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14 Amendments of Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH related to 2017/2064(INL)

Amendment 14 #
E. whereas buyersthe increased wear and tear ofn cars with manipulated odometers can experience increased maintenance and repair costs due to unexpected wear and tear which also negatively affects road safetynegatively affects road safety, and buyers of such cars can face increased maintenance and repair costs if cars are not inspected according toon the basis of their real mileage;
2018/02/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas mileage fraud disproportionally affects social groups and geographical areas with lower income, exposing customers in EU-13 countriethese consumers to a higher risk of buying a car with manipulated odometer and thus they are more often harmed by this malpractice;
2018/02/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
O. whereas Directive 2014/45/EU recognises odometer fraud represents as threat to roadworthiness, ands is also noted in Directive 2014/45/EU, which calls on Member States to impose effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties on such manipulations; further obliges the Commission to establish an electronic platform that allows the cross-border exchange of information on roadworthiness which include odometer readings;
2018/02/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to pursue the overall goal ofestablish a legal framework by 2019 that requires Member States to creatinge legal, technical and operational barriers to make manipulations either impossible or so time consuming, difficult and expensive that it is no longer lucrativeit impossible to tamper with odometers;
2018/02/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that national solutions using databases of frequent odometer readings from PTI, garage visits and other vehicle inspections achieved great success in fighting odometer manipulation in the respective Member States, and therefore proposes that those Member States that, to date, have failed to act accordingly should establish appropriate solutions as quickly as possible;
2018/02/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises in this regard that national registers are not sufficient and thatall Member States should have national registers and engage in cross- border data exchange is a crucial precondition for tackling mileage fraudof data from those registers, since that is the only way in which mileage fraud can be tackled efficiently in the European Union;
2018/02/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Underlines that a buyer of a second-hand vehicle should be able to verify the accuracy of its odometer reading, based on the collected mileage data from that vehicle since its first registration, which makes the access to cross-border data of odometer readings an indispensable tool to provide consumer protection;
2018/02/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Considers a shorter period for the first mandatory PTI more useful and suggests to includealls for the inclusion - as from when a vehicle is first registered - of odometer readings not only from PTIs, but alsofrom each inspections and, service, maintenance operation and repair carried out, and from other garage visits;
2018/02/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Emphasises that, in future, shifting to a blockchain based solution is preferable, since that could be more cost- effective while providing high quality and security; therefore calls on the Commission to explore, but that, until then, short-term solutions such as recording mileages during each garage visit and service would already make it considerably more difficult to tamper with odometers; therefore calls on Member States to establish registers accordingly and insists that the Commission explore without delay, producing an appropriate cost- benefit analysis, the possible establishment of a European odometer blockchain network;
2018/02/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights that all measures involving transmission and storage of data should follow the European data protection acquis and the highest level of cyber protection;
2018/02/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on Member States to improveamend their legislation on odometer fraud in order to make it a criminal offence, since tampering results in incorrect assessments of vehicle roadworthiness and thus has a negative impact on road safety;
2018/02/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Requests the Commission to submit by 2019, on the basis of Article 91(1) and Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, a proposal for an act on measures tackling odometer manipulation, following the recommendations set out in the Annex hereto;
2018/02/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that the requested proposal does not have financial implications;deleted
2018/02/08
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 10 – introductory part
Until now, odometer fraud is not a criminal offence in all Member States, although Directive 2014/45/EU explicitly calls for that. Having effective legal measures enforced, including fines and penalties is crucial for eradicating odometer fraud. Therefore, following measures should be proposed:
2018/02/08
Committee: TRAN