37 Amendments of Jude KIRTON-DARLING related to 2017/0293(COD)
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) It is of critical importance to consider the inevitable social impacts of the low-carbon transition in the automotive sector and to be proactive in addressing the unavoidable job implications that will be particularly pronounced in the most affected regions
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) An evaluation of Regulations (EC) No 443/2009 and (EU) No 510/2011 in 2015 concluded that those Regulations have been relevant, broadly coherent, and have generated significant emissions savings, whilst being more cost-effective than originally anticipated. They have also generated significant added value for the Union that could not have been achieved to the same extent through national measures. However, that evaluation also concluded that actual CO2 savings achieved are considerably less than those suggested by the type-approval test performance and that the ‘emissions gap’ between type- approval test and real-world performance has considerably undermined the effectiveness of the CO2 performance standards as well as consumers' trust in the potential fuel savings of new vehicles.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) The Commission’s evaluation of Directive 1999/94/EC1a in 2016 identified a need for further clarification and simplification of the legislation, which could increase its relevance, effectiveness, efficiency and coherence. Commission Recommendation (EU) 2017/9481b aims to encourage a harmonised application of Directive 1999/94/EC. Nevertheless, better designed and further harmonised Union requirements on car labelling providing consumers with comparable, reliable and user friendly information about the benefits of low emission cars, including information concerning air pollutants and running costs in addition to CO2 emissions and fuel consumption, could support the uptake of the most fuel efficient and environmentally friendly cars across the Union. The Commission should therefore review Directive1999/94/EC no later than 31 December2019 and put forward a relevant legislative proposal. __________________ 1aDirective 1999/94/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13December 1999 relating to the availability of consumer information on fuel economy and CO2 emissions in respect of the marketing of new passenger cars (OJ L12, 18.1.2000, p. 16). 1bCommission Recommendation (EU)2017/948 of 31 May 2017 on the use of fuel consumption and CO2 emission values type-approved and measured in accordance with the World Harmonised Light Vehicles Test Procedure when making information available for consumers pursuant to Directive1999/94/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 142, 2.6.2017, p.100).
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) Recharging and refuelling infrastructure needs to be put in place quickly in order to provide confidence to consumers of zero- and low- emission vehicles, and different support instruments at both Union and Member State level need to effectively work together mobilising significant public and private investment.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 b (new)
Recital 17 b (new)
(17b) A successful transition to zero- emission mobility requires a comprehensive enabling landscape through the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure, robust car labelling schemes, strong enforcement of air quality and climate change mitigation standards. Strong support schemes for workers in the automotive industry are needed for a just transition. That transition further requires a common policy framework for vehicles, infrastructures, electricity grids.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) In order to distribute the emission reduction effort in a competitively neutral and fair way that reflects the diversity of the market for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles, and in view of the change in 2021 to WLTP-based specific emission targets, it is appropriate to determine the slope of the limit value curve on the basis of the specific emissions of all newly registered vehicles in that year, and to take into account the change in the EU fleet-wide targets between 2021, 2025 and 2030 with a view to ensuring an equal reduction effort of all manufacturers. With regard to light commercial vehicles, the same approach as that for car manufacturers should apply to manufacturers of lighter, car derived, vans, while for manufacturers of vehicles falling within the heavier segments, a higher and fixed slope should be set for the whole target perio, an equal reduction effort of all manufacturers should be ensured.
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) The procedure for granting derogations from the 95 g CO2/km fleet target to niche car manufacturers ensures that the reduction effort required by niche manufacturers is consistent with that of large volume manufacturers with regard to that target., However, eExperience shows that niche manufacturers have the same potential as large manufacturers to meet the CO2 targets and with regard to the targets set from 2025 onwards, therefore, it is not considered appropriate to distinguish between those two categories of manufacturers.
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38 a (new)
Recital 38 a (new)
(38a) It is of critical importance to consider the inevitable social impacts of the low-carbon transition in the automotive sector and to be proactive in addressing the unavoidable job implications that will be particularly pronounced in certain most affected regions. It is paramount therefore that current measures facilitating the low- carbon transition are also accompanied by targeted programmes for redeployment, re-skilling and up-skilling of workers, as well as education and job-seeking initiatives conducted in close dialogue with the social partners. Such efforts should be co-financed by earmarked revenues from the collected excess emissions premiums.
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) The effectiveness of the targets set out in this Regulation in reducing CO2 emissions in reality is strongly dependent on the representativeness of the official test procedure. In accordance with the Opinion of the Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM)23 and the recommendation of the European Parliament, following its inquiry into emission measurements in the automotive sector24 , a mechanism should be put in place to assess the real world representativeness of vehicle CO2 emissions and energy consumption values determined in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1151. The Commission should have the powersmost reliable way to ensure the real world representativeness of type-approval values is by introducing a real-world CO2 emissions test, which the Commission should be empowered to develop. That test should be developed by means of delegated acts and introduced at the latest two ensure the public availability of such data, and, where necessary,years after the date of application of this Regulation. However, in the meantime, and until it becomes applicable, compliance should be ensured by using data from the fuel consumption meters to be reported by manufacturers coupled with a not-to-exceed (NTE) limit of a maximum of 15 % above the type- approval values measured as of 2021using the WLTP test. The Commission should have the powers to ensure the public availability of such data, and to develop the procedures needed for identifying and collecting the fuel consumption data required for performing such assessments. __________________ 23 High Level Group of Scientific Advisors, Scientific Opinion 1/2016 "Closing the gap between light-duty vehicle real-world CO2 emissions and laboratory testing" 24 European Parliament recommendation of 4 April 2017 to the Council and the Commission following the inquiry into emission measurements in the automotive sector (2016/2908(RSP))
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41 a (new)
Recital 41 a (new)
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
Recital 42
(42) In 2024 it is foreseen to review the progress achieved under the [Effort Sharing Regulation and Emissions Trading System Directive]. It is thereforet is appropriate to assess the effectiveness of this Regulation in that same yearalready in 2023 to allow a coordinated and coherent assessment of the measures implemented under all these instruments and the progress made towards achieving the set targets within the set timeline.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
Recital 46
(46) In order to amend or supplement non-essential elements of the provisions of this Regulation the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending Annexes II and III as regards data requirements and data parameters, establishing the rules and procedures for reporting life-cycle emissions referred to in Article 7(8a), supplementing the rules on the interpretation of the eligibility criteria for derogations from the specific emissions targets, on the content of applications for a derogation and on the content and assessment of programmes for the reduction of specific emissions of CO2, adjusting the figure of M0 and TM0, referred to in Article 13 , the 7 g CO2/km cap referred to in Article 11, developing areal-world CO2 emissions test referred to in Article 12(1a) and the adjustment of the formulae in Annex I referred to in Article 14(3) . It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making26 . 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 should systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. __________________ 26 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) for the average emissions of the new passenger car fleet, an EU fleet-wide target equal to a 125% reduction of the average of the specific emissions targets in 2021 determined in accordance with point 6.1.1 of Part A of Annex I;
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) for the average emissions of the new light commercial vehicles fleet, an EU fleet-wide target equal to a 125% reduction of the average of the specific emissions targets in 2021 determined in accordance with point 6.1.1 of Part B of Annex I;
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
(ba) for the share of zero- and low- emission vehicles, a benchmark equal to a 20 % market share of the sales of new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles in 2025, determined in accordance with point 6.3 of Part A of Annex I and point 6.3 of Part B of Annex I.
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point a
(a) for the average emissions of the new passenger car fleet, an EU fleet-wide target equal to a 350% reduction of the average of the specific emissions targets in 2021 determined in accordance with point 6.1.2 of Part A of Annex I;
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) for the average emissions of the new light commercial vehicles fleet, an EU fleet- wide target equal to a 350% reduction of the average of the specific emissions targets in 2021 determined in accordance with point 6.1.2 of Part B of Annex I.
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point b a (new)
(ba) for the share of zero- and low- emission vehicles, a benchmark equal to a 50 % market share of the sales of new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles in 2030, determined in accordance with point 6.3 of Part A of Annex I and point 6.3 of Part B of Annex I.
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3 – introductory part
The Commission mayshall 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 218 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Amendment 230 #
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 shall be earmarked for policy measures, conducted in close cooperation with social partners, promoting re-skilling and redeployment in the automotive sector in order to contribute to a just transition to a low-carbon economy.
Amendment 240 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Where the Commission considers that the manufacturer is eligible for a derogation applied for under paragraph 1 and is satisfied that the specific emissions target proposed by the manufacturer is consistent with its reduction potential, including the economic and technological potential to reduce its specific emissions of CO2, and taking into account the characteristics of the market for the type of passenger car or light commercial vehicle manufactured, the Commission shall grant a derogation to the manufacturer. The application shall be submitted at the latest by 31 October of the first year in which the derogation shall apply.
Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Amendment 248 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Such technologies shall be taken into consideration only if the methodology used to assess them is capable of producing verifiable, repeatable and comparable results, and only until the WLTP- measured value is not complemented or replaced by other data that are more representative of real world emissions.
Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall monitor and assess the real world representativeness of the CO2 emission and energy consumption values determined in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1151. It shall ensure that the public is informed of how that representativeness evolves over time.
Amendment 262 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall ensure that the public is informed of how the real world representativeness evolves over time.
Amendment 269 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission mayshall adopt the measures referred to in this Articledetailed rules on the procedures for reporting data from fuel consumption meters by means of implementing acts in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 15(2).
Amendment 277 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall in 20243 submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the effectiveness of this Regulation, where appropriate, accompanied by a proposal for amending the Regulation, to confirm or revise upwards, as necessary, the Union fleet- wide CO2 emissions target and zero- and low-emission benchmark in accordance with Article 1. This report wishall consider, inter alia, the real world representativeness of the CO2 emission and energy consumption values determined in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1151, the deployment on the Union market of zero- and low-emission vehicles and the roll-out of recharging and refuelling infrastructure reported under Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council29 . __________________ 29 Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure (OJ L 307, 28.10.2014, p. 1)
Amendment 284 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall take into account the assessments performed pursuant to Article 12 and mayshall, where appropriate, review the procedures for measuring CO2 emissions as set out under Regulation (EC) No 715/2007. The Commission shall, in particular, make appropriate proposals to adapt those procedures to reflect adequately the real world CO2 emissions of cars and light commercial vehicles.
Amendment 285 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
The Commission shall by 31 December 2019 review Directive 1999/94/EC, and where appropriate, submit a relevant proposal in order to provide consumers with accurate, robust and comparable information on the fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and air pollutant emissions of new passenger cars placed on the market.
Amendment 329 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
ZLEV factor is (1+y-x), unless this sum is larger than 1.05 or lower than 1.00.95 in which case the ZLEV factor shall be set to 1.05 or 1.00.95 as the case may be
Amendment 335 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Annex I – part A – point 6 – point 6.3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
x is 1520% in the years 2025 to 2029 and 350% in 2030 onwards.
Amendment 362 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.3 – point 6.3.1 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.3 – point 6.3.1 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
ZLEV factor is (1+y-x), unless this sum is larger than 1.05 or lower than 1.00.95 in which case the ZLEV factor shall be set to 1.05 or 1.00.95 as the case may be
Amendment 366 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.3 – point 6.3.1 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.3 – point 6.3.1 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
x is 1520%
Amendment 370 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.3 – point 6.3.2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.3 – point 6.3.2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
ZLEV factor is (1+y-x), unless this sum is larger than 1.05 or lower than 1.00.95 in which case the ZLEV factor shall be set to 1.05 or 1.00.95 as the case may be
Amendment 373 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.3 – point 6.3.2 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Annex I – part B – point 6 – point 6.3 – point 6.3.2 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
x is 3050%