Activites

• 2011/11/18 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Directive 2011/87
  • OJ L 301 18.11.2011, p. 0001
• 2011/11/16 Final act signed
• 2011/11/16 End of procedure in Parliament
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• 2011/11/08 Council Meeting
• 2011/11/08 Act adopted by Council after Parliament's 1st reading
• 2011/10/25 Results of vote in Parliament
  • Results of vote in Parliament
  • T7-0451/2011 summary

    The European Parliament adopted by 630 votes to 4, with 18 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2000/25/EC as regards the application of emission stages for narrow-track tractors.Parliament adopted its position at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure. The amendments adopted in plenary are the result of a compromise negotiated between the European Parliament and the Council. They amend the Commission proposal as follows:Availability of compatible technology: the amended text provides that the Commission shall, by 31 December 2014, consider what technology is available that is capable of meeting Stage IV requirements and that is compatible with the needs of categories T2, T4.1 and C2, and submit, where appropriate, proposals to the European Parliament and the Council.Transposition: Member States shall transpose the Directive 12 months following its entry into force. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those measures

• 2011/07/19 Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
  • A7-0282/2011
• 2011/07/13 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• 2011/01/20 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2011/01/13 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(2011)0001 summary

    PURPOSE: to ensure the functioning of the internal market by requiring agricultural tractors to comply with harmonised environmental exhaust provisions. PROPOSED ACT: Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council.BACKGROUND: Directive 2000/25/EC regulates exhaust emissions from engines installed in agricultural or forestry tractors. The stage of emission limits currently applicable for type approval of the majority of compression ignition engines is referred to as Stage IIIA.The Directive provides that those limits will be replaced by the more stringent Stage IIIB limits, entering into force progressively as of 1st January 2010 as regards the type approval and as of 1st January 2011 with regard to the placing on the market of those engines.Directive 2004/26/EC amending Directive 97/68/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery, provides that the Commission shall consider the available technology, including the cost-benefit, with a view to confirming stage IIIB and IV limit values and evaluating the possible need for additional flexibilities, exemptions or later introduction dates for certain types of equipment or engines and taking into account engines installed in non-road mobile machinery used in seasonal applications. Directive 2000/25/EC provides for a review clause in order to take into account the specificities of tractors of categories T2, T4.1 and C.2 (called narrow-track tractors, maximum width less than 1.15 m).Directive 97/68/EC was the subject of several technical studies. As a result of these technical studies carried out in 2007, 2009 and 2010, it was established that it is not technically feasible for tractors classified within the categories T2, C2 and T4.1 to meet the requirements of stages IIIB and IV already at the dates in the Directive. IMPACT ASSESSMENT: the Commission undertook a formal impact assessment in 2010, based on the previously mentioned technical studies and taking into account recent technological developments. The conclusion was that technical solutions are likely to be feasible, although not in the timeframe set in current legislation. A delay of 3 years for Stage IIIB and Stage IV requirements was assessed as the preferred option.LEGAL BASE: Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). CONTENT: in order to prevent Union legislation from prescribing technical requirements which cannot be met yet and in order to prevent that tractors of categories T2, C2 and T4.1. can no longer be type-approved and placed on the market or put into service, the Commission proposes that the dates given in Article 4 of Directive 2000/25/EC for type approval and initial entry into service of Stages IIIB and IV shall be delayed by three years for tractors of categories T2, C2 and T4.1. BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS: the proposal has no implication for the Union budget.

  • DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/', 'title': 'Enterprise and Industry'}, TAJANI Antonio

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(2011)0001
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A7-0282/2011
• Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0451/2011
• : Directive 2011/87
• : OJ L 301 18.11.2011, p. 0001

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)