A9-0410/2023 - Petar Vitanov - Proposition de la Commission

Wording as published by the EP, in English.

1. Amendment 51 · Draft legislative actAdopted

   Recital 26 a (new)

   Tabled by Markus Ferber · PPE

   Added: (26 a) During the preparations for the review of this Directive, the Commission should take into consideration to the fullest extent that Member States face different geographical and societal challenges when aiming to improve road safety. Indeed, while some Member States are successfully aiming to enforce road traffic rules through the so-called demerit point systems, others are choosing different methods, such as imposing stricter sanctions immediately or putting more effort into targeted enforcement and prevention campaigns. Moreover, account should also be taken of the fact that demerit point systems themselves can be significantly different between the Member States that choose to apply them. As such, resources and attention should be directed to other measures, which can increase road safety, while also letting Member States address the diverse challenges that they face in such ways as they believe to be the most efficient;

2. Amendment 54 · Draft legislative actRejected

   Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a

   Tabled by Philippe Olivier, Roman Haider · ID

   (a) Removed: the Member State of issuance shall withdraw the driving licence or the right to drive of the person concerned; Added: Deleted

3. Amendment 55 · Draft legislative actRejected

   Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point d

   Tabled by Philippe Olivier, Maximilian Krah, Roman Haider · ID

   … disqualification and the underlying reasons, including on account of the successful challenge Added: expressed from the issuing Member State by the person concerned.

4. Amendment 56 · Draft legislative actRejected

   Article 14 – paragraph 2

   Tabled by Philippe Olivier, Roman Haider · ID

   2. Removed: A driving disqualification notified under Article 4(1) may be challenged only in an action brought in Added: In the context of the mutual communication foreseen between the Member State of the Removed: offence. Added: offence and the issuing Member State, the driver may challenge the driving disqualification decision in an action brought via the national contact point of the issuing Member State.

5. Amendment 57 · Draft legislative actRejected

   Article 15 – paragraph 2

   Tabled by Philippe Olivier, Maximilian Krah, Roman Haider · ID

   … and that the time-limits laid down in Article 9 are complied with. Added: The national contact points should also cooperate to ensure that remedies are in place to enable drivers to provide key information on the circumstances of serious offences, in order to be able to challenge a driving disqualification decision.