10 Amendments of Lieve WIERINCK related to 2016/2908(RSP)
Amendment 51 #
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Considers that the JRC should have a mandate to review exemptions that have been granted on the use of defeat devices as set out in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007;
Amendment 56 #
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to strictly monitor the uniform enforcement by Member States of the exemptions to the use of defeat devices and to issue interpretative guidelines; calls onfor the CommissionJRC to plaunch infringements procedures if it deems them necessaryy a central role herein; suggests that the Member States should transmit to the Commission any exemption given to car manufacturers;
Amendment 77 #
Paragraph 21
21. Believes that the new framework for EU type-approval should empower the Commission to verify type approvals by retesting vehicles and to initiate corrective measures where necessary; , such as, to suspend the type-approval authority of a Member State, to issue administrative fines and to order a recall from the market of vehicles that have no valid type- approval or to oblige the manufacturer to refit them so that they comply with the relevant legislation;
Amendment 85 #
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that type-approval authorities should be made responsible for checking the financial relations existing between car manufacturers and technical services in order to prevent conflicts of interest between the two; believes that in a system in which the avoidance of conflicts of interest is ensured the current structure of technical services in the private sector can remain in place;
Amendment 103 #
Paragraph 26
26. Believes that type-approval authorities, market surveillance authorities and technical services should be able to carry out their duties; considers that they should therefore improve their level of competence significantly and continuously, and to that end calls for the establishment of regular, independent audits of their capabilities;
Amendment 121 #
Paragraph 28
28. Calls for stricter and more effective enforcement of vehicle emission measurement rules in the EU; considers that only stronger oversight at EU level can ensure that the EU law on emissions is properly enforced; proposes that the governance structure on car emissions be reformed without delay and brought into line with the other transport sectors; calls for a central role of the JRC in such a new governance structure to ensure that testing methods are applied in a uniform manner in the EU;
Amendment 129 #
Paragraph 31
31. Suggests that the Commission should be empowered to impose effective, proportionate and dissuasive administrative fines where non-compliance of vehicles is established; believes that a clear reporting mechanism within the Commission should be put in place to ensure that when non-compliances are identified by the JRC, they are reported to all relevant levels within the hierarchy of the Commission;
Amendment 173 #
Paragraph 46
46. Considers that an interim report should not necessarily be included in future mandates in order not to pre-empt the final conclusions of the inquiry;
Amendment 175 #
Paragraph 47
47. Considers that in the future committees of inquiry should be kept as small as possible in futureorganized differently in order to ensure greater efficiency and effectiveness in organising and conducting the committees’ work, in particular during the public hearings;
Amendment 181 #
Paragraph 50
50. Notes that accredited parliamentary assistants are not allowed to consult non- classified ‘other confidential information’ in a secure reading room under the current rules; notes that some Members found that this rule stands in the way of effective and thorough consultation of such documents within the limited time available to committees of inquiry; proposes that accredited parliamentary assistants can be given access to such information in secure reading rooms on permission of their respective Member of European Parliament and on the latter's responsibility;