Skip to content
DRAFT REPORT (COM(2023)0088) – C90025/2023 – 2023/0042(COD))

On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1242 as regards strengthening the CO₂ emission performance standards for new heavy-duty vehicles and integrating reporting obligations, and repealing Regulation (EU) 2018/956

ENVI-PR-746858

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety · Rapporteur: Yannick Jadot

Official HTML ↗ PDF DOCX
✦ In shortFull text
✦ In short · AI summary of this text, generated 26 Sept 2026

Written by a language model from the full text only; every figure comes from the text. The paragraph links open the paragraph a statement rests on — check the text itself before relying on it.

The rapporteur's draft report sets Parliament's first-reading position on the Commission proposal to strengthen CO2 emission performance standards for new heavy-duty vehicles and integrate reporting obligations. It raises the fleet-wide CO2 reduction targets to 65% for 2030-2034, 95% for 2035-2039 and 100% from 2040, and requires all new urban buses to be zero-emission by 2030. It extends the targets to vocational vehicles and smaller lorries, removes the exemption for vocational vehicles, and ends the zero- and low-emission vehicle incentive by 2030. It adds sustainability and security-of-supply criteria to public procurement of urban buses, with weightings of 15 to 40%, and caps third-country content at 50% of tender value. It creates a Zero-Emission HDVs Forum to coordinate the roll-out of recharging and refuelling infrastructure, and tightens rules on emission credits and debts.

Committee position. The rapporteur proposes to strengthen the Commission's CO2 targets for heavy-duty vehicles, extend them to vocational vehicles and smaller lorries, require 100% zero-emission urban buses by 2030, and add sustainability and security-of-supply criteria to public procurement.

Key points

  1. The draft report adopts Parliament's first-reading position on the Commission proposal amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1242 on CO2 standards for new heavy-duty vehicles.
  2. It raises the fleet-wide CO2 reduction targets to 65% for 2030-2034, 95% for 2035-2039 and 100% from 2040, compared to 2019 levels.
  3. It requires all new urban buses placed on the Union market to be zero-emission by 2030, and deletes the proposed exemption allowing member states to exclude a limited share of urban buses.
  4. It extends CO2 targets to vocational vehicles such as garbage trucks, tippers and concrete mixers, and to small and medium lorries below 7.4 tonnes.
  5. It amends the zero- and low-emission vehicle incentive so that only zero-emission vehicles of category N are counted from 2025, with the mechanism removed as of 2030.
  6. It requires contracting authorities to include sustainability and security-of-supply criteria in public procurement of urban buses, each weighted between 15% and 40% of award criteria.
  7. It caps the proportion of products or tenders originating in third countries at 50% of the tender's value.
  8. It creates a Zero-Emission HDVs Forum, convened by the Commission within 6 months of entry into force and annually thereafter, to work on recharging and refuelling infrastructure roll-out.
  9. It extends the system of multi-annual emission credits and debts to 2039, requires manufacturers to clear all remaining debts in 2029, 2034 and 2039, and makes unused credits expire after five years.
  10. It deletes the Commission's proposed amendments to the excess CO2 emissions premium, keeping current levels.
  11. It requires the Commission's 2028 review to assess minimum energy efficiency thresholds for new zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles and whether to apply CO2 targets to special purpose and off-road vehicles.
  12. It allows transfers of retrofitted zero-emission vehicles between manufacturers, and requires small producing manufacturers to report their emissions.

Who is affected

  • Manufacturers of heavy-duty vehicles, who must meet stricter CO2 targets and report emissions.
  • Operators of urban buses and public transport authorities, who must procure zero-emission buses by 2030.
  • Hauliers and transport companies, who may benefit from reduced running costs.
  • Member states, which must ensure recharging and refuelling infrastructure coverage.
  • Manufacturers of vocational vehicles and small lorries, which become subject to CO2 targets.

Figures and deadlines

  • 65% CO2 reduction target for 2030-2034
  • 95% CO2 reduction target for 2035-2039
  • 100% CO2 reduction target from 2040
  • 100% zero-emission urban buses by 2030
  • 15% benchmark for zero-emission vehicles from 2025 to 2029
  • 15 to 40% weighting for sustainability and security of supply in public procurement
  • 50% cap on third-country content in tenders
  • 6 months after entry into force for convening the Zero-Emission HDVs Forum

Legal basis: Article 192(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union