2000/303/EC: Commission Recommendation of 13 April 2000 on the reduction of CO2 emissions from passenger cars (KAMA) (notified under document number C(2000) 801) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2000-04-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: North Korea, air quality, environmental protection, motor car, motor vehicle industry, new technology

20.4.2000

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 100/55

COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION

of 13 April 2000
on the reduction of CO2 emissions from passenger cars
(KAMA)

(notified under document number C(2000) 801)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2000/303/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 211, second indent,
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

The Commission has proposed a Community strategy to
reduce CO2 emissions from passenger cars and improve
fuel economy (1).

The Council (environment), in its conclusions of 25 June
1996, invited the Commission to undertake the neces-
sary steps to implement
this
strategy.

the main elements of

An environmental agreement with the automobile
industry is one of the main elements of the Community
strategy. Both the Commission and the Council believe
that such agreement should commit
the automobile
industry to making a major contribution to the achieve-
ment of the overall objective of the strategy for attaining
a CO2 emission target of 120 g/km CO2 on average for
newly-registered passenger cars by 2005, and at the
latest 2010.

The Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association
(KAMA), with the support of its member companies
manufacturing passenger cars, has adopted a commit-
ment on CO2 emission reductions from new passenger
cars (hereinafter referred to as ‘the commitment’).

The Commission is satisfied with the undertakings given
by KAMA in the commitment.

The Commission acknowledges the assumptions under-
lying the commitment and will review the situation
together with KAMA and agree to any necessary adjust-
ments to the commitment in good faith, in the event
that the assumptions are not borne out.

The commitment
is based on the requirements of
Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 13 October 1998 relating to the quality
of petrol and diesel
fuels and amending Council
Directive 93/12/EEC (2), although KAMA expects that

(1) COM(95) 689 final of 20 December 1995.
(2) OJ L 350, 28.12.1998, p. 58.

(8)

(9)

(10)

the market average fuel quality will be better than these
legislative requirements.

The Commission and KAMA agree to jointly monitor
the undertakings in the commitment, the assumptions
underlying them as well as certain other developments.

The commitment includes a clause stating that no addi-
tional
fiscal measures are needed to help KAMA to
achieve its CO2 objectives. The commitment does not
question the right of the Community or its Member
States to exercise their prerogatives in the field of fiscal
policy as laid down in the strategy. The effect of fiscal
measures will be assessed in the context of
the
monitoring of the commitment.

a

to present

legislative
The Commission intends
proposal on CO2 emissions from passenger cars from
KAMA fail to achieve the CO2 emission objective for
2009 in its commitment or should it not make sufficient
progress towards this objective (as measured in partic-
ular against the estimated target range for 2004 in the
commitment), and should the Commission not be satis-
fied that such failure is due to factors for which KAMA
cannot be held accountable.

(11)

The Commission has addressed similar recommenda-
tions to European (3) and Japanese (4) automobile asso-
ciations, to undertake CO2 emission reduction efforts
which are equivalent to the commitment for their sales
in the Community,

HEREBY RECOMMENDS:

Article 1

1.
The members of the Korea Automobile Manufacturers
Association (KAMA) should, mainly by technological develop-
ments and market changes linked to these developments,
collectively achieve a CO2 emission target of 140 g/km CO2, as
measured according to Commission Directive 93/116/EC (5),
for the average of their new cars sold in the Community
as defined in Annex I to Council Directive 70/
(category M1
156/EEC (6)) by 2009.
for vehicles
Innovative
replacing conventional cars and passenger cars not producing
CO2 emissions or using alternative fuels will be counted
towards the achievement of this CO2 emission target even if
or are not currently
they are not included in category M1
covered by Directive 93/116/EC.

concepts

(3) OJ L 40, 13.2.1999, p. 49.
(4) See page 57 of this Official Journal.
(5) OJ L 329, 30.12.1993, p. 39.
(6) OJ L 42, 23.2.1970, p. 1.

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During the monitoring of the commitment, KAMA should
cooperate with the Commission in identifying the effect of
market changes which are not linked to technological develop-
ments.

KAMA should evaluate in 2004 the potential for addi-
fuel-efficiency improvements with a view to moving

2.
tional
further towards the objective of 120 g/km CO2 by 2012.
Individual members of KAMA should place on the
3.
or
market in the Community models emitting 120 g/km CO2
less, as measured according to Directive 93/116/EC, at the
earliest possible date after the year 2000.

The members of KAMA should undertake every effort to
emission target in the
2, as measured according to

4.
achieve collectively an intermediate CO2
range of 165 to 170 g/km CO
Directive 93/116/EC, by 2004.

KAMA should cooperate with the Commission in the

5.
monitoring of its commitment.

Article 2

This Recommendation is addressed to the Korea Automobile
Manufacturers Association (KAMA).

Done at Brussels, 13 April 2000.

For the Commission

Margot WALLSTRÖM

Member of the Commission