Activities of Pavel TELIČKA related to 2017/0293(COD)
Plenary speeches (3)
Emission performance standards for new passenger cars and for new light commercial vehicles (debate)
Emission performance standards for new passenger cars and for new light commercial vehicles (debate)
Emission performance standards for new passenger cars and for new light commercial vehicles (debate)
Amendments (19)
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) In addition, in view of the uncertainties inherent in future technological and sociological developments in the sector, rather than prioritising radically, at an early stage, one or more technical options which may prove to be generally less relevant in the future, it is preferable to explore the potential, and the possible synergies, of the various technologies currently available. In that regard, it is appropriate to recall the fundamental principle of technological neutrality to which the EU is committed and by which it is required to abide.
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) This revision of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 aims to significantly reduce the use of carbon-based energy for the propulsion of light private vehicles and light commercial vehicles. This revision therefore has a threefold purpose: an environmental purpose, namely to combat climate change and minimise emissions harmful to human health, a sustainability purpose, namely to reduce the use of fossil fuels, and an economic purpose, namely to improve the competitiveness of the European automotive industry without causing irreversible damage to the industry.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) Although, in comparison with the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC), the introduction of the new WLTP test procedure can be expected to reduce the gap between reported CO2 emission values and actual emissions from vehicles, such a gap will nonetheless persist; it is therefore essential to continue the efforts to develop and establish tests to be performed both in the laboratory and elsewhere which reflect reality as completely as possible by measuring actual energy consumption and emissions under real driving conditions; to this end, the Commission should include such tests in the regulatory framework as soon as they have been developed.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) It is essential that this revision amending Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 on the establishment of requirements for the reduction of CO2 emissions should aim for continuity and seek to maintain a certain stability and predictability for the various players in the industry in the Union, particularly car manufacturers, for the whole of their fleets of new cars and new light commercial vehicles within the territory of the Union. The aim should therefore be to continue efforts so as to improve elements of the original regulation whilst adapting them to environmental needs and the new technological potential of the industry, in such a way as not to unbalance major sectors in the Union but, on the contrary, to promote European competitiveness and innovation.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) The current Commission proposal only addresses the new vehicles, but the average age of the vehicles in the EU keeps growing and is close to 11 years today, the renewable energy can play a key role in reducing GHG emissions from European transport, it is thus vital taking into consideration all forms of renewable energy and less-carbon intensive fuels and create incentives that can effectively contribute to the decarbonisation of the EU transport sector and retrofitting on- road vehicles. In the Commission proposal CO2 content measured at the exhaust of the vehicle does not take into account the renewable energy content of the liquid and/or gaseous road transport fuels used, since no distinction is made at the measuring stage between CO2 originating from non-renewable and renewable energy carriers. The development of a methodology to allow taking into account the renewable energy content of the liquid and/or gaseous road transport fuels in the determination of the specific emissions of CO2 for new cars and new light commercial vehicles needs to be developed.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) Adequate deployment of recharging and refuelling infrastructure for alternative fuels is essential for the development of the market for zero- and low-emission vehicles; in this connection, it is vital that investment in its deployment should be continued and increased. In this context, it is important to underline that the issue of refuelling is intrinsically linked to the very autonomy of vehicles – the more the latter increases, the less frequent refuelling will need to be – and that the Commission should therefore take account of technological developments, in particular with regard to the autonomy of batteries, which affect the deployment of infrastructure.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) The aim of this Regulation is to create incentives for the automotive industry to invest in new technologies while remaining technology neutral. This Regulation actively promotes eco- innovation and provides a mechanism that should be able to acknowledge future technological development. Experience shows that eco-innovations have successfully contributed to the cost- effectiveness of Regulations (EC) No 443/2009 and (EU) No 510/2011 and to the reduction of real world CO2 emissions. This modality should therefore be maintained and the scope should be extended to incentivise efficiency improvements in air-conditioning systems.
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) Manufacturers’ compliance with the targets under this Regulation should be assessed at Union level. Manufacturers whose average specific emissions of CO2 exceed those permitted under this Regulation should pay an excess emissions premium with respect to each calendar year. The amounts of the excess emissions premium should be considered as revenue for the general budget of the Union and be earmarked for the European road transport sector, to attain the goals pursued by the EU for a transition to low- carbon mobility.
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41 a (new)
Recital 41 a (new)
(41a) Although this Regulation aims to reduce CO2 emissions from light duty vehicles, it must not lose sight of the overall carbon balance in the ‘manufacture – use – scrapping’ cycle of the vehicles concerned and the ‘extraction/production – transportation – consumption’ cycle of the fuel used (well- to-wheel). In this respect, the Commission should develop a harmonised methodology for reporting the carbon balance of the life-cycle of such vehicles and the energy consumed in order to obtain a full picture of their environmental impacts and thus ensure consistency of the means deployed in pursuit of the Union’s climate objectives.
Amendment 136 #
(42a) Although it is difficult to include in such a regulation, the ‘social’ performance of emissions is very important: ‘x g CO2/km’ do not have the same implications in the case of a different load transported (whether in terms of number of passengers or tonnes of freight). This being so, in order to ensure the coherence and effectiveness of the arrangements put in place in order to attain the climate targets pursued by the EU, the Commission should consider the creation of a harmonised methodology of the type ‘x g CO2/km per passenger/per tonne of goods’ and the various possibilities available to it, on the basis of those results, to reduce empty runs by light vehicles, whether carrying goods or passengers.
Amendment 197 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. In order to ensure harmonisation and surveillance of the market, the Commission should set up a European agency for surveillance of the road transport market to monitor the conformity of the results and CO2 emission tests under real conditions of use and to coordinate national market surveillance authorities.
Amendment 198 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Type approval authorities shall without delay report to the European agency set up for the purpose, or, if no such agency exists, the Commission deviations found in the CO2 emissions of vehicles in service as compared to those values indicated in the certificates of conformity as a result of verifications performed in accordance with the procedure referred to in [Article 11a] of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007.
Amendment 200 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
The European Road Transport Monitoring Agency, or, if no such agency exists, the Commission shall take those deviations into account for the purpose of calculating the average specific emissions of a manufacturer.
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3 – introductory part
The European Road Transport Monitoring Agency, or, if no such agency exists, the Commission may adopt detailed rules on the procedures for reporting such deviations and for taking them into account in the calculation of the average specific emissions. Those procedures shall be adopted by way of implementing acts in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 15(2).
Amendment 214 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. The amounts of the excess emissions premium shall be considered as revenue for the general budget of the Union and may be used only in pursuit of the low-carbon mobility targets of European road transport policy.
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. For that purpose, the Commission shall ensure the availability, from manufacturers or national authoritiesmake publicly available and in digitally searchable format, as the case may be, of robust non-personal data on real world CO2 emissions and energy consumption of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles, from manufacturers or national authorities.
Amendment 240 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. To ensure that CO2 emissions are genuinely reduced as referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation, the WLTP tests shall be used to determine emission levels until the Commission develops tests under real driving conditions which are more in line with reality to replace them.
Amendment 258 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
The Commission shall by the end of 2020 and by means of an delegated act, determine the correction methodology of the specific emissions of CO2 based on the renewable energy content of the liquid and/or gaseous road transport fuels used on the market.