CO2 emission class of heavy-duty vehicles with trailers
Amending Directive 1999/62/EC, Council Directive 1999/37/EC and Directive (EU) 2019/520 as regards the CO2 emission class of heavy-duty vehicles with trailers
- Stage
- Council adoption, reached 15 Jul 2026
- Procedure
- Directive · Ordinary legislative procedure
- Rapporteur
- Matteo Ricci (S&D)
- Lead DG
- DG MOVE
- Commissioner
- Apostolos Tzitzikostas
- Council configuration
- Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council
- Last activity
- 2 Sept 2026
- Legal basis
- TFEU Art. 294; TFEU Art. 91; TFEU_2016 Art. 294; TFEU_2016 Art. 91; TFEU_2016 Art. 91(1)
Where it stands
Latest: Approval of the provisional agreement with the Council by the EP committee responsible, 2 Sept 2026.
ShowHide the earlier record: 21 dates, 4 May 2023 to 20 May 2026
- 4 May 2023
- Adoption of legislative proposal by the Commission
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 8 May 2023
- Referred to committee
- 30 Jun 2023
- Feedback on adopted proposal closed: CO2 emission class of heavy-duty vehicles with trailers, 23 responses · Commission
- 27 Oct 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 13 Nov 2024
- Referred to committee
- 2 Oct 2025
- Adoption of amended legislative proposal by the Commission
- 21 Oct 2025
- Retained as a pending proposal in the Commission work programme · Commission
- 4 Nov 2025
- Decision on procedure
- 13 Nov 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 11 Dec 2025
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 13 Jan 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 10 Feb 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 17 Feb 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 18 Feb 2026
- Adoption of negotiating mandate by Coreper
- 26 Feb 2026
- Committee report tabled
- EP committee draft report
- 4 Mar 2026
- Adoption of negotiating mandate by Coreper · Council
- 26 Mar 2026
- Committee amendments tabled
- Tabling of amendments in the EP committee responsible · Parliament committee
- 5 May 2026
- Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible · Parliament committee
- Committee report adopted
- 7 May 2026
- Tabling of a document for EP plenary
- Tabled for plenary
- 19 May 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 20 May 2026
- Endorsement by EP plenary of the committee decision to start interinstitutional negotiations · Parliament, plenary
- Plenary endorsed the trilogue mandate
- 26 May 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party
- 8 Jun 2026
- Deliberations in Council · Council
- 16 Jun 2026
- Deliberations in Council working party · Council
- 24 Jun 2026
- Deliberations in Coreper · Council
- 30 Jun 2026
- Interinstitutional negotiations
- 3 Jul 2026
- Deliberations in Coreper · Council
- 15 Jul 2026
- Endorsement of the provisional agreement by Coreper · Council
- 2 Sept 2026
- Approval of the provisional agreement with the Council by the EP committee responsible · Parliament committee
- Committee approved the provisional agreement
Who is on it
The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.
| Role | Name | Group | Country | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapporteur | Matteo Ricci | S&D | IT | TRAN |
| Shadow rapporteur | Carlo Fidanza | ECR | IT | TRAN |
| Shadow rapporteur | Jan-Christoph Oetjen | Renew | DE | TRAN |
| Shadow rapporteur | Lena Schilling | Greens/EFA | AT | TRAN |
| Shadow rapporteur | Markus Ferber | EPP | DE | TRAN |
| Shadow rapporteur | Merja Kyllönen | The Left | FI | TRAN |
Amendments
Tabled on 26 Mar 2026. The texts are in the amendment documents below.
By committee
- TRAN43
By author
- Carlo Fidanza · ECR28
- Alexandra Mehnert3
- Asger Christensen3
- Benoit Cassart3
- Flavio Tosi3
- Markus Ferber3
- Rosa Serrano Sierra2
- Alexander Bernhuber1
- Angelika Winzig1
- Lena Schilling · Verts/ALE1
ShowHide 4 more authors
- Lukas Mandl1
- Merja Kyllönen · The Left1
- Reinhold Lopatka1
- Sophia Kircher1
Amendments each member tabled or co-signed. The record names an author on 42 of the 43 amendments.
By article
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b3
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)2
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 62
- Recital 32
- Annex I1
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 b (new)1
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point -a a (new)1
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point g1
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point g a (new)1
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a1
ShowHide 20 more provisions
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a a (new)1
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a b (new)1
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)1
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c a (new)1
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 31
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 41
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 71
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 81
- Article 21
- Article 31
- Recital 11
- Recital 101
- Recital 171
- Recital 17 a (new)1
- Recital 181
- Recital 18 a (new)1
- Recital 19 a (new)1
- Recital 19 b (new)1
- Recital 19 c (new)1
- Recital 19 d (new)1
Covers 35 of the 43 amendments.
Documents
Newest first. Each opens at its source.
- Report · PE784.241Parliament · 26 Feb 2026
- Proposal · COM(2023)0189Commission · 4 May 2023
- Proposal · COM(2025)0589Commission · 4 May 2023
- Report · A10-0131/2026Parliament
- Agenda · GEDA/A/(2026)004654Parliament
- Amendments · PE786.740Parliament
- Agenda · PE791.113Parliament
Consultations on it
The Commission's Have Your Say consultations linked to this file. Where we publish the positions filed, the title opens them here.
| Consultation | Feedback deadline | Feedback received |
|---|---|---|
| 30 Jun 2023 | 23 |
Summary
GeneratedThis directive amends existing legislation to introduce a CO2 emission classification system for heavy-duty vehicles and trailers. It aligns technical specifications with EU transport decarbonization goals and affects how infrastructure charges are calculated on Trans-European networks. The file is currently in trilogue negotiations.
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