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
A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.
Where it stands: Parliament approved the text agreed with the Council on 7 October 2026. The Council must now adopt it formally before it is published as law.
- ✓ Referred to committee 8 May 2023
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 5 May 2026
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 7 May 2026
- ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 2 September 2026
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 7 October 2026
- 6 Published as law
How a file moves through Parliament
A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. For a law, Parliament’s adopted text is its first-reading position; Parliament and the Council then negotiate a common text (trilogues) which both must approve before it is published as law.
Who is working on it
- Lead committee
- TRAN — Transport and Tourism
- Rapporteur
- Matteo RICCI S&D
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Markus FERBER PPECarlo FIDANZA ECRJan-Christoph OETJEN RenewLena SCHILLING Verts/ALEMerja KYLLÖNEN The Left
- For opinion
- ENVI — Environment, Climate and Food Safety
The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.
The text, version by version
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The new version adds provisions on electrified transport refrigeration units, including charge reductions and exemptions for certain vehicles. It adds rules on the classification of retrofitted, dual-fuel and alternatively fuelled vehicles, and on light-duty vehicles up to 4,25 tonnes. It adds temporary reductions for low-emission vehicles and rules on charge reductions for zero-emission vehicles until 2031. It drops earlier provisions on trailers, vehicle combinations and related evaluations, and adds requirements on actual use of vehicle combinations and mutual recognition of emission classes. The other changes are formal: a consultation of the Committee of the Regions is added. see the changes →
Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.
Timeline
- Plenary stage
- 7 October 2026 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by a large majorityFor 475 Against 96 Abstained 70
Final vote on the provisional agreement at 13:09 · 74% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Show all 5 ballots in voting order
1. Final vote on the provisional agreement 13:09 A10-0131/2026 – Matteo Ricci – Provisional agreement – Am 18Adopted2. Final vote Text as a wholeNot put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded3. Vote on text inserted after recital 1Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded4. Vote on text inserted after recital 2Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedNot put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter. - 29 September – 2 October 2026 20 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- Negotiations with the Council
- 2 September 2026 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
- 30 June 2026 Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
- 20 May 2026 Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council
Parliament’s negotiators can now seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).
- Plenary stage
- 7 May 2026 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 5 May 2026 Committee vote: report adopted
TRAN (Transport and Tourism) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 26 March 2026 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of TRAN (Transport and Tourism) proposed changes to the draft.
- 26 February 2026 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in TRAN (Transport and Tourism). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 8 May 2023 Referred to the TRAN (Transport and Tourism) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) gives an opinion.