1 Amendments of Matthias GROOTE related to 2009/2096(INI)
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises the fact that road transport has brought down considerably its emissions of particulate matter (PM 10), acidifying substances and ozone precursors, but; notes that the introduction of the Euro 5 and Euro 6 exhaust standards for passenger cars and the Euro VI standard for heavy vehicles are contributing and/or will contribute to an improvement of air quality, that postponing their implementation would be have a negative impact and that the resulting fleet renewal will result in old vehicles being replaced by low-emission vehicles; is still worried about its level of nitrogen oxides and of fine particulates (Term report 20081, fig. 5.1) . I; is however particularly disappointed about the 28% increase in its CO2 emissions, which in the period from 1990 - 2006 increased by 28 %, compared to a reduction of 3 % in the other sectors. Calls for freight traffic to be gradually transferred off the roads and onto rail.