21 Amendments of Bas EICKHOUT related to 2019/0101(COD)
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 requires new light-duty vehicles to comply with certain emission limits (Euro 5 and Euro 6 standards) and lays down additional requirements on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information, which were amended and further consolidated by Regulation (EU) 2018/85815a, which will apply as of 1 September 2020. The specific technical provisions necessary to implement that Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 were set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/200816 and subsequently, in Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/115117. __________________ 15a Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles, amending Regulations (EC) No 715/2007 and (EC) No 595/2009 and repealing Directive 2007/46/EC (OJ L 151, 14.6.2018, p. 1). 16 Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 of 18 July 2008 implementing and amending Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on type-approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information (OJ L 199, 28.7.2008, p. 1). 17Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 of 1 June 2017 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on type- approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information, amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012 and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 (OJ L 175, 7.7.2017, p. 1).
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The type-approval requirements relating to emissions from motor vehicles have been gradually and significantly tightened through the introduction and subsequent revision of Euro standards. While vehicles in general have delivered substantial emission reductions across the range of regulated pollutants, this was not the case for NOx emissions from diesel engines or particles for gasoline direct injection engines, installed in particular in light-duty vehicles. Actions for correcting this situation are therefore needed, mostly due to illegal practices that resulted in discrepancies between emission measures in laboratories and in real work conditions. Actions for correcting this situation are therefore needed to ensure Euro 6 standards are met under all normal conditions of use and to enable Member States to comply with Union air quality standards without further delay, in particular in urban areas.
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3 a) The 2019 Air Quality Report1a published by the European Environment Agency (EEA) estimated that in 2016 long-term exposure to air pollution has been responsible to more than 506 000 premature deaths in the EU-28. The report also confirmed that road transport continued to be the primary source of NOx emissions in the EU-28 in 2017, representing around 40 % of total EU NOx emissions, and that around 80 % of the total NOx emission from road transport is generated by diesel powered vehicles; __________________ 1a EEA Air Quality in Europe 2019 report
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Regulation (EU) 2016/64621 introduced the dates of application of the RDE test procedure, as well as the compliance criteria for RDE. For that purpose,In the first phase, temporary pollutant-specific conformity factors were introduced to grant manufacturers leeway in order to adapt to any change in the testing methodologies. In the second phase, final pollutant-specific conformity factors were usedpresented by the Commission as necessary to take account of statistical and technical uncertainties of the measurements conducted by means of Portable Emission Measurement Systems (PEMS). __________________ 21 Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/646 of 20 April 2016 amending Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 as regards emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 6) (OJ L 109, 26.04.2016, p.1).
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6 a) The European Parliament's recommendation of 4 April 2019 to the Council and the Commission following the inquiry into emission measures in the automotive sector1a called on the Commission and the Member States to apply more vigorous measures in the wake of the emissions cheating scandal, and urged in particular the Commission to review the conformity factors so as to bring them down to 1 by 2021at the latest. __________________ 1a OJ C 298, 23.8.2018, p. 140
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The General Court did not questioned the technical justification of the conformity factors. Therefore, and given that at the current stage of technological development there is still a discrepancy between emissions measured in real driving and those measured in a laboratory, it is appropriate to introduce the conformity factors in its ruling, by pointing out the uncertainty it would bring for competent authorities within the framework of their approval and market surveillance activities when determining whether or not the vehicle being tested complies with the limits set out into Regulation (EC) No 715/2007, thereby altering an essential element of that Regulation, as well as with Directive 2008/50/EC as regards emission limits.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8 a) The European Parliament's resolution of 28 March 2019 on recent developments in the 'Dieselgate' scandal welcomed the ruling of the General Court, and explicitly asked the Commission not to introduce any new conformity factor in order to ensure Euro 6 standards are not further diluted and are instead met under normal conditions of use, as originally provided for in Regulation (EC) 715/2007.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9 a) On 11 December 2019, the Commission published its Communication on the European Green Deal, which highlights the need to accelerate the shift to sustainable and smart mobility, including by addressing and tackling all emission sources, and ensuring a clear pathway from 2025 onwards towards zero- emission mobility. To deliver on that ambition, it is essential that the Commission present, as soon as possible and by June 2021 at the latest, new legislative proposals to introduce more stringent air pollution emissions standards for combustion-engine vehicles, covering all pollutants and all fuels and powertrains under all driving conditions. As part of the future revision of the CO2 standards for cars and vans, the Commission should also propose a clear phase out the sale of new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles with combustion engines by 2035 at the latest, while ensuring rules do not prevent frontrunner countries to apply more stringent measures at national level in order to decarbonise road transport.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to contribute to the achievement of the Union’s air quality objectives and to reduce vehicle emissions, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFUEU) should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the detailed rules on the specific procedures, tests and requirements for type approval. That delegation should include supplementing Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 by such revised rules as well as the test cycles used to measure emissions; the requirements for the implementation of the prohibition on the use of defeat devices that reduce the effectiveness of emission control systems; the measures necessary for the implementation of the obligation of a manufacturer to provide unrestricted and standardised access to vehicle repair and maintenance information; the adoption of a revised measurement procedure for particulates. The delegation should further include amending Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 for the purposes of revising the final conformity factors downwards to reflect technical progress in PEMS and recalibrating the particulate mass based limit values and introducing particle number based limit values. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations are conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council should receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically should have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 715/2007
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Those obligations include meeting the emission limits set out in Annex I. For the purposes of determining compliance with the Euro 6 emission limits set out in Table 2 of Annex I, the emission values determined during any valid Real Driving Emissions (RDE) test shall be divided by the applicable conformity factor set out in Table 2a of Annex I. The result shall remain below the Euro 6 emission limits set out in Table 2 of that Annex.;
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 715/2007
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. With effect from 2 July 2007, if a manufacturer so requests, the national authorities may not, on grounds relating to emissions or fuel consumption of vehicles, refuse to grant EC type approval or national type approval for a new type of vehicle, or prohibit the registration, sale or entry into service of a new vehicle, where the vehicle concerned complies with this Regulation, and in particular with the Euro 5 limit values set out in Table 1 of Annex I or with the Euro 6 limit values set out in Table 2 of Annex I, subject to the second subparagraph of Article 4(1).
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 715/2007
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 715/2007
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
With effect from 1 September 2015, and from 1 September 2016 in the case of category N1 class II and III and category N2 vehicles, national authorities shall, in the case of new vehicles which do not comply with this Regulation, and in particular with the Euro 6 limit values set out in Table 2 of Annex I, ["as determined in accordance with the second subparagraph of paragraph 4",] consider certificates of conformity to be no longer valid for the purposes of Article 18 of Directive 2007/46/EC and shall, on grounds relating to emissions or fuel consumption, prohibit the registration, sale or entry into service of such vehicles.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 715/2007
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Regulation (EC) No 715/2007
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) supplementing this Regulation in order to adapt the procedures, tests and requirements as well as the test cycles used to measure emissions in order to adequately reflect real driving emissions under all normal conditions of use, in particular in view of extending the temperature and altitude boundary conditions to the maximum capability of the best in class PEMS equipment, removing the maximum cumulative positive altitude gain permissible during the trip, removing the additional 1,6 conformity factor for pollutant emissions measured during extended ambient boundary conditions, and addressing hazardous spikes in particles resulting from filter cleaning;
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Regulation (EC) No 715/2007
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 715/2007
Article 14 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 5 a (new)
(10 a) In Article 14, paragraph 5a is added: “5a. By June 2021at the latest and in view of improving compliance of Member States with Union Air Quality Standards, the Commission shall present a proposal to the European Parliament and the Council with a view to tightening the emission limits set out in Annex I, and to covering all remaining pollutants, for all types of fuels and power trains, under all driving conditions. New emission limits and accompanying measures, and their date of entry into force, shall be consistent with a pathway towards zero-emission mobility from 2025 onwards and the Union zero-pollution ambition.”
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 715/2007
Article 14a – paragraph 2
Article 14a – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 5(3), Article 8 and Article 14(2) and (3) shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of fivetwo years from ... [date of entry into force ]. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than ninesix months before the end of the five-two- year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – paragraph -1 (new)
Annex – paragraph -1 (new)
Regulation (EC) No 715/2007
Annex I – table 2 – column 6
Annex I – table 2 – column 6
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex
Annex
Regulation (EC) No 715/2007
Annex I – table 2a
Annex I – table 2a