Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-12-13-Speech-2-376"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-12-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Charging of heavy goods vehicles2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20051213.61.2-376"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-12-13-Speech-2-3772
lpv:speaker	lp:Erik Meijer2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; DROI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Socialistische Partij (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; EUL/NGL (2004-11-14--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; TRAN (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	". Madam President, lorry traffic has kept on becoming cheaper for the users, but society as a whole is paying an ever-higher price for it. We pay for it in the shape of air pollution, noise pollution and the excessive space that it takes up. That is why a drastic shift away from roads to rail and water is necessary, as is the reduction of needless transport. One of the means of achieving this is for road transport to pay for all pollution itself and thus to become more expensive than rail transport. Switzerland is a good example in this respect. The compromise proposal for charging toll is better than the directive we have at the moment, but too many loopholes and exceptions have crept in. There is every likelihood that Member States will wait for the Commission’s promised calculation model, which will require the go-ahead from the Council and Parliament in two years’ time. As a result, interested governments will try to put off passing on the environmental costs . The most polluting trucks are exempt until 2010. Smaller lorries under 12 tonnes fall outside of the directive’s scope until 2010, and Member States can simply exempt these lighter vehicles. There is also no guarantee whatsoever that the toll proceeds will be ploughed back into sustainable means of transport, such as freight railways. Member States can, if they so wish, invest the full amount in asphalt. My group would have liked to endorse amendments that are geared to more and quicker results, which this compromise does not cater for. The main thing is that at least now a start has been made on the introduction of this desperately needed toll charge on lorry traffic."@en1
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