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European Parliament 2014-2019 Plenary sitting A8-0259/2018 19.7.2018 ***I REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 92/106/EEC on the establishment of common rules for certain types of combined transport of goods between Member States (COM(2017)0648 – C8-0391/2017 – 2017/0290(COD)) Committee on Transport and Tourism Rapporteur: Daniela Aiuto. RR\1159661EN.docx PE619.311v04-00 EN United in diversity EN PR_COD_1amCom Symbols for procedures * Consultation procedure *** Consent procedure ***I Ordinary legislative procedure (first reading) ***II Ordinary legislative procedure (second reading) ***III Ordinary legislative procedure (third reading) (The type of procedure depends on the legal basis proposed by the draft act.) Amendments to a draft act Amendments by Parliament set out in two columns Deletions are indicated in bold italics in the left-hand column. Replacements are indicated in bold italics in both columns. New text is indicated in bold italics in the right-hand column. The first and second lines of the header of each amendment identify the relevant part of the draft act under consideration. If an amendment pertains to an existing act that the draft act is seeking to amend, the amendment heading includes a third line identifying the existing act and a fourth line identifying the provision in that act that Parliament wishes to amend. Amendments by Parliament in the form of a consolidated text New text is highlighted in bold italics. Deletions are indicated using either the ▌symbol or strikeout. Replacements are indicated by highlighting the new text in bold italics and by deleting or striking out the text that has been replaced. By way of exception, purely technical changes made by the drafting departments in preparing the final text are not highlighted. PE619.311v04-00 2/74 RR\1159661EN.docx EN CONTENTS Page DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION ................................. 5 EXPLANATORY STATEMENT ............................................................................................ 44 OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY ....................................................................................................................... 47 PROCEDURE – COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE ................................................................... 73 FINAL VOTE BY ROLL CALL IN COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE .................................... 74 RR\1159661EN.docx 3/74 PE619.311v04-00 EN PE619.311v04-00 4/74 RR\1159661EN.docx EN DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 92/106/EEC on the establishment of common rules for certain types of combined transport of goods between Member States (COM(2017)0648 – C8-0391/2017 – 2017/0290(COD)) (Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading) The European Parliament, – having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2017)0648), – having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 91(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C8-0391/2017), – having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, – having regard to the reasoned opinion submitted, within the framework of Protocol No 2 on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, by the Swedish Riksdag, asserting that the draft legislative act does not comply with the principle of subsidiarity, – having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 19 April 20181, – after consulting the European Committee of the Regions, – having regard to Rule 59 of its Rules of Procedure, – having regard to the report of the Committee on Transport and Tourism and the opinion of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A8-0259/2018), 1. Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out; 2. Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal; 3. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments. Amendment 1 Proposal for a directive 1 Not yet published in the Official Journal. RR\1159661EN.docx 5/74 PE619.311v04-00 EN Recital 1 Text proposed by the Commission Amendment (1) The negative impact of transport on (1) The overall aim of this Directive is air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, to establish a resource-efficient accidents, noise and congestion continue multimodal transport network and to to pose problems to the economy, health reduce the negative impact of transport on and well-being of European citizens. air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, Despite the fact that road transport is the accidents, noise and congestion. main contributor of those negative effects, road freight transport is estimated to grow by 60 per cent by 2050. Amendment 2 Proposal for a directive Recital 2 Text proposed by the Commission Amendment (2) Reducing the negative impact of (2) Reducing the negative impact of transport activities remains one of the main transport activities remains one of the main goals of the Union's transport policy. goals of the Union's transport policy. Council Directive 92/106/EEC21 which Council Directive 92/106/EEC21 which establishes measures to encourage the establishes measures to encourage the development of combined transport, is the development of combined transport, is the only legislative act of the Union to directly only legislative act of the Union to directly incentivise the shift from road freight to incentivise the shift from road freight to lower emission transport modes such as lower emission transport modes such as inland waterways, maritime and rail. inland waterways, maritime and rail. In order to further reduce the negative effects of road freight, research into, and the sharing of, best practices between Member States on solutions leading to better routing, network optimisation, increases in load efficiency and the possibilities for the charging of external costs should be encouraged. _________________ _________________ 21 Council Directive 92/106/EEC of 7 21 Council Directive 92/106/EEC of 7 December 1992 on the establishment of December 1992 on the establishment of common rules for certain types of common rules for certain types of combined transport of goods between combined transport of goods between Member States (OJ L 368, 17.12.1992, Member States (OJ L 368, 17.12.1992, p.38). p.38). PE619.311v04-00 6/74 RR\1159661EN.docx EN Amendment 3 Proposal for a directive Recital 3 Text proposed by the Commission Amendment (3) The goal of reaching 30% of road (3) The goal of reaching 30% of road freight over 300 km shifted to other modes freight over 300 km shifted to other modes of transport such as rail or waterborne of transport such as rail or waterborne transport by 2030, and more than 50% by transport by 2030, and more than 50% by 2050, in order to optimise the 2050, is to be achieved via efficiency gains performance of multimodal logistic and infrastructure improvements within chains, including by making greater use the rail and waterborne sector. of more energy-efficient modes, has been slower than expected and according to the current projections, will not be reached. Amendment 4 Proposal for a directive Recital 4 Text proposed by the Commission Amendment (4) Directive 92/106/EEC has (4) Directive 92/106/EEC has contributed to the development of the contributed to the development of the Union's policy on combined transport and Union's policy on combined transport and has helped shift a considerable amount of has helped shift a considerable amount of freight away from road. Shortcomings in freight away from road. Shortcomings in the implementation of that Directive, the implementation of that Directive, notably ambiguous language and outdated notably ambiguous language and outdated provisions, and the limited scope of its provisions, the limited scope of its support support measures, have significantly measures, as well as the bureaucratic and reduced its impact. protectionist obstacles within the rail sector, have significantly reduced its impact. Amendment 5 Proposal for a directive Recital 4 a (new) Text proposed by the Commission Amendment (4a) This Directive should pave the way for efficient intermodal and multimodal RR\1159661EN.docx 7/74 PE619.311v04-00 EN freight services, offering a level playing field for different modes of transport. Amendment 6 Proposal for a directive Recital 5 Text proposed by the Commission Amendment (5) Directive 92/106/EEC should be (5) Directive 92/106/EEC should be simplified and its implementation simplified and its implementation improved by reviewing the economic improved by reviewing the economic incentives to combined transport, with the incentives to combined transport, with the aim of encouraging the shift of goods aim of improving the competitiveness of from road transport to modes which are rail and waterborne transport in more environmentally friendly, safer, comparison to road transport. more energy efficient and cause less congestion. Amendment 7 Proposal for a directive Recital 6 Text proposed by the Commission Amendment (6) The volume of national intermodal (6) The volume of national intermodal operations constitutes 19,3 % of the total operations constitutes 19,3% of the total