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DRAFT OPINION (COM(2022)0586 – C90375/2022 – 2022/0365(COD)) 2023-05-03

On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on type-approval of motor vehicles and engines and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles, with respect to their emissions and battery durability (Euro 7) and repealing Regulations (EC) No 715/2007 and (EC) No 595/2009

Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection · Rapporteur: Antonius Manders

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AMENDMENTS

The Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection calls on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, as the committee responsible, to take the following into account:

Amendment 1

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 2 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(2 a) The technical requirements set out in this Regulation should support the competitiveness of the internal market and strengthen the Union's strategic autonomy. In order to ensure technological progress, innovation and independence of Union industry, the full life-cycle emissions of vehicles should be assessed as part of the non-exhaust emissions.

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Amendment 2

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 6

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(6) Furthermore, the current emission limits were adopted in 2007 for light-duty vehicles and for heavy-duty vehicles in 2009. Both emission limits were adopted on the basis of the then available technology. Since then, technology has advanced and the level of emissions achieved with a combination of current technologies is much lower than that achieved more than 15 years ago. That technological progress should be reflected in emission limits based on state-of-the-art existing technology and knowledge of pollution controls and for all relevant pollutants.

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Amendment 3

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 12

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(12) Non-exhaust emissions consist of particles emitted by tyres and brakes of vehicles. Emissions from tyres is estimated to be the largest source of microplastics to the environment. As shown in the Impact Assessment, it is expected that by 2050, non-exhaust emissions will constitute up to 90% of all particles emitted by road transport, because exhaust particles will diminish due to vehicle electrification. Those non-exhaust emissions should therefore be measured and limited. The Commission should prepare a report on tyre abrasion by the end of 2024 to review the measurement methods and state-of-the-art in order to propose tyre abrasion limits.

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Amendment 4

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 14

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(14) Vehicles with traction batteries, including plugin hybrids and battery electric vehicles, contribute to the decarbonisation of the road transport sector. In order to gain and increase consumer trust in such vehicles, they should be performant, durable, affordable, have a common charger and smart charging functions such as vehicle-to-grid, vehicle-to-load, vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-powerbank and vehicle-to-building charging, including underbody charging. It is therefore important to require that traction batteries retain a good part of their initial capacity after many years of use. That is of particular importance to buyers of second hand electric vehicles to ensure that the vehicle will continue to perform as expected. Monitors of the battery state-of-health should therefore be required for all vehicles that use traction batteries. In addition, minimum performance requirements for battery durability of passenger cars should be introduced, taking into account the UN Global Technical Regulation 2247. The infrastructure for vehicles with traction batteries should be equipped to support those vehicles, such as battery charging stations, rapid charging stations and battery exchange stations. The Commission should assess the impact of developing such infrastructure for vehicles with traction batteries on the CO2 emissions in the Union.

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47 United Nations Global Technical Regulation on In-vehicle Battery Durability for Electrified Vehicles, UN GTR 22

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Amendment 5

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 18

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(18) In case the Commission makes a proposal for registering after 2035 new light-duty vehicles running exclusively on CO2 neutral fuels outside the scope of the CO2 fleet standards, and in conformity with Union law and the Union’s climate neutrality objective, this Regulation will need to be amended to include the possibility to type approve such vehicles.

(18) The Commission should make a proposal for registering after 2035 new light-duty vehicles running primarily on CO2 neutral fuels outside the scope of the CO2 fleet standards, and in conformity with Union law, this Regulation will need to be amended to include the possibility to type approve such vehicles.

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Amendment 6

Proposal for a regulation

Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 30

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(30) ‘non-exhaust emissions’ means evaporative, tyre abrasion, and brake emissions;

(30) ‘non-exhaust emissions’ means evaporative, tyre abrasion, brake emissions, and full life-cycle emissions;

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Amendment 7

Proposal for a regulation

Article 14 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(b a) the methods to determine the full life-cycle emissions of a vehicle;

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Amendment 8

Proposal for a regulation

Article 14 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 17(2).

Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 17(2). Those implementing acts shall also lay down a testing framework determining the technical criteria for how the driving is to be performed for the purposes of tests. Only tests in these conditions are valid.

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Amendment 9

Proposal for a regulation

Article 19 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

Article 19 a

Review

By [OP: Please insert the date = 3 years after the date of application of this Regulation] and every three years thereafter, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the technical progress and the full life-cycle emissions of vehicles.

This report shall include an evaluation of the durability and desirability of Regulation (EU) 2023/851 and the CO2 emissions in the Union caused by the necessary development of the infrastructure for vehicles with traction batteries.

The Commission shall present by [OP: Please insert the date = 6 years after the date of application of this Regulation] a legislative proposal for registering after 2035 new vehicles running primarily on CO2 neutral fuels.

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Amendment 10

Proposal for a regulation

Article 20 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

It shall apply from 1 July 2025 for M1, N1 vehicles and components and separate technical units for those vehicles and from 1 July 2027 for M2, M3, N2, N3 vehicles and components and separate technical units for those vehicles and O3, O4 trailers.

It shall apply 36 months after entry into force of this Regulation for N1 vehicles and components and separate technical units for those vehicles, 60 months after entry into force of this Regulation for N2 and N3 vehicles and components and separate technical units for those vehicles and O3, O4 trailers and 48 months after entry into force of this Regulation for M1, M2 and M3 vehicles and components and separate technical units for those vehicles.

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Amendment 11

Proposal for a regulation

Article 20 – paragraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

It shall apply from 1 July 2030 for M1, N1 vehicles constructed by small volume manufacturers.

It shall apply from 1 July 2035 for M1, N1 vehicles constructed by small volume manufacturers.

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