CELEX: 51995PC0461
Language: en
Date: 1995-10-03
Title: Amended proposal for a EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directive 88/77/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the measures to be taken against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from diesel engines for use in vehicles

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                   Brussels, 03.10.1995
                                                   COM(95) 461 final
                                                   94/0312 (COD)
                              Amended proposal for a
            EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
              amending Directive 88/77/EEC on the approximation of the
laws of the Member States relating to the measures to be taken against the emission of
       gaseous and particulate pollutants from diesel engines for use in vehicles
            (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 189 a (2)
                                 of the EC-Treaty)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                                 EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
On 19 December 1994, the Commission sent to the Council a proposal for a directive of the
European Parliament and the Council amending Directive 88/77/EEC relating to measures
against the emissions from diesel engines for motor vehicles.
On 20 September 1995, the European Parliament approved the proposal in the first reading,
subject to 3 amendments, which the Commission has accepted.
The objective of the amendments is to limit the exemption for "small" diesel engines to meet the
EURO-2 particulate standard to 2 years compared to the 4 year period proposed by the
Commission. The consequence of the amendments is that there will be no interim particulate
emission standard, as proposed by the Commission, thereby saving industry from having to
undertake two different homologation procedures within a short period of time.
The Commission agrees with the concerns of the Parliament that the severe EURO-2 standards
should apply as soon as possible also to small diesel engines. Since the shortened exemption
 period proposed by the Parliament appears to be just about industrially feasible to allow
adaptation of the concerned engines to the higher EURO-2 standards, the Commission accepts
the Parliament's amendments as an alternative to its initial proposal.
 ---pagebreak---                                        Amended proposal for a
                    EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
                      amending Directive 88/77/EEC on the approximation of the
        laws of the Member States relating to the measures to he taken against the emission of
               gaseous and particulate pollutants from diesel engines for use in vehicles
             ORIGINAL TEXT*')                                    AMENDED TEXT
                                           Recital 8
Whereas, on the other hand, the ambitious           Whereas, on the other hand, the ambitious
limit value for particulate emissions set in        limit value for particulate emissions set in
Directive 91/542/EEC for stage 2 cannot, at         Directive 91/542/EEC for stage 2 cannot, at
the present state of technology, be met by          the present state of technology, be met by
most small diesel engines of less than 85 kW        most small diesel engines by 1995; whereas,
by 1995; whereas a significant reduction in         for these small diesel engines with a cylinder
particulate emissions can nonetheless be            swept volume lower than 0.7 dm3 and a rated
achieved from October 1995 for those                power speed higher than 3,000 m in'1, the limit
vehicles; whereas, for small diesel engines         value for particulate emissions set in Directive
with a cylinder swept volume lower than 0.7         91/542/EEC should be introduced from 1997
dm3 and a rated power speed higher than              instead; whereas this additional time period
 3,000 miir1, the limit value for particulate       will allow the industry to make the necessary
emissions set in Directive 91/542/EEC should        changes to ensure compliance with the
 be introduced from 1999 instead; whereas this       deferred limit value;
 additional time period will allow the industry
 to make the necessary changes to ensure
 compliance with the deferred limit value;
  <1>0JC3S9, 31.12.1994, p. 22
                                                3-
 ---pagebreak---                                     Annex I, paragraph 1
   Item 6.2.1: the following footnote (**) is     1.  Item 6.2.1: the following footnote (**) is
   added to the figure "0.15" of the last line        added to the figure "0.15" of the last line
   of the table (B( 1.10.1995)), last column          of the table (B( 1.10.1995)), last column
   (Mass of particulates (PT) g/kWh):                 (Mass of particulates (PT) g/kWh):
   "(**): until 30 September 1999 the value           "(**): the value of Q.15 g/kWh is applied
   applied to the particulate emissions of            to the particulate emissions of engines
   engines having a cylinder swept volume             having a cylinder swept volume of less
   of less than 0.7 dm3 and a rated power             than 0.7 dm3 and a rated power speed of
   speed of more than 3,000 miir1, .is 0.25           more than 3,000 min"1 starting from 1
   g/kWh."                                            October 1997."
                                    Annex I, paragraph 2
2.  Item 8.3.1.1.: the following footnote (**)        Item 8.3.1.1.: the following footnote (**)
    is added to the figure "0.15" of the last         is added to the figure "0.15" of the last
    line of the table (B( 1.10.1995)), last           line of the table (B( 1.10.1995)), last
   column (Mass of particulates (PT)                  column (Mass of particulates (PT)
    g/kWh);                                           g/kWh);
    "(**): until 30 September 2000 the value           "(**): the value of 0.15 g/kWh is applied
    applied to the particulate emissions of           to the particulate emissions of engines
    engines having a cylinder swept volume             having a cylinder swept volume of less
    of less than 0.7 dm3 and a rated power            than 0.7 dm3 and a rated power speed of
    speed of more than 3,000 min*1, is 0.25            more than 3,000 min*1 starting from 1
    g/kWh."                                            October 1998."
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