Air pollution: scheme to monitor the average emissions of carbon dioxide CO₂ from new passenger cars

The amended proposal accepts, in total or partially, 14 out of the 48 amendments adopted by the European Parliament in its first reading. With regards to the preamble, the Commission accepted the amendments that aim to: - make more explicit the commitments made in order to reduce the concentrations of greenhouse gases; - make reference to the link between the surveillance programme and the environmental agreement between the Commission and the Association of European Car Manufacturers (AECM); - recall the objective of the CO2/car strategy and the elements that comprise it; - indicate that the Commission has the intention to study the possibility to extend the emission measures of CO2 to motor vehicles other than the specified vehicles. Concerning the provisions of the proposal, the amendments accepted by the Commission: - specify that data must be supplied for each manufacturer and each grouping of manufacturers; - specify that the Member States must designate competent authorities to be responsible for the collection and communication of information; - confirm that the annual report based on the information relating to the surveillance must also be transmitted to the European Parliament, as well as the Council. With regard to the annexes, the Commission accepted the amendments that have the effect of increasing the differentiation of vehicles for upper category vehicles.�