9 Amendments of Philippe DE BACKER related to 2012/0184(COD)
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Roadworthiness testing is a part of a wider regime ensuring that vehicles are kept in a safe and environmental acceptable condition during their use. This regime should cover periodic roadworthiness tests for all vehicles and roadside technical inspection for vehicles used for commercial road transport activities as well as provisions on a vehicle registration procedure to ensure tha. Periodic testing should be the main tool to ensure roadworthiness. Roadside inspections of commercial vehicles should only be complementary to periodic tests and target vehicles which constitute an immediate risk to road safety are not used on roads.
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Odometer fraud is considered to affect between 5% and 12% of used cars sales, resulting in a very important cost to society of several billions Euros yearly and in an incorrect evaluation of a roadworthiness condition of a vehicle. With a view to combat odometer fraud, the recording of mileage in the roadworthiness certificate combined with the obligation to present the certificate of the previous test would facilitate the detection of tampering or manipulation of the odometer. Odometer fraud should also be more systematically considered as an offence liable to a penalty. To combat odometer fraud more effectively, Member States should gather mileage registration in a central database.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 a (new)
Recital 25 a (new)
(25a) Since the objective of this Regulation should be to encourage further harmonisation and standardisation of periodic roadworthiness testing of vehicles, which should eventually lead to the establishment of a Single Market for periodic roadworthiness testing in the European Union with a system of mutual recognition of roadworthiness testing certificates which allows vehicles to be tested in any Member State, the European Commission should draft a report on progress in the harmonisation process in order to determine when such a mutual recognition could be established;
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Roadworthiness tests shall be carried out only by the competent authority of a Member State or by testing centres authorised by Member Stata public body entrusted with the task by the State or by bodies or establishments certified and supervised by the State, including authorised private bodies.
Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. The holder of the registration certificate may request the testing centre, or the competent authority or the bodies or establishments certified and supervised by the State if relevant, to carry out the roadworthiness test during a period extendstarting from the beginning of the month preceding the month of the anniversary date referred to in paragraph 1 until the end of the second month following this date, without affecting the date for the next roadworthiness test.
Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2a) Without prejudice to Article 5, in case of registration of a vehicle origination from another Member State, Member State shall recognise a roadworthiness certificate issued by any other Member State, as if it had itself issued the roadworthiness certificate, provided the certificate is valid within the frequency of the re-registering Member State. In cases of doubt, Member States may verify the roadworthiness certificate before recognising it. Member States shall communicate to the Commission a description of the roadworthiness certificate before the date of application of this Directive. The Commission shall inform the Committee referred to in Article 16.
Amendment 263 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2a) To meet minimum requirements in terms of quality management, testing centres shall comply with the requirements of the authorising Member State. Testing centres shall ensure the objectivity and the high quality of the vehicle testing.
Amendment 269 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. Inspectors employed or authorised by competent authorities of the Member States or a testing centre at the date of application of this Regulation shall be exempted from the requirements laid down in Annex VI, point 1. The Member States shall deliver a certificate of equivalence to these inspectors.
Amendment 291 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall examine the feasibility, costs and benefits of the establishment of an electronic vehicle information platform with a view to exchange information on data related to roadworthiness testing and odometer readings between the competent authorities of Member States responsible for testing, registration and vehicle approval, the testing centres and the vehicle manufacturers, through implemented IT solutions ..