Nine MPs put forward a proposal to eliminate climate requirements for vehicles to strengthen national emergency preparedness. The majority of the Standing Committee on Transport and Communications rejected the main proposals. Members from the Centre Party, Conservative Party, and Green Party instead submitted alternative proposals that aim to integrate preparedness considerations into transport sector electrification.
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The Storting calls on the government to halt procurement of critical infrastructure from countries with which Norway has no security partnership, including Chinese buses.
The Storting calls on the government to repeal the regulation on emissions requirements for vehicles in public procurement for road transport.
The Storting calls on the government to eliminate specific climate requirements tied to public procurement.
The Storting calls on the government to impose preparedness requirements on municipalities, county authorities, and health trusts when arranging public transport, school transport, and patient transport, and to remove specific zero-emission requirements.
The Storting calls on the government to impose preparedness requirements on the Norwegian Public Roads Administration's winter road maintenance and ensure that zero-emission requirements are not imposed on winter maintenance work.
The Storting calls on the government to ensure that any zero-emission requirements for winter road maintenance do not compromise preparedness, traffic safety, or service reliability.
The Storting calls on the government to review climate requirements in public procurement with the aim of creating greater room for local adaptation and cost-effectiveness in procurement decisions.
The Storting calls on the government to ensure that preparedness requirements are applied to zero-emission vehicles used in public transport, school transport, and patient transport.
The Storting calls on the government to ensure that all public emergency preparedness plans are updated to account for transport sector electrification by the end of 2026.
The Storting calls on the government to develop a plan for emergency preparedness regarding renewable fuels in the transport sector and report back to the Storting by the end of 2026.
The Storting calls on the government to conduct an assessment by the 2027 state budget presentation of a support scheme for building multiple shared energy storage facilities for the transport sector, such as battery depots for temporary power outages.
The Storting calls on the government to include other large vehicles, such as mining trucks and excavators, in the ongoing work to assess risks to national security interests from the use of buses from countries with which Norway has no security partnership.