Highlights - Reduction of pollutant emissions from road vehicles - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

IMCO adopted its Opinion to the ENVI Committee by 20 votes in favour, 9 against and 1 abstention. 75 amendments and 2 compromise amendments were tabled to the draft opinion. CAM 1 concerning fuel consumption meters and gear shift indicators for LD and HD vehicles was adopted. CAM 2concerning methane as a greenhouse gas was also adopted. Furthermore, the IMCO opinion clarifies the areas of the scope of vehicles touched by the regulation and test cycles. On the scope, the opinion changes the vehicle mass limit (Article 1) and on test cycles the opinion contains a review of the accuracy of test cycles on a regular basis (Article14). The opinion is in line with the Commission's proposal to broaden the scope of emissions also including the greenhouse gas methane.