Regulation (EU) 2019/1242 setting CO2 emission performance standards for new heavy-duty vehicles

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to set mission performance standards for new heavy-duty vehicles. PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council. BACKGROUND: the European strategy for low-emission mobility sets a clear ambition: by mid-century, greenhouse gas emissions from transport will need to be at least 60% lower than in 1990 and be firmly on the path towards zero . The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety adopted the report by Bas EICKHOUT (Greens/EFA, NL) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council setting CO2 emission performance standards for new heavy-duty vehicles. The committee recommended that the European Parliament's position adopted at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure should amend the Commission's proposal as follows. Emission reduction targets : Members considered that the specific CO2 emissions of the EU fleet of new heavy vehicles should be reduced compared to the reference CO2 emissions as follows: from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2029, by 20% (15% in the Commission proposal); from 1 January 2030, by at least 35 % (instead of 30 %), subject to review in 2022. In addition, the minimum binding share of zero-emission buses in a manufacturer's fleet of new city buses should be: 50% from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2029; 75% from 1 January 2030. The Commission shall adopt, by 1 July 2019 at the latest, delegated acts specifying the technical criteria for determining the professional destination of a vehicle and defining the urban buses covered by the Regulation. Zero and low-emission heavy-duty vehicles : starting from 1 January 2025 , the specific share of zero- and low-emission heavy-duty vehicles in the manufacturer’s fleet in a calendar year shall be benchmarked against the following values: as of 2025: at least 5 % ; as of 2030: 20 %, subject to the review . Related manufacturers may form a pool to meet their obligations Excess emissions : if a manufacturer or group of manufacturers has excess emissions, the Commission may impose a financial penalty in the form of an excess emissions premium at a level of EUR 6 800 per g/tkm. Premiums on excess emissions shall be included in the revenue of the general budget of the Union. Members proposed that those amounts shall be used to complement Union or national measures which, in close cooperation with the social partners and competent authorities, promote the development of skills or the reallocation of workers in the automotive sector in all affected Member States, in particular in the regions and the communities most affected by the transition, in order to contribute to a just transition towards zero- and low-emission mobility. Actual CO2 emissions and energy consumption : the Commission shall adopt, by 31 December 2019 at the latest, delegated acts in order to supplement this Regulation by introducing an on-road in-service conformity test which ensures that on-road CO2 emissions and fuel consumption of heavy-duty vehicles do not exceed…

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