Real Driving Emissions (RDE)
Type approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information
- Stage
- EP position adopted, reached 16 Sept 2020
- Procedure
- Ordinary legislative procedure
- Rapporteur
- Esther De Lange (EPP)
- Lead DG
- DG GROW
- Commissioner
- Elżbieta Bieńkowska
- Last activity
- 28 Jun 2023
Where it stands
Latest: Withdrawal by Commission, 28 Jun 2023.
ShowHide the earlier record: 21 dates, 14 Jun 2019 to 17 Sept 2020
- 14 Jun 2019
- Adoption by Commission
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 4 Jul 2019
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 9 Jul 2019
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 15 Jul 2019
- Plenary sitting
- Referred to committee
- 18 Sept 2019
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 1 Oct 2019
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 15 Nov 2019
- Committee opinion tabled
- 12 Dec 2019
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 18 Dec 2019
- Committee opinion tabled
- Committee report tabled
- 19 Dec 2019
- Plenary sitting
- 3 Jan 2020
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 18 Feb 2020
- Committee opinion adopted
- 19 Feb 2020
- Committee opinion adopted
- 1 Apr 2020
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 8 Jul 2020
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 14 Jul 2020
- Committee report adopted
- 20 Jul 2020
- Tabled for plenary
- 14 Sept 2020
- Plenary sitting
- 15 Sept 2020
- Plenary sitting
- 16 Sept 2020
- Plenary vote
- Plenary sitting
- 17 Sept 2020
- EP decision on amendments to the legislative proposal
- Plenary vote
- Plenary amended the proposal
- Referred back to committee for interinstitutional negotiations
- 23 Sept 2020
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 7 Jan 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 7 Apr 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 13 Apr 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 16 Apr 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 2 Jul 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 4 Oct 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 28 Jun 2023
- Withdrawal by Commission
Who is on it
The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.
| Role | Name | Group | Country | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapporteur | Esther De Lange | EPP | NL | ENVI |
| Shadow rapporteur | Anna Zalewska | ECR | PL | ENVI |
| Shadow rapporteur | Bas Eickhout | Greens/EFA | NL | ENVI |
| Shadow rapporteur | Kateřina Konečná | The Left | CZ | ENVI |
| Shadow rapporteur | Miriam Dalli | S&D | MT | ENVI |
| Shadow rapporteur | Susana Solís Pérez | Renew | ES | ENVI |
| Shadow rapporteur | Sylvia Limmer | PfE | DE | ENVI |
| Rapporteur for opinion | Anna Cavazzini | Greens/EFA | DE | IMCO |
| Rapporteur for opinion | Sven Schulze | EPP | DE | TRAN |
Amendments
Tabled between 8 Sept 2020 and 11 Sept 2020.
By committee
- ENVI24
Covers 24 of the 35 amendments.
By author
- Alexandr Vondra11
- Aldo Patriciello6
- Andreas Schwab6
- Andrius Kubilius6
- András Gyürk6
- Angelika Niebler6
- Axel Voss6
- Carlo Fidanza6
- Christian Doleschal6
- Christian Ehler6
ShowHide 20 more authors
- Christine Schneider6
- Daniel Caspary6
- Dennis Radtke6
- Dolors Montserrat6
- Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska6
- Enikő Győri6
- Francisco José Millán Mon6
- Fulvio Martusciello6
- Giuseppe Milazzo6
- Herbert Dorfmann6
- Hildegard Bentele6
- Jens Gieseke6
- Jeroen Lenaers6
- Kateřina Konečná6
- Kinga Gál6
- Lena Düpont6
- Marion Walsmann6
- Markus Ferber6
- Martin Hlaváček6
- Massimiliano Salini6
Amendments each member tabled or co-signed. The record names an author on 11 of the 35 amendments.
By article
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b6
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a3
- Recital 93
- Annex I – paragraph 12
- Annex – paragraph 12
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 101
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a1
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 61
- Recital 101
- Recital 111
ShowHide 14 more provisions
- Recital 21
- Recital 31
- Recital 3 a (new)1
- Recital 3 b (new)1
- Recital 3 c (new)1
- Recital 51
- Recital 61
- Recital 6 a (new)1
- Recital 71
- Recital 81
- Recital 8 a (new)1
- Recital 9 a (new)1
- Recital 9 b (new)1
- Recital 9 c (new)1
Documents
Newest first. Each opens at its source.
- Report · A9-0139/2020Parliament
- Proposal · COM(2019)0208Parliament
- Report · PE644.883Parliament
- Text adopted · T9-0222/2020Parliament
Summary
GeneratedThis act amends vehicle type-approval rules to introduce more robust real-world emissions testing (RDE) for light-duty vehicles, complementing laboratory tests under Euro 5 and Euro 6 standards. It tightens emissions compliance for automotive manufacturers and regulates access to vehicle repair and maintenance information for independent repairers.
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