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European Parliament 2014-2019 European Parliament 2014-2019 Committee on Transport and Tourism TRAN_PV(2018)0524_1 MINUTES Meeting of 24 May 2018, 09.00-12.00 BRUSSELS The meeting opened at 09.05 on Thursday, 24 May 2018, with Karima Delli (Chair) presiding. 24 May 2018, 9.00 – 12.30 1. Adoption of agenda Decision: The draft agenda was adopted. 2. Chair’s announcements *** Electronic vote *** 3. Common rules for the operation of air services in the Community TRAN/8/08880 ***I 2016/0411(COD) COM(2016)0818 – C8-0531/2016 Rapporteur: Claudia Țapardel (S&D) Responsible: TRAN Vote on the decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations Decision: Adopted.: 35 votes to 1, with 0 abstentions Mobility package vote: 4. Charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures TRAN/8/10069 ***I 2017/0114(COD) COM(2017)0275 – C8-0171/2017 Rapporteur: Christine Revault d'Allonnes Bonnefoy (S&D) PR – PE615.363v03-00 Responsible: TRAN* Opinions: ECON – Decision: no opinion PV\1154028EN.docx PE622.227v01-00 EN United in diversity EN ENVI* – Seb Dance (S&D) AD – PE613.289v03-00 AM – PE618.020v01-00 AM – PE618.021v01-00 Adoption of draft report Amendments Comp 1, Comp 2, AM 26, Envi AM 27, AM 227, AM 262, AM 28, adopted: Comp 3,Comp 4, Comp 4A, Comp 5A, Comp 6, Comp 7, Comp 7A, AM 39, Comp 8, AM342, AM 152, Comp 9, Comp 10, AM 407, AM 413, AM 53, AM 414, Comp 11, AM 57, Comp 12, AM 58, Envi AM 52, Comp 14, AM 470,AM 480, AM 63, AM 77, AM 81, Envi AM 1, Envi AM 2, Envi AM 4, Envi AM 5, Comp 15, AM 2, AM 3, Envi AM 10, Comp 16, AM 103, AM 107, AM 104, AM 4, Envi AM 8, AM 5, Comp 17, AM 112, AM 7, AM 8, Comp 18, Comp 19, AM 10, Envi AM 16, Comp 20, Comp 21, AM 148, AM 12, AM 13, AM 171, AM 174,Comp 22, AM 180, Comp 23,AM 195, AM 196 Decision: Adopted.: 35 votes to 2, with 3 abstentions Correction of MEP Schmidt meant to vote against in the final vote vote: Vote on the decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations Decision: Adopted.: 38 votes to 1, with 1 abstentions 5. Charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures, as regards certain provisions on vehicle taxation TRAN/8/10067 * 2017/0115(CNS) COM(2017)0276 – C8-0196/2017 Rapporteur: Deirdre Clune (PPE) PR – PE615.498v01-00 AM – PE616.845v01-00 Responsible: TRAN Opinions: ECON – Markus Ferber (PPE) AD – PE615.443v02-00 AM – PE619.089v01-00 ENVI – Decision: no opinion Adoption of draft report Amendments Econ AM 2, AM4, AM 5, AM 32, Econ AM 4, AM 6, AM 34, Econ AM adopted: 5, AM 7, AM 36, Econ AM 6, AM 8, AM 38, Econ M 7, AM 9, AM 41, Econ AM 8,AM 3,AM 1, AM 25, AM 30. Decision: Adopted.: 32 votes to 4, with 2 abstentions 6. Interoperability of electronic road toll systems and facilitating cross-border exchange of information on the failure to pay road fees in the Union (recast) TRAN/8/10071 ***I 2017/0128(COD) COM(2017)0280 – C8-0173/2017 PE622.227v01-00 2/13 PV\1154028EN.docx EN Rapporteur: Massimiliano Salini (PPE) PR – PE615.481v01-00 Responsible: TRAN Opinions: ITRE – Decision: no opinion JURI – Jiří Maštálka (GUE/NGL) CM – PE609.385v01-00 LIBE – Branislav Škripek (ECR) AD – PE616.760v03-00 AM – PE618.301v01-00 Adoption of draft report Amendments Comp1, Libe AM 11, AM 76, AM 77, AM 78, Comp 2, AM 82, Comp 3, adopted: Libe AM 13,AM 5, Comp 4, AM 108, AM 89, AM 119, AM 22, AM 120, AM 10, AM 121,AM 126, Comp 4A, am 141, Libe AM 20, Libe AM 21, AM 143, AM 146, AM 148, AM 149, AM 150, Libe AM 23, AM 152, AM 12, AM 153, AM 164, Libe AM 25, Comp 5, AM 13, AM 166, AM 167, Libe AM 30, Libe AM 31, Libe AM 2, Libe AM 3, Comp 6, Comp 7, Comp 8, AM 48, AM 57, Libe AM 9, AM 54, AM 58, AM 3, AM 59, Libe AM 10. Decision: Adopted.: 40 votes to 1, with 0 abstentions Vote on the decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations Decision: Adopted.: 41 votes to 0, with 0 abstentions 7. Use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road TRAN/8/10094 ***I 2017/0113(COD) COM(2017)0282 – C8-0172/2017 Rapporteur: Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar (PPE) PR – PE615.479v01-00 Responsible: TRAN Adoption of draft report Amendments Comp 1A, Comp 2A, Comp 3A, Comp 4A, AM 14, AM 34, adopted: Decision: Adopted.: 24 votes to 15, with 1 abstentions Vote on the decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations Decision: Rejected.: 24 votes to 16, with 0 abstentions *** End of electronic vote *** 8. Promotion of clean and energy-efficient road transport vehicles TRAN/8/11621 ***I 2017/0291(COD) COM(2017)0653 – C8-0393/2017 Rapporteur Andor Deli (PPE) PA – PE618.318v01-00 for the opinion: Responsible: ENVI – Andrzej Grzyb (PPE) PR – PE620.815v01-00 PV\1154028EN.docx 3/13 PE622.227v01-00 EN Opinions: ITRE – Claude Turmes (Verts/ALE) PA – PE620.803v01-00 AM – PE620.925v01-00 IMCO – Decision: no opinion TRAN Consideration of draft opinion Decision: Consideration of a draft opinion Deadline for amendments announced by the Chair: 07 June 2018 at 14:00. Speakers: Andor Deli, Lucy Anderson, Daniel Dalton, Karima Delli, Pavel Telička, Claire Depre (EC). 9. Any other business 10. Next meetings 4 June 2018, 16.00 – 18.30 (Brussels) The meeting ended at 11.15. PE622.227v01-00 4/13 PV\1154028EN.docx EN Results of roll-call votes Contents 1. Charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures - 2017/0114(COD) - Christine Revault d'Allonnes Bonnefoy .................................................... 6 1.1. Final vote ................................................................................................................. 6 2. Charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures, as regards certain provisions on vehicle taxation - 2017/0115(CNS) - Deirdre Clune........................................... 6 2.1. Final vote ................................................................................................................. 6 3. Interoperability of electronic road toll systems and facilitating cross-border exchange of information on the failure to pay road fees in the Union (recast) - 2017/0128(COD) - Massimiliano Salini.................................................................................................................... 7 3.1. Final vote ................................................................................................................. 7 4. The use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road - 2017/0113(COD) - Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar ................................................................ 8 4.1. Final vote ................................................................................................................. 8 Key to symbols: + : in favour - : against 0 : abstention PV\1154028EN.docx 5/13 PE622.227v01-00 EN 1. Charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures - 2017/0114(COD) - Christine Revault d'Allonnes Bonnefoy 1.1. Final vote 35 + ALDE Jozo Radoš, Dominique Riquet, Pavel Telička, Matthijs van Miltenburg Eleonora Evi, Marco Zullo EFDD Merja Kyllönen, Marie-Pierre Vieu GUE/NGL Georges Bach, Deirdre Clune, Michael Gahler, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Ramona Nicole Mănescu, Marek Plura, Massimiliano Salini, Claudia Schmidt, Luis de Grandes Pascual, Wim van de Camp, Elżbieta PPE Katarzyna Łukacijewska S&D Lucy Anderson, Eric AndrieuInés Ayala Sender, Isabella De Monte, Ismail Ertug, Jude Kirton-Darling, Miltiadis Kyrkos, Bogusław Liberadzki, Gabriele Preuß, Christine Revault d'Allonnes Bonnefoy, David- Maria Sassoli, Janusz Zemke, Claudia Țapardel Verts/ALE Michael Cramer, Karima Delli, Keith Taylor 2 - ECR Jacqueline Foster PPE Andor Deli 3 0 ECR Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Anneleen Van Bossuyt PPE Dieter-Lebrecht Koch Corrections to vote + - 0 2. Charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures, as regards certain provisions on vehicle taxation - 2017/0115(CNS) - Deirdre Clune 2.1. Final vote 32 + PE622.227v01-00 6/13 PV\1154028EN.docx EN ALDE Jozo Radoš, Dominique Riquet, Pavel Telička, Matthijs van Miltenburg EFDD Eleonora Evi, Marco Zullo GUE/NGL Merja Kyllönen PPE Georges Bach, Deirdre Clune, Andor Deli, Michael Gahler, Dieter-Lebrecht Koch, Ramona Nicole Mănescu, Marek Plura, Massimiliano Salini, Claudia Schmidt, Luis de Grandes Pascual, Wim van de Camp, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska S&D Lucy Anderson, Eric Andrieu, Inés Ayala Sender, Isabella De Monte, Ismail Ertug, Jude Kirton-Darling, Miltiadis Kyrkos, Bogusław Liberadzki, Gabriele Preuß, Christine Revault d'Allonnes Bonnefoy, David- Maria Sassoli, Janusz Zemke, Claudia Țapardel Verts/ALE Karima Delli 4 - ECR Jacqueline Foster GUE/NGL Marie-Pierre Vieu Verts/ALE Michael Cramer, Keith Taylor 2 0 ECR Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Anneleen Van Bossuyt Corrections to vote + - 0 3. Interoperability of electronic road toll systems and facilitating cross-border exchange of information on the failure to pay road fees in the Union (recast) - 2017/0128(COD) - Massimiliano Salini 3.1. Final vote 40 + ALDE Jozo Radoš, Dominique Riquet, Pavel Telička, Matthijs van Miltenburg ECR Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Anneleen Van Bossuyt PV\1154028EN.docx 7/13 PE622.227v01-00 EN EFDD Eleonora Evi, Marco Zullo GUE/NGL Marie-Pierre Vieu PPE Georges Bach, Deirdre Clune, Andor Deli, Michael Gahler, Dieter-Lebrecht Koch, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Ramona Nicole Mănescu, Marek Plura, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Massimiliano Salini, Claudia Schmidt, Annie Schreijer-Pierik, Luis de Grandes Pascual, Wim van de Camp, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska S&D Lucy Anderson, Inés Ayala Sender, Isabella De Monte, Ismail Ertug, Maria Grapini, Jude Kirton-Darling, Miltiadis Kyrkos, Bogusław Liberadzki,
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