Activites

• 2000/07/12 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Directive 2000/25
  • OJ L 173 12.07.2000, p. 0001
• 2000/05/22 Final act signed
• 2000/05/22 End of procedure in Parliament
• 2000/04/12 Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading
  • T5-0145/2000 summary

    In adopting without debate the report by Mr. James FITZSIMONS (UEN, Ire), the European Parliament approved the legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a European Parliament and Council Directive on action to be taken against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants by engines intended to power agricultural or forestry tractors and amending Directive 74/150/EEC. This report was adopted under the codecision procedure: second reading.

• 2000/03/22 Vote in committee, 2nd reading
  • A5-0071/2000
• 1999/12/16 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 2nd reading
• #2220
• 1999/11/22 Council Meeting
  • 10323/1/1999 summary

    The Council's common position slightly amends the Commission's original proposal with a view to clarifying and amending certain deadlines, in particular as far as the application dates are concerned. Specific dates for all categories of engines have therefore been introduced in order to render the Directive more readable and allow for more flexibility for manufacturers. The Council has also decided to delete the original Article 7 on tax incentives as it seems unjustified to legislate on this in the field of agricultural tractors. Lastly, the Council found it useful to add a new Annex III relating to the recognition of alternative type-approvals.

• 1999/08/13 Modified legislative proposal published
  • COM(1999)0386 summary

    The Commission's amended proposal takes up two of the four amendments adopted by the European Parliament. The first amendment consists in inserting a new recital referring explicitly to the 'modus vivendi' between Parliament and the Commission in the comitology procedure. The other EP amendment accepted by the Commission consists in replacing 'sufficiently early' by 'as soon as possible' in relation to tax incentives. The Commission rejected the amendment which would oblige it to propose, before the end of 2002, a third phase in the reduction of emission limit values. It considered the EP's fourth amendment dealing with the procedure for adaptation to technical progress as being out of place in this separate directive.

• #2194
• 1999/06/24 Council Meeting
• 1999/05/05 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T4-0404/1999 summary

    The Parliament adopted its report drafted by Mr. James FITZSIMONS (UPE, IRL) concerning air pollution from agicultural or forestry tractors. There were a number of technical amendments. The Parliament calls on the Commission to put forward a proposal by the end of 2002 (rather than 2004) to the European Parliament and the Council to decide on a further reduction in emission limit values by the end of 2005 (instead of 2006). This proposal will be drawn up on the basis of the cost-effective attainment of Community air quality standards, as laid down in Directive 96/62/EC on ambiant air quality assessment and management and in the Directive on Limit Values for Sulphur Dioxide, Nitrogen Dioxide and Oxides of Nitrogen, Particulate Matter and Lead in Ambiant Air, and in subsequent daughter directives, and will be consistent with measures identified by the review of emission standards and fuel quality in Directived 98/69/EC relating to measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions from motor vehicles, and in Directive 98/70/EC relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels.

• 1999/05/04 Debate in Parliament
• 1999/03/16 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A4-0128/1999
• 1998/09/18 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 1998/09/03 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(1998)0472 summary

    OBJECTIVE: to adopt legislation on the emission of pollutants by agricultural or forestry tractors laying down requirements similar to those applicable to off-road mobile machinery so as to ensure equivalent protection of the environment. SUBSTANCE: the proposal for a Directive concerns requirements applicable to emissions from agricultural or forestry tractors. They particularly concern the definition of type approval procedures by type of engine intended to be fitted to tractors, and also the definition of type approval procedures by type of vehicle from the point of view of emissions of pollutants. In the interests of consistency and industrial logic, the proposal incorporates the same testing requirements as were adopted for off-road mobile machinery and the corresponding emission limit values. In order to facilitate access to third-country markets, equivalence between the technical requirements of the proposal concerning stage 1 and those in Regulation No 96 of the UN Economic Commission for Europe is recognised. In order to render the engine market more flexible, the technical requirements of Directive 88/77/EEC concerning emissions by diesel engines for use in vehicles will also be recognised during stage 1.

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(1998)0472
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0128/1999
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0404/1999
• Modified legislative proposal published: COM(1999)0386
• Council position published: 10323/1/1999
• Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A5-0071/2000
• Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading: T5-0145/2000
• : Directive 2000/25
• : OJ L 173 12.07.2000, p. 0001

History

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