11 Amendments of Luis de GRANDES PASCUAL related to 2012/0184(COD)
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Agricultural vehicles with a maximum design speed exceeding 40 km/h are more and more used to replace trucks in local transport activities. Their risk potential is comparable to that of trucks and therefore this vehicle category should be treated in the same way as trucks regarding roadworthiness testing. Given the special characteristics of these vehicles, it should be for the Member States to decide, depending on the way in which they are normally used, whether regular tests should be carried out on them.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) With regard to the authorisation of testing centres, Member States should bear in mind the fact that Directive 2006/123/EC on services in the internal market excludes from its scope services in the field of transport.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Odometer fraud is considered to affect between 5% and 12% of used cars sales, resulting in a very importanthigh cost to society of several billions Euros yearly and in an incorrect evaluation of a roadworthiness condition of a vehicle. With a view to combating odometer fraud, the recording of mileage in the roadworthiness certificate combined with the obligation to present the certificate of the previous test would facilitate the detection of tampeCommission should consider whether to bring for manipulation of the odometer. Odometer fraud should also be more systematically considered as an offence liable to a penaltward new proposals on consumer protection policy.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 5
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 5
– trailers and semi-trailers with a maximum permissible mass not exceeding 3 500 kg – vehicle categories O1 and yO2,
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 8
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 8
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. This Regulation shall not apply toe Member States may exclude from the scope of this Regulation the following vehicles that are registered in their territory:
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – indent 4 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – indent 4 a (new)
– wheeled tractors with a maximum design speed exceeding 40 km/h – vehicle category T5.
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) ‘inspector’ means a person authorised by a Member State or its competent authority to carry out roadworthiness tests in a testing centre or on behalf of a competent authority ;
Amendment 277 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5
Article 12 – paragraph 5
5. The testing centre shall inform the person presenting the vehicle to the test of the necessary repairs to be carried outdeficiencies to be rectified and shall not alter the results of the test for commercial purposes.
Amendment 282 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall comply with the requirements set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 if they require test centres to be authorised in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products.
Amendment 316 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 2