Legislative resolution of the European Parliament on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council decision establishing a scheme to monitor the average specific emissions of CO2 from new passenger cars (5621/2/1999rev2 - C5-0041/1999 - 1998/0202(COD))
Date: 1999-12-02
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: EU programme, air quality, environmental monitoring, greenhouse gas, motor car, motor vehicle industry, pollution control measures, reduction of gas emissions

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(cid:1) having regard to Article 251(5) of the EC Treaty,

(cid:1) having regard to Rule 83 of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:1) having regard to the report of its delegation to the Conciliation Committee (A5-0074/1999);

1.

Approves the joint text;

Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of

2.
the EC Treaty;

Instructs its Secretary-General duly to sign the act and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of

3.
the Council, to have it published in the Official Journal of the European Communities;

4.

Instructs its President to forward this legislative resolution to the Council and Commission.

4. CO2 emissions from new passenger cars ***II

A5-0064/1999

Legislative resolution of the European Parliament on the common position adopted by the Council
with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council decision establishing a scheme
to monitor the average specific emissions of CO2 from new passenger cars (5621/2/1999 rev2 )
C5-0041/1999 ) 1998/0202(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

(cid:1) having regard to the Council common position (5621/2/1999 rev2 (cid:1) C5-0041/1999) (1),

(cid:1) having regard to its position at first reading (2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the

Council (COM(1998) 348) (3),

(cid:1) having regard to the Commission’s amended proposal (COM(1999) 58) (4),

(cid:1) having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,

(cid:1) having regard to Rule 80 of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:1) having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on the Environment,

Public Health and Consumer Policy (A5-0064/1999);

1.

2.

Amends the common position as follows;

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

COMMON POSITION
OF THE COUNCIL

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

(Amendment 1)
Recital 1

(1) Whereas 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
that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with
the climate system;

(1) Whereas 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,
or reduction to a level, that would prevent dangerous anthro-
pogenic interference with the climate system;

(1) OJ C 123, 4.5.1999, p. 13.
(2) OJ C 98, 9.4.1999, p. 240.
(3) OJ C 231, 23.7.1998, p. 6.
(4) OJ C 83, 25.3.1999, p. 9.

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AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

(Amendment 2)

Recital 6a (new)

(6a) Whereas there is a Community basis for the mea-
surement of the specific emissions of CO2 from vehicles
only for vehicles of category M1 pursuant to Annex II of
Directive 70/156/EEC; whereas, since the other categories
of motor vehicles ) especially light commercial vehicles
in urban areas ) are responsible for a significant propor-
tion of total CO2 emissions, the Community strategy for
reducing CO2 emissions and the monitoring systems
should be extended to cover all motor vehicles;

(Amendment 3)

Recital 8

(8) Whereas it is necessary to establish 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 imple-
mentation of commitments formally undertaken by car manu-
facturers’ organisations;

(8) Whereas it is necessary to establish procedures to monitor
on an objective basisthe specific emissions of CO2 from new
passenger cars sold throughout the Community in order to ver-
ify 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 underta-
ken by car manufacturers’ organisations; whereas this Deci-
sion will provide such a scheme; whereas the Commission
should put forward as soon as possible a legal framework
for the agreement entered into with the car manufac-
turers’ organisations including measures to be taken in
the event of failure of the agreement to work;

(Amendment 6)

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.

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.

(Amendment 7)

Article 7

The Commission shall report to the Council by 31 December
2003 at the latest on the operation of the monitoring scheme
established by this Decision.

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 Deci-
sion.

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COMMON POSITION
OF THE COUNCIL

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

(Amendment 8)

Article 7a (new)

Article 7a

The data collected under the monitoring scheme for the
calendar year 2002 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 revi-
sion.

(Amendment 9)

Article 8, 2nd paragraph (new)

The report shall set out how CO2 emissions have changed.
It shall also indicate whether reductions are due to techni-
cal measures taken by manufacturers or to other reasons,
such as changes in consumer behaviour.

(Amendment 10)

Annex I, indent 4a (new)

) length times breadth (i.e. body size of vehicle)

5. Economic and social development in Turkey ***I

A5-0071/1999

Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) regarding the implementation of measures to promote eco-
nomic and social development in Turkey (COM(1998) 600 ) C4-0670/1998 ) 1998/0300(COD))

The proposal was amended as follows:

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION (1)

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

(Amendment 5)

Recital 1a (new)

Whereas the Luxembourg European Council on 12 and
13 December 1997 confirmed that Turkey was eligible to
accede to the European Union, on the basis of the same
criteria applicable to all applicant states;

(1) OJ C 408, 29.12.1998, p. 18.