Amending Council Directive 96/53/EC laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic

Wording as published by the EP, in English.

1. Amendment 52Rejected

   Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c

   Tabled by Ciarán Cuffe · Verts/ALE

   Member States may allow the circulation in their territories in national Removed: and international traffic of European Modular Systems subject to all of the following conditions:

2. Amendment 54Rejected

   Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c

   Tabled by Ciarán Cuffe · Verts/ALE

   Added: (d a) the Member States shall ensure that any decision regarding the circulation of European Modular Systems on their territories is subject to, and informed by, one or more public consultations

3. Amendment 56Rejected

   Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c

   Tabled by Ciarán Cuffe · Verts/ALE

   Removed: Whenever a Member State allows, pursuant to this paragraph, the circulation of European Modular Systems in national traffic, it may not reject or prohibit the circulation in its territory of European Modular Systems in international traffic, provided that such systems do not exceed the maximum weights and dimensions set for European Modular Systems in national traffic. Added: deleted

4. Amendment 61Rejected

   Recital 9

   Tabled by Dominique Riquet, Thomas Rudner, Barbara Thaler +63 · Members

   Removed: (9) European Modular Systems (EMS) have been used and trialled at length and have proven to be an interesting solution to improve the economic and energy efficiency of transport operations, while ensuring road safety and protection of infrastructure, thanks to their confinement to adequate parts of the road networks. Given national specificities, different economic interests, transportation needs and diverse transport infrastructure capacities in Member States, they are best placed to assess and authorise the circulation of EMS on their territories. At the same time, to enlarge the positive socio-economic and environmental impacts of the use of EMS, it is crucial to remove unnecessary barriers to their use in cross-border operations between neighbouring Member States that allow such vehicle combinations on their territories, without limitation in the number of borders crossed as long as they comply with the maximum authorised weights and dimensions for EMS established by Member States within their respective territories. This is to ensure that EMS used in cross-border operations comply with the common lowest weight and dimension limit for EMS applicable in those Member States. In the interests of safety of operations, transparency and legal clarity, common conditions should be established for the circulation of EMS in national and international traffic, including providing clear information on the weights and dimensions limits for EMS and on parts of the road network compatible with specifications of such vehicles, and monitoring the impacts of the use of EMS on road safety, on the road infrastructure, on modal cooperation, as well as the environmental impacts of European Modular Systems on the transport system, including the impacts on modal share. Added: deleted

5. Amendment 62Rejected

   Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b

   Tabled by Dominique Riquet, Thomas Rudner, Barbara Thaler +63 · Members

   … with dimensions deviating from those laid down in Annex I also permits Removed: the circulation of European Modular Systems pursuant to paragraph 4a, so Added: motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers which comply with the dimensions laid down in Annex I to be used in such combinations as to achieve at least the loading length authorised in that Member …

6. Amendment 63Rejected

   Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c

   Tabled by Dominique Riquet, Thomas Rudner, Barbara Thaler +63 · Members

   Removed: Member States may allow the circulation in their territories in national and international traffic of European Modular Systems subject to all of the following conditions: (a) the Member States shall make publicly available, in an accessible and transparent way, the information related to the maximum weights and dimensions applicable to the circulation of European Modular Systems in their territories; (b) the Member States shall make publicly available, in an accessible and transparent way, the information related to the part of the road network where European Modular Systems can circulate; (c) the Member States shall ensure the connectivity of the part of the network where European Modular Systems can circulate in their territories with the road network of neighbouring Member States that also allow the circulation of European Modular Systems, in order to enable cross-border traffic; (d) the Member States shall set a monitoring system and assess the impact of European Modular Systems on road safety, on the road infrastructure, on modal cooperation, as well as the environmental impacts of European Modular Systems on the transport system, including the impacts on modal split. Added: deleted

7. Amendment 65Rejected

   Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4

   Tabled by Dominique Riquet, Thomas Rudner, Barbara Thaler +60 · Verts/ALE Members

   Removed: Article 4b Added: deleted