Procedure completed
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | DELE | HAUTALA Heidi (V/ALE) | |
Lead | ENVI | HAUTALA Heidi (V/ALE) | |
Opinion | ITRE | PURVIS John (PPE-DE) | |
Opinion | JURI | ||
Opinion | RETT |
Legal Basis EC Treaty (after Amsterdam) EC 095
Activites
- 2003/03/22 Final act published in Official Journal
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2003/03/03
Final act signed
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2003/03/03
End of procedure in Parliament
- #2484
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2003/02/06
Council Meeting
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2003/01/30
Decision by Parliament, 3rd reading
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T5-0030/2003
summary
The European Parliament adopted a resolution approving the joint text agreed by the Conciliation Committee. (Please refer to the document dated 20/01/03).�
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T5-0030/2003
summary
- 2003/01/29 Debate in Parliament
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2003/01/10
Joint text approved by Conciliation Committee co-chairs
- 3677/2002
- 2002/12/10 Report tabled for plenary, 3rd reading
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2002/12/10
Formal meeting of Conciliation Committee
- #2473
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2002/12/09
Council Meeting
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2002/09/26
Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading
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T5-0446/2002
summary
The European Parliament adopted a resolution based on the draft by Heidi HAUTALA (Greens/ EFA, Finland) on the quality of petrol and diesel fuels. (Please refer to the document dated 10/09/02).�
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T5-0446/2002
summary
- 2002/09/25 Debate in Parliament
- 2002/09/10 Vote in committee, 2nd reading
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2002/05/30
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 2nd reading
- #2421
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2002/04/15
Council Meeting
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05117/1/2000
summary
In its plenary vote on 29 November 2001, the EP adopted 36 amendments to the proposal. 17 of these have already been incorporated, either verbatim, in part or in spirit, into the Council'' common position. The main issues are : - the final date after which the maximum sulphur content of all petrol and diesel sold must be limited to 10 mg/kg : the Commission proposed 1 January 2011, the EP proposed 1 January 2008 and the Council agreed on 1 January 2009. In relation to the availability of this fuel by 1 January 2005 the Council agreed that this should be on an "appropriate" geographic basis rather than "balanced" as in the Commission proposal; - non-road mobile machinery : the Commission did not propose changing this, the EP suggested the same requirements should apply from 1 January 2005 and the Council have requested that the Commission come forward with proposals in relation to fuel quality for non-road mobile machinery; however, Member States may now apply more stringent standards for sulphur content if they so wish; - more stringent environmental specifications for petrol and diesel than those set down in the directive when they are justified by local environmental conditions: the Council extended the current provision in Directive 98/70, whereby a Member State may seek permission to have more stringent environmental specifications for petrol and/or diesel in specific areas within its territory for air quality reasons, to include risks to groundwater pollution. More specifically, the 17 amendments, which Council has incorporated into its common position, can be grouped as follows: - reporting: the Commission agreed to make available the information requested in the new paragraph introduced by one of the amendments and another amendment makes small changes to the wording of the reporting requirement made on Member States; - dates: the earlier review date, suggested in one of the amendments for the full implementation of the proposal in relation to diesel fuel, of 31 December 2005 has been accepted verbatim, this fits with the Councils decision to made the end date two years earlier than proposed by the Commission; - 91 RON petrol: this amendment permits the continued sale of 91 RON petrol and was included as part of the common position; - review clause: the review clause agreed in the common position includes a requirement to consider the need to change other fuel parameters, and to encourage the introduction of the alternative fuels, including biofuels. The review also requires the Commission to consider the "impact of metallic additives and other relevant issues on the performance" of abatement technologies; - strengthening voluntary agreements: the spirit of this amendment has been incorporated with two minor changes to the wording; - recitals: amendments have been incorporated into the recitals. With regard to the 19 amendments which have not been incorporated into the common position, these refer to: - fiscal incentives; - derogations: the EP proposed to delete the possibility for a Member State to seek derogation from the obligation to market petrol and diesel with a sulphur content less than 50 parts permillion from 1 January 2005 for up to two years; - definition of a balanced geographic basis: the EP proposed that the Commission should identify, via a Comitology procedure , criteria to determine what would constitute availability of 10mg/kg petrol and diesel on a balanced geographic basis during the introductory phase. In conclusion, the Council considers that its common position takes account of the Opinion of the European parliament in first reading to a large extent. The Council's common position has moved the Commission's proposal towards the EP opinion in relation to most of the amendments which were not accepted. It represents a balanced solution for the amended directive, which ensures the environmental benefit to be derived from the new limits while also making requirements on the industry, which are practically feasible.�
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05117/1/2000
summary
- #2399
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2001/12/12
Council Meeting
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2001/11/29
Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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T5-0630/2001
summary
The European Parliament adopted the report by Mrs Heidi Anneli HAUTALA (Greens/EFA, FIN) on the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Directive 98/70/EC. (Please refer to the previous text). In addition, the House also wants off-road machinery and farm tractors to be included in the legislation. MEPs agree with the Commission that 'zero-sulphur' fuels - defined as having a maximum sulphur content of 10 mg/kg (parts per million) - will help improve air quality across Europe by enabling new vehicle technologies to meet emissions standards and by reducing CO2 emissions towards the Community's target of 120 g/kg for an average new car. MEPs also believe that industry is capable of meeting the new standards well before 2011. Moreover, the Parliament intends for a comprehensive review of alternative fuels, including liquid petroleum gas (LPG), compressed natural gas (CNG) and bio-fuels, to be undertaken, and the need for specific legislation considered. Another amendment advocates the use of tax incentives for cleaner fuels and supports the Commission's deadline of 1 January 2005 for the Member States to begin marketing sulphur-free fuels. The Parliament suggests that the Commission publish by 31 December 2003, and thereafter annually, a report on fuel quality in the different Member States and geographic coverage of fuels with a maximum sulphur content of 10 mg/kg (ppm), aiming to provide an overview of the fuel quality data in the different Member States.�
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T5-0630/2001
summary
- 2001/11/28 Debate in Parliament
- 2001/11/06 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
- #2378
- 2001/10/29 Council Meeting
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2001/05/17
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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2001/05/11
Legislative proposal published
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COM(2001)0241
summary
PURPOSE : to present a proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Directive 98/70/EC. CONTENT : the purpose of this proposal is to complete the environmental specifications for petrol and diesel fuels in accordance with Article 9 of Directive 98/70/EC. This Directive contains fuel quantity specifications which enter into force in two stages, the first on the 1 January 2000 and the second on 1 January 2005. However, the specification for 2005 is incomplete and so must be completed as a matter of some urgency in order to provide regulatory clarity to the fuel producers and vehicle manufacturers. In preparing this proposal the Commission has also undertaken an analysis of the need to reduce further the level of sulphur in petrol and diesel below the 50mg/kg (parts per million or ppm) level already mandated for 2005. �
- DG [{'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/environment/', 'title': 'Environment'}],
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COM(2001)0241
summary
Documents
- Legislative proposal published: COM(2001)0241
- Debate in Council: 2378
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A5-0389/2001
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0630/2001
- Council position published: 05117/1/2000
- Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A5-0293/2002
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading: T5-0446/2002
- Report tabled for plenary, 3rd reading: A5-0003/2003
- Joint text approved by Conciliation Committee co-chairs: 3677/2002
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 3rd reading: T5-0030/2003
- : Directive 2003/17
- : OJ L 076 22.03.2003, p. 0010-0019
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