Amendments adopted by the European Parliament on 2 July 2013 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 1999/37/EC on the registration documents for vehicles (COM(2012)0381 — C7-0187/2012 — 2012/0185(COD))
Date: 2013-07-02
Institutions: Committee on Transport and Tourism, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, European Parliament
Subjects: commercial vehicle, data collection, motor car, motor vehicle, road safety, vehicle documents, vehicle registration








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26.2.2016   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 75/187





P7_TA(2013)0295
Registration documents for vehicles ***I
Amendments adopted by the European Parliament on 2 July 2013 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 1999/37/EC on the registration documents for vehicles (COM(2012)0381 — C7-0187/2012 — 2012/0185(COD)) (1)

(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)
(2016/C 075/32)

Amendment 1


Proposal for a directive


Recital 3








Text proposed by the Commission




Amendment











(3)


The possibility of cancelling a registration of a vehicle in cases where inter alia a vehicle has been re-registered in another Member State or dismantled and scrapped should be introduced.












(3)


The possibility of cancelling a registration of a vehicle 
in the Member State of its registration
 in cases where inter alia a vehicle has been re-registered in another Member State or dismantled and scrapped should be introduced.









Amendment 2


Proposal for a directive


Recital 4








Text proposed by the Commission




Amendment











(4)


To reduce administrative burdens and ease the exchange of information between Member States, vehicle related information should be kept in national registers.












(4)


To reduce administrative burdens and ease the exchange of information between Member States, vehicle related information should be kept in national 
electronic
 registers.









Amendment 3


Proposal for a directive


Recital 4 a (new)








Text proposed by the Commission




Amendment





 










(4a)






Whereas, in order to facilitate those checks specifically intended to combat fraud and the illegal trade in stolen vehicles and to check the validity of the roadworthiness certificate, it is appropriate to establish close cooperation between Member States, based on an effective exchange of information, by using national electronic databases.











Amendment 4


Proposal for a directive


Article 1 — point 2

Directive 1999/37/EC
Article 2 — points e and f







Text proposed by the Commission




Amendment











(e)




‘withdrawal
 of a registration’: shall mean a limited period of time 
in which
 the vehicle is not authorised to be used in road traffic, 
not involving
 a new process of registration;












(e)




‘suspension
 of a registration’: shall mean 
an administrative act whereby, for
 a limited period of time, the vehicle is not authorised to be used in road traffic, 
following which — provided the reasons for suspension have ceased to apply — it may be used again without
 a new process of registration;














(f)


‘cancellation of a registration’: shall mean a permanent cancellation of the authorisation for the vehicle to be used in road traffic
, involving
 a new process of registration.












(f)


‘cancellation of a registration’: shall mean a permanent cancellation 
by the competent authority
 of the authorisation for the vehicle to be used in road traffic
, necessitating — if the vehicle is to be used again in road traffic –
 a new process of registration. 
The holder of the registration certificate may submit a request to the competent authority for cancellation of the registration.










 



(In line with this amendment ‘withdrawal’ shall be replaced by ‘suspension’ throughout the text)






Amendment 5


Proposal for a directive


Article 1 — point 3

Directive 1999/37/EC
Article 3 — paragraph 4







Text proposed by the Commission




Amendment





4.   Member States shall keep the data on all vehicles registered on their territory in an electronic register. The data in this register shall contain 
all elements in accordance with
 Annex I as well as the results of mandatory roadworthiness tests in accordance with Regulation XX/XX/XX [on periodic roadworthiness tests]. They shall make the technical data on vehicles available to the competent authorities or testing centres involved in roadworthiness testing.


4.   Member States shall keep the data on all vehicles registered on their territory in an electronic register. The data in this register shall contain 
the data specified in points II.4 to II.7 of
 Annex I as well as the results of 
periodic or other
 mandatory roadworthiness tests in accordance with Regulation XX/XX/XX [on periodic roadworthiness tests]. They shall make the technical data on vehicles available to the competent authorities or testing centres involved in roadworthiness testing.





Amendment 6


Proposal for a directive


Article 1 — point 3

Directive 1999/37/EC
Article 3 a — paragraph 1 — subparagraph 2







Text proposed by the Commission




Amendment





The withdrawal shall be effective until the vehicle has passed a new roadworthiness test. On successful completion of the roadworthiness test, the registration authority shall without delay re-authorise the use of the vehicle in road traffic.


The withdrawal shall be effective until the vehicle has passed a new roadworthiness test. On successful completion of the roadworthiness test, the registration authority shall without delay re-authorise the use of the vehicle in road traffic
; no new process of registration shall be necessary
.





Amendment 7


Proposal for a directive


Article 1 — point 3

Directive 1999/37/EC
Article 3 a — paragraph 2







Text proposed by the Commission




Amendment





2.   In case that a Member State registration authority receives a notification that a vehicle has been treated as an end-of-life vehicle in accordance with Directive 2000/53/EC the registration shall be cancelled and this information shall be added to its electronic register.


2.   In the event that a Member State registration authority receives a notification that a vehicle has been treated as an end-of-life vehicle in accordance with Directive 2000/53/EC 
of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on end-of life vehicles
 the registration shall be cancelled and this information shall be added to its electronic register. 
Such cancellation shall not involve a new process of registration.







Amendment 8


Proposal for a directive


Article 1 — point 4

Directive 1999/37/EC
Article 5







Text proposed by the Commission




Amendment











4.


The following 
paragraph is
 added to Article 5:












4.


The following 
paragraphs are
 added to Article 5:









‘3.   In case that a Member State receives a notification that a vehicle has been re-registered in another Member State, it shall cancel the registration of this vehicle on its territory.’




‘3.   In the event that a Member State receives a notification that a vehicle has been re-registered in another Member State, it shall cancel the registration of that vehicle on its territory.


3a.
   
In the event that a vehicle is re-registered in another Member State and the proof of the last roadworthiness test and the date for the next roadworthiness test appear on the registration certificate, the Member State in which the vehicle is re-registered, when issuing the new registration certificate, shall recognise the validity of the roadworthiness certificate and, provided the certificate is valid in terms of the testing intervals applied in the Member State of re-registration, shall include a statement to that effect on the new registration certificate.




3b.
   
In the event that the ownership of the vehicle changes and the proof of the last roadworthiness test and the date for the next roadworthiness test appear on the registration certificate, the Member State concerned, when issuing the new registration certificate to the new owner, shall recognise the validity of the roadworthiness certificate and shall include a statement to that effect on the new registration certificate.
’






Amendment 9


Proposal for a directive


Article 1 — point 5

Directive 1999/37/EC
Article 7 — paragraph 2







Text proposed by the Commission




Amendment











2.


The 
delegation of power
 referred to in Article 6 shall be conferred for 
an indeterminate period of time
 from the date of entry into force of this 
Regulation
.












2.


The 
power to adopt delegated acts
 referred to in Article 6 shall be conferred 
on the Commission for a period of five years
 from the date of entry into force of this 
Directive
. 
The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.











Amendment 10


Proposal for a directive


Article 1 — point 6 a (new)

Directive 1999/37/EC
Article 9







Text proposed by the Commission




Amendment





 




6a.
   
Article 9 shall be replaced by the following:






 




‘Member States shall assist one another in the implementation of this Directive. They may exchange information at bilateral or multilateral level in particular so as to check, before any registration of a vehicle, the latter's legal status, where necessary in the Member State in which it was previously registered. Such checking may in particular involve the use of an electronic network, with national electronic databases being made available to other Member States.’








Amendment 11


Proposal for a directive


Article 1 — point 6 b (new)

Directive 1999/37/EC
Annex I — point II.5







Text proposed by the Commission




Amendment





 










6b.





The following point shall be added to point II.5 of Annex I:









 











‘(Y)





proof (for example stamp, date, signature) of roadworthiness and date for next roadworthiness test (to be repeated as often as necessary).’












(1)  The matter was referred back to the committee responsible for reconsideration pursuant to Rule 57(2), second subparagraph (A7-0199/2013).