22 Amendments of Andreas SCHWAB related to 2016/0014(COD)
Amendment 388 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6
Article 6 – paragraph 6
6. The Member States shall periodically review and assess the functioning of their type-approval activities. Such reviews and assessments shall be carried out at least every four years and the results thereof shall be communicated to the other Member States, the European Parliament and the Commission. The Member State concerned shall make a summary of the results accessible to the public, in particular the number of type-approval granted and the identity of the corresponding manufacturers.
Amendment 396 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. The Member States shall ensure that the market surveillance authorities and the type-approval authorities can properly perform the tasks foreseen by this regulation. To this end, they shall in particular equip them with the resources necessary for that purpose.
Amendment 422 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to lay down the criteria for setting out the scale, scope and frequency with which the compliance verification checks of samples taken referred to in paragraph 1 have to be performed. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 87(2).
Amendment 458 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 10
Article 8 – paragraph 10
Amendment 477 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall organise and carry out, or require to be carriedcarry out, on an adequate scale, tests and inspections of vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units already made available on the market, with a view to verifying that those vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units conform to the type approvals and to applicable legislation as well as to ensure the correctness of the type approvals.
Amendment 507 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Where the Commission establishes that the vehicles tested or inspected do not comply with the type-approval requirements laid down in this Regulation or any of the regulatory acts listed in Annex IV or that the type approval has been granted on the basis of incorrect data, it shall requireinform the type-approval authority that granted the type-approval and call on it to require the economic operator concerned to take corrective measures. Should the non-conformity established have an impact on the safety or the environmental performance of the vehicle, the Commission may in accordance with Article 54(8) require without delay the economic operator concerned to take all appropriate corrective measures to bring the vehicles in compliance with those requirements, or it shall take restrictive measures, either by requiring the economic operator to withdraw the vehicles concerned from the market, or to recall them within a reasonable period of time, depending on the seriousness of the established non- compliance.
Amendment 511 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 523 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
The Commission shall guarantee a unified implementation and enforcement of the rules across the single market.
Amendment 537 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
This Forum shall be composed of members appointed by the Member States and should include representatives of the national type-approval authorities. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 88 to lay down the composition, detailed tasks, working methods and rules of procedure of the Forum.
Amendment 545 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 557 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Its advisory tasks shall comprise inter alia the promotion of good practices, the exchange of information on enforcement problems, cooperation, development of working methods and tools, development of an electronic information exchange procedure, and evaluation of harmonised enforcement projects, penalties and joint inspections.
Amendment 562 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
The national market surveillance authorities may present in the Forum individual cases of suspected non- conformity. The Forum may refer an individual case to the Commission, which may carry out an investigation and, if appropriate, take the measures listed in Article 9.5 if this action is so decided by a majority decision of the Forum.
Amendment 572 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Amendment 666 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The approval authority and technical services shall upon request have access to full and comprehensible information on the software and algorithms of the vehicle.
Amendment 722 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30
Article 30
Amendment 772 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1
Article 33 – paragraph 1
1. Type-approvals for vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units shall be issued for a limited period of 58 years without the possibility of prolongation. The expiry date shall be indicated in the type-approval certificate. AfterBefore the expiry of the type-approval certificate, it may be renewed upon application by the manufacturer and only where the approval authority has verified that the type of vehicle, system, component and separate technical unit complies with all the requirements of the relevant regulatory acts for new vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units of that type.
Amendment 793 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 40 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In addition, more flexibility should be granted to SMEs with small production that cannot meet the same time constraint criteria as large manufacturers.
Amendment 886 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
The Commission should ensure throughout the Forum that EU harmonised approach is applied toward EU citizens and granting them the same right on the single market.
Amendment 902 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 65 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Manufacturers shall provide to independent operators unrestricted and standardised access to vehicle OBD information, diagnostic and other equipment, tools including any relevant softwarecomplete and comprehensible information about the software and algorithms, and vehicle repair and maintenance information.
Amendment 934 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 8
Article 71 – paragraph 8
Amendment 988 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 76 – paragraph 1
Article 76 – paragraph 1
1. An in-house technical service of a manufacturer may be designated for category A activities as referred to in Article 72(1)(a) only with regard to the regulatory acts listed in Annex XV. An in- house technical service shall constitute a separate and distinct part of the manufacturer's company and shall not be involved in the design, manufacturing, supply or maintenance of the vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units that it assesses. An independence of the two bodies has to be ensured via separate accreditation of the different bodies or any other means that prevents potential conflicts of interest.
Amendment 1121 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XII – point 1 – introductory part
Annex XII – point 1 – introductory part
1. The number of units of one type of vehicle to be registered, sold or put into service annually in the Union shall not exceed, pursuant to Article 39, the figures shown in the following table for the vehicle category in question: Category N2 – 1000