P8_TA(2019)0304 Emission performance standards for new passenger cars and for new light commercial vehicles ***I European Parliament legislative resolution of 27 March 2019 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council setting emission performance standards for new passenger cars and for new light commercial vehicles as part of the Union's integrated approach to reduce CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles and amending Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 (recast) (COM(2017)0676 — C8-0395/2017 — 2017/0293(COD)) P8_TC1-COD(2017)0293 Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 27 March 2019 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2019/… of the European Parliament and of the Council setting CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and for new light commercial vehicles, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 443/2009 and (EU) No 510/2011 (recast)
Date: 2019-03-27
Institutions: Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, Committee on Legal Affairs, Committee on Transport and Tourism, Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, European Parliament
Subjects: air quality, commercial vehicle, energy consumption, environmental standard, greenhouse gas, motor car, motor vehicle, motor vehicle pollution, pollution control measures, reduction of gas emissions








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26.3.2021   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 108/599






P8_TA(2019)0304
Emission performance standards for new passenger cars and for new light commercial vehicles ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution of 27 March 2019 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council setting emission performance standards for new passenger cars and for new light commercial vehicles as part of the Union's integrated approach to reduce CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles and amending Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 (recast) (COM(2017)0676 — C8-0395/2017 — 2017/0293(COD))
(Ordinary legislative procedure — recast)
(2021/C 108/41)

The European Parliament,






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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2017)0676),










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having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 192(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C8-0395/2017),










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having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 14 February 2018 (1),










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after consulting the Committee of the Regions,










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having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 28 November 2001 on a more structured use of the recasting technique for legal acts (2),










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having regard to the letter of 3 May 2018 sent by the Committee on Legal Affairs to the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety in accordance with Rule 104(3) of its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 69f(4) of its Rules of Procedure and the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 16 January 2019 to approve Parliament’s position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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having regard to Rules 104 and 59 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 opinion of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A8-0287/2018),










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whereas, according to the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, the Commission proposal does not include any substantive amendments other than those identified as such in the proposal and whereas, as regards the codification of the unchanged provisions of the earlier acts together with those amendments, the proposal contains a straightforward codification of the existing texts, without any change in their substance;












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Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out, taking into account the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission (3);












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Takes note of the Commission statement annexed to this resolution;












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Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal;












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Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.






(1)  OJ C 227, 28.6.2018, p. 52.

(2)  OJ C 77, 28.3.2002, p. 1.

(3)  This position replaces the amendments adopted on 3 October 2018 (Texts adopted, P8_TA(2018)0370).




P8_TC1-COD(2017)0293
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 27 March 2019 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2019/… of the European Parliament and of the Council setting CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and for new light commercial vehicles, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 443/2009 and (EU) No 510/2011 (recast)

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EU) 2019/631.)






ANNEX TO THE LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION
Commission statement on Article 15
During the review provided for in Article 15 and when proposing, if appropriate, a legislative amendment to this Regulation, the Commission will carry out the relevant consultations in accordance with the Treaties. It will, in particular, consult the European Parliament and the Member States in that context.
As part of that review, the Commission will also examine the appropriateness of the cap of 5 % specified in point 6.3 of Part A of Annex I in view of the need to accelerate the promotion of zero- and low-emission vehicles in the concerned Member States.