Traduction de «Droits et taxes portuaires » (Français → Anglais) :

29. Welcomes the proposal to establish a fund for ship dismantling and calls upon the Commission and Member States to pursue with determination the aim of establishing such a fund simultaneously at IMO and EU levels; calls on the Commission in this connection also to investigate the financial mechanism available, involving both shipyards and shipowners and including a compulsory insurance requirement and the use of port fees, taxes on new ships and annual taxes linked to IMO-registration, in order to ensure environmentally sound recycling from the moment when a ship first starts to operate, bearing in mind that a vessel may have more th ...[+++]an one owner in the course of its useful life;

29. Welcomes the proposal to establish a fund for ship dismantling and calls upon the Commission and Member States to pursue with determination the aim of establishing such a fund simultaneously at IMO and EU levels; calls on the Commission in this connection also to investigate the financial mechanism available, involving both shipyards and shipowners and including a compulsory insurance requirement and the use of port fees, taxes on new ships and annual taxes linked to IMO-registration, in order to ensure environmentally sound recycling from the moment when a ship first starts to operate, bearing in mind that a vessel may have more th ...[+++]an one owner in the course of its useful life;

10. Believes that efforts must be made by the Member States and the Commission to create a mandatory ship recycling fund jointly funded by shipyards and shipowners (for example by means of taxes levied on new ships, port fees and annual taxes linked to IMO registration) and with shared responsibility, which would facilitate the pre-cleaning of vessels of hazardous materials and the development of ship recycling yards in the Union;

31. Believes that efforts must be made by the Member States and the Commission to create a mandatory ship recycling fund jointly funded by shipyards and shipowners (for example by means of taxes levied on new ships, port fees and annual taxes linked to IMO registration) and with shared responsibility, which would facilitate the pre-cleaning of vessels of hazardous materials and the development of ship recycling yards in the Union;

44. Considers that switching freight transport from roads to short sea shipping and inland waterways can play an important part in the EU strategy for meeting climate protection obligations under the Kyoto Protocol; points out that, in the maritime transport sector, further improvements in emissions are technically entirely feasible, and are, in fact, essential with regard to reducing sulphur dioxide emissions; notes that in some port towns and cities acceptable levels of sulphur dioxide emanating from vessels lying at anchor have already been exceeded; considers that an initial step would be to give vessels incentives to use low sulp ...[+++]hur fuels by grading port charges; calls on the Commission to put forward as soon as possible a relevant proposal with a view to implementing the internalisation of external costs in the maritime transport sector and, in this connection, also to support other innovative port projects for reducing emissions;

1. Without prejudice to other Community provisions, in particular those laid down in the Community provisions in force relating to the general arrangements for the holding, movement and monitoring of products subject to excise duty, this Directive shall not prevent a Member State from maintaining or introducing taxes on insurance contracts, taxes on betting and gambling, excise duties, stamp duties and, more generally, any taxes, duties or charges which cannot be characterized as turnover taxes, provided however that those taxes, duti ...[+++]es or charges do not, in trade between Member States, give rise to formalities connected with the crossing of frontiers.