COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE IMPACT ASSESSMENT Accompanying the document Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the monitoring and reporting of CO2 emissions from and fuel consumption of new heavy-duty vehicles
Date: 2017-05-31
Institutions: Directorate-General for Climate Action, European Commission
Subjects: bus, commercial vehicle, consumption, disclosure of information, environmental monitoring, greenhouse gas, motor fuel, motor vehicle pollution, reduction of gas emissions

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 31.5.2017  SWD(2017) 189 final   COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT  EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE IMPACT ASSESSMENT  Accompanying the document Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council    on the monitoring and reporting of CO2 emissions from and fuel consumption of new heavy-duty vehicles {COM(2017) 279 final} {SWD(2017) 188 final}  
 
 
Executive Summary Sheet 

Impact assessment on Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the 
monitoring and reporting of CO2 emissions from and fuel consumption of new heavy-duty vehicles 

Why? What is the problem being addressed?  

A. Need for action 

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and fuel consumption from new heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) placed 
on  the  EU  market  have  so  far  not  been  monitored  and  reported.  This  knowledge  gap  leads  to:  1) 
missed opportunities to design policies to reduce the fuel bill for transport operators, which are mainly 
SMEs;  2)  increased  competition  for  vehicle  manufacturers;  3)  greenhouse  gas  emission  (GHG) 
challenges for the HDV sector in contributing to EU GHG targets. 

What is this initiative expected to achieve?  

Monitoring and reporting the specific fuel consumption and CO2 emissions of HDVs would overcome 
the  market  failure,  increasing  transparency  and  closing  the  knowledge  gap  with  robust  and 
comparable  data.  It  would  enable  well-informed  purchasing  decisions  to  be  made,  and  stimulate 
competitiveness  and  the  development  of  rational  policies,  thereby  promoting  the  uptake  of  fuel-
efficient vehicles. 

What is the value added of action at the EU level?  

Many monitoring schemes at national level would result in a lack of comparability and completeness of 
data.  This  would  trigger  EU  market  fragmentation  and  loss  of  market  transparency.  A  common 
database would instead make monitoring data available  for  use by purchasers and policy makers  at 
EU and national level. 

B. Solutions 

What  legislative  and  non-legislative  policy  options  have  been  considered?  Is  there  a 
preferred choice or not? Why?  

With the entry into force of the certification regulation, the CO2 and fuel consumption of all new lorries 
will have to be calculated with the VECTO simulation tool. Options have been considered on whether 
and  how  these data should be  reported and  monitored at EU level. The baseline is  no action at EU 
level. The legislative options considered are: 1) reporting by national authorities; 2) reporting by HDV 
manufacturers and 3) mixed reporting by national authorities and manufacturers. 

Option 3 is  preferred. It is the most effective, particularly as it ensures the digital flow of information 
and provides data coverage both at national and EU levels, and its administrative cost is modest. 

Who supports which option?  

Support  by  professional  organisations,  private  enterprises,  civil  society  organisations  and  public 
authorities is split between option 1 and 3. Option 3 is also favoured by individuals and international 
organisations and is supported by most stakeholders. 
Option 2 is supported mainly by some professional organisations. 

What are the benefits of the preferred option (if any, otherwise main ones)?  

C. Impacts of the preferred option 

It is likely to foster competition to produce more energy-efficient vehicles and incentives to innovation. 
The effects of more energy-efficient freight are expected to spread, at least partially, to most sectors of 
the EU economy: lower fuel operating costs of transport would trigger lower transport prices, thereby 

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reducing other sectors’ costs and eventually benefitting EU consumers. 
Employment benefits are expected in the medium/long term. 
Incremental efficiency improvement of the vehicles purchased should result in CO2 emission savings. 
Favourable but only negligible reductions are expected in other emissions. 

What are the costs of the preferred option (if any, otherwise main ones)?  

The  only  economic  costs  are  administrative.  They  are  expected  to  be  negligible:  around  €1  per 
vehicle. 

How will businesses, SMEs and micro-enterprises be affected?  

Most EU transport companies are SMEs operating only a few vehicles. They are expected to benefit 
from the monitoring. More transparency on the fuel consumption performance of HDVs would enable 
better informed purchasing decisions to be made to ensure fuel savings. 

Will there be significant impacts on national budgets and administrations?  

Beside  the  administrative  costs  of  around  €3.500  per  year,  Member  States  are  expected  to  benefit 
from  the  availability  of  HDV  monitoring  data  to  design  policies  to  promote  emission  reductions,  for 
example specific taxation or incentives schemes, including road charging and public procurement. 

Will there be other significant impacts?  

Competitiveness and the international impact are expected to be positive in the medium/long term. 

When will the policy be reviewed?  

After an application period of 5 years. 

D. Follow up 

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