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2018/0143(COD)COM(2018)284
Heavy-Duty Vehicles CO2 Emission Standards Regulation
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL setting CO2 emission performance standards for new heavy-duty vehicles
- Stage
- In force, reached 25 Jul 2019
- In force
- In force since 14 Aug 2019 · CELEX 32019R1242
- Procedure
- Regulation · Ordinary legislative procedure
- Lead DG
- DG CLIMA
- Commissioner
- Miguel Arias Cañete
- Last activity
- 14 Aug 2019
29 entries · record as of 30 Sept 2026
Where it stands
Latest: Delegated act published: Emission standards - Data monitoring/reporting/publication, 21 Aug 2026.
ShowHide the earlier record: 20 dates, 18 Dec 2017 to 5 Jun 2019
- 18 Dec 2017
- Inception impact assessment closed: Heavy Duty Vehicles CO2 emission standards, 6 responses · Commission
- 17 May 2018
- Adoption by Commission
- 18 May 2018
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 5 Jul 2018
- Referral of the legislative proposal to the EP committee responsible (announced in plenary)
- 10 Jul 2018
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 24 Sept 2018
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 17 Oct 2018
- Feedback on adopted proposal closed: Heavy Duty Vehicles CO2 emission standards, 5 responses · Commission
- 18 Oct 2018
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 5 Nov 2018
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 14 Nov 2018
- Adoption by EP plenary of the mandate for interinstitutional negotiations and referral of the matter back to the committee responsible
- EP decision on amendments to the legislative proposal
- 14 Dec 2018
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 19 Dec 2018
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 20 Dec 2018
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 22 Feb 2019
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 18 Apr 2019
- EP position at first reading
- 8 May 2019
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 23 May 2019
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 3 Jun 2019
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 4 Jun 2019
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 5 Jun 2019
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 13 Jun 2019
- Approval of the EP's first reading position by the Council (adoption of the legislative act)
- 20 Jun 2019
- Signature by the president of the EP and by the president of the Council
- 25 Jul 2019
- Publication in the Official Journal
- 18 Mar 2026
- Scrutiny finished: Emission standards - Data monitoring/reporting/publication
- 12 Jun 2026
- Delegated act adopted: Emission standards - Data monitoring/reporting/publication
- 23 Jul 2026
- Implementing act adopted: Heavy-duty vehicles (real-world CO2 emissions and energy consumption)
- 24 Jul 2026
- Implementing act published: Heavy-duty vehicles (real-world CO2 emissions and energy consumption)
- 21 Aug 2026
- Delegated act published: Emission standards - Data monitoring/reporting/publication
90 amendments
Amendments
Tabled between 6 Nov 2018 and 10 Apr 2019. The texts are in the amendment documents below.
By committee
- ENVI73
Covers 73 of the 90 amendments.
By author
- Bas Eickhout · Greens/EFA1
Amendments each member tabled or co-signed, among signers matched to our directory. The record names a matched author on 1 of the 90 amendments.
By article
- Article 8 – paragraph 13
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b2
- Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point k2
- Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point n a (new)2
- Article 5 – paragraph 32
- Annex 1 – point 2.1 a (new)1
- Annex I – point 2 – point 2.31
- Annex I – point 2 – point 2.7 – formula1
- Annex I – point 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)1
- Annex I – point 4 – paragraph 1 b (new)1
ShowHide 20 more provisions
- Annex I – point 4 – paragraph 1 – formula – line 11
- Annex I – point 4 – paragraph 1 – formula – line 41
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part1
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a1
- Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)1
- Article 1 – paragraph 2 b (new)1
- Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b1
- Article 111
- Article 11 - paragraph 21
- Article 12 – paragraph 11
- Article 13 - paragraph 11
- Article 13 - paragraph 1a (new)1
- Article 13 – paragraph 11
- Article 13 – subparagraph 1 a (new)1
- Article 14 – paragraph 11
- Article 15 – paragraph 21
- Article 15 – paragraph 31
- Article 15 – paragraph 61
- Article 16 a (new)1
- Article 16 – paragraph 11
Covers 36 of the 90 amendments.
20 acts
Delegated and implementing acts beneath it
By status: 17 published, 2 cancelled, 1 planned.
| Act | Kind | Status | Adoption |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/1282 | Delegated · Regulation | Published | Q1 2026 |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1787 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | Q3 2025 |
| Heavy duty vehicles CO2 excess emissions premiums | Implementing · Regulation | Planned | Q2 2027 |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2545 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2335 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | |
| Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1045 | Delegated · Regulation | Published | Q2 2025 |
| Establishment of a methodology to define representative vehicles for HDV | Implementing · Regulation | Cancelled | Q2 2024 |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/35 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | Q2 2024 |
| Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1127 | Delegated · Regulation | Published | Q2 2022 |
| Procedures for verifying the CO2 emissions and fuel consumption of lorries in use | Implementing · Regulation | Cancelled | Q3 2023 |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/96 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | Q3 2021 |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/941 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | Q1 2021 |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1859 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | 26/06/2019 |
| Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/1815 | Implementing · Decision | Published | |
| Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/2310 | Implementing · Decision | Published | |
| Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1786 | Implementing · Decision | Published | |
| Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/792 | Implementing · Decision | Published | |
| Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2165 | Implementing · Decision | Published | |
| Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2336 | Implementing · Decision | Published | |
| Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/781 | Implementing · Decision | Published |
Titles link to EUR-Lex where the act has been published.
15 documents
Documents
Newest first. Each opens at its source.
- Report · A8-0354/2018Parliament
- Proposal · COM(2018)0284Commission
- Text adopted · Corrigendum to final act 32019R1242R(01)Commission
- Agenda · GEDA/A/(2019)001750Parliament
- Text adopted · OJ L 039 09.02.2023, p. 0067Commission
- Text adopted · OJ L 198 25.07.2019, p. 0202Commission
- Report · PE625.231Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE625.564Parliament
- Amendments · PE626.983Parliament
- Amendments · PE627.698Parliament
- Agenda · PE636.151Parliament
- Text adopted · Regulation 2019/1242Commission
- Text adopted · SP(2019)440Parliament
- Text adopted · T8-0426/2019Parliament
- Text adopted · T8-0455/2018Parliament
1 consultation
Consultations on it
The Commission's Have Your Say consultations linked to this file. Each title opens on the Commission's portal.
| Consultation | Feedback deadline | Feedback received |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Oct 2018 | 11 |
Summary
GeneratedRegulation (EU) 2019/1242 sets CO2 emission performance standards for new heavy-duty vehicles, covering categories M2, M3, N1-N3, O3 and O4. Targets: 15% reduction by 2025-2029, 45% by 2030-2034, 65% by 2035-2039, and 90% from 2040, versus 2019 levels. Urban buses must be 90% zero-emission by 2030 and 100% by 2035. In force, amended through 2026.
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