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DRAFT REPORT (COM(2025)0589 – C10-0235/2025 – 2023/0134(COD))

On the amended proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 1999/62/EC, Council Directive 1999/37/EC and Directive (EU) 2019/520 as regards the CO2 emission class of heavy-duty vehicles with trailers and clarifying and simplifying certain provisions

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Committee on Transport and Tourism · Rapporteur: Matteo Ricci

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The draft report sets out Parliament's first-reading position on the amended Commission proposal to amend Directive 1999/62/EC, Council Directive 1999/37/EC and Directive (EU) 2019/520 on the CO2 emission class of heavy-duty vehicles with trailers. The rapporteur proposes to delete the provisions extending CO2-differentiated road charging to trailers, including the new Article 7gc, the trailer definitions, the Annex VIII classification criteria and the related registration and data-exchange amendments. The report keeps the 2025 elements on simplification and legal alignment, and adds new recitals on the energy efficiency potential of trailers and on the practical challenges of CO2-differentiated tolling for vehicle combinations. It requires the Commission to evaluate the application of the Directive, including the possible introduction of CO2-differentiated tolling for vehicle combinations, within two years of entry into force. It corrects the reclassification rule so that vehicles in CO2 emission class 1 or 2 are reclassified using a 2030 reduction target of 30%.

Committee position. The rapporteur proposes to approve the 2025 elements on simplification and legal alignment, but to delete the provisions extending CO2-differentiated charging to trailers and postpone that issue to a future discussion.

Key points

  1. Parliament adopts its first-reading position on the amended proposal amending Directive 1999/62/EC, Council Directive 1999/37/EC and Directive (EU) 2019/520.
  2. The title is changed to refer only to Directive 1999/62/EC and to clarifying and simplifying certain provisions.
  3. Recitals 1 to 10 of the Commission proposal, which set out the rationale for including trailers in CO2-differentiated charging, are deleted.
  4. New recitals state that trailers do not consume energy themselves but affect the energy consumption of the vehicle combination, with an energy efficiency potential of approximately 7.5% for drawbar trailers and 15% for semi-trailers compared with a 2020 reference trailer.
  5. New recitals state that real-time identification of the trailer and effective enforcement require technical solutions, and that pilot projects should be encouraged to generate evidence and operational experience.
  6. A new recital calls for structured cooperation between Member States, competent authorities, manufacturers, operators and infrastructure operators, supported by a technical task force coordinated by the Commission.
  7. The definition of 'CO2 emissions' is amended to refer to the customer information file as defined in Part II of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2017/2400, without citing specific points.
  8. The definitions of 'trailer' and 'semi-trailer' added by the Commission are deleted.
  9. Member States must reclassify vehicles in CO2 emission class 1 or 2 using an emission reduction trajectory based on a 2030 CO2 reduction target of 30%, at the latest two months after entry into force.
  10. The Commission must evaluate the Directive within two years of entry into force, assessing documents certifying trailer performance, the technical feasibility of differentiated tolling and interoperability implications, taking into account pilot projects.
  11. Article 7gc on taking into account the effect of trailers on CO2 emissions, the related delegated act and the amendment to Article 7j(2a) on evidence of the emission class of a vehicle combination are deleted.
  12. The amendments to Directive (EU) 2019/520 on data relating to vehicles, to Directive 1999/37/EC on the efficiency ratio and trailer class on registration certificates, and the addition of Annex VIII on trailer classification criteria are deleted.

Who is affected

  • Member States, which must reclassify certain vehicles and would no longer have to apply CO2-differentiated tolling to trailers.
  • Transport operators and drivers, who would not need to declare trailer performance for toll reductions.
  • The Commission, which must carry out an evaluation and coordinate a technical task force.
  • Trailer manufacturers and infrastructure operators, involved in technical cooperation on CO2-related data.

Figures and deadlines

  • approximately 7.5% energy efficiency potential for drawbar trailers compared with a 2020 reference trailer
  • 15% energy efficiency potential for semi-trailers compared with a 2020 reference trailer
  • 2030 CO2 emissions reduction target of 30% used for reclassifying vehicles in CO2 emission class 1 or 2
  • reclassification at the latest by date of entry into force of this Directive + two months
  • Commission evaluation by two years from the date of entry into force of this Directive

Legal basis: Article 294(2) and Article 91(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union