9 Amendments of Markus FERBER related to 2017/2064(INL)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
- having regard to European Parliament Written Declaration 0030/2016 of 11 April 2016 on combating mileage fraud in the second-hand car market;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 b (new)
Citation 9 b (new)
- having regard to Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/11511a;
Amendment 7 #
A. whereas odometer tampering, i.e. the malpractice of deliberate and unauthorised altering of the real mileage of a vehicle shown on its odometer, is a serious and widespread problem throughout the whole European Union especially in cross-border trade; whereas odometer fraud is financially worthwhile in that, as a result, higher prices can be obtained for second-hand cars, and technical solutions must be found in order to make it more difficult for non- professionals to tamper with odometers;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas odometer manipulation is prohibited in 26 Member States , only ten of them have additional measures to verify the mileage available to customers and only six recognise odometer manipulation as criminal offense3; _________________ 3 European Consumer Centers Network (ECC-Net, 2015), Cross-border car purchases: what to look out when you’re bargain hunting, p.236whereas the hardware and software used for tampering with odometers are freely available in the Union and that is not classified as a criminal offence;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 obliges manufacturers, in order to obtain type-approval for a vehicle, to implement systematic tamper-protection strategies and write-protect features to deter reprogramming of odometers, also taking account of remote data exchange features; whereas it only requires information and explications provided by the manufacturer and does not foresee any testing if the odometer is tampering proof; whereas internationally recognised processes such as the Common Criteria (ISO/IEC 15408), for instance, can help safeguard against tampering;
Amendment 43 #
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 manipulations either impossible or so time consuming, difficult and expensive that it is no longer lucrative; calls on the Commission to review the statutory requirements of Regulation (EU) 2017/1151;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines thatWelcomes technical solutions likesuch as HSM and SHE, which are already widely used to protect sensitive data in cars, and underlines the fact that odometer readings should enjoy the same level of protection;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises that vehicles have become increasingly capable of connectivity and that this development will continue thus allowing to automatically feed odometer data into a database or a blockchain network; welcomes the automotive industry’s efforts to develop a variety of technical safeguards against odometer tampering and to make improper access more difficult through data encryption (AES), including with regard to data protection and security;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on Member States to improve their legislation on odometer fraud - as regards both the provision of hardware and software and the related services - in order to make it a criminal offence;