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Topics
These categories group together and put in context the legislative and non-legislative initiatives which deal with the same topic.
Proposal
Revised proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 2007 on the promotion of clean and energy-efficient road transport vehicles.
Summary
The Commission proposes to require public bodies * in Member States purchasing road transport vehicles to take account of operating costs * associated with energy consumption, CO2 emissions and emissions of certain pollutants over the entire lifetime of these vehicles.
This requirement would come into force on 1 January 2012, but public authorities may apply it in advance of that date. The requirement applies to public procurement for road transport vehicles as well as to purchases of road transport vehicles for the provision of public passenger transport services under contract, authorisation or permit.
This requirement would make it possible to promote the introduction of clean and energy-efficient vehicles on the market intended for public transport services and thus to contribute to transport energy efficiency, climate protection and improvement of air quality, particularly in urban areas.
Furthermore, the increased demand resulting from this requirement should make it possible to build up a market for these types of vehicles. In fact, sufficient demand for clean vehicles would enable the manufacturers to achieve economies of scale, thereby reducing the costs of the technological enhancements necessary for the design and construction of these vehicles.
The cost of energy consumption resulting from vehicle use is calculated by multiplying the total lifetime mileage for the vehicle by the energy consumption per kilometre, and then by the cost of energy based on the market price for oil.
The cost of CO2
emissions is calculated by multiplying the total lifetime mileage of the vehicle by the total CO2 emissions in kilograms per kilometre, and by the cost per kilogram as specified in table 2 in the annex to this proposal (for 2007: 2 cents/kg of CO2).
The cost of pollutant emissions for a vehicle – understood as being emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOx), non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHC) and particulate matter – is calculated by multiplying the lifetime mileage for the vehicle by the total pollutant emissions in grams per kilometre, and by the respective costs per gram, as specified in table 2 in the annex to this proposal (for 2007: 0.44 cent/g of NOx; 0.1 cent/g of NMHC ; 8.7 cents/g of particulate matter).
The proposal provides for the possibility of adaptations to technical progress for the data specified in the annex required to calculate the operating costs of road transport vehicles. This adaptation is made by means of comitology.
Every other year, the Commission must compile a report on the implementation of the proposed Directive. If necessary, this report will include amendment proposals.
Comitology
This proposal has been developed after extensive consultation with the parties involved and following an in-depth analysis of the impacts. It satisfies the wishes of the European Parliament and of the Council to promote clean and energy-efficient vehicles and supersedes a proposal for a Directive in 2005 in which the Commission proposed to fix a minimum quota of 25% of clean vehicles for public bodies in Member States, in line with the EEV (Enhanced Environmentally-friendly Vehicle) standard for their annual purchases of heavy vehicles.
The creation of a clean vehicle market is among the measures recommended, in particular by the mid-term review of the 2001 White Paper on transport policy, by the action plan for energy efficiency and by the 2007 Green Paper on sustainable urban transport.
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References And Procedure
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| COM(2007) 817 | – | Codecision COD/2005/0283 |