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2015/2988(RPS) Emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 6)

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2016/02/03
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2016/02/03
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The European Parliament rejected (317 votes to 323, with 61 abstentions) a motion for a resolution which objects to the draft Commission regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 as regards emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 6).

The motion for a resolution was tabled by the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

To recall, Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council sets the Euro 5 and Euro 6 emission standards and requires manufacturers to equip their vehicles so that they meet the emission requirements ‘in normal use’.

The draft Commission Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 as regards emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 6) states that for the purpose of establishing the quantitative real driving emission (RDE) requirements statistical and technical uncertainties of the measurement procedures should be taken into account. The draft measure also allows for a margin ‘taking into account the additional measurement uncertainties related to the application of Portable Emission Measurement Systems (PEMS).

Under the draft measure, manufacturers will be required to ensure that, at type approval and throughout the life of a vehicle, emissions emitted at an RDE test do not exceed certain ‘not-to-exceed (NTE) limit values’ ; the NTE limit values are expressed as the emission limits set out in Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 multiplied by a conformity factor and a transfer function.

The committee considered that the transfer function multiplier in the formula for NTE limits is not explained or justified and that the draft measure would undermine any enforcement of the existing limit values established in Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 as regards the evidenced significant exceedances in normal use of vehicle NOx emissions until enforcement of the RDE test.

Members considered that the draft Commission Regulation would result in a de facto blanket derogation from applicable emissions limits , and is therefore not consistent with Union law, in that it is not compatible with the aim and content of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

The motion for a resolution called on the Commission to withdraw the draft regulation and submit a new one without delay and no later than 1 April 2016 , in order to introduce a real driving emissions test for all vehicles with a view to ensuring the effectiveness of emission control systems and enabling vehicles to comply with Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 and its implementing measures, with a conformity factor reflecting only the possible tolerances of the emissions measurement procedure in place by 2017.

The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety is opposed to the adoption of the measure, while also stressing that:

air pollution causes over 430 000 premature deaths in the Union every year and costs up to an estimated EUR 940 billion annually as a result of its health impacts; nitrogen oxides (NOx) are major air pollutants which cause, inter alia, lung cancer, asthma and many respiratory diseases, as well environmental degradation, such as eutrophication and acidification; diesel vehicle exhausts are a major source of NOx in urban areas in Europe; recent air pollution analyses by the European Environment Agency attribute 75 000 premature deaths to NO2 emissions in Europe, with 93 % of all exceedances occurring close to roads.

2016/02/02
   EP - Specific opinion
Documents
PE576.813
2016/02/01
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B8-0040/2016
2016/01/18
   EP - Debate in Parliament
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Debate in Parliament
2016/01/12
   EP - Decision by committee, without report
2015/11/25
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2015/11/23
   EC - Non-legislative basic document
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D042120/03
2015/11/23
   EC - Non-legislative basic document published
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D042120/03

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Votes

B8-0040/2016 - Résolution #

2016/02/03 Outcome: -: 323, +: 317, 0: 61
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Total
70
18
20
24
18
17
20
6
13
11
6
87
5
70
13
6
6
6
17
11
8
46
19
17
12
32
71
51
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174

Italy S&D

28

Greece S&D

2

Belgium S&D

3

Netherlands S&D

3

Sweden S&D

Abstain (1)

Olle LUDVIGSSON
6

Austria S&D

5

Portugal S&D

8

Luxembourg S&D

For (1)

Mady DELVAUX
1

Finland S&D

2

Lithuania S&D

2

Estonia S&D

For (1)

Marju LAURISTIN
1

Germany S&D

Abstain (1)

Peter SIMON
23

Cyprus S&D

2

United Kingdom S&D

19

Denmark S&D

3

Ireland S&D

For (1)

Nessa CHILDERS
1

Latvia S&D

1

Malta S&D

3

Bulgaria S&D

4

Croatia S&D

2

Slovenia S&D

For (1)

Tanja FAJON
1

Spain S&D

11

Hungary S&D

Abstain (1)

István UJHELYI
4

Czechia S&D

3

Slovakia S&D

3

Romania S&D

15

France S&D

Abstain (1)

Louis-Joseph MANSCOUR
13

Poland S&D

5
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47

Belgium Verts/ALE

2

Netherlands Verts/ALE

2

Sweden Verts/ALE

3

Austria Verts/ALE

2

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

Claude TURMES
1

Finland Verts/ALE

For (1)

Heidi HAUTALA
1

Lithuania Verts/ALE

For (1)

Bronis ROPĖ
1

Estonia Verts/ALE

For (1)

Indrek TARAND
1

Germany Verts/ALE

13

United Kingdom Verts/ALE

5

Denmark Verts/ALE

For (1)

Margrete AUKEN
1

Latvia Verts/ALE

1

Croatia Verts/ALE

For (1)

Davor ŠKRLEC
1

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Igor ŠOLTES
1

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4

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2

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6
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3

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5

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3

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Malin BJÖRK
1

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4

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For (1)

Merja KYLLÖNEN
1

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7

Cyprus GUE/NGL

2

United Kingdom GUE/NGL

1

Denmark GUE/NGL

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Rina Ronja KARI
1

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2

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9

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4
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Belgium ALDE

6

Netherlands ALDE

7

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3

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Angelika MLINAR
1

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2

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Charles GOERENS
1

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Hannu TAKKULA
4

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Abstain (1)

Viktor USPASKICH
4

Estonia ALDE

3

Germany ALDE

For (1)

Ulrike MÜLLER
3

United Kingdom ALDE

1

Denmark ALDE

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Ulla TØRNÆS
3

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For (1)

Marian HARKIN
1

Latvia ALDE

1

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4

Croatia ALDE

2

Slovenia ALDE

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Ivo VAJGL
1

Spain ALDE

6

Czechia ALDE

For (1)

Petr JEŽEK
4

Romania ALDE

For (1)

Renate WEBER

Against (1)

Mircea DIACONU

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Norica NICOLAI
3

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Sylvie GOULARD
7
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17

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2

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For (1)

Rolandas PAKSAS
1

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Against (2)

David COBURN, Roger HELMER
22

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Petr MACH
1

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Against (1)

Joëlle BERGERON
1

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1
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5

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For (1)

Udo VOIGT

Against (1)

Martin SONNEBORN
2

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Against (1)

Diane DODDS
1

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Zoltán BALCZÓ
1

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2

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Janusz KORWIN-MIKKE
1
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5

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Gerolf ANNEMANS
1

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3

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4

United Kingdom ENF

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Janice ATKINSON
1

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Laurenţiu REBEGA
1

France ENF

19

Poland ENF

2
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Italy ECR

2

Greece ECR

For (1)

Notis MARIAS
1

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4

Netherlands ECR

2

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Against (1)

Jussi HALLA-AHO
2

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Against (1)

Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI
1

Germany ECR

7

United Kingdom ECR

20

Denmark ECR

4

Bulgaria ECR

For (1)

Nikolay BAREKOV

Against (1)

Angel DZHAMBAZKI
2

Croatia ECR

Against (1)

Ruža TOMAŠIĆ
1

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2

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3

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Monica MACOVEI
1

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19
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15

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Manolis KEFALOGIANNIS

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Georgios KYRTSOS
5

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4

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4

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3

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5

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Abstain (1)

Carlos COELHO
6

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3

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3

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2

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Tunne KELAM
1

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32

Cyprus PPE

Abstain (1)

Lefteris CHRISTOFOROU
1

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Bendt BENDTSEN
1

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Deirdre CLUNE, Seán KELLY
2

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3

Malta PPE

3

Bulgaria PPE

7

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5

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5

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16

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7

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      • date: 2016-02-03T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP summary: The European Parliament rejected (317 votes to 323, with 61 abstentions) a motion for a resolution which objects to the draft Commission regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 as regards emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 6). The motion for a resolution was tabled by the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. To recall, Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council sets the Euro 5 and Euro 6 emission standards and requires manufacturers to equip their vehicles so that they meet the emission requirements ‘in normal use’. The draft Commission Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 as regards emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 6) states that for the purpose of establishing the quantitative real driving emission (RDE) requirements statistical and technical uncertainties of the measurement procedures should be taken into account. The draft measure also allows for a margin ‘taking into account the additional measurement uncertainties related to the application of Portable Emission Measurement Systems (PEMS). Under the draft measure, manufacturers will be required to ensure that, at type approval and throughout the life of a vehicle, emissions emitted at an RDE test do not exceed certain ‘not-to-exceed (NTE) limit values’ ; the NTE limit values are expressed as the emission limits set out in Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 multiplied by a conformity factor and a transfer function. The committee considered that the transfer function multiplier in the formula for NTE limits is not explained or justified and that the draft measure would undermine any enforcement of the existing limit values established in Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 as regards the evidenced significant exceedances in normal use of vehicle NOx emissions until enforcement of the RDE test. Members considered that the draft Commission Regulation would result in a de facto blanket derogation from applicable emissions limits , and is therefore not consistent with Union law, in that it is not compatible with the aim and content of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council. The motion for a resolution called on the Commission to withdraw the draft regulation and submit a new one without delay and no later than 1 April 2016 , in order to introduce a real driving emissions test for all vehicles with a view to ensuring the effectiveness of emission control systems and enabling vehicles to comply with Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 and its implementing measures, with a conformity factor reflecting only the possible tolerances of the emissions measurement procedure in place by 2017. The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety is opposed to the adoption of the measure, while also stressing that: air pollution causes over 430 000 premature deaths in the Union every year and costs up to an estimated EUR 940 billion annually as a result of its health impacts; nitrogen oxides (NOx) are major air pollutants which cause, inter alia, lung cancer, asthma and many respiratory diseases, as well environmental degradation, such as eutrophication and acidification; diesel vehicle exhausts are a major source of NOx in urban areas in Europe; recent air pollution analyses by the European Environment Agency attribute 75 000 premature deaths to NO2 emissions in Europe, with 93 % of all exceedances occurring close to roads.
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