on the exercise of the delegation conferred on the Commission pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 setting emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles as part of the Union's integrated approach to reduce CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles

REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL

1. Introduction

Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council sets the average CO2 emissions for new light commercial vehicles registered in the Union, by means of improvements in vehicle technology and innovative technologies.

Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 empowers the Commission to adopt delegated acts, as referred to in Article 15(1), with a view to:

·amending Annex II and adopt detailed rules for monitoring and reporting of data on average emissions, as provided for in Article 8(9);

·supplementing the Regulation, inter alia, on the interpretation of the eligibility criteria for derogations, on the content of applications, and on the content and assessment of programmes for the reduction of specific CO2 emissions, as provided for in Article 11(7);

·amending Annex I by 31 October 2016 (and every three years thereafter) to adjust the figure M0 to the average mass of light commercial vehicles in the previous three years, as provided for in Article 13(5);

·amending Annex I, to adapt the formulae to determine the indicative specific CO2 emissions of light commercial vehicles, as provided for in the fourth paragraph of Article 13(6).

2. Legal basis

With this report, the Commission aims to meet the obligation set by Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 510/2011. Under this Article, the Commission has the power to adopt delegated acts for a period of five years, running from 3 June 2011. The Commission is also required to present to the European Parliament and to the Council a report on the exercise of the delegation conferred by that Regulation. The report is to be drawn up not later than 9 months before the end of the 5-year period of the delegation. The delegation of power is tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council revoke it.

3. Exercise of the delegation

Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 empowers the Commission to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 8(9), Article 11(7), Article 13(5) and the fourth paragraph of Article 13(6) of that Regulation.

3.1 Article 8(9) of Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 requires the Commission to amend Annex II and lay down, by means of delegated acts, detailed rules for monitoring and reporting of data on average emissions of new light commercial vehicles registered in the territory of the EU.

Since the entry into force of Regulation (EU) No 510/2011, the Commission has adopted two delegated acts accordingly:

a)Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 205/2012 amends Annex II to the Vans Emissions Regulation as regards the information to be provided by Member States. This delegated act was adopted by the Commission on 6 January 2012 and was submitted to the European Parliament and the Council for scrutiny. Its main objective is to improve the means for verifying the accuracy of the data by:

·demanding that the data collected by Member States be consistent with the certificate of conformity of the vehicles concerned;