5 Amendments of Brando BENIFEI related to 2019/0101(COD)
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Access to vehicle repair and maintenance information for independent operators is crucial in order to re- establish consumers trust.
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 b (new)
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) Recent violations of the existing legal framework by manufacturers, including legal obligations under Regulation (EC) No 715/2007, demonstrated the lack of control and enforcement mechanisms. Consumers were left without satisfactory compensation, since even where compensation was granted, it did not bring the vehicles into conformity with Euro 5 and 6 standards. Since increasingly issued diesel bans across European cities affect citizens’ daily life, adequate compensation measures would be the re-equipment of affected vehicles with the latest exhaust treatment technology (“hardware change”) or the offer of conversion premiums in case the consumer wishes to exchange a purchased vehicle for a cleaner model.
Amendment 15 #
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 (TFUE) 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 especially but not limited to vehicles that have been sold to consumers who have been misinformed about the emission level of such vehicles, resulting in damages caused to consumers; 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 16 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Since the objectives of this Regulation, namely to lay down rules on emissions from motor vehicles in order to contribute to the achievement of the basic air quality objectives, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States as motor vehicles with a valid type approval may be marketed across national boundaries and consumers have to be equally protected in the whole Union but can rather, by reason of the scale and effects of the action, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EC) No 715/2007
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 14a in order to supplement Articles 6 and 7. This shall include the definition and updating of technical specifications relating to the way in which OBD and vehicle repair and maintenance information shall be provided, with special attention being paid to the specific needs of SMEs, micro-enterprises and self-employed operators.;