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Debate: Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Marlene Mortler
Political group: PPE
Country: Romania
Language: DE

Frau Präsidentin, liebe Kollegen, Herr Präsident! Erfolgreicher Klimaschutz ist nur in Summe der unterschiedlichen Lösungsansätze möglich. Der entscheidende Ansatz für eine klimaschonende und treibhausgasneutrale Zukunft sind technologische Lösungen und zukunftsgerichtete Innovationen. Somit kann einerseits Wertschöpfung am Wirtschaftsstandort gesichert und andererseits eine wirksame Begrenzung der Erderwärmung erreicht werden. Der Emissionshandel allein hilft nicht, das Problem der Erderwärmung zu lösen. Denn ein System, das Emissionen erlaubt und Handel mit Emissionen zulässt, ist immer zu hinterfragen. Höhere Preise führen nicht automatisch zu besserem Klimaschutz, sondern entziehen den Unternehmen zunächst Liquidität für dringend benötigte Investitionen. Weitere Verschärfungen im EHS und bei der sogenannten Lastenteilung müssen gründlich daraufhin analysiert werden, welche Auswirkungen sie auf die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit unserer Unternehmen, aber auch auf unsere Menschen haben. Es wäre grob fahrlässig, sich nur auf Grenzausgleichsmechanismen zu verlassen. Angesichts der hohen Energiepreise im Kontext des Angriffskriegs gegen die Ukraine sind weitere Belastungen der europäischen Industrie Gift. Deshalb brauchen wir ein Belastungsmoratorium. Andererseits brauchen wir noch schneller noch viel mehr erneuerbare Technologien zur klimafreundlichen Bereitstellung von Energie. In diesem Sinne plädiere ich für verlässliche politische Rahmenbedingungen mit klaren Prioritäten. Sie sind das A und O, damit entscheidende technologische Lösungen auch in der Praxis umgesetzt werden können.
Debate: Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Roman Haider
Political group: ID
Country: France
Language: DE

Frau Präsidentin, Herr Kommissar! Die Energiekosten steigen binnen kürzester Zeit um ein Vielfaches. Und auch in anderen lebenswichtigen Bereichen wie Lebensmittel oder Wohnen kommt es zu substanziellen Preissteigerungen. Europa steht vor einer massiven Inflation. Es droht die wirtschaftliche Rezession, und ganze Industriezweige stehen inzwischen vor dem Aus. Jetzt könnte man meinen, die EU würde alles tun, um dieser Entwicklung entgegenzusteuern, um die Energiepreise zu senken, um bedrohten Unternehmen zu helfen, um Europas Wirtschaft in dieser schwierigen Situation zu unterstützen. Man könnte zum Beispiel die Marktstabilitätsreserve wie ursprünglich geplant wieder auf 12 Prozent reduzieren. Man könnte die Reserve auch zur Bewältigung der akuten Krise nutzen. Aber genau das Gegenteil ist der Fall. Getrieben von Ihrem „
Debate: Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Pina Picierno
Country: Spain
Language: IT

Io chiederei ai colleghi di evitare commenti imbarazzanti che mettono in difficoltà quest'Aula e commenti anche spiacevoli. Quindi, onorevole Haider, credo che lei si debba scusare per le espressioni che ha utilizzato, che non sono rispettose del commissario ma nemmeno, appunto, dei colleghi e di quest'Aula.
Debate: Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Mick Wallace
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Madam President, without this standalone revision of the Market Stability Reserve, the intake rate will revert to 12% after 2023. So I support the fast tracking of this standalone revision. However, the current 24% must be the floor and not the ceiling for the intake rate. The Market Stability Reserve has been effective in supporting the ETS carbon price signal in recent years, but it was designed to only handle oversupply accumulated in the past. It is not fit to deal with current or future surplus. Such surpluses might be the result of, for example, economic downturns, COVID or planned coal plant closures. The Market Stability Reserve will therefore need to be strengthened. To effectively handle the market surplus, we need to increase the intake rate to something closer to 35% from 2024 onwards. We need to adopt the planning thresholds and we need an automatic cancellation of allowances held in the reserve for more than three years.
Debate: Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Pina Picierno
Country: Spain
Language: IT

Ora passo la parola, a nome della Commissione, al Vicepresidente Timmermans, confermandole i sentimenti di stima e di rispetto per il suo lavoro, Commissario.
Debate: Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Frans Timmermans
Language: EN

But I want to say very briefly –Mick Wallace described what the function is of the market stability reserve and I couldn’t even put it in better words than he did – but many of the Honourable Members use this opportunity to speak in wider terms about the emissions trading system (ETS), and the function of the ETS, so let me just very briefly react on that point. Anyone who wants to weaken the functioning of the ETS, will prolong the agony of being attached to fossil fuels, including fossil fuels from Russia. So anyone who wants to slow down the transition to renewables makes sure that more money will end into the pockets of Putin. And this is exactly what we’re trying to stop! That’s why we’ll come with our REPowerEU initiative to speed up the transition. And I’ve seen this with ETS at work last week in Sweden, they’re now producing green steel in Sweden, steel that is made without emissions; not yet on an industrial scale, but it is possible because of the functioning of the ETS market with a reasonable price. It makes it all possible, and it makes Europe industrially much, much stronger if we speed up this transition. This is where the world is heading, not just Europe, the whole world; and those who seem to advocate a slowing down of the transition to renewables, should pause and think about what that means in present-day Europe, where the longer we remain dependent on fossil fuels, the longer we risk co—financing Putin’s war. So the faster we transition into renewables, the faster we will be stronger, we will have higher energy sovereignty in Europe, we will put the competitiveness of the European industry on a much, much higher scale.
Debate: Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Cyrus Engerer
Country: Romania
Language: EN

I would like to first thank all of those who have participated in this debate on the Market Stability Reserve. It is the first out of the legislative files of the Fit for 55 Package that have come in front of this plenary. And I am very grateful for all the help and cooperation that I have found from all shadow rapporteurs on this important legislative file. Our EU ETS must remain fit for purpose, and it must ensure and incentivise that all Member States keep on working in order to reduce their current emissions and push forward towards a more environmental and green future. So, this is what we have tried to do with this file that we have been discussing today. And I am really sorry to hear those who are at the far right and the conservatives of this Chamber who still do not believe in science, who still think that climate change is something that does not affect our planet, and who still believe that they can simply ignore it. We do not ignore it, and we want to keep on legislating in order for our European Union to remain the most ambitious continent in this planet, in order to reach our objectives. So I really look forward and encourage all Parliament to give a strong and broad support to this file tomorrow in our vote in order to have a very strong hand when it comes to negotiating this with other institutions.
Debate: Use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Pina Picierno
Country: Spain
Language: IT

L'ordine del giorno reca la discussione sulla raccomandazione per la seconda lettura della commissione per i trasporti e il turismo sulla posizione del Consiglio in prima lettura in vista dell'adozione della direttiva del Parlamento europeo e del Consiglio che modifica la direttiva 2006/1/CE, relativa all'utilizzazione di veicoli noleggiati senza conducente per il trasporto di merci su strada (13531/1/2021 - C9-0014/2022 -
Debate: Use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Virginijus Sinkevičius
Language: EN

The objective of this revision was to achieve greater flexibility for companies in the use of hired vehicles by removing some of the possibilities to restrict the use of such vehicles which exist for Member States under the current Directive. This is exactly what the final agreement is about. Although the initial positions of the European Parliament and of Member States diverged in some parts, a carefully balanced political agreement was found last year.  I think we can all be proud of the result achieved. The Commission is in favour of the agreement for a number of reasons. First of all, limitations can now only be introduced by Member States for their own undertakings, while the existing Directive allowed restrictions on the hiring of vehicles also for foreign undertakings. This is a huge step for more flexibility of the whole sector.  Secondly, Member States must grant at least 30 days to their own undertakings for the hire of vehicles with foreign number plates, without the need for a national registration of the vehicles. And this will allow, in particular, taking into account seasonal needs, which was one of the main purposes of the revision. Member States which would like to grant longer periods of complete freedom for the use of hired vehicles with foreign number plates can of course continue to do so.  And thirdly, any possibilities for restrictions for undertakings performing on account of relations with domestic hired vehicles have been taken out of the Directive. Such restrictions will, in the future, only be allowed for vehicles that are registered in another Member State. This remaining restriction can be justified since Member States could otherwise not exert any control over such vehicles as they are not registered in the national registers of road haulage undertakings.  Furthermore, since the revised legislation will likely increase the use of hired vehicles, as such vehicles are often newer and more environmentally friendly, the solution is also beneficial for the achievement of the objectives of the European Green Deal.  Honourable Members, thank you for your attention and I look forward to your comments.
Debate: Use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Ljudmila Novak
Political group: PPE
Country: Lithuania
Language: SL

Naš cilj je zagotoviti pošteno konkurenco, poenostaviti obstoječa pravila in zagotoviti tudi pravice delavcev v tem sektorju. Upoštevati moramo tudi to, da v nekaterih državah primanjkuje šoferjev, zato mora biti naša zakonodaja še bolj fleksibilna. Predvsem pa je potrebno, da je zakonodaja čim bolj poenotena in da ne povzroča voznikom dodatnih težav.  Zato pa smo Evropska unija in imamo skupna pravila, da bi naše življenje in delo naših državljanov čimbolj poenostavili, povečali učinkovitost in zmanjšali stroške prevozov.  Prevečkrat srečam ljudi, ki se pritožujejo nad nerazumnimi pravili, ki smo jih tudi mi pomagali sprejeti. Verjamem, da vedno v najboljši veri, da delamo dobro, pa se nismo postavili v čevlje državljanov, ki morajo ta pravila uresničevati. Lepo je slišati, kadar kdo pohvali naše ukrepe.
Debate: Use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Ismail Ertug
Political group: S-D
Country: Portugal
Language: EN

This dossier is of importance to complete our comprehensive mobility package. After years of work on this file, interinstitutional negotiations have made great progress, and we have a good text on the table. This directive will help the hauliers to operate better, and to be able to manage in an effective and efficient way instabilities caused by technical and seasonal reasons. Rules on the use of hired vehicles should be based on common, clear and fair rules. At the same time, the rules should not limit the free movement of services within the European Union, while taking into account the fiscal differences between Member States. Therefore, I support this proposal and its adoption in order to improve our transport industry, making it more arranged, fairer and favourable to all stakeholders.
Debate: Use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Izaskun Bilbao Barandica
Political group: Renew
Country: Slovakia
Language: ES

Este acuerdo sobre el uso de vehículos alquilados sin conductor para el transporte de mercancías por carretera ofrece nuevas herramientas a los profesionales para mejorar los servicios que prestan, progresar en la descarbonización del transporte e igualar las condiciones en que operan en toda la Unión Europea. Completamos así otra pieza del llamado «paquete de movilidad», una pieza clave para guiar la transición de este sector y aprovechar al máximo la capilaridad y flexibilidad que aporta a la movilidad en su conjunto.  Con este acuerdo, los costes logísticos bajarán, porque bajan los costes de operación de muchas compañías. Se promoverá el uso de vehículos más limpios y eficientes y habrá más flexibilidad para afrontar imprevistos o solventar averías en las flotas. Crecerá, además, el empleo en las empresas de  Finalmente, añadimos otra herramienta para combatir la fragmentación. Hasta ahora, las diferencias legales sobre el uso de este recurso en los distintos Estados miembros eran un factor de distorsión de la competencia en el mercado interior.
Debate: Use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Ciarán Cuffe
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Ireland
Language: EN

However, there is some uncertainty regarding the impact on Member State tax revenues or the overall environmental cost at the European Union level. So I’m glad that the Member States have the option to limit the use of hired vehicles on their territories should they so wish, as some safeguards are needed. More Europe can be good and I think it will be in this instance, but let’s see how it works out. That the Commission must report on the impact of the legislation, I think will be hugely informative in this regard. So, I welcome the proposal and I look forward to seeing how it works out in practice.
Debate: Use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: João Pimenta Lopes
Political group: The Left
Country: Romania
Language: PT

Também neste setor se faz sentir o ímpeto liberalizador e de desregulação das políticas da União Europeia em benefício do sacrossanto mercado, impondo a precarização das relações laborais, com a imposição, por exemplo, do trabalho remunerado à viagem, ao quilómetro, à tonelagem, tudo em benefício dos grandes grupos económicos e da sua teia de interesses.  O aluguer de veículos pesados sem condutor é a expressão desse processo de liberalização e exploração. Permite driblar as limitações associadas às atividades de cabotagem e ao destacamento de trabalhadores motoristas. Alarga um processo de desregulação que se opõe aos direitos dos trabalhadores e não resolve os grandes constrangimentos a que estão sujeitas as pequenas e médias empresas do setor, ou que dele dependem.
Debate: Use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Mario Furore
Political group: NI
Country: Spain
Language: IT

Signora Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, a volte le buone intenzioni nascondono rischi. Dobbiamo utilizzare i veicoli più rispettosi dell'ambiente, e questo per conseguire quegli obiettivi climatici che ci siamo dati qui in UE, e certamente il noleggio è uno strumento utile alle imprese per gestire quei picchi di domanda temporanei. Ma dobbiamo vigilare perché questa direttiva non si trasformi in uno strumento per aggirare la normativa sul cabotaggio. Il pacchetto Mobilità ha messo in luce come in Europa siano ancora fortemente presenti i rischi di una concorrenza sleale nel settore dell'autotrasporto e a farne le spese sono i piccoli operatori e, ancora troppo spesso, i conducenti, che sono vittime di dumping e di condizioni di lavoro difficili. Quindi bene che il Consiglio abbia messo a punto un testo che consenta agli Stati membri una certa flessibilità nell'attuazione: ma dobbiamo restare vigili per garantire che questo testo non comprometta ulteriormente il mercato dell'autotrasporto.
Debate: Use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Tomislav Sokol
Political group: PPE
Country: Italy
Language: HR

Poštovana predsjedavajuća, postojeća pravila na razini Unije o korištenju vozila unajmljenih bez vozača primijenjuju se već 30 godina bez bitnih izmjena te ih je potrebno revidirati da bi se zadovoljile sadašnje, ali i buduće potrebe u sektoru cestovnog prijevoza.  Aktualnom direktivom pruža se minimalna razina otvorenosti tržišta za korištenje takvih vozila jer su njome zapravo obuhvaćene zastarjele pravne odredbe koje odražavaju nekadašnje potrebe ovog sektora. U skladu s postojećom direktivom, pravila među državama članicama se razlikuju, što dovodi do brojnih ograničenja i nesigurnosti te se ograničava uporaba teretnih vozila unajmljenih u državi članici koja nije država članica poslovnog nastana poduzeća koje unajmljuje vozila. Stoga pozdravljam što će se navedeno zakonodavstvo nakon pet godina međuinstitucijskih pregovora konačno revidirati.  No, zakonodavstvo je nužno da bi se odgovorilo na stvarne potrebe prijevoznika. Novi zakonodavni prijedlog pridonijet će funkcioniranju jedinstvenog tržišta te donosi veću fleksibilnost prijevozničkih poduzeća pri unajmljivanju i zakupu teretnih vozila da bi se zadovoljio privremeni ili sezonski vrhunac potražnje te da bi se zamijenila neispravna vozila, a time će se povećati i učinkovitost prijevoza. Novim pravnim okvirom prijevoznicima diljem Unije omogućit će se ujednačeniji pristup tržištu za najam teretnih vozila.  Zaključno, podržavam ovaj zakonodavni prijedlog jer predstavlja priliku za ostvarenje ravnopravnih uvjeta i pravednog tržišnog natjecanja za poduzeća koja se u EU-u bave najmom i prijevozom.
Debate: Use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Vera Tax
Political group: S-D
Country: Sweden
Language: NL

Vicevoorzitter, geachte commissaris, beste collega's, met deze aangepaste regels voor het huren van vrachtwagens krijgen we eindelijk een versoepeling. Gehuurde voertuigen zijn over het algemeen nieuwer, veiliger en milieuvriendelijker. Deze aanpassing zorgt ervoor dat defecte vrachtwagens eenvoudiger vervangen kunnen worden. Bovendien helpt dit vervoersbedrijven om gemakkelijker voertuigen te kunnen huren in andere EU-landen, zodat tijdelijk pieken opvangen gemakkelijker wordt. Als onderdeel van het mobiliteitspakket beoogt deze wetgeving ook de handhaving en controle te verbeteren. Handhaving van de verbeterde regels is de enige manier om eerlijke concurrentie tussen exploitanten te herstellen en om lonen en arbeidsomstandigheden van chauffeurs te verbeteren. Dit is niet alleen belangrijk voor het welzijn van chauffeurs, maar ook voor de wegveiligheid van ons allemaal.
Debate: Use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Valter Flego
Political group: Renew
Country: Sweden
Language: HR

Poštovana predsjedavajuća, prije svega želim apsolutno pohvaliti ovaj zakonodavni prijedlog jer, na primjer, nekakav autoprijevoznik iz Hrvatske moći će na puno jednostavniji način iznajmiti vozilo u drugoj državi članici, što je apsolutno prihvatljivo. Znamo da svako takvo usuglašavanje smanjuje papirologiju, ima veću efikasnost i, naravno, štedi se vrijeme.  Ali kao član Odbora za promet htio bih reći jednu drugu stvar, jednu drugu temu, jer siguran sam da nam treba zajednička europska politika i za razvoj autonomnih vozila. Hitno nam trebaju takvi zakonski prijedlozi koji vrijede za cijelu Europu, a ne za samo jednu državu pojedinačno. U suprotnom, naime, mi ćemo se dovesti u situaciju da donosimo direktivu po direktivu, zakon po zakon, a vrijeme ide, i ide, i ide. I zato želim, poštovani povjereniče, da odmah krenemo u izradu jedinstvenih zakona, ja bih rekao jednog kišobrana zakona, za razvoj pravila u vožnji autonomnih vozila.  I da, Europa mora biti ispred konkurencije jer, znajte, tehnika ne čeka, znanost ne stagnira i zato dajmo vjetar u jedra gospodarstvu i inovacijama i, u biti, našoj europskoj ekonomiji.
Debate: Use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Virginijus Sinkevičius
Language: EN

Honourable Members, the Commission very much counts on the support of the European Parliament to finally adopt the long overdue revision of the Hired Vehicles Directive. Most importantly, this revision will result in meaningful change on the ground and thus contribute to a more flexible and efficient road transport. The Commission welcomes the agreement as it will significantly increase the flexibility for undertakings to use the hired vehicles registered in other Member States or for own-account purposes. It is thus an important step in the implementation of the first mobility package. This agreement will increase the use of hired vehicles, which will also benefit the achievement of the EU climate goals, since such vehicles are ever more environment-friendly. The revised directive will therefore also have an important environmental impact. We can be proud of the results achieved. Once again, I would like to express the Commission’s thanks to the Parliament and of course also to the Presidencies who have worked on this file and made the political agreement last year possible.
Debate: Use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar
Country: Austria
Language: PT

Termino com uma ressalva que julgo importante relembrar. É que esta proposta garante a liberdade aos Estados-Membros de não aplicarem qualquer restrição na utilização nos respetivos territórios de um veículo alugado e registado noutro Estado-Membro. Caso haja uma distorção de mercado num determinado país, podem fazê-lo, mas com as devidas limitações referenciadas nesta diretiva.  Precisamos de saber se a tributação diferenciada existente exercerá algum impacto no crescimento deste mercado. Quais os efeitos da aplicação e do cumprimento da presente diretiva? Será fulcral ter conhecimento, avaliar, se e de que forma, os Estados-Membros aplicam as regras e cumprem as limitações alcançadas por este acordo e se as mesmas irão potenciar, ou não, efeitos perversos no desenvolvimento deste mercado.  Só através de uma análise apurada, de avaliações precisas, através de estudos de impacto, poderemos legislar melhor no futuro. Cá estaremos, se assim for, para fazer com que esta legislação seja também favorável ao mercado único, mas que também permita o melhor desenvolvimento destas empresas nos nossos Estados-Membros.
Debate: Future of fisheries in the Channel, North Sea, Irish Sea and Atlantic Ocean
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Pina Picierno
Country: Spain
Language: IT

L'ordine del giorno reca la discussione sulla relazione di Manuel Pizarro, a nome della commissione per la pesca, sul futuro della pesca nella Manica, nel Mare del Nord, nel Mare d'Irlanda e nell'Oceano Atlantico alla luce del recesso del Regno Unito dall'UE (