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"Madam President, we shall not, of course, be following Mr Bradbourn’s suggestion. I am pleased that you, a skilled environmental politician, are present to see us make good progress with a European sustainable transport policy by adopting the infrastructure costs directive. Of course, we have not yet reached the end of the road; we are a long way from achieving our objective. The fact that we have come as far as we have, however, is due in large part to my colleague Mrs Wortmann-Kool. Therefore, I offer her my compliments and my sincere thanks.
I should like to discuss two important points. We are discussing freight transport, and we cannot restrict ourselves to lorries weighing 40, 12 or 7.5 tonnes or more here, but want vehicles weighing 3.5 tonnes or more to be subject to tolls. It is then up to the Member States, too, to meet their responsibilities.
In addition, we know that the costs of freight transport far exceed those of just constructing and repairing roads. The external costs for users must be calculated at long last, therefore, and can no longer be dressed up. It is quite possible to calculate these external environmental, noise, congestion and health costs, even if my colleague Mr Bradbourn takes a different view. According to a study, transport by road incurs external costs of EUR 88 per thousand tonne-kilometres, whereas the figures for transport by rail and inland waterway are EUR 19 and EUR 17, respectively. According to very conservative estimates, external costs make up at least 60% of infrastructure costs.
The compromise envisages that we meet again in two years’ time. Therefore, the compromise entails a very great responsibility and obligation for the Commissioner. That is, we are expecting to see not only the model, but also legislative proposals in two years’ time, and I can already anticipate the quarters from which he will have to fend off the arrows. We shall hear arguments along the lines that this is not serious, is scientifically untenable and, if need be, puts jobs at risk. That is why I ask the Commissioner to make courageous proposals. The vast majority in Parliament will support you in this."@en1
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