3 Amendments of Norbert LINS related to 2018/2792(RSP)
Amendment 37 #
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that in 2018 six Member States were referred to the European Court of Justice for failing to comply with EU air quality standards; recalls in addition that there are currently 28 infringement cases underway for failure to comply with air pollution limits in 23 Member States, and about two thirds of the Member States are currently in non-compliance with PM10 and NO2 limit values and one fifth exceed the PM2.5 target value; notes however that emissions of many air pollutants have decreased substantially over the past decades, resulting in improved air quality across the region1a; _________________ 1a https://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/air/intr o
Amendment 66 #
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. regrets that the criteria for locating sampling points to measure pollutants according to Directive 2008/50/EC leave certain leeway for member states and risk not achieving the aim of representativeness; calls on the Commission to analyse how this has an impact on the comparability of measures and its direct consequences;
Amendment 101 #
Paragraph 15
15. Considers that discrepancies between the official type approval emission figures and the real world level of NOx emissionsthe slow fleet renewal from Euro 3 to 6 cars are the main cause ofcan be one factor for the delays in improving air quality in cities and undermine local schemes designed to restrict the most polluting vehicles;