14 Amendments of Matthijs van MILTENBURG related to 2017/2064(INL)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the second-hand car market in the European Union, which is two to three times larger than the market of new cars, has the lowest consumer trust among goods markets2 and odometer tampering seriously contributes to the loss of consumers’ trust in second-hand dealers and thus distorts the functioning of the internal market and fair competition; _________________ 2 Consumer Markets Scoreboard, European Commission 2014
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas tackling odometer tampering would benefit and better protect millions of European consumers;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas some Member States have already introduced instruments to minimise odometer manipulation like “Car-Pass” in Belgium and “Nationale AutoPas” (NAP) in the Netherlands; whereas both use a database collecting odometer readings at every maintenance, service, repair or periodical inspection of the vehicle, without collecting any personal data and have both almost eradicated odometer fraud in their domains within a short timeframe;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to pursue the overall goal of creating legal, technical and operational barriers to make odometer manipulations either impossible or so time consuming, difficult and expensive that it is no longer lucrative;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers a shorter period for the first mandatory PTI more useful and suggestalls on the Commission and the Member states to include mandatory odometer readings not only from PTIs, but also inspections and other garage visits;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Emphasises that shifting to a blockchain based solution could be more cost-effective while providing high quality and security; therefore callCalls on the Commission to assess the potential benefits onf the Commission to explore the possible establishment of a European odometer blockchain network;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on Member States to improve their legislation - or in case they do not have any, to create a specific one - on odometer fraud in order to make it a criminal offence;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to propose a legislative framework, within a timeframe of twelve months after the adoption of this report by the European Parliament, for Member States to set up national data collection mechanisms, based on best practices; these mileage data collection should be mutually compatible, exchanged and interconnected between Member States, within the existing framework of EUCARIS;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 4 a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 4 a (new)
Consumers should be able, before buying a second-hand vehicle, to verify the accuracy of the odometer reading of the vehicle, based on the collected mileage data from that vehicle regardless of the Member State in which it was previously registered;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 5
Annex I – paragraph 5
Blockchain and connectivity as potential and complementary long-term solutions
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 7
Annex I – paragraph 7
The blockchain technology could offers a reliable tool to secure data in a network and successfully prevent manipulation of data entries. Combining those developments and technology could be a long-term solution to odometer fraud.
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 8 – indent 1
Annex I – paragraph 8 – indent 1
- assess the potential costs and benefits of establishing a European blockchain network for odometer readings;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 8 – indent 2
Annex I – paragraph 8 – indent 2
- create the legal and regulatory framework for an automated transmission of odometer readings of cars that are equipped with connectivity functions to complete mileage recordings taken from manual entries at PTI and other sources;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 8 – indent 3
Annex I – paragraph 8 – indent 3
- include the additional optionmake mandatory to transmit odometer readings from PTI, garage visits and inspections and thus integrating but advancing from the database system;