7 Amendments of Josef WEIDENHOLZER related to 2014/0268(COD)
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) In order to guarantee an optimum level of protection for persons working in the vicinity of machinery and to keep the cumulative exposure of persons working in the vicinity of several different items of mobile machinery and equipment as low as possible, state-of-the-art technologies should be used to minimise emissions.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to ensure that emissions of ultrafine particulate pollutants (size of 0,1 μm and below) are controlled, the Commission should be empowered to adopt a number-based approach to emissions of particulate pollutants, in addition to the mass-based approach which is currently used. The number-based approach to emissions of particles should draw on the results of the Particulate measurement programme (PMP) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), achieve at least the level of protection afforded by the existing Union legislation on road vehicles, meet the requirement to minimise emissions of carcinogenic substances, and thus protect workers, and be consistent with the existing ambitious objectives for the environment.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The correct functioning of the after- treatment system, and more specifically in the case of NOx, is the basic requirement for fulfilling the established limits for pollutant emissions. In this context, measures to guarantee the proper operation of systems relying on the use of a reagent should be introduced. In real driving conditions, and despite the imposition of stricter limit values for NOx, NO2 emissions from modern cars and utility vehicles have increased. This has made it impossible for many Member States to meet the EU emissions limit value for NO2 laid down by Directive 2008/50/EC. This Regulation should therefore lay down the value for the admissible portion of the NOx limit value which can be accounted for by NO2.
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Engines which are in compliance with and covered by the scope of the new rules on emission limits and EU type-approval procedures should be permitted to be placed on the market in the Member States; those engines should not be subject to any other national emission requirement governing their placing on the market. Member State granting approvals should take the necessary verification measures in order to ensure the identification of engines produced under each EU type-approval. This shall be without prejudice to the right of Member States to encourage or restrict the use of engines placed on the market, provided that the methods chosen are not discriminatory and are objectively justified.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) With a view to taking into account on- going technical progress and the latest findings in the fields of research and innovation and the health protection of users who are particularly at risk, it is appropriate to identify further pollutant emission reduction potential of engines installed in non-road mobile machinery. The focus of these assessments should be on those engine categories that are included for the first time in the scope of this Regulation and on those for which emission limit values remain unaltered under this Regulation. The Commission should therefore put forward a proposal concerning hand-held machinery with engines in categories NRSh and NRS which lays down, in accordance with the state of the art, limit values for carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons (HCs), benzol and nitrogen oxides (NOx) and durability periods which properly reflect the conditions under which these engines are used in a professional context.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
For EU type-approved engines, market surveillance authorities shall perform, on an adequate scale and on the basis of adequate samples significant percentage of samples in accordance with point 2 of Annex II, control system, to Directive 2010/31/EU, documentary checks and, where appropriate, physical and laboratory checks of engines. When doing so, they shall take account of established principles of risk assessment, of any complaints and of other relevant information.
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 1
Article 55 – paragraph 1
1. The power to adopt the delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article. With that aim in view, the Commission shall set up a working group, consisting of representatives of trade unions and NGOs active in the environmental sphere, which shall ensure, in the context of the adoption of delegated acts, that proper account is taken of considerations relating to worker and environmental protection.