Monitoring and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from fuels (road transport and inland waterway vessels) ***I European Parliament legislative resolution of 17 December 2008 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 98/70/EC as regards the specification of petrol, diesel and gas-oil and introducing a mechanism to monitor and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the use of road transport fuels and amending Council Directive 1999/32/EC, as regards the specification of fuel used by inland waterway vessels and repealing Directive 93/12/EEC (COM(2007)0018 — C6-0061/2007 — 2007/0019(COD))#P6_TC1-COD(2007)0019 Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 17 December 2008 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2009/.../EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 98/70/EC as regards the specification of petrol, diesel and gas-oil and introducing a mechanism to monitor and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and amending Council Directive 1999/32/EC as regards the specification of fuel used by inland waterway vessels and repealing Directive 93/12/EEC#ANNEX COMMISSION STATEMENT
Date: 2008-12-17
Institutions: Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, European Parliament
Subjects: air quality, codecision procedure, diesel fuel, drafting of EU law, environmental protection, motor fuel, motor vehicle, product quality, resolution of parliament








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Official Journal of the European Union


CE 45/138





Monitoring and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from fuels (road transport and inland waterway vessels) ***I
P6_TA(2008)0613
European Parliament legislative resolution of 17 December 2008 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 98/70/EC as regards the specification of petrol, diesel and gas-oil and introducing a mechanism to monitor and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the use of road transport fuels and amending Council Directive 1999/32/EC, as regards the specification of fuel used by inland waterway vessels and repealing Directive 93/12/EEC (COM(2007)0018 — C6-0061/2007 — 2007/0019(COD))
(2010/C 45 E/45)
(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,






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having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2007)0018),










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having regard to Article 251(2) and Articles 95 and 175(1)of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0061/2007),










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having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the opinions of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (A6-0496/2007),




1.   Approves the Commission proposal as amended;
2.   Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal substantially or replace it with another text;
3.   Takes note of the statement of the Commission annexed to this resolution;
4.   Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.


P6_TC1-COD(2007)0019

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 17 December 2008 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2009/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 98/70/EC as regards the specification of petrol, diesel and gas-oil and introducing a mechanism to monitor and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and amending Council Directive 1999/32/EC as regards the specification of fuel used by inland waterway vessels and repealing Directive 93/12/EEC


(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position at first reading corresponds to the final legislative act, Directive 2009/30/EC.)




ANNEX
COMMISSION STATEMENT
The Commission confirms that the 2 % reductions mentioned in Article 7a(2), letter b) and c), are not binding and that the review will address their non-binding character.