Activities of Wolfgang BULFON related to 2008/0100(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles (debate)
Amendments (14)
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) In view of new and further developments in vehicle safety standards, the Commission should review this Regulation every three years after its entry into force and make proposals for revising it.
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) Until Electronic Stability Control Systems are introduced, the Commission should take measures and run campaigns to provide information on their effectiveness and to promote their sale. In addition, the Commission should watch price developments to ascertain that the price of new cars is not being disproportionately increased as a result of equipping them to meet the new safety standards.
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 - paragraph 2 - point 7
Article 3 - paragraph 2 - point 7
(7) “Snow tyre” means a tyre, bearing the inscription M+S or M.S or M&S, whose tread pattern, tread compound or structure are primarily designed to achieve in snowat low temperatures and in snow, ice or slush conditions a performance better than that of a normal tyre with regard to its ability to initiate or maintain vehicle motion;
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Vehicles in categories M1 and N shall be equipped with a Tyre Pressure Monitoring System, capable of warning the driver when any tyre is operating at a dangerously low pressure level, and advising the driver when any tyre is operating at a pressure level significantly below the optimum pressure for good fuel consumption.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. All C1 tyres shall meet the wet grip requirements contained in Part A of Annex I.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 - paragraph 1
Article 11 - paragraph 1
1. With effect from 29 October 20120 national authorities shall refuse, on grounds relating to the areas of vehicle safety and tyres covered in Articles 5 to 9 and Annex I, with the exception of the rolling resistance limit values set out in table 2 of Part B of Annex I, to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval in respect of new types of vehicle of the categories specified in those Articles and their implementing measures, and to grant EC component/separate technical unit type-approval with respect to new types of components or separate technical units intended therefor, which do not comply with the relevant provisions of this Regulation.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 - paragraph 2
Article 11 - paragraph 2
2. With effect from 29 October 20142 national authorities shall, on grounds relating to the areas of vehicle safety and tyres covered in Articles 5, 6, 7, 8, Article 9(1) to (4) and Parts A and B of Annex I, with the exception of the rolling resistance limit values for C3 tyres and the rolling resistance limit values set out in table 2 of Part B of Annex I, in the case of new vehicles of the categories specified in those Articles which do not comply with the relevant provisions of this Regulation, consider certificates of conformity to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 26 of Directive 2007/46/EC and shall prohibit the registration, sale and entry into servic and sale of such vehicles and, in the case of new components or separate technical units intended therefor which do not comply with the relevant provisions of this Regulation, shall prohibit their sale and entry into service.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 - paragraph 3
Article 11 - paragraph 3
3. With effect from 29 October 2016 national authorities shall, on grounds relating to tyre rolling noise and, with respect to C3 tyres, also on grounds relating to tyre rolling resistance, with the exception of the rolling resistance limit values set out in table 2 of Part B of Annex I, in the case of new vehicles of the categories M, N and O which do not comply with the relevant provisions of this Regulation, consider certificates of conformity to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 26 of Directive 2007/46/EC and shall prohibit the registration, sale and entry into servic and sale of such vehicles and, in the case of new tyres intended therefor which do not comply with the relevant provisions of this Regulation, shall prohibit their sale and entry into service.
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 - paragraph 5
Article 11 - paragraph 5
5. With effect from 29 October 2018 national authorities shall, on grounds relating to tyre rolling resistance of C1 and C2 tyres, in the case of new vehicles of the categories M, N and O which do not comply with the rolling resistance limit values set out in table 2 of Part B of Annex I, consider certificates of conformity to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 26 of Directive 2007/46/EC and shall prohibit the registration, sale and entry into servic and sale of such vehicles and, in the case of new tyres intended therefor which do not comply with the rolling resistance limit values set out in table 2 of Part B of Annex I, shall prohibit their sale and entry into service.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 - paragraph 6
Article 11 - paragraph 6
6. With effect from 29 October 2020 national authorities shall, on grounds relating to tyre rolling resistance of C3 tyres, in the case of new vehicles of the categories M, N and O which do not comply with the rolling resistance limit values set out in table 2 of Part B of Annex I, consider certificates of conformity to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 26 of Directive 2007/46/EC and shall prohibit the registration, sale and entry into servic and sale of such vehicles and, in the case of new tyres intended therefor which do not comply with the rolling resistance limit values set out in table 2 of Part B of Annex I, shall prohibit their sale and entry into service.
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 - paragraph 7
Article 11 - paragraph 7
7. With effect from 29 October 20131 national authorities shall refuse, on grounds relating to the areas of vehicle safety covered in Article 10, to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval in respect of new types of vehicle of categories M2, M3, N2 and N3, to grant EC type-approval or national type-approval in respect of new types of vehicle of categories M1 and N1 fitted with an Advanced Emergency Braking System and/or a Lane Departure Warning System, and to grant EC component/separate technical unit type-approval with respect to new types of Advanced Emergency Braking Systems and Lane Departure Warning Systems intended therefor, which do not comply with the relevant provisions of this Regulation.
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 - paragraph 8
Article 11 - paragraph 8
8. With effect from 29 October 20153 national authorities shall, on grounds relating to vehicle safety covered in Article 10, in the case of new vehicles of categories M2, M3, N2 and N3 and new vehicles of categories M1 and N1 fitted with an Advanced Emergency Braking System and/or a Lane Departure Warning System which do not comply with the relevant provisions of this Regulation, consider certificates of conformity to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 26 of Directive 2007/46/EC and shall prohibit the registration, sale and entry into servic and sale of such vehicles, and, in the case of new Advanced Emergency Braking Systems and Lane Departure Warning Systems intended therefor which do not comply with the relevant provisions of this Regulation, shall prohibit their sale and entry into service.
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13a Review of the Regulation In view of the further and new development of vehicle safety standards, the Commission shall review this Regulation every three years, for the first time no later than ...*, and shall present proposals for revising it to the European Parliament and the Council. ______ * 3 years after the entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I - Part A - table
Annex I - Part A - table
Category of use Wet grip index index (G) (G) snow tyre with a speed ≥ 0.91.3 symbol (“Q” or below minus ”H”) indicating a maximum permissible speed not greater than 160 km/h snow tyre with a speed ≥ 1.04 symbol (“R” and above, plus ”H”) indicating a maximum permissible speed greater than 160 km/h normal (road type) tyre ≥ 1.16