Decision No 1753/2000/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 22 June 2000
establishing a scheme to monitor the average specific emissions of CO2 from new passenger cars
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 175(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee(2),
After consulting the committee of the Regions,
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty(3), and in the light of the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee on 9 March 2000,
Whereas:
(1) The ultimate objective of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is to achieve stabilisation of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level such as to avoid the risk of dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. The Kyoto Protocol to that Framework Convention agreed at the December 1997 Kyoto Conference makes provision for a reduction in the level of greenhouse gas concentrations.
(2) Under the Kyoto Protocol, the Community has accepted the target of reducing its emissions during the period 2008 to 2012 in respect of a series of greenhouse gases by 8 % relative to 1990 levels.
(3) The Kyoto Protocol requires the Parties referred to in Annex I to the Protocol to have made demonstrable progress in achieving their commitments by 2005.
(4) Decision 93/389/EEC(4) established a mechanism to monitor Community emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases.
(5) In recognition of the importance of passenger cars as a source of CO2 emissions, the Commission has proposed a Community strategy to reduce CO2 emissions from passenger cars and to improve fuel economy. In its Conclusions of 25 June 1996 the Council welcomed the Commission's approach.
(6) The European Parliament and the Council have formulated an objective of 120 g/km (5 litres/100 km for petrol engines and 4,5 litres/100 km for diesel engines) as a mean value for CO2 emissions in 2005 (2010 at the latest).
(7) The Commission is in the process of carrying out studies aimed at drawing up, as soon as possible, appropriate proposals on harmonised procedures for measuring the specific CO2 emissions from vehicles of category N1 pursuant to Annex II to Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers(5).
(8) The specific emissions of CO2 from new passenger cars are measured on a harmonised basis in the Community according to the methodology laid down in Council Directive 80/1268/EEC of 16 December 1980 relating to the carbon dioxide emissions and the fuel consumption of motor vehicles(6).
(9) It is necessary to establish objective procedures to monitor the specific emissions of CO2 from new passenger cars sold throughout the Community in order to verify the effectiveness of the Community strategy, as referred to in the Commission communication of 20 December 1995, as well as the implementation of commitments formally undertaken by car manufacturers' organisations. This Decision will provide such a scheme. The Commission has announced that it will consider as soon as possible the need for a legal framework for the agreements to be entered into in the future with the car manufacturers' organisations including measures to be taken in the event of the failure of such agreements to work.
(10) For the purpose of this Decision, only official data that is consistent with Directive 70/156/EEC should be collected by the Member States.
(11) Directive 70/156/EEC provides that manufacturers are to issue a certificate of conformity which must accompany each new passenger car and that Member States are to permit the registration and entry into service of a new passenger car only if it is accompanied by a valid certificate of conformity.
(12) This Decision is not intended to harmonise national vehicle registration systems but to build on them in order to ensure the compilation of a minimum set of data required to allow the proper functioning of a Community scheme to monitor the average specific emissions of CO2 from new passenger cars.
(13) It is desirable to include all new alternatively powered passenger cars which fall within the scope of Directive 70/156/EEC.
(14) Such a monitoring scheme should only apply to those new passenger cars which are to be registered for the first time in the Community and have not been registered previously elsewhere.
(15) It is necessary to maintain contacts between the Commission and Member States as regards the control of quality of data in order to assure an adequate implementation of this Decision,
HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
This Decision establishes a scheme to monitor the average specific emissions of CO2 from new passenger cars registered in the Community. It applies only to those passenger cars which are being registered in the Community for the first time and have not been registered previously elsewhere.
Article 2
For the purposes of this Decision:
1. "passenger car" means any motor vehicle of category M1, as defined in Annex II to Directive 70/156/EEC and which falls within the scope of Directive 80/1268/EEC. It does not include vehicles falling under the scope of Directive 92/61/EEC(7) and special purpose vehicles as defined in the second indent of Article 4(1)(a) of Directive 70/156/EEC;
2. "newly registered car" means a passenger car registered for the first time in the Community. It specifically excludes those vehicles which are re-registered in a second Member State or have been registered previously outside the Community;
3. "certificate of conformity" means the certificate, referred to in Article 6 of Directive 70/156/EEC;
4. "specific emissions of CO2" means those of a given passenger car, measured in accordance with Directive 80/1268/EEC and set out in Annex VIII to Directive 70/156/EEC and attached to type-approval documentation;
5. "manufacturer" means the person or body responsible to the approval authority for all aspects of the type-approval process and for ensuring conformity of production. It is not essential that the person or body is directly involved in all stages of the construction of the vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit which is the subject of the approval process;
6. "make" means the trade name of the manufacturer and is that which appears on the certificate of conformity and the type-approval documentation;
7. "maximum net power of new passenger cars" means the maximum engine power stated on the certificate of conformity and the type-approval documentation and measured in accordance with Directive 80/1269/EEC(8);
8. "mass" means the mass of the car with bodywork in running order as stated in the certificate of conformity and the type-approval documentation, and defined in Section 2.6 of Annex I to Directive 70/156/EEC;
9. "engine capacity" means the engine capacity as stated on the certificate of conformity and the type-approval documentation;
10. "fuel type" means the fuel for which the car was originally type-approved and is that which appears on the certificate of conformity and the type-approval documentation;
11. "registration file" means an electronic file containing information relating to the registration of an individual passenger car;
12. "type", "variant" and "version" mean the differentiated vehicles of a given make that are declared by the manufacturer, as described in Annex II(B) to Directive 70/156/EEC, and uniquely identified by type, variant and version alphanumeric characters;
13. "alternatively powered vehicle" means any motor vehicle of category M1 as defined in Annex II (B) to Directive 70/156/EEC and which does not fall under the scope of Directive 80/1268/EEC;
14. "type-approval documentation" means the information package containing the information folder, type-approval certificate and test results that are circulated between the national type-approval authorities in accordance with Article 4(5) and (6) of Directive 70/156/EEC.
Article 3
1. For the purposes of establishing the scheme referred to in Article 1, Member States shall collect the information described in Annex I for each car referred to in that Article which is registered in their territory.
2. Member States shall be permitted to take the information referred to in paragraph 1 from either Community type-approval documentation or the certificate of conformity.
3. Member States shall be responsible for the validation and quality of the data that they collect. Member States shall take into consideration the potential sources of error described in Annex II, take steps to minimise those errors and communicate to the Commission an assessment, by statistical analysis or otherwise, of the proportion of incorrect data together with the report referred to in Article 4(4).
4. Member States shall take steps to improve the quality of the data that they collect and, on request by the Commission, shall inform it thereof. On the basis of this information the Commission may, in consultation with the Member State concerned, propose to that Member State measures to further improve the quality of data which the Member State shall consider. On this basis, the Member State shall inform the Commission of the further steps which, if appropriate, it will take to improve the quality of data.
Article 4
1. In each calendar year Member States shall determine the following according to the methods described in Annex III, both by manufacturer and for the total of all manufacturers:
(a) for each separate fuel type:
(i) the total number of newly registered passenger cars, as specified in Annex III(1);
(ii) the average specific emissions of CO2 for newly registered passenger cars, as specified in Annex III(2);
(b) for each fuel type and for each distinct CO2 emission category specified in Annex III(3):
(i) the number of newly registered passenger cars;
(ii) the average specific emissions of CO2, as specified in Annex III(3), second subparagraph;
(c) for each fuel type and for each distinct mass category specified in Annex III(4):
(i) the number of newly registered passenger cars;
(ii) the average specific emissions of CO2, as specified in Annex III(4), third subparagraph;
(iii) the average mass, as specified in Annex III(4), second subparagraph(9);
(d) for each fuel type, and for each distinct maximum net power category specified in Annex III(5):
(i) the number of newly registered passenger cars;
(ii) the average specific emissions of CO2, as specified in Annex III(5), third subparagraph;
(iii) the average maximum net power, as specified in Annex III(5), second subparagraph;
(e) for each fuel type and for each distinct engine capacity category specified in Annex III(6):
(i) the number of newly registered passenger cars;
(ii) the average specific emissions of CO2, as specified in Annex III(6), third subparagraph;
(iii) the average engine capacity, as specified in Annex III(6), second subparagraph.
2. In addition, as regards alternatively powered vehicles, Member States shall determine the number of such vehicles which are registered in their territory.
3. If the way in which the mass of vehicles registered in their territory is measured varies, Member States shall inform the Commission thereof.
4. The information referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be transmitted annually to the Commission by the Member States. The first transmission shall take place no later than 1 July 2001. Subsequent transmissions shall be completed by 1 April for the monitoring data collected in the preceding calendar year. The data shall be transmitted in accordance with the format specified in Annex IV.
5. On request from the Commission, the Member States shall also transmit the full set of data collected pursuant to Article 3.
Article 5
Member States shall designate a competent authority for the collection and communication of the monitoring information and shall inform the Commission thereof no later than six months after the entry into force of this Decision.
Article 6
Member States shall report to the Commission no later than six months after the entry into force of this Decision on how they intend to implement its provisions. On the basis of those reports, the Commission may seek further information or request, in consultation with Member States, that changes be made in the proposed method of implementation.
Article 7
The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council by 31 December 2002 at the latest on the operation of the monitoring scheme established by this Decision.
Article 8
The data collected under the monitoring system from the year 2003 onward shall serve as the basis for monitoring voluntary obligations to reduce emissions of CO2 from motor vehicles agreed between the Commission and the automobile industry and, where necessary, for their revision.
Article 9
For each calendar year, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a report based on the monitoring data it receives from the Member States.
Article 10
The reports for intermediate target years and the final target years(10) will indicate whether the reductions are due to technical measures taken by the manufacturers or to other measures such as changes in consumer behaviour.
Article 11
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Luxembourg, 22 June 2000.