and its use produces costs on society. With the exception of climate change, most of the external costs are borne by the population and the local or national governments of the territory where transport takes place and not where the vehicle is registered, nor where the vehicle is refuelled. In order to move towards a sustainable transport policy, transport prices should better reflect the costs related to traffic-based air pollution, traffic-based noise pollution, climate change and congestion caused by the actual use of vehicles, trains, planes or ships as a means of optimising the use of infrastructure, reducing local pollution, managing congestion and fighting against climate change at least cost for the economy. In the road transport sector, tolls being distance based charges for the use of infrastructure constitute a fair and efficient economic instrument to achieve this objective.
In 2006, the European Parliament and the Council called on the Commission to draw up a report on a generally applicable, transparent and comprehensible model for assessing the external costs of transport, such as pollution and congestion, to serve as the basis for calculating infrastructure user charges. The Commission was asked to propose a strategy for stepwise implementation of the model for all transport modes, accompanied if appropriate by a proposal for revising Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of infrastructure. More recently, in its resolution of 11 March 2008 on sustainable European transport policy, Parliament urged the Commission to come up with such a model, a strategy for implementing it in all modes, and legislative proposals starting with a review of the Directive.
CONTENT: this proposal is part of an overall package which also comprises a strategy on the internalisation of external costs of transport as well as a communication on the reduction of noise from railways. Its objectives are to encourage Member States to implement differentiated charging to improve the efficiency and environmental performance of road freight transport. The main elements of the proposal are as follows:
- the proposed Directive enables Member States to integrate in tolls levied on heavy goods vehicles an amount which reflects the cost of air pollution and noise pollution caused by traffic . During peak periods, it also allows tolls to be calculated on the basis of the cost of congestion imposed upon other vehicles. The amounts will vary with the travelled distance, location and time of use of roads to better reflect these external costs. The proceeds will have to be used by Member States for making transport more sustainable through projects such as research and development on cleaner and more energy efficient vehicles, mitigating the effect of road transport pollution or providing alternative infrastructure capacity for users;
- Member States which opt for it must respect common charging principles together with mechanisms for notifying and reporting tolling schemes to the Commission. Member States must designate independent authorities to set the chargeable costs by using a common method which can be easily monitored and adapted to scientific progress. This will ensure that charging schemes are transparent, proportional to the objective pursued and do not discriminate against the nationality of hauliers;
- the charge must be collected through electronic systems which does not create hindrance to the free flow of traffic and local nuisance at tollbooths, and which can be extended to other part of the network at a later stage without significant additional investments. A transition period for the current systems with barriers is planned. To avoid undue charging of users, other conditions must be met when a charge based on the costs of congestion and pollution is combined with a charge to recover the cost of infrastructure;
- the proposal extends the scope of the current Directive beyond the trans-European network to avoid inconsistent pricing schemes between major corridors and other interurban roads. It makes more practicable the provisions in the current Directive on the mark-up levied in mountainous areas to co-finance EU labelled priority projects;
- lastly, it does not prevent Member States from applying on urban roads regulatory charges specifically designed to reduce traffic congestion or combat environmental impacts in built up areas.
The Commission presented a communication on a Strategy for the internalisation of external costs . The internalisation of external costs is part of a package of initiatives intended to make transport more sustainable. For a number of years, the European Commission has been highlighting the need for a transport pricing system that is more efficient and more accurately reflects the true costs involved. Transport generates negative externalities that involve a cost to society and the economy. By internalising those external costs, the intention is to give the right price signal so that users will bear the costs they create and will thus have an incentive to change their behaviour in order to reduce those costs. If nothing is done in the next few years, the environmental costs (air pollution, CO2 emissions) could reach EUR 210 billion by 2020.
More intelligent prices : transport users have to pay costs that are directly related to the use of their mode of transport (fuel, insurance, etc.). Such costs are considered private in the sense that they are paid directly by the user. However, transport users also generate negative externalities that involve a cost to society, such as delays to other drivers as a result of congestion, health problems caused by noise and air pollution and, in the longer term, the effects of greenhouse gas emissions on climate change, but users do not bear those costs directly ( external costs). The sum of the private and external costs of transport gives its social cost. Only a price based on the total social costs generated by the transport user will help give the right price signal and take account of the services used and the consumption of scarce resources. Furthermore, each external cost has specific characteristics which require the use of the appropriate instruments. The use of differentiated charging is the best way of taking those variations into account. Lastly, setting common principles for all Member States should prevent any discrimination and ensure market transparency.
General principles for the internalisation of external costs : giving transport users the right signals involves setting prices that do not lead to overexploitation of resources, but do not damage the transport sector, or ultimately the economy, either. According to economics literature, ‘social marginal cost charging’ achieves that balance and is therefore being proposed as the general principle for internalisation. According to this approach, transport prices should correspond to the additional short-term cost created by one extra person using the infrastructure. In theory, this additional cost should include the costs to the user and the external costs. Social marginal cost charging would therefore lead to efficient use of the existing infrastructure.
Strategy for internalising costs for all modes of transport : it is difficult to imagine an internalisation mechanism that would be generally applicable to all forms of transport, as these involve different technologies, different numbers of operators, existing legal and regulatory frameworks, etc. The same principle should be applied using different instruments. Based on the results of the impact assessment, it will be possible to adapt the overall strategy to the characteristics of each mode of transport. The main points tackled are as follows:
the road haulage sector accounts for three quarters of freight transport, and internalising the external costs could help cut the cost to the environment by some EUR 1 billion in comparison with the reference scenario in which no action is taken. The Commission is therefore proposing to make it possible to internalise some of the external costs in the road haulage sector; the revision of Directive 1999/62/EC is proposed in order to allow charges to include external costs. The revision process will focus primarily on the following areas: (1) taking account of the external costs of air pollution, noise pollution and congestion; (2) setting up Community coordination mechanisms with a common methodology and ceilings for the calculation of charges; (3) allocating revenue to the transport sector. To be effective, tolls should vary depending on the vehicle concerned, the type of route and the time. and payments should be made via electronic toll systems in order to prevent tailbacks at the toll booths; it is important to promote internalisation through the use of technology , via the Intelligent Transport System Action Plan to be proposed in autumn 2008; in order to encourage more sustainable car use , the charging principles proposed could usefully be extended to private cars. For reasons of subsidiarity, Member States retain the freedom to choose whether to do so or not. The Urban Mobility Action Plan, to be proposed in autumn 2008, will also look at how to improve mobility in urban centres and will consider the added value of Community action. Passing on the various experiences gained with charging systems in European cities, developing harmonised criteria for urban traffic restrictions and promoting technological interoperability could help harmonise strategies for the internalisation of external costs in urban areas across Europe. Lastly, a proposal on the taxation of private cars is currently under discussion in the Council; other modes of transport also have their part to play in improving people’s quality of life, and each one presents specific challenges: noise pollution for rail transport, air pollution and climate change for maritime transport and noise pollution, air pollution and climate change for air transport. Internalising the external costs will also make it possible to use the most suitable instruments to encourage users to adopt more sustainable behaviour. The Commission suggests a series of measures in this regard.
Using the revenue generated by internalisation : international road transport accounts for almost a quarter of all road transport in Europe, with that figure rising above 50% in seven Member States (and even reaching 74% in Belgium, 76% in Luxembourg and 85% in Estonia). The revenue generated by internalisation should also be earmarked for the transport sector and the reduction of external costs, always on the basis of cost-benefit studies or similar analyses which guarantee that the chosen uses maximise the net benefits to society. The proposed revision of Directive 1999/62/EC envisages just such an approach.
The Commission will carry out an evaluation of these measures in 2013 and draw up a report on the progress made towards internalising external costs. A legislative proposal on road transport is being put forward as part of this package of initiatives. The evaluation of external costs will be updated to take account of research and scientific work in the field. If necessary and depending on how much progress has been made, other external costs such as those relating to biodiversity, nature and the countryside or land use may be included in the analysis.
PURPOSE: to amend Directive 1999/62/EC (“Eurovignette”) on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures.
PROPOSED ACT: Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council.
BACKGROUND: transport plays a crucial role in the economy and society but it relies heavily on oil and its use produces costs on society. With the exception of climate change, most of the external costs are borne by the population and the local or national governments of the territory where transport takes place and not where the vehicle is registered, nor where the vehicle is refuelled. In order to move towards a sustainable transport policy, transport prices should better reflect the costs related to traffic-based air pollution, traffic-based noise pollution, climate change and congestion caused by the actual use of vehicles, trains, planes or ships as a means of optimising the use of infrastructure, reducing local pollution, managing congestion and fighting against climate change at least cost for the economy. In the road transport sector, tolls being distance based charges for the use of infrastructure constitute a fair and efficient economic instrument to achieve this objective.
In 2006, the European Parliament and the Council called on the Commission to draw up a report on a generally applicable, transparent and comprehensible model for assessing the external costs of transport, such as pollution and congestion, to serve as the basis for calculating infrastructure user charges. The Commission was asked to propose a strategy for stepwise implementation of the model for all transport modes, accompanied if appropriate by a proposal for revising Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of infrastructure. More recently, in its resolution of 11 March 2008 on sustainable European transport policy, Parliament urged the Commission to come up with such a model, a strategy for implementing it in all modes, and legislative proposals starting with a review of the Directive.
CONTENT: this proposal is part of an overall package which also comprises a strategy on the internalisation of external costs of transport as well as a communication on the reduction of noise from railways. Its objectives are to encourage Member States to implement differentiated charging to improve the efficiency and environmental performance of road freight transport. The main elements of the proposal are as follows:
- the proposed Directive enables Member States to integrate in tolls levied on heavy goods vehicles an amount which reflects the cost of air pollution and noise pollution caused by traffic . During peak periods, it also allows tolls to be calculated on the basis of the cost of congestion imposed upon other vehicles. The amounts will vary with the travelled distance, location and time of use of roads to better reflect these external costs. The proceeds will have to be used by Member States for making transport more sustainable through projects such as research and development on cleaner and more energy efficient vehicles, mitigating the effect of road transport pollution or providing alternative infrastructure capacity for users;
- Member States which opt for it must respect common charging principles together with mechanisms for notifying and reporting tolling schemes to the Commission. Member States must designate independent authorities to set the chargeable costs by using a common method which can be easily monitored and adapted to scientific progress. This will ensure that charging schemes are transparent, proportional to the objective pursued and do not discriminate against the nationality of hauliers;
- the charge must be collected through electronic systems which does not create hindrance to the free flow of traffic and local nuisance at tollbooths, and which can be extended to other part of the network at a later stage without significant additional investments. A transition period for the current systems with barriers is planned. To avoid undue charging of users, other conditions must be met when a charge based on the costs of congestion and pollution is combined with a charge to recover the cost of infrastructure;
- the proposal extends the scope of the current Directive beyond the trans-European network to avoid inconsistent pricing schemes between major corridors and other interurban roads. It makes more practicable the provisions in the current Directive on the mark-up levied in mountainous areas to co-finance EU labelled priority projects;
- lastly, it does not prevent Member States from applying on urban roads regulatory charges specifically designed to reduce traffic congestion or combat environmental impacts in built up areas.
Documents
- Final act published in Official Journal: Directive 2011/76
- Final act published in Official Journal: OJ L 269 14.10.2011, p. 0001
- Draft final act: 00024/2011/LEX
- Commission opinion on Parliament's position at 2nd reading: COM(2011)0550
- Commission opinion on Parliament's position at 2nd reading: EUR-Lex
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading: T7-0252/2011
- Coreper letter confirming interinstitutional agreement: GEDA/A/(2011)007141
- Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A7-0171/2011
- Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A7-0171/2011
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE460.939
- Committee draft report: PE458.661
- Commission communication on Council's position: COM(2011)0069
- Commission communication on Council's position: EUR-Lex
- Council position: 15145/1/2010
- Council position published: 15145/1/2010
- Council statement on its position: 05767/2011
- Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES1947/2009
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2009)3060
- Debate in Council: 2935
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading: T6-0113/2009
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A6-0066/2009
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading: A6-0066/2009
- Committee of the Regions: opinion: CDR0272/2008
- Committee opinion: PE415.127
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE416.360
- Debate in Council: 2913
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE416.368
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE416.367
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE415.350
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE416.359
- Committee draft report: PE414.029
- Legislative proposal: COM(2008)0436
- Legislative proposal: EUR-Lex
- Document attached to the procedure: COM(2008)0435
- Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex
- Document attached to the procedure: SEC(2008)2207
- Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex
- Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex
- Document attached to the procedure: SEC(2008)2208
- Document attached to the procedure: SEC(2008)2209
- Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex
- Legislative proposal published: COM(2008)0436
- Legislative proposal published: EUR-Lex
- Legislative proposal: COM(2008)0436 EUR-Lex
- Document attached to the procedure: COM(2008)0435 EUR-Lex
- Document attached to the procedure: SEC(2008)2207 EUR-Lex
- Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex SEC(2008)2208
- Document attached to the procedure: SEC(2008)2209 EUR-Lex
- Committee draft report: PE414.029
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE415.350
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE416.359
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE416.367
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE416.368
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE416.360
- Committee opinion: PE415.127
- Committee of the Regions: opinion: CDR0272/2008
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A6-0066/2009
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2009)3060
- Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES1947/2009
- Council statement on its position: 05767/2011
- Council position: 15145/1/2010
- Commission communication on Council's position: COM(2011)0069 EUR-Lex
- Committee draft report: PE458.661
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE460.939
- Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A7-0171/2011
- Coreper letter confirming interinstitutional agreement: GEDA/A/(2011)007141
- Commission opinion on Parliament's position at 2nd reading: COM(2011)0550 EUR-Lex
- Draft final act: 00024/2011/LEX
Activities
- Saïd EL KHADRAOUI
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- 2016/11/22 Charging of heavy goods vehicles (debate)
- 2016/11/22 Charging of heavy goods vehicles (debate)
- Jaromír KOHLÍČEK
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- Jörg LEICHTFRIED
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- Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS
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- Inés AYALA SENDER
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- Andrew Henry William BRONS
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- John BUFTON
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- Antonio CANCIAN
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- Michael CRAMER
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- Spyros DANELLIS
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- Christine DE VEYRAC
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- Isabelle DURANT
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- Luis de GRANDES PASCUAL
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- Mathieu GROSCH
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- Nathalie GRIESBECK
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- Jacky HÉNIN
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- Juozas IMBRASAS
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- Eva LICHTENBERGER
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- Bogdan Kazimierz MARCINKIEWICZ
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- Gesine MEISSNER
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- Mike NATTRASS
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- Gilles PARGNEAUX
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- Hubert PIRKER
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- Vilja SAVISAAR-TOOMAST
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- Olle SCHMIDT
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- Laurence J.A.J. STASSEN
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- Dirk STERCKX
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- Silvia-Adriana ȚICĂU
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- Dominique VLASTO
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- Oldřich VLASÁK
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- Corien WORTMANN-KOOL
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- Artur ZASADA
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Votes
Rapport EL KHADRAOUI A6-0066/2009 - am. 40 #
Rapport EL KHADRAOUI A6-0066/2009 - am. 82 #
Rapport EL KHADRAOUI A6-0066/2009 - ams. 71-72-75 #
Rapport EL KHADRAOUI A6-0066/2009 - am. 85 #
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Rapport EL KHADRAOUI A6-0066/2009 - am. 88 #
Rapport EL KHADRAOUI A6-0066/2009 - am. 89/1 #
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Rapport EL KHADRAOUI A6-0066/2009 - am. 74 #
ES | PL | HU | EL | IE | RO | DE | CZ | SI | NL | SK | CY | LU | FI | MT | EE | BG | PT | LV | LT | SE | DK | IT | BE | AT | GB | FR | ||
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Total |
46
|
47
|
23
|
22
|
11
|
31
|
89
|
21
|
7
|
26
|
13
|
6
|
6
|
14
|
5
|
6
|
17
|
21
|
7
|
11
|
18
|
14
|
62
|
25
|
17
|
68
|
66
|
|
PPE-DE |
257
|
Spain PPE-DEFor (20)Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA, Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Carmen FRAGA ESTÉVEZ, Cristina GUTIÉRREZ-CORTINES, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Fernando FERNÁNDEZ MARTÍN, Florencio LUQUE AGUILAR, Francisco José MILLÁN MON, Jaime MAYOR OREJA, José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA, José Javier POMÉS RUIZ, José Manuel GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL, Juan Andrés NARANJO ESCOBAR, Luis de GRANDES PASCUAL, Pilar AYUSO, Pilar DEL CASTILLO VERA, Salvador Domingo SANZ PALACIO, Salvador GARRIGA POLLEDO, Íñigo MÉNDEZ DE VIGO
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Poland PPE-DEFor (11)Against (1) |
Hungary PPE-DEFor (12) |
5
|
Romania PPE-DEFor (14)Against (2) |
Germany PPE-DEFor (41)Albert DESS, Alfred GOMOLKA, Andreas SCHWAB, Anja WEISGERBER, Bernd POSSELT, Christa KLASS, Daniel CASPARY, Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH, Doris PACK, Elisabeth JEGGLE, Elmar BROK, Ewa KLAMT, Gabriele STAUNER, Georg JARZEMBOWSKI, Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL, Hans-Peter MAYER, Hartmut NASSAUER, Herbert REUL, Horst POSDORF, Horst SCHNELLHARDT, Ingo FRIEDRICH, Jürgen SCHRÖDER, Karsten Friedrich HOPPENSTEDT, Klaus-Heiner LEHNE, Kurt Joachim LAUK, Kurt LECHNER, Lutz GOEPEL, Manfred WEBER, Markus FERBER, Markus PIEPER, Martin KASTLER, Michael GAHLER, Rainer WIELAND, Reimer BÖGE, Renate SOMMER, Roland GEWALT, Rolf BEREND, Ruth HIERONYMI, Thomas MANN, Thomas ULMER, Werner LANGEN
Against (3) |
Czechia PPE-DEFor (12)Against (1) |
4
|
Netherlands PPE-DEFor (6)Against (1) |
Slovakia PPE-DEFor (7)Against (1) |
3
|
3
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
Bulgaria PPE-DE |
Portugal PPE-DEFor (8)Against (1) |
1
|
Sweden PPE-DEAgainst (2) |
1
|
Italy PPE-DEFor (9)Against (9) |
Belgium PPE-DEFor (3)Against (3) |
Austria PPE-DEAgainst (5) |
United Kingdom PPE-DEFor (17)Against (7) |
France PPE-DEFor (9)Against (8) |
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UEN |
41
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Poland UENFor (16)Andrzej Tomasz ZAPAŁOWSKI, Bogdan PĘK, Bogusław ROGALSKI, Dariusz Maciej GRABOWSKI, Ewa TOMASZEWSKA, Hanna FOLTYN-KUBICKA, Jan Tadeusz MASIEL, Konrad SZYMAŃSKI, Leopold Józef RUTOWICZ, Marcin LIBICKI, Mieczysław Edmund JANOWSKI, Mirosław PIOTROWSKI, Sylwester CHRUSZCZ, Wiesław Stefan KUC, Wojciech ROSZKOWSKI, Zdzisław Zbigniew PODKAŃSKI
Against (2) |
4
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4
|
2
|
1
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NI |
26
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
2
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United Kingdom NIFor (2)Against (1)Abstain (3) |
France NIFor (7) |
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IND/DEM |
16
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3
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
United Kingdom IND/DEMAgainst (6) |
1
|
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GUE/NGL |
35
|
3
|
1
|
Germany GUE/NGLAgainst (6) |
Czechia GUE/NGLAgainst (6) |
2
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
Italy GUE/NGLAgainst (4)Abstain (1) |
1
|
2
|
||||||||||||||
Verts/ALE |
35
|
2
|
Germany Verts/ALEAgainst (11) |
Netherlands Verts/ALEAbstain (1) |
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
France Verts/ALEAgainst (5) |
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ALDE |
89
|
2
|
Poland ALDEAgainst (5) |
2
|
Romania ALDEAgainst (5) |
Germany ALDEFor (5)Against (2) |
2
|
Netherlands ALDE |
1
|
1
|
Finland ALDEFor (1)Against (4) |
2
|
Bulgaria ALDEAgainst (5) |
1
|
Lithuania ALDEFor (1)Against (6) |
2
|
4
|
Italy ALDEFor (1)Against (8) |
Belgium ALDEFor (1)Against (4) |
1
|
United Kingdom ALDEAgainst (10)Abstain (1) |
France ALDEAgainst (7) |
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PSE |
200
|
Spain PSEFor (22)Alejandro CERCAS, Antolín SÁNCHEZ PRESEDO, Antonio MASIP HIDALGO, Bárbara DÜHRKOP DÜHRKOP, Carlos CARNERO GONZÁLEZ, Enrique BARÓN CRESPO, Francisca PLEGUEZUELOS AGUILAR, Inés AYALA SENDER, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Josep BORRELL FONTELLES, Juan FRAILE CANTÓN, Manuel MEDINA ORTEGA, Maria BADIA i CUTCHET, Martí GRAU i SEGÚ, María Isabel SALINAS GARCÍA, María SORNOSA MARTÍNEZ, Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ, Raimon OBIOLS, Rosa MIGUÉLEZ RAMOS, Teresa RIERA MADURELL, Vicente Miguel GARCÉS RAMÓN
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Poland PSEAgainst (8) |
Hungary PSEAgainst (5) |
Greece PSE |
Romania PSEFor (2)Against (2) |
Germany PSEAgainst (19)Abstain (2) |
1
|
1
|
Netherlands PSEAgainst (7) |
3
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
Bulgaria PSEAgainst (5) |
Portugal PSEAgainst (9) |
2
|
5
|
Denmark PSEAgainst (4)Abstain (1) |
Italy PSEAgainst (15) |
Belgium PSEAgainst (9) |
Austria PSEAgainst (6)Abstain (1) |
United Kingdom PSEAgainst (16) |
France PSEAgainst (27)
André LAIGNEL,
Anne FERREIRA,
Benoît HAMON,
Bernadette VERGNAUD,
Bernard POIGNANT,
Bernard SOULAGE,
Brigitte DOUAY,
Béatrice PATRIE,
Catherine BOURSIER,
Catherine GUY-QUINT,
Catherine NERIS,
Catherine TRAUTMANN,
Françoise CASTEX,
Gilles SAVARY,
Guy BONO,
Harlem DÉSIR,
Jean Louis COTTIGNY,
Kader ARIF,
Marie-Arlette CARLOTTI,
Marie-Noëlle LIENEMANN,
Martine ROURE,
Pervenche BERÈS,
Pierre PRIBETICH,
Roselyne LEFRANÇOIS,
Stéphane LE FOLL,
Vincent PEILLON,
Yannick VAUGRENARD
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Rapport EL KHADRAOUI A6-0066/2009 - résolution législative #
Amendments | Dossier |
605 |
2008/0147(COD)
2008/11/25
ITRE
252 amendments...
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 15 (15) To better reflect the cost of traffic- based air and noise pollution,
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 15 (15) To better reflect the cost of traffic- based air and noise pollution
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 16 (16) The smooth functioning of the internal market requires a Community framework in order to ensure that road charges set on the basis of the local cost of traffic-based air, water, soil and noise pollution, greenhouse gases, road traffic accidents and congestion are transparent, proportionate and non
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 16 (16) The smooth functioning of the internal market requires a Community framework in order to ensure that road charges set on the basis of the local cost of traffic-based air and noise pollution
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 16 (16) The smooth functioning of the internal market requires a Community framework in order to ensure that road charges set on the basis of the local cost of traffic-based air and noise pollution
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 16 (16) The smooth functioning of the internal market requires a Community framework in order to ensure that road charges set on the basis of the local cost of traffic-based air and noise pollution
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 16 (16) The smooth functioning of the internal market requires a Community framework in order to ensure that road charges set on the basis of the local cost of traffic-based air and noise pollution
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 16 (16) The smooth functioning of the internal market requires a Community framework in order to ensure that road charges set on the basis of the local cost of traffic-based air and noise pollution
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 16 (16) The smooth functioning of the internal market requires a Community framework in order to ensure that road charges set on the basis of the local cost of traffic-based air and noise pollution
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 16 a (new) (16a) Considering the existing uncertainties regarding the effects of the internalisation of external costs and to prevent adverse effects on the functioning of the internal market, the amounts to be charged for external costs should be maximised.
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 17 (17) The authority which sets the external cost charge should also have no vested interest in setting the amount at an undue level and should therefore be independent from the body which collects and manages toll revenue. Experience has shown that adding a mark-up to tolls in mountainous areas in order to finance priority projects of
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 17 (17) The authority which sets the external cost charge should also have no vested interest in setting the amount at an undue level and should therefore be independent from the body which collects and manages toll revenue. Experience has shown that adding a mark-up to tolls in mountainous areas in order to finance priority projects of the trans-European network is not a practicable option for infrastructure operators if the traffic diversion which may result from an increase of the toll is such that it implies a loss of revenue.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 17 a (new) (17a) In order to guarantee fair competition between different modes of transport, Member States should instruct the authority, which sets the external cost charge to set the amount at a level which does reflect all external costs and is not undervalued.
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 18 (18) In order to give the precedence to the construction of priority projects of European interest, Member States which have the possibility of applying a mark-up should use this option before levying an external cost charge.
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 18 (18) In order to give the precedence to the construction of priority projects of European interest, Member States
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 18 (18) In order to
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 18 (18) In order to give the precedence to the construction of
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 18 (18) In order to give the precedence to the construction of
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 18 (18) In order to give the precedence to the construction of pr
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 19 Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 19 (19) Where differentiated external cost charges are levied, a variation in the infrastructure charge for the purpose of
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 19 (19) Where differentiated external cost charges are levied, a variation in the infrastructure charge for the purpose of
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 19 (19) Where differentiated external cost charges are levied, a variation in the infrastructure charge for the purpose of
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 21 (21) Charging external costs through tolls will be more effective in influencing transport decisions if users are aware of these costs. They should accordingly be identified separately on a statement, a bill or an equivalent document from the toll operator. Furthermore, such a document may make it easier for hauliers to pass on the cost of the external cost charge to the shipper or any other clients. To this end, the European Commission shall provide the Member Sates with the means required to ensure that the infrastructure and external cost charges are indeed passed on separately from transport prices.
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 21 (21) Charging external costs through tolls will be more effective in influencing transport decisions if users are aware of these costs. They should accordingly be identified separately on a comprehensible statement, a bill or an equivalent document from the toll
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 22 (22) The use of electronic tolling systems is essential to avoid
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 22 a (new) (22a) It is important that the objectives of this directive should be attained in a way which does not harm the proper functioning of the internal market. It is important to avoid heavy goods vehicle drivers in future being saddled with more and more incompatible and expensive electronic equipment in their cabs and running the risk of making errors in its use. A proliferation of technologies is unacceptable. The interoperability of the toll systems in the Community, as provided for in Directive 2004/52/EC, must therefore be achieved as quickly as possible. Efforts must be made to limit the number of devices in the vehicle to one, which makes it possible to apply the various rates which are in force in the various Member States.
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 22 a (new) (22a) The Commission should take all necessary measures to ensure the rapid introduction of a truly interoperable system, according to Directive 2004/52/EC, by the end of 2010.
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 23 Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 23 (23) For reasons of legal clarity, it should be specified where regulatory charges specifically designed to
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 23 (23) For reasons of legal clarity, it should be specified where regulatory charges specifically designed to
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 23 (23) For reasons of legal clarity, it should be specified where regulatory charges specifically designed to
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 24 (24) In accordance with the transport policy objectives of this Directive, the additional revenue generated from an external cost charge should be used for projects with a broad Community interest and designed to promote sustainable mobility
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 24 (24) In accordance with the transport policy objectives of this Directive, the additional revenue generated from an external cost charge should be used solely for projects w
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 24 (24) In accordance with the transport policy objectives of this Directive, the additional revenue generated from an external cost charge should be used for projects
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 24 (24) In accordance with the transport policy objectives of this Directive, the additional revenue generated from an external cost charge should be used for projects
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 24 (24) In accordance with the transport policy objectives of this Directive, the additional revenue generated from an external cost charge should be used for projects
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 24 (24) In accordance with the transport policy objectives of this Directive, the additional revenue generated from an external cost charge should be used
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 24 (24) In accordance with the transport policy objectives of this Directive, the additional revenue generated from an external cost charge should be used
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 24 (24) In accordance with the transport policy objectives of this Directive, the additional revenue generated from an external cost charge should be used
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 24 (24) In accordance with the transport policy objectives of this Directive, the additional revenue generated from an external cost charge should be used
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 25 (25) In order to promote interoperability of tolling arrangements,
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 25 (25) In order to promote interoperability of tolling arrangements, two or more Member States should be allowed to cooperate in introducing a common system of tolls
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 25 a (new) (25a) The Commission should take all necessary measures to ensure the introduction of a truly interoperable European electronic toll collecting system, in accordance with Directive 2004/52/EC.
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 26 (26) A comprehensive assessment of the experience acquired in those Member States which apply an infrastructure and/or an external cost charge in accordance with this Directive should be sent in due time by the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council. This assessment should also include an analysis of progress in the strategy to fight climate change, including in defining a common fuel tax element related to climate change in Council Directive 2003/96/EC of 27 October 2003 restructuring the Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity, including of the fuel used by heavy goods vehicles.
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 26 (26) A comprehensive assessment of the experience acquired in th
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 26 (26) A comprehensive assessment of the experience acquired in those Member States which apply an external cost charge
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 26 (26) A comprehensive assessment of the experience acquired in those Member States which apply an external cost charge in accordance with this Directive should be sent in due time by the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council. This assessment should also include an analysis of progress in the strategy to fight climate change, including in defining a common fuel tax element related to climate change in Council Directive 2003/96/EC of 27 October 2003 restructuring the Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity, including of the
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 26 (26)
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 26 (26)
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 26 a (new) (26a) Member States in receipt of EU co- funding for road infrastructure should provide the Commission with an estimate of the revenues expected from applying this Directive.
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 27 (27) Article 55(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 provides that the revenue generated by charges borne directly by users must be considered in the determination of the funding-gap in the case of a revenue- generating project. However, since the revenue generated by an external cost charge is earmarked for projects aimed at reducing road transport pollution at the source, mitigating its effects, improving CO2 and energy performance of vehicles, and improving existing road infrastructure or developing alternative infrastructure for transport users, it should not be considered in the calculation of the funding-gap.
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 27 (27) Article 55(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 provides that the revenue generated by charges borne directly by users must be considered in the determination of the funding-gap in the case of a revenue- generating project. However, since the revenue generated by an external cost charge is earmarked for projects aimed at reducing road transport pollution at the source, mitigating its effects, improving CO2 and energy performance of vehicles, and developing
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 27 (27) Article 55(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1260/19999 provides that the revenue generated by charges borne directly by users must be considered in the determination of the funding-gap in the case of a revenue- generating project. However, since the revenue generated by an external cost charge is earmarked for projects aimed at reducing road transport pollution at the source, mitigating its effects, improving CO2 and energy performance of vehicles, and developing a
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 27 a (new) (27a) The use of EU funds and revenues from road charging within the framework of this Directive should incorporate the requirements of Directive 2004/52/EC on Interoperability of Road Toll Systems.
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 27 b (new) (27b) The sensitive trans-border mountainous Alpine region should apply the principles of the Transport protocol of the Alpine Convention and therefore be encouraged to introduce additional non- discriminatory measures for calculating and charging external costs and cross- subsidising rail transport, including systems, similar to the Swiss charging and Alpine Transit Traffic Auctioning ('Transitbörse').
Amendment 156 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 29 Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 29 (29) In particular, the Commission should be empowered to adapt Annexes 0, III
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 29 a (new) (29a) Given that one of the objectives of the Directive is that the tolls and charges introduced do not result in an increase in the tax burden but are a readjustment of the current charging system for the activities of road freight vehicles, the proposal shall provide for a formula to be applied to ensure that the average amount of the new charges does not exceed the effective compensation to be obtained through taxes already recovered.
Amendment 159 #
The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Title Directive 1999/62/EC Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b “(b) ‘toll’ means a specified amount payable for a vehicle based on the distance travelled on a given infrastructure and comprising an infrastructure charge and
Amendment 163 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b a (new) (ba) ‘concession toll’ means a specified amount payable for a vehicle travelling a given distance on the infrastructure referred to in Article 7(1); the amount shall be based on the distance travelled and the type of vehicle and be levied by a concessionaire that has built the infrastructure under a concession contract.
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b a (ba) ‘infrastructure charge’ means a charge
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b a (ba)
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b a a (new) (baa) 'user charge' means a charge based on the distance travelled, payable for the use by a vehicle of a given infrastructure during a given period;
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b b (bb) ‘external cost charge’ means a charge levied through a toll for the purpose of recovering the costs incurred by a Member State related to traffic-based air and noise pollution,
Amendment 168 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b b (bb) ‘external cost charge’ means a charge levied through a toll for the purpose of recovering the costs incurred by a Member State related to traffic-based air pollution, traffic-based noise pollution, damage to the landscape and biodiversity, oil dependence, the impact of climate change, accident costs not covered by insurance payments and congestion;
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b b (bb) ‘external cost charge’ means a charge levied through a toll for the purpose of recovering the costs incurred by a Member State related to traffic-based air
Amendment 170 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b b (bb) ‘external cost charge’ means a charge
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b b (bb) ‘external cost charge’ means a charge
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b b (bb) ‘external cost charge’ means a charge
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b b (bb) ‘external cost charge’ means a charge levied through a toll for the purpose of recovering the costs incurred by a Member State related to traffic-based air pollution, and traffic-based noise pollution
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b b (bb) ‘external cost charge’ means a charge levied through a toll for the purpose of recovering the costs incurred by a Member State related to traffic-based air pollution
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b b (bb) ‘external cost charge’ means a charge levied through a toll for the purpose of recovering the costs incurred
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b b (bb) ‘external cost charge’ means a charge levied through a toll for the purpose of recovering the costs incurred by a Member State related to traffic-based air pollution
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b b (bb) ‘external cost charge’ means a charge levied through a toll for the purpose of recovering the costs incurred by a Member State related to traffic-based air pollution
Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b d a (new) (bd a) ‘costs of accidents’ means the social costs of traffic accidents, which are not covered by risk oriented insurance premiums;
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b e Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b e Amendment 181 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b e Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b e Amendment 183 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b e Amendment 184 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b e Amendment 185 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b e Amendment 186 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b e Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b e a (new) (be a) ‘cost of traffic accidents’ means the average additional costs of traffic accidents caused in the course of the operation of a vehicle which are not covered by risk oriented insurance premiums.
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b e a (new) (be a) ‘cost of damage to nature and the landscape’ means the cost of damage caused by spatial separation or barriers, a decline in the quality of landscapes, loss of natural land and biotopes, decrease in value of buildings, loss of revenue in forestry, agriculture and tourism sectors, disturbance of eco-systems, as well as pollution of soils, surface, and groundwater;
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b e a (new) (be a) ‘cost of damage to the landscape and biodiversity’ comprises the cost of damage caused by spatial separation and operation of the infrastructure to habitats, ecosystems and species including pollution of land, soil and groundwater;
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b e b (new) (be b) ‘cost of greenhouse gases’ means the cost of avoiding a certain amount of greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to the amount emitted in the course of the operation of a vehicle;
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b e b (new) (be b) ‘cost of accidents other than those covered by insurance’ means the cost of serious or catastrophic accidents, such as those where dangerous or polluting goods are involved or where hindering of traffic flow leads to congestion, where the cost is borne by public funds, where there are organisational costs associated with the management of the accident, or where the costs are not, or only partially, covered by insurance;
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b e b (new) (be b) ‘cost of oil dependence’ comprises the costs on the economy of increased use of oil in terms of transport by heavy goods vehicles and in delaying the shift towards renewable transport systems and fuels.
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b e c (new) (be c) ‘costs of water and soil pollution’ means the costs of the damage caused by the release of certain harmful substances into bodies of water including groundwater or into soil in the course of the operation of a vehicle.
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b e c (new) (be c) ‘cost of climate change’ means the cost to industry of extreme weather conditions caused by climate change, the cost associated with non-functioning of and damage to transport systems, social consequences, human health and nature, and to other sectors, such as agriculture, forestry and tourism, and the cost of mitigating damage by climate change;
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b e c (new) (be c) ‘cost of climate change’ comprises the costs to society of the increased occurrence of extreme weather conditions and required adjustments in all sectors of economic, public and private activity, including growing healthcare costs and costs of policies of mitigation;
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b e d (new) (be d) ‘ cost of oil dependency’ means the cost of dependency on oil, caused by transport such as heavy goods vehicles, the negative effects of high oil prices on the economy, GDP losses, macro- economic adjustment, re-conversion of industrial and transport systems to renewable systems, and transfer of wealth;
Amendment 197 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b e d (new) (be d) ‘accident costs not covered by insurance payments’ includes those costs, in case of accidents involving damage due to the spread of dangerous or highly polluting substances, that are covered by public funds and where insurance payments do not contribute or only partially cover them, including the administrative costs;
Amendment 198 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b g a (new) (bg a) ‘user charge’ means a specified amount payment which confers the right on a vehicle to use, for a given period, the infrastructure referred to in Article 7(1).
Amendment 199 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b g a (new) (bg a) ‘suburban roads’ means ring roads around main cities;
Amendment 200 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b g a (new) (bg a) ‘sensitive areas’ are areas, where damage is higher, because of environmental pressures, more damaging effects of the same pressure level and where unique resources or cultural heritage are in danger;
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b g b (new) (bg b) ‘interurban roads’ means motorways and alternative main roads with a minimum of four lanes;
Amendment 202 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point b g b (new) (bgb) ‘population density in an area in a mountain region’ means the population density calculated on the basis of the area which is permanently inhabited;
Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 a (new) Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point d 1a) In Article 2, point d is replaced by the following: (d) "vehicle" means a motor vehicle intended for road traffic;
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 – paragraph 1 1. Member States
Amendment 205 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 – paragraph 1 1. Member States
Amendment 206 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 – paragraph 1 1. Member States
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 – paragraph 1 1. Member States
Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 – paragraph 1 1. Member States may maintain or introduce tolls and/or user charges on the
Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 – paragraph 1 1. Member States may maintain or introduce tolls and/or user charges on the
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 – paragraph 1 1. Member States may maintain or introduce tolls and/or user charges on the
Amendment 211 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 – paragraph 1 (1) Member States may maintain or introduce tolls and/or user charges on the
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 – paragraph 1 1. Member States may maintain or introduce tolls and/or user charges on the
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 – paragraph 1 1. Member States may maintain or introduce tolls and/or user charges on the
Amendment 214 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 – paragraph 1 1. Member States may maintain or introduce tolls and/or user charges on the
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 – paragraph 1 1. Member States may maintain or introduce tolls and/or user charges on their
Amendment 216 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 – paragraph 1 1. Member States may maintain or introduce tolls and/or user charges on
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new) Amendment 218 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 – paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Discounts or reductions of or exemptions from the external cost charge shall be permitted for hybrid and electric heavy goods vehicles.
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 – paragraph 5 - introductory part 5. Until 31 December 201
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 – paragraph 5 – point a Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 – paragraph 5 – point a Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 – paragraph 5 – point a (a) create significant adverse effects on the free flow of traffic, the environment, noise levels
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 – paragraph 5 a (new) Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 1. User charges shall be in proportion to the duration of the use made of the infrastructure and shall be available for the duration of a day, week, month and a year. In particular,
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 1. User charges shall be in proportion to the duration of the use made of the infrastructure and shall be available for the duration of a day, week, month and a year. In particular, the annual rate shall be no less than
Amendment 227 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 1. User charges shall be in proportion to the duration of the use made of the infrastructure and shall be available for the duration of a day, week, month and a year. In particular, the annual rate sh
Amendment 228 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Amendment 231 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Amendment 232 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 b – paragraph 1 (1) The infrastructure charge shall be based on the principle of the recovery of infrastructure costs. The weighted average infrastructure charge shall be related to the construction costs and the costs of operating, maintaining and developing the infrastructure network concerned.
Amendment 233 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 b – paragraph 1 1. The infrastructure charge shall be based on the principle of the recovery of infrastructure costs. The weighted average infrastructure charge shall be related to the construction costs and the costs of operating, maintaining and developing the infrastructure network concerned.
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 b – paragraph 1 1. The infrastructure charge shall be based on the principle of the recovery of infrastructure costs. The weighted average infrastructure charge shall be related to the construction costs and the costs of operating, maintaining
Amendment 235 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 b – paragraph 2 2. The external cost charge shall be related to the cost of traffic-based air and noise pollution,
Amendment 236 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 b – paragraph 2 2. The external cost charge shall be related to the cost of traffic-based air pollution, the cost of traffic-based noise pollution,
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 b – paragraph 2 2. The external cost charge shall be related
Amendment 238 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 b – paragraph 2 2. The external cost charge shall be related to the cost of climate change, accidents, traffic-based air pollution, the cost of traffic-based noise pollution, or
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 b – paragraph 2 2. The external cost charge shall be related to the cost of traffic-based air pollution, the cost of traffic-based noise pollution, or both.
Amendment 240 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 b – paragraph 2 2. The external cost charge shall be related to the cost of traffic-based air pollution, the cost of traffic-based noise pollution, or both.
Amendment 241 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 b – paragraph 2 (2) The external cost charge shall be related to the cost of traffic-based air pollution, the cost of traffic-based noise pollution, or both.
Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 b – paragraph 2 2. The external cost charge shall be related to the cost of traffic-based air pollution, the cost of traffic-based noise pollution, or both.
Amendment 243 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 b – paragraph 2 2. The external cost charge shall be related to the cost of traffic-based air pollution, the cost of traffic-based noise pollution, or both.
Amendment 244 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 b – paragraph 2 (2) The external cost charge shall be related to the cost of traffic-based air pollution, the cost of traffic-based noise pollution, or both.
Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 b – paragraph 2 2. The external cost charge shall be related to the cost of traffic-based air pollution, the cost of traffic-based noise pollution, or both.
Amendment 246 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 b – paragraph 2 2. The external cost charge shall be related to the cost of traffic-based air pollution, the cost of traffic-based noise pollution, or both.
Amendment 247 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 b – paragraph 2 (2) The external cost charge shall be related to the cost of traffic-based air pollution, the cost of traffic-based noise pollution, or both.
Amendment 248 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 b – paragraph 2 2. The external cost charge shall be related to the cost of traffic-based air pollution, the cost of traffic-based noise pollution, or both. On road sections subject to congestion the external cost charge may also include the cost of congestion during the periods when these road sections are
Amendment 249 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 b – paragraph 2 2. The external cost charge shall be related to the cost of traffic-based air pollution, the cost of traffic-based noise pollution, or both. On road sections subject to congestion the external cost charge may also include the cost of congestion during the periods when these road sections are usually congested, under the condition that other road users causing congestion are subject to a comparable charging scheme.
Amendment 250 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 b – paragraph 2 2. The external cost charge shall be related to the cost of traffic-based air pollution, the cost of traffic-based noise pollution, or both. On road sections subject to congestion the external cost charge may also include the cost of congestion during the periods when these road sections are usually congested provided that equivalent charging is applied to other road sectors causing congestion.
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 b – paragraph 2 2. The external cost charge shall be related to the cost of traffic-based air pollution, the cost of traffic-based noise pollution, or both. On road sections subject to congestion the external cost charge may also include the cost of congestion during the periods when these road sections are usually congested
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 b – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. When the charges for the external costs are set, Member States shall consider the contribution that already has been achieved in the internalization of costs through existing taxes and duties, and adapt if necessary.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 1 (1) The promotion of sustainable transport is a key element of the common transport policy. To this end, the negative impacts of transport, in particular
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 2 a (new) (2a) Results from "The program for a sustainable transport policy for Europe" should be implemented within this directive.
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 2 b (new) (2b) It is vital to ensure that the progress on improving fuel quality is not hampered, and that the incentives for levy companies to invest in alternative fuels, such as inter alia biofuels, are integrated in the directive.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 3 (3) To optimise the transport system accordingly, the common transport policy must use a variety of instruments to improve the transport infrastructure and technologies and enable a more efficient management of transport demand. This calls for
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 6 (6) In the road transport sector, tolls as distance based charges for the use of infrastructure constitute a fair and efficient
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 9 (9) The model devised by the Commission for calculating the costs of traffic-based air and noise pollution
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 9 a (new) (9a) The internalisation of external transport costs occurs not only through user charges but also through the development of infrastructures with a view to providing real alternatives to the most polluting forms of transport, via the promotion of research and technological advances and the harmonisation of standards at EU level.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 14 (14) Tolls based on distance travelled should be allowed to include an external cost element based on the cost of traffic- based air and noise pollution.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 15 (15) To better reflect the cost of traffic- based air and noise pollution,
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 16 (16) The smooth functioning of the internal market requires a Community framework in order to ensure that road charges set on the basis of the local cost of traffic-based air and noise pollution
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 21 a (new) (21a) It is necessary to examine the present state of affairs in certain Member States under which VAT is levied on the vignette or road tax and the harmonisation of the relevant fiscal regime, with a view to not creating artificial barriers to the free movement of goods and avoiding double taxation.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 23 a (new) (23a) Road congestion is the outcome of existing transport infrastructures' quality and capacity levels and the volume of traffic of both private cars and vehicles transporting persons and goods; it is therefore necessary for Member States to invest in transport infrastructures so as to minimise the external costs generated by them.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 23 b (new) (23b) Member States may use the TEN-T budget and the Structural Funds in order to improve transport infrastructures with a view to reducing the external costs of transport in general and implement electronic means of collecting the charges arising from the provisions of this Directive.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 24 (24) In accordance with the transport policy objectives of this Directive, the additional revenue generated from an external cost charge should be used
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 24 (24) In accordance with the transport policy objectives of this Directive, the additional revenue generated from an
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 25 a (new) (25a) The Commission should take all necessary measures to ensure the introduction of a truly interoperable European electronic toll collecting system, in accordance with Directive 2004/52/EC.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital -1 a (new) (-1a) As a result of the new economic landscape facing Europe, and at a time when all sectors of economic activity and companies in the road freight sector are seeing a deterioration in their economic and financial structures, the review of this Directive should be postponed indefinitely. Nevertheless, with work under way on the review, it should be investigated whether the deadlines for its application can be extended.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 29 a (new) (29a) Complementary measures should boost the effects of pricing systems in order to face climate change challenges and improve the environmental performance of the transport system, in particular with regard to the pursuit of EU transport policy goals: a more balanced modal shift, greater efficiency of the logistic performance of road transport, reduction of energy consumption and emissions by the road transport sector.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 1 (1) The promotion of sustainable transport is a key element of the common transport policy. To this end, the negative impacts of transport, in particular
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point bb (bb) 'external cost charge' means a charge levied through a toll for the purpose of recovering the costs incurred by a Member State related to traffic-based air pollution
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 1 (1) The promotion of sustainable transport is a key element of the common transport policy. To this end, the negative impacts of transport, in particular
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new) (4a) Considers that the internalisation of external transport costs, especially those related to the environment, should be gradually phased in, so as not to generate excessive costs which might adversely affect the competitiveness of any particular mode of transport.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 1 (1) The promotion of sustainable transport is a key element of the common transport policy. To this end, the negative impacts of transport, in particular
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 1 (1) The promotion of sustainable transport is a key element of the common transport policy. To this end, the negative impacts of transport, in particular
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7a – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. The application of these regulatory charges to fight congestion in densely populated areas or in sensitive areas shall not have any discriminatory effects on transit traffic.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 1 (1) The promotion of sustainable transport is a key element of the common transport policy. To this end, the negative impacts of transport, in particular congestion, which impedes mobility, pollution, which creates health and environmental damage,
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7b – paragraph 2 2. The external cost charge shall be related to the cost of traffic-based air pollution, the cost of traffic-based noise pollution, or both.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 1 (1) The promotion of sustainable transport is a key element of the common transport
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7b – paragraph 2 (2) The external cost charge shall be related to the cost of climate change and of traffic-based air pollution, the cost of traffic-based noise pollution, or both. On road sections subject to congestion the external cost charge may also include the cost of congestion during the periods when these road sections are usually congested.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 1 a (new) (1a) In order to maintain the EU’ s international leadership on climate change and energy, the need for coherent policies and instruments, in all economic sectors concerned, inter alia., the transport sector has to be recognised.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7c – paragraph 1 1. The external cost charge shall vary according to the type of road and EURO emission class, and also according to the time period in cases where the charge includes the cost of
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 2 (2) The objective of reducing the negative impacts of transport should be achieved in such a way as to avoid disproportionate obstacles to the freedom of movement in the interest of sound economic growth and the proper functioning of the internal market. It should also be emphasised that the principle of internalising external costs is the equivalent of a management instrument and should encourage road users and the related industrial sectors to exploit and expand their respective capabilities in the area of environmentally-friendly transport, for example by means of changes in driving behaviour or further technological development. It is vital that ways and means should be found of reducing the damage caused by road transport, rather than simply using the resulting revenue to cover the relevant costs.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7f – paragraph 3 – point c (c) with the exception of tolls charged for congestion no toll is more than 100% above the toll charged during the cheapest period of the day, type of day or season.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 2 (2) The objective of reducing the negative impacts of transport should be achieved in such a way as to avoid disproportionate obstacles to the freedom of movement and the apportionment of costs, in the interest of sound economic growth of all sectors and the proper functioning of the internal market.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7f – paragraph 3 – point c a (new) Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 3 (3) To optimise the transport system accordingly, the common transport policy must use a variety of instruments to improve the transport infrastructure and technologies and enable a more efficient management of transport demand. This calls for
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7i – paragraph 5 (5) However, for a transitional period until 31 December 20
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 5 (5) In order to move towards a sustainable transport policy, transport prices should better reflect the costs related to traffic- based air pollution, traffic-based noise pollution, climate change
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7i – paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. As soon as the technical operability of toll collecting services based on the Galileo satellite positioning system is finalised, external cost charges shall be levied and collected by an interoperable European electronic toll collecting system as set out in Directive 2004/52/EC.
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 5 (5) In order to move towards a sustainable transport policy, transport prices should better reflect the costs related to traffic- based air pollution, traffic-based noise
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7j a (new) Article 7ja Member States shall adopt appropriate measures to support longer goods vehicles, as these are more environmentally friendly than the shorter ones. Member States shall also take into account the need for special regulations for small local levy companies, so as not to hamper SMEs depending on these.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 5 (5) In order to move towards a sustainable transport policy, transport prices should better reflect the costs related to traffic- based air pollution, traffic-based noise pollution
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7j b (new) Article 7jb The Commission shall by 1 January 2010 propose regulations on the mandatory requirement for all trucks and lorries within the EU to be fitted with catalysts.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 5 (5) In order to move towards a sustainable transport policy, transport prices should
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7j c (new) Article 7jc The Commission shall by 1 January 2010 propose measures for smoother transition and transport on entering and exiting the internal market.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 5 (5) In order to move towards a sustainable transport policy, transport prices should better reflect the costs related to traffic- based air pollution,
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 2. A Member State in which an external cost charge is levied shall ensure that the revenue generated by the charge is earmarked for measures aimed at facilitating efficient pricing, reducing road transport pollution at source, mitigating its effects, improving
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 5 (5) In order to move towards a sustainable transport policy, transport prices should better reflect the costs related to traffic- based air pollution, traffic-based noise pollution,
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 2. A Member State in which an external cost charge is levied shall ensure that the revenue generated by the charge is earmarked for measures aimed at facilitating efficient pricing, reducing road transport pollution at source, mitigating its effects, improving CO2 and energy performance of road transport vehicles
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 5 (5) In order to move towards a sustainable transport policy, transport prices should better reflect the costs related to traffic- based air pollution, traffic-based noise pollution, climate change and congestion caused by the actual use of vehicles, trains, planes or ships as a means of optimising the use of infrastructure, reducing local pollution, managing congestion and fighting against climate change at least cost for the economy. This calls for a s
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 A Member State in which an infrastructure charge is levied shall determine the use to be made of revenue generated by that charge. To enable the transport network to be developed as a whole, revenue from charges should be used to benefit the respective transport sector
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 5 a (new) (5a) In the road transport sector, several taxes and charges already apply, including some taxes and charges to partially compensate external costs such as CO2, as is for example the case with excise taxes on fuel.
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 5 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9b The Commission shall facilitate dialogue and the exchange of technical know-how between Member States in relation to the implementation of this Directive and in particular the Annexes. It shall support Member States' efforts to carry out, by 31 July 2010 and via the TEN-T budget, national studies on the impact of introducing this Directive's binding provisions on internalising external costs. The Commission shall adapt Annexes 0, III, IIIa and IV in the light of scientific and technical progress and Annexes I and II in the light of inflation. Those measures designed to amend non-essential elements of this
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 6 (6) In the road transport sector, tolls as distance based charges for the use of infrastructure constitute a fair and efficient economic instrument to achieve this objective since they have a direct relation with the use of infrastructure and can vary according to the distance travelled, the environmental performance of vehicles and the place and time of use of vehicles and therefore can be set at a level which reflects the cost of pollution
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 2. No later than 31 December 2013, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation and effects of this Directive, in particular as regards the effectiveness of the provisions on the recovery of the costs related to
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 6 (6) In the road transport sector, tolls as distance based charges for the use of infrastructure constitute a fair and efficient economic instrument to achieve this objective since they have a direct relation with the use of infrastructure and can vary according to the distance travelled, the environmental performance of vehicles and the place and time of use of vehicles and therefore can be set at a level which reflects the cost of pollution
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 1 – subparagraph 2 – bullet 1 • vehicles' use of the roads where the external cost charge is applied generates environmental damage
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 6 (6) In the road transport sector, tolls as distance based charges for the use of infrastructure constitute a fair and efficient economic instrument to achieve this objective since they have a direct relation with the use of infrastructure and can vary according to the distance travelled, the environmental performance of vehicles and the place and time of use of vehicles and therefore can be set at a level which reflects the cost of pollution
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 2 – subparagraph 2 Where applicable, it shall also notify the Commission of the exact time periods corresponding to the night period and to the various daily, weekly or seasonal peak periods during which a higher external cost charge may be imposed to reflect greater
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 7 (7) The impact analysis shows that applying tolls calculated on the basis of the cost of pollution, and, on congested roads, on the basis of the cost of congestion, would have a positive effect on the transport system and contribute to the Community strategy to fight climate change. It would reduce congestion and
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 2 – subparagraph 3 The classification of roads and the definition of time periods shall be based on objective criteria related to the level of exposure of the roads and their vicinities to
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 7 (7) The impact analysis shows that applying tolls calculated on the basis of the cost of pollution
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 3 – subparagraph 4 The independent authority shall monitor the effectiveness of the charging scheme in reducing environmental damage arising from road transport
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 7 (7) The impact analysis shows that applying tolls calculated on the basis of the cost of pollution, and, on congested roads, on the basis of the cost of congestion,
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – paragraph 4.3 Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 7 (7) The impact analysis shows that applying tolls calculated on the basis of the cost of pollution, and, on congested roads, on the basis of the cost of congestion, would have a positive effect on the transport system and contribute to the Community strategy to fight climate change. It would reduce congestion and local pollution by encouraging the use of cleaner vehicle technologies, optimising logistic behaviour and reducing empty returns. It would indirectly play an important role in reducing fuel consumption and contributing to the fight against climate change. Tolls which integrate a cost element related to congestion for using congested roads into their calculation
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 8 Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 8 (8) The costs of
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 8 (8) The costs of traffic-based air and noise pollution
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 8 (8) The external costs of traffic-based air, noise, water and
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 8 (8) The costs of traffic-based air and noise pollution
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 8 (8) The costs of traffic-based air and noise pollution
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 8 (8) The costs of traffic-based air and noise pollution
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 9 (9) The model devised by the Commission for calculating the costs of traffic-based air and noise pollution
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 9 (9) The model devised by the Commission for calculating the costs of traffic-based air and noise pollution
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 9 (9) The model devised by the Commission for calculating the costs of traffic-based air and noise pollution
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 9 a (new) (9a) In order to ensure that European road hauliers receive clear price signals which act as an incentive to optimise their behaviour, efforts should be made in the medium term to bring about convergence in the methods which all European charging systems use to calculate external costs.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 9a (new) (9a) In order to implement the aim of the Directive to reduce the negative effects of transport in Europe, Member States are required to charge a minimum fee according to Annex III on Trans- European Networks and on the primary road network.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 10 (10)
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 12 (12) Time-based user charges levied on a daily, weekly, monthly or annual basis should not discriminate against occasional users, since a high proportion of such users are likely to be non-national hauliers. A more detailed ratio between daily, weekly, monthly and annual rates should therefore be fixed. For reasons of efficiency and fairness, time-based user charges should be considered as a transitional instrument for charging of infrastructure. A phasing out of time-based charging systems should therefore be taken into consideration at the latest by 2013. The Member States with EU land external borders with third countries may derogate from this provision and continue to apply time-based charging systems after 2013 in order to ensure that charges applied to the vehicles queuing on the border-crossing points are of equal value to (correspond with) the environment pollution actually caused.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 12 a (new) (12a) Time-dependent user charges offer no incentive to make efficient use of transport infrastructure and reduce external costs. They should therefore be replaced by distance-dependent charging systems within five years following their introduction.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 13 Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 14 (14) Tolls based on distance travelled should be allowed to include an external cost element based on the cost of traffic- based air and noise pollution.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 14 (14) Tolls based on distance travelled should be allowed to include an external cost element based on the cost of traffic- based air and noise pollution.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 14 (14) Tolls based on distance travelled should be allowed to include an external cost element based on the cost of traffic- based air and noise pollution.
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 14 (14) Tolls based on distance travelled should be allowed to include an external cost element based on the cost of traffic- based air and noise pollution.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 14 (14) Tolls based on distance travelled should be allowed to include an external cost element based on the cost of traffic- based air and noise pollution.
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 14 (14) Tolls based on distance travelled should be allowed to include an external cost element based on the cost of traffic- based air and noise pollution.
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 14 (14) Tolls based on distance travelled should be allowed to include an external cost element based on the cost of traffic- based air and noise pollution, damage to nature and the landscape, climate change, oil dependency, and accidents other than those covered by insurance. Furthermore, on roads that are usually congested and during peak periods congestion costs which are mostly borne at local level should
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 14 (14) Tolls based on distance travelled should be allowed to include an external cost element based on the cost of traffic- based air and noise pollution damage to the landscape and biodiversity, oil dependence, the impact of climate change and accident costs not covered by insurance payments. Furthermore, on roads that are usually congested and during peak periods congestion costs which are mostly borne at local level should also be allowed to be recovered through the external cost charge. The external cost element included in tolls should be allowed to be added to the cost of infrastructure, provided that certain conditions are respected in the calculation of costs so as to avoid undue charging.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 15 (15) To better reflect the cost of traffic- based air and noise pollution, damage to the landscape and biodiversity, oil dependence, the impact of climate change and accident costs not covered by insurance payments and congestion, the external cost charge should vary according to the type of roads, type of vehicles and time periods such as daily, weekly or seasonal peak and off peak periods and night period.
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 15 (15) To better reflect the cost of traffic- based air and noise pollution,
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 15 (15) To better reflect the cost of traffic- based air, water, soil and noise pollution, greenhouse gases, road traffic accidents and congestion, the external cost charge should vary according to the type of roads, type of vehicles and time periods such as daily, weekly or seasonal peak and off peak periods and night period.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 15 (15) To better reflect the cost of traffic- based air and noise pollution, accidents and congestion, the external cost charge should vary according to the type of roads, type of vehicles and time periods such as daily, weekly or seasonal peak and off peak
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 15 (15) To better reflect the cost of traffic- based air and noise pollution,
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 15 (15) To better reflect the cost of traffic- based air and noise pollution,
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 15 (15) To better reflect the cost of traffic- based air and noise pollution,
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 15 (15) To better reflect the cost of traffic- based air and noise pollution,
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Amendment 346 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 1a Amendment 347 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 1a Amendment 348 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 1a 1a. This Directive shall not prevent the non-discriminatory application by Member States of regulatory charges specifically designed to reduce traffic congestion or combat environmental impacts, including poor air quality, on any urban road
Amendment 349 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 1a 1a. This Directive shall not prevent the non-discriminatory application by Member
Amendment 350 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 1a 1a. This Directive shall not prevent the non-discriminatory application by Member States of regulatory charges specifically designed to reduce traffic congestion or combat environmental impacts, including poor air quality, on any
Amendment 351 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 1a 1a. This Directive shall not prevent the non-discriminatory application by Member States of regulatory charges specifically designed to reduce traffic congestion or combat environmental impacts, including poor air quality, on
Amendment 352 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 1a 1a. This Directive shall not prevent the non-discriminatory application by Member States of regulatory charges specifically designed to reduce traffic congestion or combat environmental impacts, including poor air quality, on any urban road
Amendment 353 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 1a 1a. This Directive shall not prevent the non-discriminatory application by Member States of regulatory charges specifically designed to reduce traffic congestion or combat environmental impacts, including poor air quality, on any
Amendment 354 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 1a 1a. This Directive shall not prevent the non-discriminatory application by Member States of regulatory charges specifically designed to
Amendment 355 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 1a a (new) 1a a. Where a Member State can prove that it is not possible to guarantee compliance with EU environmental legislation on sections of the trans- European road network in sensitive areas, particularly mountain areas, by means of tolls, external cost charges or other proportionate measures, the Commission shall authorise, on application from the Member State in question, the introduction of non-discriminatory transport systems for the quantitative management of heavy traffic.
Amendment 356 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 Amendment 357 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (2) A Member State in which an external cost charge is levied shall ensure that the revenue generated by the charge is earmarked for measures aimed at
Amendment 358 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 2. A Member State in which an
Amendment 359 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 2. A Member State in which an external cost charge is levied shall
Amendment 360 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 2. A Member State in which an external cost charge is levied shall try to ensure that the revenue generated by the charge is earmarked for measures aimed at facilitating efficient pricing, reducing road transport pollution at source, mitigating its effects, improving CO2 and energy
Amendment 361 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 2. A Member State in which an external cost charge is levied shall ensure that the revenue generated by the charge is earmarked for measures aimed at facilitating efficient pricing, reducing road transport pollution at source, mitigating its effects, improving CO2 and energy performance of road transport vehicles
Amendment 362 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 2. A Member State in which an external cost charge is levied shall ensure that the revenue generated by the charge is earmarked for measures aimed at facilitating efficient pricing, reducing road transport pollution at source, mitigating its effects, the purchase of vehicles complying in advance with future Euro emissions standards as regards the dates laid down in the relevant rules, the purchase of vehicles type-approved by the manufacturer and having alternative, low environmental impact means of propulsion, improving CO2 and energy performance of vehicles in the Euro IV emissions category or below, and developing alternative infrastructure for transport users. The charges referred to in this paragraph and in paragraph 1 shall not apply to vehicles complying in advance with future Euro emissions standards as regards the dates laid down in the relevant rules, or to vehicles type-approved by the manufacturer and having alterative, low environmental impact, means of propulsion, such as natural gas, biomethane, natural gas/hydrogen mixtures or electrical, hybrid or hydrogen power supply.
Amendment 363 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 2. A Member State in which an external cost charge is levied shall ensure that the revenue generated by the charge is earmarked for measures aimed at facilitating efficient pricing, reducing road transport pollution at source, mitigating its effects, improving CO2 and energy performance of vehicles, and developing a
Amendment 364 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 2. A Member State in which an external
Amendment 365 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (2) A Member State in which an external cost charge is levied shall ensure that the revenue generated by the charge is earmarked for measures aimed at facilitating efficient pricing, reducing road transport pollution at source (e.g. incentives to purchase low-emission vehicles or alternative propulsion technologies), mitigating
Amendment 366 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 2. A Member State in which an external cost charge is levied shall ensure that the revenue generated by the charge is earmarked for measures aimed at
Amendment 367 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 2. A Member S
Amendment 368 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 2. A Member State in which an external cost charge is levied shall ensure that the revenue generated by the charge is earmarked as a priority to reduce and where possible eliminate the external costs arising from road transport. The revenue may also be used for measures aimed at facilitating efficient pricing, reducing road transport pollution at source, mitigating its effects, improving CO2 and energy performance of vehicles, and developing alternative infrastructure for transport users.
Amendment 369 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 2. A Member State in which an external cost charge is levied shall ensure that the revenue generated by the charge is earmarked for measures aimed at facilitating efficient pricing, reducing road transport pollution at source, mitigating its effects, improving
Amendment 370 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 2. A Member State in which an external cost charge is levied shall ensure that the revenue generated by the charge is earmarked for measures especially in the road transport sector, aimed at facilitating efficient pricing, reducing road transport pollution at source, mitigating its effects, improving CO2 and energy performance of vehicles, and improving existing road infrastructure or developing alternative infrastructure for transport users.
Amendment 371 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 A Member State in which an infrastructure charge is levied shall
Amendment 372 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 A Member State in which an infrastructure
Amendment 373 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 A Member State in which an infrastructure charge is levied shall determine the use to be made of revenue generated by that charge. To enable the transport network to be developed as a whole, revenue from charges should be used to benefit the transport sector, and
Amendment 374 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 A Member State in which an infrastructure charge is levied shall
Amendment 375 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 A Member State in which an infrastructure charge is levied shall determine the use to be made of revenue generated by that charge.
Amendment 376 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 A Member State
Amendment 377 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 A Member State in which an infrastructure charge is levied shall determine the use to be made of revenue generated by that charge. To enable the transport network to be developed as a whole, revenue from charges sh
Amendment 378 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 A Member State in which an infrastructure charge is levied shall determine the use to be made of revenue generated by that charge. To enable the transport network to be developed as a whole, revenue from charges sh
Amendment 379 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 A Member State in which an infrastructure charge is levied shall determine the use to be made of revenue generated by that charge. To enable the transport network to be developed as a whole, revenue from charges should be used to benefit the transport sector
Amendment 380 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 A Member State in which an infrastructure charge is levied shall determine the use to be made of revenue generated by that charge. To enable the transport network to be developed as a whole, revenue from charges should be used to benefit the transport sector and optimise the entire transport system, with particular emphasis on road transport.
Amendment 381 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 A Member State in which an infrastructure charge is levied shall determine the use to be made of revenue generated by that charge. To enable the transport network to be developed as a whole, revenue from charges should be used to benefit the respective transport sector
Amendment 382 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new) As from 2011, at least 15% of the revenues generated by external cost and infrastructure charge in each Member States shall be dedicated to the financial support on TEN-T projects to increase transport sustainability. This percentage shall gradually increase over the years.
Amendment 383 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. As from 2011, at least 15% of the revenues generated by external cost and infrastructure charge in each Member State shall be dedicated to the financial support of the projects related to the TEN–T network. This percentage shall gradually increase over the years.
Amendment 384 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. On the basis of Article 93 of the EC Treaty and after a prior study by the Commission, a small percentage of this revenue shall be allocated to the budget for the trans-European transport networks of the European Union.
Amendment 385 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 5 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9b The Commission shall facilitate dialogue and the exchange of technical know-how between Member States in relation to the
Amendment 386 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 5 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9b The Commission shall facilitate dialogue and the exchange of technical know-how between Member States in relation to the implementation of this Directive and in particular the Annexes. The Commission shall adapt Annexes 0, III
Amendment 387 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 5 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9b The Commission shall facilitate dialogue and the exchange of technical know-how between Member States in relation to the implementation of this Directive and in particular the Annexes. The Commission shall adapt Annexes 0, III,
Amendment 388 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 5 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9b The Commission shall facilitate dialogue and the exchange of technical know-how between Member States in relation to the implementation of this Directive and in particular the Annexes. The Commission shall support the Member States in their performance, up to 31 July 2010, through the TEN-T budget, of national impact studies on the introduction of binding provisions on internalising the external costs arising from this directive. The Commission shall adapt Annexes 0, III, IIIa and IV in the light of scientific and technical progress and Annexes I and II in the light of inflation. Those measures designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 9c(3).
Amendment 389 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 5 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9b a (new) Amendments to Annex IIIa shall be adopted in accordance with the co- decision procedure.
Amendment 390 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. By 31 December 2012 at the latest, and every four years thereafter, Member States
Amendment 391 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) the weighted average external cost charge and the specific amounts levied for each combination of class of vehicle
Amendment 392 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new) (ca) the effect of the external cost levies or infrastructure levy on modal shift, the optimisation of road transport and the environment;
Amendment 393 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new) (cb) the effect of the external cost levies on the external costs which the Member State is seeking to cover by means of the levy.
Amendment 394 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. No later than 31 December 2010, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the availability of safe and secured parking places on the Trans-European Road Network. After involving the relevant social partners, this report shall be accompanied by proposals on: -earmarking of infrastructure charges for a sufficient number of safe and secured parking areas on the TEN to be complied with infrastructure operators or public authorities responsible for the TENs network; -guidelines for the European Investment Bank, the European Cohesion Fund and the European Structural Fund for due consideration of safe and secure parking areas within the design and co-financing of TEN-projects.
Amendment 395 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. No later than 31 December 2013, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation and effects of this Directive, in particular as regards the effectiveness of the provisions on the recovery of the costs related to
Amendment 396 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. No later than 31 December 2013, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation and effects of this Directive, in particular as regards the effectiveness of the provisions on the recovery of the costs related to congestion and traffic-based pollution, damage to the landscape and biodiversity, oil dependence, the impact of climate change, accident costs not covered by insurance payments and on the inclusion of vehicles of more than 3.5 and less than 12 tonnes. The report shall also assess:
Amendment 397 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. No later than 31 December 2013, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation and effects of this
Amendment 398 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. No later than 31 December 2013, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation and effects of this Directive, in particular as regards the effectiveness of the provisions on the recovery of the costs related to congestion, road accidents, GHG emissions and traffic-based pollution and on the inclusion of vehicles of more than 3.5 and less than 12 tonnes. The report shall also assess:
Amendment 399 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. No later than 31 December 2013, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation and effects of this Directive, in particular as regards the effectiveness of the provisions on the recovery of the costs related to congestion, climate change, accidents and traffic- based pollution and on the inclusion of vehicles of more than 3.5 and less than 12 tonnes. The report shall also assess:
Amendment 400 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. No later than 31 December 2013, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation and effects of this Directive, in particular as regards the effectiveness of the provisions on the recovery of the costs related to
Amendment 401 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. No later than 31 December 2013, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation and effects of this Directive, in particular as regards the effectiveness of the provisions on the recovery of the costs related to
Amendment 402 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part (2) No later than 31 December 2013, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation and effects of this Directive, in particular as regards the effectiveness of the provisions on the recovery of the costs related to
Amendment 403 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. No later than 31 December 2013, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation and effects of this Directive, in particular as regards the effectiveness of the provisions on the
Amendment 404 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a Amendment 405 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a Amendment 406 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a Amendment 407 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a Amendment 408 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a Amendment 409 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a (a) the relevance of integrating
Amendment 410 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a (a) the
Amendment 411 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point b Amendment 412 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point b Amendment 413 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point b (b) the
Amendment 414 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point c Amendment 415 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point c Amendment 416 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point c Amendment 417 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point c c) the possibility of adopting a revised classification of vehicles for the purposes of varying tolls taking into account the average impact on the environment,
Amendment 418 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point c (c) the possibility of adopting a revised classification of vehicles for the purposes of varying tolls taking into account the average impact on the environment
Amendment 419 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point d Amendment 420 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point d Amendment 421 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point d Amendment 422 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new) (da) the technical and economic feasibility of gradual abolishing time-based charging systems with a derogation for the Member States with the EU land external borders with third countries to continue to apply time-based charging systems.
Amendment 423 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new) da) a proposal for a scheme to ensure the consistent and simultaneous internalisation of external costs for all other modes of transport.
Amendment 424 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative
Amendment 425 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 2– paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 3l December 201
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Amendment 426 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – Title MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AND COMMON METHODS FOR LEVYING AN EXTERNAL COST CHARGE
Amendment 427 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – introductory part This Annex sets out the minimum requirements and common methods for levying an external cost charge
Amendment 428 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 1 – subparagraph 1 The Member State shall specify precisely the part or parts of network which are to be subject to an external cost charge, in addition to the mandatory minimum charge on Trans-European and primary road networks.
Amendment 429 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 1 – subparagraph 2 – bullet point 1 vehicles’ use of the roads where the external cost charge is applied generates environmental damage
Amendment 430 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 1 – subparagraph 2 – bullet point 1 vehicles’ use of the roads where the external cost charge is applied generates environmental damage
Amendment 431 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 1 – subparagraph 2 – bullet point 1 vehicles’ use of the roads where the external cost charge is applied generates environmental damage
Amendment 432 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 1 – subparagraph 2 – bullet point 1 vehicles’ use of the roads where the external cost charge is applied generates environmental damage
Amendment 433 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 1 – subparagraph 2 – bullet point 1 vehicles’ use of the roads where the external cost charge is applied generates environmental damage
Amendment 434 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new) In addition, steps shall be taken to ensure that the requirements to be met by the assessment to be carried out by the Member States do not give rise to disproportionately high administrative costs. For that reason, in the light of the general efforts to improve lawmaking, the requirements should first be subject to a stringent assessment of their effectiveness.
Amendment 435 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 2 – subparagraph 1 The Member State shall notify the Commission of the classification of vehicles according to which the toll shall vary. It shall also notify the Commission of the location of roads subject to higher external cost charges (hereafter “suburban roads”) and of roads subject to lower external cost charges (hereafter “mot
Amendment 436 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 2 – subparagraph 1 The Member State shall notify the Commission of the classification of vehicles according to which the toll shall vary. It shall also notify the Commission of the location of roads subject to higher external cost charges
Amendment 437 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 2 – subparagraph 2 Where applicable, it shall also notify the Commission of the exact time periods corresponding to the night period and to the various daily, weekly or seasonal peak periods during which a higher external cost charge may be imposed to reflect greater
Amendment 438 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 2 – subparagraph 2 Where applicable, it shall also notify the Commission of the exact time periods corresponding to the night period and to the various daily, weekly or seasonal peak
Amendment 439 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 2 – subparagraph 2 Where applicable, it shall also notify the Commission of the exact time periods corresponding to the night period and to the various daily, weekly or seasonal peak periods during which a higher external cost charge may be imposed to reflect greater
Amendment 440 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 2 – subparagraph 2 Where applicable, it shall also notify the Commission of the exact time periods corresponding to the night period and to the various daily, weekly or seasonal peak periods during which a higher external cost charge may be imposed to reflect greater
Amendment 441 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 2 – subparagraph 2 Where applicable, it shall also notify the Commission of the exact time periods corresponding to the night period and to the various daily, weekly or seasonal peak periods during which a higher external cost charge may be imposed to reflect greater
Amendment 442 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 2 – subparagraph 3 The classification of roads
Amendment 443 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 2 – subparagraph 3 The classification of roads and the definition of time periods shall be based on
Amendment 444 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 2 – subparagraph 3 The classification of roads and the definition of time periods shall be based on objective criteria related to the level of exposure of the roads and their vicinities to
Amendment 445 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 2 – subparagraph 3 The classification of roads and the definition of time periods shall be based on objective criteria related to the level of exposure of the roads and their vicinities to congestion and pollution such as population density
Amendment 446 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 2 – subparagraph 3 The classification of roads and the
Amendment 447 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 2 – subparagraph 3 The classification of roads and the definition of time periods shall be based on objective criteria related to the level of exposure of the roads and their vicinities to
Amendment 448 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 2 – subparagraph 3 The classification of roads and the definition of time periods shall be based on objective criteria related to the level of exposure of the roads and their vicinities
Amendment 449 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 3 – subparagraph 1 For each vehicle class
Amendment 450 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 3 – subparagraph 1 For each vehicle Euro class, type of road and time period, the independent authority shall determine a single specific amount. The resulting charging structure shall be transparent, openly published and available to all users on equal terms.
Amendment 451 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 3 – subparagraph 3 The charge shall also be set after having considered the risk of traffic diversion together with any adverse effects on road safety, the environment
Amendment 452 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 3 – subparagraph 3 The charge shall also be set after having considered the risk of traffic diversion together with any adverse effects on road safety
Amendment 453 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 3 – subparagraph 4 The independent authority shall monitor the effectiveness of the charging scheme in reducing environmental damage arising from road transport
Amendment 454 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 3 – subparagraph 4 The independent authority shall monitor the effectiveness of the charging scheme in reducing environmental damage arising from road transport
Amendment 455 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 3 – subparagraph 4 The independent authority shall monitor the effectiveness of the charging scheme in reducing environmental damage arising from road transport
Amendment 456 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 3 – subparagraph 4 The independent authority shall monitor the effectiveness of the charging scheme in reducing environmental damage arising from road transport
Amendment 457 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 3 – subparagraph 4 The independent authority shall monitor the effectiveness of the charging scheme in reducing environmental damage arising from road transport
Amendment 458 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 3 – subparagraph 4 The
Amendment 459 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 3 – subparagraph 4 The independent authority shall monitor the effectiveness of the charging scheme in reducing environmental damage arising from road transport and in relieving congestion where it is applied. It shall regularly adjust the charging structure and the specific amount of the charge set for a given Euro class of vehicle, type of road and period of time to the changes in transport demand.
Amendment 460 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 Point 4 is deleted
Amendment 461 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part Amendment 462 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 Table 1 is deleted
Amendment 463 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – title Table 1:
Amendment 464 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – title Table 1:
Amendment 465 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – Suburban roads – title Amendment 466 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – Suburban roads – EURO IV Amendment 467 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 –Suburban roads – EURO IV Amendment 468 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – Suburban roads – EURO V and less polluting Amendment 469 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – Suburban roads – EURO V and less polluting Amendment 470 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – Suburban roads – EURO V and less polluting Amendment 471 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – Suburban roads – EURO V and less polluting Amendment 472 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – Suburban roads – EURO VI and less polluting (new) 2
Amendment 473 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – Other interurban roads – title Amendment 474 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – Other interurban roads – title Other interurban roads and motorways
Amendment 475 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – Other interurban roads – title Amendment 476 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – Other interurban roads – EURO 0 1
Amendment 477 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – Other interurban roads – EURO 0 1
Amendment 478 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – Other interurban roads – EURO II Amendment 479 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – Other interurban roads – EURO II Amendment 480 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – Other interurban roads – EURO IV Amendment 481 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – Other interurban roads – EURO IV Amendment 482 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – Other interurban roads – EURO IV Amendment 483 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – Other interurban roads – EURO IV Amendment 484 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – Other interurban roads – EURO V and less polluting Amendment 485 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – Other interurban roads – EURO V and less polluting Amendment 486 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – Other interurban roads – EURO V and less polluting Amendment 487 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – table 1 – Other interurban roads – EURO VI and less polluting (new) 1
Amendment 488 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – directly after table 1 (new) These values serve as the maximum amounts to be charged.
Amendment 489 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – directly after table 1 (new) The values in Table 1 are maximum amounts which shall apply to any vehicle in a given class
Amendment 490 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – subparagraph 3 The values
Amendment 491 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – subparagraph 3 The values in Table 1 are a maximum chargeable cost which shall apply to any vehicle in a given class. The values in Table 1 represent arithmetic averages of the values given in Table 15 of the
Amendment 492 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.1 – subparagraph 4 Amendment 493 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.2 – subparagraph 1 Amendment 494 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.2 – subparagraph 1 – formula NCVij (day) = (∑k NCjk x POPk / ADT
Amendment 495 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.2 – subparagraph 1 – formula NCV
Amendment 496 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.2 – subparagraph 4 The average daily traffic
Amendment 497 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.2 – table 2 Table 2 is deleted
Amendment 498 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.2 – table 2 – title Table 2:
Amendment 499 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.2 – table 2 – title Table 2:
Amendment 500 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.2 – table 2 – Suburban roads – title Amendment 501 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.2 – table 2 – Other interurban roads – title Amendment 502 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.2 – directly after table 2 (new) These values serve as the maximum amounts to be charged.
Amendment 503 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.2 – directly after table 2 (new) The values in Table 2 are maximum amounts which shall apply to any vehicle in a given class
Amendment 504 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.2 – subparagraph 4 a (new) (after table 2) The noise emission factor NFi is the proportion of the unit values for marginal noise costs between vehicle class i and passenger cars. Unit values for marginal noise costs of vehicle classes for different network types shall be taken from the central values (in bold) of Table 21 of the “Handbook on estimation of external cost in the transport sector”1. The Independent authority shall split up vehicle classes as defined by Table 21 of that handbook into sub-classes with different chargeable noise costs based on noise emission data. The independent authority has to make sure that for every road type the weighed average chargeable noise cost of the sub-classes is equal to the unit value for the marginal noise cost of the original vehicle class. 1 http://ec.europa.eu/transport/costs/handbook /index_en.htm
Amendment 505 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.2 – subparagraph 5 Amendment 506 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.3 Point 4.3 is deleted
Amendment 507 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – section 4.3 Section 4.3 is deleted.
Amendment 508 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – section 4.3 Section 4.3 is deleted.
Amendment 509 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.3 Point 4.3 is deleted
Amendment 510 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.3 Point 4.3 deleted
Amendment 511 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – section 4.3 Section 4.3 is deleted.
Amendment 512 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.3 – subparagraph 1 Amendment 513 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.3 – subparagraph 1 Amendment 514 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.3 – subparagraph 1 Amendment 515 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.3 – subparagraph 1 – formula CCV = MEC
Amendment 516 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.3 – subparagraph 2 To calculate the average daily traffic
Amendment 517 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.3 – subparagraph 3 The optimal hourly traffic shall be computed by iteratively raising the c
Amendment 518 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.3 – table 3 Table 3 is deleted
Amendment 519 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.3 – table 3 – title Table 3:
Amendment 520 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.3 – table 3 – title Table 3:
Amendment 521 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.3 – table 3 – Suburban roads – title Amendment 522 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.3 – table 3 – Other interurban roads – title Amendment 523 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.3 – directly after table 3 (new) The values in Table 3 are maximum amounts which shall apply to any vehicle in a given class
Amendment 524 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.3 a (new) 4.3.a When a Member State chooses to include all or part of the cost of accidents in the external cost charge, the independent authority shall calculate the chargeable external cost of traffic accidents by applying the following formulae or by taking the unit values following the Table 10 of the Handbook: External Accident Costs = accident figures * unit cost per accident * external part. All parameters, data and other information necessary to understand how the chargeable accident cost is calculated shall be made public.
Amendment 525 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.3 a (new) 4.3.a External cost of traffic accidents The chargeable external cost of traffic accidents shall be taken from the central unit values (those not in brackets) in Table 10 of the “Handbook on estimation of external cost in the transport sector”1. The Independent authority shall split up the vehicle class “HDV” into sub-classes with different chargeable accident costs as justified by accident data. The independent authority has to make sure that for every road type the weighed average of the chargeable accident costs of the sub-classes is equal to the unit value for the accident cost of vehicle class “HDV”. 1 http://ec.europa.eu/transport/costs/handbook /index_en.htm
Amendment 526 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.3 b (new) 4.3.b Cost of climate change The chargeable external cost of climate change shall be taken from the central unit values (those not in brackets) in Table 28 of the “Handbook on estimation of external cost in the transport sector”1. 1 http://ec.europa.eu/transport/costs/handbook /index_en.htm
Amendment 527 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.3 c (new) 4.3.c Cost of soil and water pollution The chargeable cost of soil and water pollution shall be taken from Table 37 of the “Handbook on estimation of external cost in the transport sector”1. The independent authority shall adapt the values in Table 37 according to the respective national GDP per capita at purchasing power parity. 1 http://ec.europa.eu/transport/costs/handbook /index_en.htm
Amendment 528 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 – point 4.3 a (new) 4.3.a Each Member State shall provide data calculations in order to identify all costs including adverse effects on health, damage to biodiversity and the landscape, the impact of climate change, oil dependency and accidents not covered by insurance. The calculation of the external cost shall be based on the respective methodology for each type of external cost as per the 'Handbook on estimation of external costs in the transport sector' based on Article 11(3). Each Member State shall notify its minimum charge amounts to the Commission in order to comply with provisions as set in Article 9b and 11.
Amendment 529 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 a (new) 4a. THE MINIMUM EXTERNAL COST CHARGE Each Member State shall levy a mandatory minimum external cost charge on Trans-European and primary road networks. The mandatory minimum external cost charge shall be at least half as high as the sum of charges calculated according to section 4. of this Annex.
Amendment 530 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex IIIa – point 4 a (new) 4.a Each Member Sate shall include all costs incurred as a result of traffic-based air and noise pollution (including effects on health), damage to nature and the landscape, climate change, oil dependency, congestion and accidents other than those covered by insurance. The calculation of the external cost shall be based on the respective methodology for each type of external cost as per the 'Manual on estimation of External Costs in the Transport Sector' based on Article 11(3). Each Member State shall notify its minimum charge amounts to the Commission. The independent authority may adopt alternative methods, provided that the resulting external costs values are not lower than those which have been obtained by using the methodology of the Manual. The trans-border mountainous Alpine region shall apply the principles of the Transport Protocol of the Alpine Convention and therefore be allowed to apply additional non-discriminatory measures for calculating external costs and cross-subsidising rail transport, similar to the Swiss system 'Leistungsabhängige Schwerverkehrsabgabe - LSVA' and introduce an Alpine Transit Traffic Auctioning System 'Transitbörse'.
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Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7c – paragraph 1 1. 1. The external cost charge shall vary according to the type of road and EURO emission class (Annex IIIa, table I), and also according to the time period
Amendment 254 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7c – paragraph 1 (1) The external cost charge shall vary according to the
Amendment 255 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7c – paragraph 1 1. The external cost charge shall vary according to the
Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7c – paragraph 1 (1) The external cost charge shall vary according to the type of road and EURO emission class, and also according to the time period in cases where the charge includes the cost of
Amendment 257 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7c – paragraph 1 1. The external cost charge shall vary according to the type of road and EURO emission class, and also according to the time period in cases where the charge includes the cost of
Amendment 258 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7c – paragraph 1 1. The external cost charge shall vary according to the type of road and EURO emission class, and also according to the time period in cases where the charge includes the cost of
Amendment 259 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7c – paragraph 1 1. The external cost charge shall vary according to the type of road and EURO emission class, and also according to the time period in cases where the charge includes the cost of
Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7c – paragraph 1 (1) The external cost charge shall vary according to the type of road and EURO emission class, and also according to the time period in cases where the charge includes the cost of
Amendment 261 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7c – paragraph 1 1. The external cost charge shall vary according to the type of road and EURO emission class, and also according to the time period in cases where the charge includes the cost of
Amendment 262 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7c – paragraph 1 1. The external cost charge shall vary according to the type of road and EURO emission class (Annex IIIa, table I), and also according to the time period in cases where the charge includes the cost of congestion or traffic-
Amendment 263 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7c – paragraph 2 2. The amount of the external cost charge for each combination of class of vehicle, type of road and time period shall be set in accordance with the minimum requirements
Amendment 264 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7c – paragraph 2 2. The amount of the external cost charge for each combination of class of vehicle, type of road and time period shall be set in accordance with the minimum requirements
Amendment 265 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7c – paragraph 2 2. The amount of the external cost charge for each combination of class of vehicle, type of road and time period shall be set in accordance with the minimum requirements, the common formulae
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7c – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. The charges referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to vehicles complying in advance with future EURO emissions standards as regards the dates laid down in the relevant rules, or to vehicles type-approved by the manufacturer and having alterative, low environmental impact, means of propulsion (such as natural gas, biomethane, natural gas/hydrogen mixtures or an electrical, hybrid or hydrogen power supply).
Amendment 267 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7c – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. The charges referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to vehicles complying in advance with future EURO emissions standards as regards the dates laid down in the relevant rules, or to vehicles type-approved by the manufacturer and having alterative, low environmental impact, means of propulsion (such as natural gas, biomethane, natural gas/hydrogen mixtures or an electrical, hybrid or hydrogen power supply).
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7c – paragraph 3 3. The amount of the external cost charge shall be set by
Amendment 269 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7c – paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. The Member States concerned must submit an action plan for reducing the negative impact of the external costs referred to in Article 7b(2), in compliance with Article 9(2).
Amendment 270 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7d – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Are not under the liabilities stated into paragraphs 1 and 2 vehicles that meet already the future EURO standards regarding emissions in advance than the dates prescribed by the rules and the vehicles approved by the manufacturer with alternative powered vehicles with low environmental impact (such as natural gas, biomethane, mixtures natural gas/ hydrogen, electric powered, hybrid or hydrogen).
Amendment 271 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7d – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. The charges referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to vehicles complying in advance with future EURO emissions standards as regards the dates laid down in the relevant rules, or to vehicles type-approved by the manufacturer and having alterative, low environmental impact, means of propulsion (such as natural gas, biomethane, natural gas/hydrogen mixtures or an electrical, hybrid or hydrogen power supply).
Amendment 272 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7e – paragraph 1 – introductory part (1) In exceptional cases concerning infrastructure in mountainous regions and conurbations, and after informing the Commission, a toll mark-up may be added to the infrastructure charge levied on specific road sections which are subject to acute congestion, or the use of which by vehicles is the cause of significant environmental damage, on condition that:
Amendment 273 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7e – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. In exceptional cases concerning infrastructure in mountainous regions, and after informing the Commission, a mark-up may be added to the infrastructure charge levied on specific road sections
Amendment 274 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7e – paragraph 1 – point a Amendment 275 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7e – paragraph 1 – point a (a) the revenue generated from the mark-up is invested in financing
Amendment 276 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7e – paragraph 1 – point a (a) the revenue generated from the mark-up is invested in financing the construction o
Amendment 277 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7e – paragraph 1 – point b (b) the mark-up does not exceed 15% of the weighted average infrastructure charge calculated in accordance with Article 7b(1) and Article 7d except where the revenue generated is invested in cross-border sections of pr
Amendment 278 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7e – paragraph 1 – point b (b) the mark-up does not exceed 15% of the weighted average infrastructure charge calculated in accordance with Article 7b(1) and Article 7d except where the revenue generated is invested in cross-border sections of
Amendment 279 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7e – paragraph 1 – point c Amendment 280 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7e – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 The first subparagraph shall apply to existing and new cross-border projects subject to the agreement of
Amendment 281 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7e – paragraph 2 Amendment 282 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7e – paragraph 2 Amendment 283 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7e – paragraph 3 Amendment 284 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7e – paragraph 5 Amendment 285 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7e – paragraph 6 Amendment 286 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7e – paragraph 6 Amendment 287 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7f – paragraph 1 Amendment 288 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7f – paragraph 1 1. Toll rates which comprise only an infrastructure charge shall be varied according to EURO emission class (Annex IIIa, table I) in such a way that no toll is more than 100% above the toll charged for equivalent vehicles meeting the strictest emission standards.
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7f – paragraph 1 1. Toll rates which comprise only an infrastructure charge shall be varied according to EURO emission class in such
Amendment 290 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7f – paragraph 2 Amendment 291 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7f – paragraph 2 2. Where a driver is unable to produce the vehicle documents necessary to ascertain the EURO emission class of the vehicle in the event of a check, Member States may apply tolls up to the highest level chargeable, provided there is a possibility of subsequent rectification to return the excess collected.
Amendment 292 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7f – paragraph 3 – introductory part Amendment 293 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7f – paragraph 3 – introductory part 3. Tolls which comprise only an infrastructure charge may also be varied for the purpose of
Amendment 294 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7f – paragraph 3 - point a Amendment 295 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7f – paragraph 3 - point b Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7f – paragraph 3 - point c Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7f – paragraph 3 – point c Amendment 298 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7f – paragraph 3 – point c Amendment 299 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7f – paragraph 3 – point c (c) with the exception of tolls charged for congestion, no toll is more than 100% above the toll charged during the cheapest period of the day, type of day or season.
Amendment 300 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7f – paragraph 3 – point c (c) no toll is more than
Amendment 301 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7f – paragraph 3 – point c (c) no toll is more than
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7f – paragraph 3 – point c a (new) (ca) tolls charged on congestion shall not exceed with more than 200% the toll charged during the cheapest period of the day, type of day or season. In case the whole amount of congestion revenues are spent explicitly to reduce congestion by using ITS solutions on those roads where the congestion charges were levied, then toll charged on congestion shall not exceed with more than 400% the toll charged during the cheapest period of the day, type of day or season.
Amendment 303 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7f – paragraph 4 Amendment 304 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7f – paragraph 4 4. The variations referred to in paragraphs 1 and 3 are not designed to generate additional toll revenue. Any unintended increase in revenue shall be
Amendment 305 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7f – paragraph 4 4. The variations referred to in paragraphs 1 and 3 are not designed to generate additional toll revenue. Any unintended increase in revenue shall be
Amendment 306 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7f – paragraph 5 Amendment 307 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7g – paragraph 2 2. The Commission shall, within six months of receiving all the necessary information in accordance with paragraph 1, give an opinion as to whether
Amendment 308 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7g – paragraph 3 – point a a) precise information locating the road sections where the external cost charge is to be levied and describing the class of vehicles
Amendment 309 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7g – paragraph 3 – point a (a) precise information locating the road sections where the external cost charge is to be levied and describing the class of vehicles
Amendment 310 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7g – paragraph 3 – point c c) the name of the authority designated in accordance with Article 7c(
Amendment 311 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7g – paragraph 3 – point d a (new) (da) the envisaged earmarking of the external cost charge.
Amendment 312 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7g – paragraph 3 – point d a (new) (da) a specific plan indicating how additional revenue from external cost charges is to be used to reduce the damage caused.
Amendment 313 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7g – paragraph 4 4. The Commission may, within six months of receiving the information in accordance with paragraph 3, decide to ask the Member State concerned to adapt the proposed external cost charge, if it considers that the obligations laid down in Articles 7b, 7c, 7i or 9(2) are not complied with. The decision of the Commission shall be made available to the Committee referred to in Article 9c and the European Parliament.
Amendment 314 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7h – paragraph 1 1. Member States
Amendment 315 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7h – paragraph 1 (1) Member States
Amendment 316 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7h – paragraph 1 1. With the exception of vehicles under Article 7c(2) (new) and 7d(2) (new), which are already excluded from the scope of this directive, Member States shall not provide for discounts or reductions for any users in relation to the external cost charge element of a toll.
Amendment 317 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7h – paragraph 1 1. With the exception of vehicles under Article 7c(3) and 7d(3), which are already excluded from the scope of this directive, Member States shall not provide for discounts or reductions for any users in relation to the external cost charge element of a toll.
Amendment 318 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7h – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall not provide for discounts or reductions for any users in relation to the external cost charge element of a toll, with the exception of those laid down in paragraph 1a of this article.
Amendment 319 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7h – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall
Amendment 320 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7h – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. In order to prevent external costs adversely influencing the economies of peripheral regions, Member States shall provide for discounts and reductions for commercial vehicles on the external cost charge element of a toll. Those discounts and reductions, applicable to heavy vehicles, must be correlated to the distance travelled and decrease as that distance increases, in line with the following formula: Ca,b,c = CUa,b,c x L x K K=L–d d (reduction function) = L2 x 8 / 108 0 < L < 2500 (where the distance travelled is over 2 500 km, the distance factor shall be invariable - K = 0.5) Ca,b,c = Overall external cost (euro/vehicle) A,b,c = atmospheric pollution, noise pollution, congestion CUa,b,c = unit external cost (euro/vehicle kilometre) L = overall distance travelled by the vehicle (kilometres) K = distance factor.
Amendment 321 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7h – paragraph 2 – introductory part Amendment 322 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7h – paragraph 2 – introductory part Amendment 323 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7h – paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. Member States may provide for discounts or reductions to the infrastructure charge and the external cost charge on condition that:
Amendment 324 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7h – paragraph 2 – point a Amendment 325 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7h – paragraph 2 – point b Amendment 326 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7h – paragraph 2 – point b Amendment 327 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7h – paragraph 2 – point b (b) such discounts or reductions lead to actual savings in administrative costs and do not exceed 13% of the infrastructure and external cost charges paid by equivalent vehicles not eligible for the discount or reduction.
Amendment 328 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7h – paragraph 3 Amendment 329 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7h – paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 330 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7h – paragraph 3 3. Subject to the conditions provided for in Article 7f(3)(b) and in Article 7f(4), toll rates may
Amendment 331 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7h – paragraph 3 3. Subject to the conditions provided for in Article 7f(3)(b) and in Article 7f(4), toll rates may, in exceptional cases, namely specific projects of high European interest in the field of freight transport, be subject to other forms of variation in
Amendment 332 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7h – paragraph 3 3. Subject to the conditions provided for in Article 7f(3)(b) and in Article 7f(4), toll rates may, in exceptional cases, namely specific projects of high European interest, be subject to other forms of variation in order to secure the commercial viability of such projects where they are exposed to direct competition with other modes of vehicle transport. The resulting charging structure shall be linear, proportionate, openly published, and available to all users on equal terms and shall not lead to additional costs being passed on to other users in the form of higher tolls. Any alteration to tolls must not create disproportionate obstacles to freedom of movement and to the apportionment of costs, in the interests of sound economic growth in all sectors and the proper functioning of the internal market. The
Amendment 333 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7i – paragraph 2 2. The arrangements for collecting tolls and user charges shall not, financially or otherwise, place non-regular users of the road network at an unjustified disadvantage to those who would use alternative forms of payment. In particular, where a Member State collects tolls or user charges exclusively by means of a system that requires the use of a vehicle on-board unit, it shall ensure that appropriate on-board units compliant with the requirements of Directive 2004/52/EC can be obtained by all users under reasonable administrative and economic arrangements.
Amendment 334 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7i – paragraph 2 2. The arrangements for collecting tolls and user charges shall not, financially or otherwise, place non-regular users of the road network at an unjustified disadvantage to those who would use alternative forms of payment. In particular, where a Member State collects tolls or user charges exclusively by means of a system that requires the use of a vehicle on-board unit, it shall ensure that appropriate on-board units compliant with the requirements of Directive 2004/52/EC can be obtained by all users under reasonable administrative and economic arrangements.
Amendment 335 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7i – paragraph 3 3. If a Member State levies a
Amendment 336 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7i – paragraph 3 3. If a Member State levies an external cost charge on a vehicle, the amount of such charge shall be indicated in a document provided to the haulier. To this end, the European Commission shall provide the Member Sates with the means required to ensure that the infrastructure and external cost charges are indeed passed on separately from transport prices.
Amendment 337 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7i – paragraph 4 Amendment 338 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7i – paragraph 4 4. An external cost charge shall be levied and collected by means of an electronic system which complies with the requirements of Article 2(1) of Directive 2004/52/EC
Amendment 339 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7i – paragraph 4 4. An external cost charge shall be levied and collected by means of an electronic system which complies with the requirements of Article 2(1) of Directive 2004/52/EC and which can subsequently be extended to other road sections without the need for roadside barriers which imply significant additional roadside investment. Member States shall also cooperate to ensure that they use the same electronic system, so that it can be used on one another's territory, with the proviso that, if necessary, the rates can be adjusted.
Amendment 340 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7i – paragraph 5 Amendment 341 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7i – paragraph 5 Amendment 342 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7i – paragraph 5 Amendment 343 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7i – paragraph 5 5. However, until 31 December 201
Amendment 344 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7i – paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. As soon as the operability of toll collecting services based on the Galileo satellite positioning system is technically worked out, external cost charges shall be levied and collected by an interoperable European electronic toll collecting system as specified in Directive 2004/52/EC.
Amendment 345 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7j This Directive does not affect the freedom of Member States which introduce a system of tolls and/or user charges for infrastructure to provide, without prejudice to Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty, appropriate compensation for these charges, also if this would fall below the minimum rates of Annex I.
source: PE-416.360
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Amendment 100 #
Council position – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex III a – point 3 – subpoint 1 For each vehicle class, type of road and time period, the Member State or, if appropriate, an independent authority shall determine a single specific amount. The resulting charging structure, including the start time and the end time of each night period where the external-cost charge includes
Amendment 101 #
Amendment 102 #
Amendment 103 #
Council position – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex III b – point 2 – subpoint 2 The values in Table 2 may be multiplied by a factor of up to
Amendment 29 #
Council position – amending act Recital 2 (2) The objective of reducing the negative impacts of transport should be achieved in such a way as to avoid disproportionate obstacles to the freedom of movement in the interest of sound economic growth, the proper functioning of the internal market and territorial cohesion. It should also be emphasised that the principle of internalising external costs is the equivalent of a management instrument and should therefore be used to encourage road users and the related industrial sectors to exploit and expand their respective capabilities in the area of environmentally-friendly transport, for example by means of changes in driving behaviour or further technological development. It is vital that ways and means should be found of reducing the damage caused by road transport, including the impact on the health and well-being of people living nearby, rather than simply using the resulting revenue to cover the relevant costs.
Amendment 30 #
Council position – amending act Recital 2 (2) The objective of reducing the negative impacts of transport should be achieved in
Amendment 31 #
Council position – amending act Recital 5 (new) (5a) Transport modes other than road transport have already started to internalise external costs and the relevant Union legislation either phases in such internalisation or at least does not prevent it. In the road transport sector, several taxes and charges already apply, including taxes and charges to compensate partially for external costs such as CO2, as is for example the case with excise taxes on fuel. However, this process needs to be monitored and encouraged further with a view to establishing a Union-wide framework for the internalisation of external costs in all transport modes.
Amendment 32 #
Council position – amending act Recital 6 a (new) (6a) In order to avoid distorting competition in the road freight sector, mark-ups for pollution and congestion costs may be introduced by the Member States provided that existing domestic taxation in this sector – including vehicle ownership and/or traffic taxes, along with fuel taxes – is not reduced in such a way as to subsidise national operators. Fulfilment of this requirement must be demonstrated when the mark-up for external costs is introduced, and the Commission must carry out a prior check on, and subsequently monitor, compliance with the requirement.
Amendment 33 #
Council position – amending act Recital 6 a (new) (6a) In any case and anticipating the discriminatory consequences of their possible application to vehicles from peripheral Member States, the Commission should provide Member States with the studies, assessments and instruments required to identify and mitigate the distortionary effects on competition and the internal market.
Amendment 34 #
Council position – amending act Recital 13 a Amendment 35 #
Council position – amending act Recital 21 a (new) (21a) The corridor on which a mark-up is allowed can include parallel, nearby and directly competing mountainous road sections to which the traffic may be diverted as a result of the introduction of the mark-up. In the case of cross-border projects, the application of this provision should be agreed upon by the Member States concerned and by the Commission.
Amendment 36 #
Council position – amending act Recital 21 a (new) (21a) In cases where a mark-up is allowed on alternative road sections to which the traffic may be diverted as a result of the introduction of the mark-up on a corridor, these sections should be close to the corridor and at any rate should not entail an increase in costs for the haulier.
Amendment 37 #
Council position – amending act Recital 25 Amendment 38 #
Council position – amending act Recital 25 Amendment 39 #
Council position – amending act Recital 26 (26) Charging external costs through tolls will be more effective in influencing user decisions if they are aware of such costs. Therefore, those costs should be identified separately on a statement, on a bill or an equivalent document provided by the toll operator. Furthermore, such a document would facilitate hauliers in passing on the cost of the external-cost charge to the shipper or to any other clients. To enable hauliers to pass on any extra costs to their clients, the Commission should provide Member States with the instruments required to ensure that the infrastructure and external cost charges can indeed be passed on separately from transport prices.
Amendment 40 #
Council position – amending act Recital 29 (29)
Amendment 41 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 1 – point (c) Directive 1999/62EC .Article 2 – point (bb) (bb)
Amendment 42 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 1 – point (d) Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 – point (d) (d) 'vehicle' means a motor vehicle or articulated vehicle combination intended
Amendment 43 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 1 a (new) Directive 1999/62/EC Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new) (1a) In Article 6, the following paragraph shall be added : ‘(4a) The introduction and application of mark-ups under Article 7b(2) shall not be coupled with reductions in vehicle and fuel taxes. The Commission shall monitor the proper implementation of this paragraph.’
Amendment 44 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC .Article 7 b – Paragraph 1 1. The infrastructure charge shall be based on the principle of the recovery of infrastructure costs. The weighted average infrastructure charge shall be related to the construction costs and the costs of operating, maintaining and developing the infrastructure network concerned. The weighted average infrastructure charge may also include a return on capital
Amendment 45 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 c – paragraph 1 – .subparagraph 1 1. The external-cost charge may be related to the cost of traffic-based air pollution. On road sections crossing areas with a
Amendment 46 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC .Article 7 c – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 1. The external-cost charge may be related to the cost of traffic-based air pollution. On road sections crossing areas with a
Amendment 47 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 c – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new) The introduction of external-cost charges is dependent on the availability of modal alternatives to the relevant section of road and of competitive services thereon. The Commission shall ensure that the Member States fulfil this requirement within a reasonable timeframe.
Amendment 48 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 c– paragraph 3 3. The external-cost charge related to traffic-based air pollution shall not apply to vehicles which comply with the most stringent EURO emission standards until
Amendment 49 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 c – paragraph 3 3. The external-cost charge related to traffic-based air pollution shall not apply to vehicles which comply with the most stringent EURO emission standards until
Amendment 50 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 c – paragraph 3 3. The external-cost charge related to traffic-based air pollution shall not apply to vehicles which comply with the most stringent EURO emission standards until
Amendment 51 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 c – paragraph 3 3. The external-cost charge related to
Amendment 52 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 e – paragraph 3 3. Tolling arrangements
Amendment 53 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 f – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 - introductory part 1. In exceptional cases concerning infrastructure in mountainous regions and conurbations, and after informing the Commission, a toll mark-up may be added to the infrastructure charge levied on specific road sections which are subject to acute congestion, or the use of which by vehicles is the cause of significant environmental damage, on condition that:
Amendment 54 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 f – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 - introductory part 1. In exceptional cases concerning infrastructure in mountainous regions and conurbations, and after informing the Commission, a toll mark-up may be added to the infrastructure charge levied on specific road sections which are subject to acute congestion, or the use of which by vehicles is the cause of significant environmental damage, on condition that:
Amendment 55 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 f – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point (a) (a) the revenue generated from the mark-up is invested in financing the construction of priority projects designed to promote sustainable mobility and which are of European interest, identified in Annex III to Decision No 661/2010/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network**, which contribute directly to the alleviation of the congestion or environmental damage and which are located in the same corridor as the road section on which the mark-up is applied;
Amendment 56 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 f – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point (b) (b) the mark-up does not exceed 15 % of
Amendment 57 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7f – paragraph 5 Amendment 58 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 f – paragraph 5 5. The amount of the mark-up shall be deducted from the amount of the external
Amendment 59 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 f – paragraph 5 5. The amount of the mark-up shall be deducted from the amount of the external-cost charge calculated in accordance with Article 7c, except for vehicles of EURO emission classes 0, I, II, III and IV.
Amendment 60 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 f – paragraph 5 5. The amount of the mark-up shall be deducted from the amount of the external-cost charge calculated in accordance with Article 7c, except for vehicles of EURO emission classes 0, I, II, III and IV.
Amendment 61 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 f – paragraph 5 5. The amount of the mark-up shall be deducted from the amount of the external cost charge calculated in accordance with Article 7c, except for vehicles of EURO emission classes 0, I, II and III. All revenues generated shall be invested in financing the construction of priority projects of European interest identified in Annex III to Decision No 1692/96/EC.
Amendment 62 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 f – paragraph 5 5. The amount of the mark-up shall be deducted from the amount of the external cost charge calculated in accordance with Article 7c, except for vehicles of EURO emission classes 0, I and II;. The related revenues shall be invested in financing the construction of priority projects of European interest identified in Annex III to Decision No 1692/96/EC.
Amendment 63 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 f – paragraph 5 5. The amount of the mark-up shall be deducted from the amount of the
Amendment 64 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 f – paragraph 5 5. The amount of the mark-up shall be deducted from the amount of the external-cost charge calculated in accordance with Article 7c, except for vehicles of EURO emission classes 0, I and II.
Amendment 65 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 g – paragraph 3 – point (c) (c) no infrastructure charge is more than
Amendment 66 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 g – paragraph 3 – point (c) (c) no infrastructure charge is more than 1
Amendment 67 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 g – paragraph 3 – point (d) (d) the peak periods during which the higher infrastructure charges are levied for the purpose of reducing congestion do not exceed
Amendment 68 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 g – paragraph 3 – point (d) (d) the peak periods during which the higher infrastructure charges are levied for the purpose of reducing congestion do not exceed f
Amendment 69 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 g – paragraph 4 4. The variations referred to in paragraphs 1 and 3 are not designed to generate additional toll revenue. Any unintended
Amendment 70 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 g – paragraph 4 4. The variations referred to in paragraphs 1 and 3 are not designed to generate additional toll revenue. Any unintended increase in revenue shall be counterbalanced by changes to the structure of the variation which must be implemented within two years from the end of the accounting year
Amendment 71 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 g – paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. The Commission shall arrange for a user guide on the implementation of the Directive to be drafted in the languages of those Member States that apply it, with a special focus on modulating congestion, so as to enable public bodies and private firms to draw up business plans that take into account the possible effects of such modulation. This guide shall be published before the Directive enters into force.
Amendment 72 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 h – paragraph 1 – point (b) (b) for tolling arrangements involving concession tolls: - the concession contracts or significant changes to such contracts, - the base case on which the grantor has
Amendment 73 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 h – paragraph 3 – point (d a) (new) (da) a specific plan indicating how additional revenue from external cost charges is to be used to reduce the negative impacts of transport.
Amendment 74 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 h – paragraph 3 – point (d a) (new) (da) a specific plan indicating how additional revenue from external cost charges is to be used to reduce the negative impacts of transport.
Amendment 75 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 h – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 The Member State concerned shall adapt the proposed external-cost charge in order to be in conformity with the decision. The decision of the Commission shall be made available to the Committee referred to in Article 9d and to the European Parliament.
Amendment 76 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC .Article 7 j – paragraph 3 3. If a Member State levies a toll on a vehicle, the total amount of the toll, the amount of the infrastructure charge
Amendment 77 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 j – paragraph 3 3. If a Member State levies a toll on a vehicle, the total amount of the toll, the amount of the infrastructure charge
Amendment 78 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 j – paragraph 4 4. Where economically feasible, Member States shall levy and collect external-cost charges by means of an electronic system which complies with the requirements of Article 2(1) of Directive 2004/52/EC. Member States shall also cooperate to ensure that they use interoperable electronic systems which can be used on one another's territory, with the provision that, if necessary, the rates can be adjusted.
Amendment 79 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 2 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 7 j – paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. As soon as the operability of toll collecting services based on the Galileo satellite positioning system is technically feasible, external cost charges shall be levied and collected by an interoperable European electronic toll collecting system as specified in Directive 2004/52/EC.
Amendment 80 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 2. Member States shall determine the use of revenues generated by this Directive. To enable the transport network to be developed as a whole, revenue from infrastructure charges or the equivalent in financial value of these revenues shall be used to benefit the transport sector and optimise the entire transport system. The revenues generated from external
Amendment 81 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 2. Member States shall determine the use of revenues generated by this Directive. The revenues generated from external-cost charges, or the equivalent in financial value of these revenues, sh
Amendment 82 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 2. Member States shall determine the use of revenues generated by this Directive. The revenues generated from external-cost charges, or the equivalent in financial value of these revenues, sh
Amendment 83 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 2. Member States shall determine the use of revenues generated by this Directive. The revenues generated from external-cost charges, or the equivalent in financial value of these revenues, sh
Amendment 84 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. Member States shall determine the use of revenues generated by this Directive. The revenues generated from external-cost charges, or the equivalent in financial value of these revenues, sh
Amendment 85 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point (e) (e) developing alternative infrastructure for transport users and/or expanding current capacity in order to support a safer and more environmentally friendly transport system;
Amendment 86 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 4 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point (g a) (new) (ga) Provision of an adequate number of secure parking areas.
Amendment 87 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 8 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part (1) By …*, and every
Amendment 88 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 8 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point (c a) (new) (ca) the effect of the external cost charge or infrastructure charge on modal shift, on the optimisation of road transport and on the environment, and the effect of the external cost charge on the external costs which the Member State is seeking to cover by means of the charge; and
Amendment 89 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 8 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point (c a) (new) (ca) the effect of the external cost charge or infrastructure charge on modal shift, on the optimisation of road transport and on the environment, and the effect of the external cost charge on the external costs which the Member State is seeking to cover by means of the charge.
Amendment 90 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 8 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point (c a) (new) (ca) for each Member State individually, tolls paid by road transport operators from the Member State in question under this directive on crossing each of the Member States to which this directive applies.
Amendment 91 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 8 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point (c b) (new) Amendment 92 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 8 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point (c b) (new) (cb) the impact of the Directive on traffic flows concerning both the TEN-T network concerned and the alternative routes and the relevant consequences on implemented modal shift.
Amendment 93 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 8 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point (a a) (new) (aa) the report shall be accompanied by a proposal to the European Parliament and the Council for a revision of this directive with a view to eliminating all administrative or tariff barriers to the free movement of goods which could distort competition on the internal market for freight transport by road;
Amendment 94 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 8 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 2 –subparagraph 1 – point (c a) (new) (ca) the degree of interoperability between different toll systems in the member states as required by Directive 2004/52/EC.
Amendment 95 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 8 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 3. By …, at the latest, the Commission shall present a report t
Amendment 96 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 8 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 3 3. By …, at the latest, the Commission shall present a report t
Amendment 97 #
Council position – amending act Article 1 – point 8 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 11 – paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. No later than 31 December 2012, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the availability of a sufficient number of safe and secured parking places for trucks on the Trans-European Road Network (TEN). The relevant social partners shall be involved in compiling this report, which shall contain proposals on: (a) earmarking of infrastructure charges for a sufficient number of safe and secured parking areas on the Trans- European Road Network (TEN) to be complied with by infrastructure operators or by public authorities responsible for the TEN; (b) guidelines for the European Investment Bank, the European Cohesion Fund and the European Regional Development Fund for due consideration of a sufficient number of safe and secured parking areas within the design and co- financing of TEN-related projects.
Amendment 98 #
Council position – amending act Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 Directive 1999/62/EC Article 2 1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by …*. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions. * OJ: Please insert date:
Amendment 99 #
Council position – amending act Annex Directive 1999/62/EC Annex III a – point 2 – subpoint 2 Where applicable, it shall also notify the Commission of the exact time periods corresponding to the night period during which a higher external noise-cost charge may be imposed to reflect greater noise nuisances.
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