1 Amendments of Bairbre de BRÚN related to 2010/0301(COD)
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a directive - amending act
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Directive 2000/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2000 on action to be taken against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants by engines intended to power agricultural or forestry tractors and amending Council Directive 74/150/EEC9 regulates exhaust emissions from engines installed in agricultural and forestry tractors in order to further safeguard human health and the environment. The current stage of emission limits applicable for type approval of the majority of compression ignition engines is referred to as Stage III A. The directive provides that those limits will be replaced by the more stringent Stage III B limits, entering into force progressively as of 1st January 2011 with regard to the placing on the market and from 1st January 2010 as regards the type approval for those engines. Stage IV, providing for limit values more stringent than stage III B, will enter into force progressively as of 1st January 2013 as regards the type approval for those engines and as of 1st January 2014 with regard to the placing on the market.