Amended proposal for a EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directive 88/77/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the measures to be taken against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from diesel engines for use in vehicles
Date: 1995-10-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: air quality, approximation of laws, diesel fuel, motor vehicle, motor vehicle pollution, pollution control measures

COMMISSION  OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  03.10.1995 
COM(95)  461  final 

94/0312  (COD) 

Amended  proposal  for  a 

EUROPEAN  PARLIAMENT  AND  COUNCIL  DIRECTIVE 

amending Directive 88/77/EEC on the approximation of the 

laws of the Member States relating to the measures to be taken against the emission of 

gaseous and particulate pollutants from diesel engines for use in vehicles 

(presented  by  the  Commission  pursuant  to  Article  189  a  (2) 
of  the  EC-Treaty) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

On  19  December  1994, the  Commission  sent  to  the  Council  a  proposal  for  a  directive  of  the 
European  Parliament  and  the  Council  amending  Directive  88/77/EEC  relating  to  measures 
against the emissions from  diesel engines for motor vehicles. 

On  20  September  1995,  the  European  Parliament  approved  the  proposal  in  the  first  reading, 
subject to 3 amendments, which the Commission has accepted. 

The objective of the amendments is to limit the exemption  for "small" diesel engines to meet the 
EURO-2  particulate  standard  to  2  years  compared  to  the  4  year  period  proposed  by  the 
Commission.  The  consequence  of  the  amendments  is that  there  will  be  no  interim  particulate 
emission  standard,  as  proposed  by  the  Commission,  thereby  saving  industry  from  having  to 
undertake two different  homologation  procedures within a short period of time. 

The Commission  agrees with the concerns of the Parliament  that the severe  EURO-2  standards 
should  apply  as  soon  as  possible  also  to  small  diesel  engines.  Since  the  shortened  exemption 
period  proposed  by  the  Parliament  appears  to  be  just  about  industrially  feasible  to  allow 
adaptation  of the  concerned  engines  to the higher  EURO-2  standards, the Commission  accepts 
the Parliament's amendments as an alternative to its initial proposal. 

Amended  proposal  for  a 

EUROPEAN  PARLIAMENT  AND  COUNCIL  DIRECTIVE 

amending Directive 88/77/EEC on the approximation of the 

laws of the Member States relating to the measures to he taken against the emission of 

gaseous and particulate pollutants from diesel engines for use in vehicles 

ORIGINAL TEXT*') 

AMENDED TEXT 

Recital 8 

Whereas,  on  the  other  hand,  the  ambitious 
limit  value  for  particulate  emissions  set  in 
Directive  91/542/EEC  for  stage  2  cannot,  at 
the  present  state  of  technology,  be  met  by 
most  small  diesel  engines  of  less than  85 kW 
by  1995;  whereas  a  significant  reduction  in 
particulate  emissions  can  nonetheless  be 
those 
from  October  1995 
achieved 
vehicles;  whereas,  for  small  diesel  engines 
with  a  cylinder  swept  volume  lower  than  0.7 
dm3  and  a  rated  power  speed  higher  than 
3,000  miir1,  the  limit  value  for  particulate 
emissions  set  in  Directive  91/542/EEC  should 
be introduced  from  1999 instead; whereas this 
additional  time  period  will  allow  the  industry 
to  make  the  necessary  changes  to  ensure 
compliance with the deferred  limit value; 

for 

Whereas,  on  the  other  hand,  the  ambitious 
limit  value  for  particulate  emissions  set  in 
Directive  91/542/EEC  for  stage  2  cannot,  at 
the  present  state  of  technology,  be  met  by 
most  small  diesel  engines  by  1995;  whereas, 
for  these  small  diesel  engines  with  a  cylinder 
swept  volume  lower than  0.7  dm3  and  a rated 
power speed higher than 3,000 m in'1, the limit 
value for particulate emissions set in Directive 
91/542/EEC  should  be  introduced  from  1997 
instead;  whereas  this  additional  time  period 
will  allow the  industry  to  make  the  necessary 
changes 
the 
deferred  limit value; 

to  ensure  compliance  with 

<1>0JC3S9, 31.12.1994, p. 22 

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Annex I, paragraph  1 

Item  6.2.1: the  following  footnote  (**)  is 
added  to the figure  "0.15" of the  last  line 
of  the  table  (B( 1.10.1995)),  last  column 
(Mass of particulates (PT) g/kWh): 

1. 

Item  6.2.1: the  following  footnote  (**)  is 
added to the figure  "0.15" of the  last  line 
of  the  table  (B( 1.10.1995)),  last  column 
(Mass of particulates (PT) g/kWh): 

"(**):  until  30  September  1999 the value 
applied  to  the  particulate  emissions  of 
engines  having  a  cylinder  swept  volume 
of  less  than  0.7  dm3  and  a  rated  power 
speed  of  more  than  3,000  miir1, .is  0.25 
g/kWh." 

"(**): the value of Q.15 g/kWh  is applied 
to  the  particulate  emissions  of  engines 
having  a  cylinder  swept  volume  of  less 
than  0.7  dm3 and  a rated  power  speed  of 
more  than  3,000  min"1  starting  from  1 
October 1997." 

Annex I, paragraph  2 

2. 

Item  8.3.1.1.: the following  footnote  (**) 
is  added  to  the  figure  "0.15"  of  the  last 
line  of  the  table  (B( 1.10.1995)),  last 
(PT) 
column 
g/kWh); 

(Mass  of  particulates 

"(**):  until  30 September  2000 the value 
applied  to  the  particulate  emissions  of 
engines  having  a  cylinder  swept  volume 
of  less  than  0.7  dm3  and  a  rated  power 
speed  of  more  than  3,000  min*1,  is  0.25 
g/kWh." 

Item  8.3.1.1.: the following  footnote  (**) 
is  added  to  the  figure  "0.15"  of  the  last 
line  of  the  table  (B( 1.10.1995)),  last 
(PT) 
(Mass  of  particulates 
column 
g/kWh); 

"(**): the value of 0.15 g/kWh  is applied 
to  the  particulate  emissions  of  engines 
having  a  cylinder  swept  volume  of  less 
than  0.7  dm3 and  a  rated  power  speed  of 
more  than  3,000  min*1  starting  from  1 
October 1998." 

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