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DRAFT OPINION (COM(2025)0995 – C100355/2025 – 2025/0420(COD))

On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2019/631 as regards CO2 emission performance standards for new light duty vehicles and vehicle labelling and repealing Directive 1999/94/EC

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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy · Rapporteur: Matej Tonin

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The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy's rapporteur proposes targeted amendments to the Commission's proposal amending Regulation (EU) 2019/631 on CO2 emission performance standards for new cars and vans. The draft adjusts the 2030 van target to 30% and the 2035 van target to 80%, keeps the 2030 car target and sets the 2035 car target at 90%. It makes fuel credits and low-carbon material credits available from entry into force, extends eligible materials beyond steel, and recognises vehicles running exclusively on eligible fuels as zero-emission. It introduces five-year averaging periods, strengthens super-credits for small cars and vans, and calls for the utility factor for plug-in hybrids to be maintained. It links the definitions of 'made in the EU' and 'low-carbon steel' to the Industrial Accelerator Act rather than setting them in this Regulation.

Committee position. The rapporteur proposes several targeted amendments: adjust the 2030 and 2035 targets, extend averaging periods, strengthen super-credits, make fuel and low-carbon material credits available from entry into force, recognise VEEF as zero-emission, and link 'made in the EU' and 'low-carbon steel' definitions to the Industrial Accelerator Act.

Key points

  1. The rapporteur proposes targeted amendments to the Commission's CO2 standards proposal, with further amendments possible at the amendment phase.
  2. Fuel credits and low-carbon material credits should count towards emission targets and apply from entry into force of the Regulation, not only after 2035.
  3. Eligible credits should be extended beyond low-carbon steel to materials such as aluminium and plastics, starting with recognition of steel as soon as possible.
  4. Eligible fuels should cover all fuels defined in Directive (EU) 2018/2001 meeting its sustainability criteria.
  5. Vehicles running exclusively on eligible fuels (VEEF) should be classified as zero-emission vehicles for the purposes of the Regulation.
  6. The 2030 van target should be 30% and the 2035 van target 80%; the car target stays for 2030 and is set at 90% for 2035.
  7. Averaging periods should be extended: five years for cars in 2028-2032 and five-year periods for vans in 2025-2029 and 2030-2034.
  8. Super-credits for small zero-emission cars and vans should be strengthened and extended, with cars counted as 1.5 vehicles and vans as 1.5 or 1.2 vehicles.
  9. The utility factor for plug-in hybrids and range extenders should be maintained at its current level.
  10. The definitions of 'made in the EU' and 'low-carbon steel' should be set out in the Industrial Accelerator Act, not pre-empted in this Regulation.
  11. The cap on fuel credits should be raised to 10% and the cap on low-carbon material credits set at 7% of the manufacturer's 2021 specific emissions reference target.
  12. Restrictions on pooling for fuel credits and low-carbon material credits should be deleted.

Who is affected

  • Vehicle manufacturers, who gain flexibility through credits, extended averaging and super-credits.
  • Light commercial vehicle makers and small and medium-sized enterprises, for which the 2030 and 2035 van targets are lowered.
  • Suppliers of low-carbon materials such as steel, aluminium and plastics, whose credits are extended.
  • Producers of sustainable renewable fuels, whose credits apply from entry into force.
  • Member States, which must record and transmit data on zero-emission vehicles of categories M1 and N1.

Figures and deadlines

  • 2030 van target: 30% reduction.
  • 2035 van target: 80% reduction.
  • 2035 car target: 90% reduction.
  • Fuel credits cap: 10% of the manufacturer's 2021 specific emissions reference target.
  • Low-carbon material credits cap: 7% of the manufacturer's 2021 specific emissions reference target.
  • Super-credit multiplier for small electric cars: 1.5 vehicles.
  • Super-credit multiplier for small electric vans: 1.5 vehicles; other N1 zero-emission vehicles: 1.2 vehicles.
  • Excess emissions premium: EUR 95 per gram per kilometre per newly registered vehicle.