16 Amendments of Pilar AYUSO related to 2016/2908(RSP)
Amendment 30 #
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to review the applicable Union law in order to ascertain whether the testing procedures prior to the placing on the market of other vehicle systems, or of other products, could be dependent on inadequate test procedures, as in the case of vehicle emissionsimproved from a technical point of view;
Amendment 42 #
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that although the RDE procedure will minimise the risk of defeat device use, it will not completely prevent recourse to illegal practices; recommends therefore that, in line with the approach of the US authorities, a degree of unpredictability is built into the type- approval testing in order to prevent any outstanding loopholes from being exploited;.
Amendment 53 #
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Member States to require car manufacturers, in the context of the recently introduced obligation for car manufacturers to disclose their base and auxiliary emission strategies, to explain any irrational emissions behaviour of vehicles observed in testing and to demonstrate the need to apply the exemptions set out in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007; calls on the Member States to share the results of their investigations and the technical test data with the Commission and Parliament; calls on the Commission, in the light of those data, to assess whether Article 5 of the Regulation should be amended;
Amendment 55 #
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to strictly monitor the enforcement bycoordinate with Member States of the exemptions to the use of defeat devices and to issue interpretative guidelines; in addition, calls on the Commission to launch infringements procedures if it deems them necessaryassess whether any exemption may be granted by the Commission or by approval from the TCMV, rather than directly by a Member State;
Amendment 82 #
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that type-approval authorities should be made responsible for checkinginformed of the financial relations existing between car manufacturers and technical services in order to prevent conflicts of interest between the two;
Amendment 87 #
Paragraph 23
Amendment 90 #
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Commission to assess whether it is legally possible to set uniform rates for all Member States for each of the administrative processes in type approval;
Amendment 101 #
Paragraph 26
26. Believes that type-approval authorities, market surveillance authorities and technical services should be able to carry out their duties; considers that they should therefore technical services should improve their level of competence significantly and continuously, and to that end calls for the establishment of regular, independent audits of their capabilities through joint assessments or by the national accreditation bodies;
Amendment 105 #
Paragraph 27
Amendment 107 #
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls on the Commission to carry out an analysis to assess whether manufacturers could use a system of self- certification, with an enhanced system for infringements, sanctions and surveillance of the market, by the Commission and Member States, in line with the practice in other parts of the world and with the legislation laid down within the framework of the new approach and the general approach for other products;
Amendment 109 #
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls on the Commission to look into the possibility of making it mandatory for manufacturers to notify the Commission of their choice of technical service, so as to ensure that the Commission is fully aware of the situation;
Amendment 113 #
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Calls on the Commission to analyse the risks of authorising technical services which do not have testing equipment (category B technical services) and may only supervise tests performed in the manufacturer’s facilities;
Amendment 115 #
Paragraph 27 c (new)
Amendment 117 #
Paragraph 27 d (new)
27d. Suggests that with the aim of fully harmonising criteria, the Commission should assess whether type approvals could be granted on a harmonised basis, not by Member States but by a prospective European vehicle safety agency;
Amendment 123 #
Paragraph 29
Amendment 130 #
Paragraph 31
31. Suggests that the Commission should be empowered to impose on vehicle manufacturers effective, proportionate and dissuasive administrative fines where non- compliance of their vehicles is established;