What changed between the draft committee report and the plenary report

Added:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point c, Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new): 4a. Member States shall ensure that the authorities responsible for periodic inspections within their territory take due account of technological developments and keep their testing methods and equipment up to date, in order to minimise the occurrence of false positives and false negatives in inspection results.

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Added:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point c, Article 6 – paragraph 4 b (new):: 4b. By [three years after the entry into force of this Directive], the Commission shall review the items listed in Annex I, point 3, including electronic safety systems, assessing their impact on road safety and environmental performance and conducting a cost-benefit analysis of their testing, with a view to determining the necessity of inspecting those items. On the basis of that review, the Commission shall assess whether the inspection of the electronic safety system items is necessary and proportionate, and how the inspection requirements can be made more efficient, effective and future proof for improving road safety and propose any necessary measures for Member States regarding the inspection of relevant electronic safety system items.

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Added:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new), Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new): (6a) in Article 7, the following paragraph is added: / ‘3a. All vehicles presented for periodic technical inspection shall be checked for outstanding mandatory recall campaigns applicable to their make, model, and year. Vehicles subject to an active mandatory recall relating to major andor dangerous deficiencies affecting safe operation of the vehicle or environment, and presenting immediate danger to the health of persons, shall fail the inspection. The vehicle owner or other responsible party shall have the necessary recall repairs carried out and shall present the vehicle for re-inspection. The competent authorities of the Member State or the testing centre shall verify that the recall has been fully completed before the vehicle is deemed to have passed the inspection.’

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Added:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 8 – Title: Roadworthiness and EU temporary roadworthiness certificates

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Added:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1: Member States shall ensure that testing centres or, where relevant, the competent authorities, which have carried out a roadworthiness test on a vehicle issue a roadworthiness certificate or in the case referred to in Article 4(4), an EU temporary roadworthiness certificate, for that vehicle indicating at least the standardised elements of the corresponding harmonised Union codes as laid down in Annex II. Member States shall ensure roadworthiness certificates are issued as electronic attestations of attributes to European Digital Identity Wallets in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council**.

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Added:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3: Member States shall ensure that roadworthiness and EU temporary roadworthiness certificates contain the information necessary for authentication and validation of those certificates.

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Added:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4: Member States shall inform the Commission of trusted issuers of roadworthiness and EU temporary roadworthiness certificates which they shall keep up to date. The Commission shall make a list of those issuers publicly available through a secure channel and in an electronically signed or sealed form suitable for automated processing.

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Added:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 8 – paragraph 2: 2. Member States shall require that testing centres or, where relevant, the competent authorities, provide, on request, a certified printout of the roadworthiness certificate to the person presenting the vehicle for testing. Those printouts shall be user-friendly and shall contain an interoperable QR code, which allows the verification of its authenticity, validity and integrity. By six months after the adoption of the implementing acts referred to in paragraph 9, the QR code shall comply with the technical specifications set out in those implementing acts. The information contained in the certificate shall also be displayed in human-readable form and shall be provided in at least the official language or languages of the issuing Member State and English as one additional EU official language accepted for cross-border use.

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Added:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 8 – paragraph 6: 6. Testing centres shall communicate electronically to the competent authority of the Member State concerned, the information included in the roadworthiness and EU temporary roadworthiness certificates which they issue. Such communication shall take place within a reasonable time after each roadworthiness certificate is issued. Member States shall determine the period during which the competent authority is to retain that information. The duration of that period shall not be less than 36 months, without prejudice to the national tax systems of the Member States.

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Added:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 8 – paragraph 7: 7. Member States shall ensure that the information included in the previous roadworthiness certificate is made electronically available to the inspectors.

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Added:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 8 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1 – point c: (c) laying down the common data structure of roadworthiness and EU temporary roadworthiness certificates;

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Added:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 8 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1 – point e: (e) notifying trusted issuers of roadworthiness and EU temporary roadworthiness certificates.

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Added:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8, Article 9 – paragraph 1: 1. In the case of minor deficiencies only, the test shall be deemed to have been passed, the deficiencies shall be rectified, and the vehicle shall not be re-tested. The relevant information about these deficiencies shall be provided to the inspector at the next periodic technical inspection to allow them to verify if they have been rectified.

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Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8, Article 9 – paragraph 3: 3. In the case of dangerous deficiencies, the test shall be deemed to have been failed. The Member State or the competent authority may decide that the vehicle in question is not to be used on public roads and that the authorisation for its use in road traffic is to be suspended for a limited period of time, without requiring a new process of registration. Such request for suspension shall be notified to the Member State of registration and the suspension shall be recorded in the vehicle register in accordance with Article 3a(1) of Directive 1999/37/EC. That subsequent test may take place in the Member State where the vehicle failed the initial test, or in the Member State of registration of the vehicle. When the deficiencies are rectified, a new roadworthiness certificate shall be issued without delay testifying that the vehicle is in a roadworthy condition. The new certificate shall be issued by the competent authority that requested the suspension or in the Member State of registration of the vehicle.

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Removed:Replication of wording of paragraph 2 in order to allow vehicle owners to do their follow-up on deficiencies not only in the Member State that suspended their vehicle, but also in the Member State of registration. It should be underlined that this in no way alters the vehicle’s prohibition from use on public roads.

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Changed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8, Article 9 – paragraph 4: InMember theStates caseshall oflay obviousdown effective, proportionate dissuasive, and non-discriminatory penalties for any proven tampering or manipulation of a component of the vehicle relating to its emission control system, silencer, safety-related systems, or odometers,odometer, with the aim of reducing or misrepresenting the distance record of a vehicle, such tampering or manipulation shall be considered as a major or dangerous deficiencyvehicle. andThe shallcompetent beauthorities punishabledesignated by effective, proportionate, dissuasivethe andMember non-discriminatoryStates penaltiesshall throughensure thethat competentsuch authoritiesoffences designatedare byeffectively thesanctioned Memberand State.deterred.

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Removed:Reformulation of the paragraph as otherwise it could be misunderstood. Not all unauthorized modifications have a negative impact on road safety or the emissions of a vehicle.

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Added:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9, Article 16 – point 1 – subparagraph 2: Member States shall provide access to vehicle registration data, data regarding the content of the certificates of conformity, the last roadworthiness certificate, any technical roadside inspection report, the EU temporary roadworthiness certificates, and the odometer history of the vehicle stored in national databases, to the competent authorities of and testing centres authorised by other Member States.

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Added:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a, Article 17 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 a (new): – amend point 3 of Annex I, following the assessment by the Commission referred to in Art. 6(5) including the regrouping, simplification or removal of items;

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Added:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new), Article 18: (10a) Article 18 is amended as follows: / "Article 18 / 3. The delegation of powers referred to in Article 17 may be revoked in whole or in part at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect on the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force. / 3a. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall transmit without delay to the European Parliament and the Council all preparatory documents, including draft texts, impact assessments, scientific or technical evidence relied upon, and summaries of consultations carried out.

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Added:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11, Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1: By [two years from the date referred to in Article 20a(1)], the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation and effects of this Directive, in particular as regards the effectiveness of the provisions on its scope, notably in relation to L-category vehicles, the frequency of testing, the mutual recognition of roadworthiness certificates in cases of re-registration of vehicles originating from another Member State, and the recognition of temporary roadworthiness certificates. The report shall review differences in rules across Member States and, where appropriate, consider measures for increased consistency. The report shall also analyse whether it is necessary to update the Annexes, particularly in the light of technical progress and practices.

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Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5, Article 4a – paragraph 1: 1. Member States may use remote sensing technology to screen motor vehicles for their air pollutant and noise emissions in order to identify high-emitting, non-complying vehicles. The Commission may, on the basis of information provided by Member States using remote-sensing technologies, adopt delegated acts establishing a set of common remote-sensing thresholds for exhaust and noise emissions, together with the associated accuracy requirements, including provisions on repeated measurements. Those thresholds and requirements shall be used for the purpose of identifying high-emitting vehicles that require follow-up action in another Member State.

Added:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4, Article 4 – paragraph 1: The technical roadside inspection system shall include the system to screen the vehicle fleet, as referred to in Article 4a, initial technical roadside inspections as referred to in Article 10(1), and more detailed technical roadside inspections as referred to in Article 10(2).

Removed:While remote sensing holds substantial long-term potential to improve the identification of high-emitting vehicles and to enable more targeted and efficient enforcement, the technology is not yet sufficiently mature to warrant mandatory application across all Member States. At this stage, its feasibility, accuracy, and cost-effectiveness still need to be demonstrated in operational conditions. Therefore, remote sensing should be an optional tool for Member States. However, they should be encouraged to undertake pilot projects to gather practical experience and to contribute to the evidence base needed for future harmonisation. The Commission, in the meantime, should develop delegated acts to establish common criteria. This approach ensures that the Union can advance towards a coherent remote sensing framework without imposing disproportionate obligations before the technology is fully validated.

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Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5, Article 4a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1: Where a Member State makes use of remote-sensing technology, it may use the results of such remote sensing to identify high-emitting vehicles. Where such a vehicle is identified, the Member State shall notify the owner of that vehicle.

Added:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5, Article 4a – Title: Screening of vehicles for air pollutant emissions.

Removed:Owners might not be aware that their vehicle is emitting more than allowed. In order to give the owner a chance to remedy the situation, Member States should inform the owner of a failed remote sensing test.

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Added:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5, Article 4a – paragraph 1: 1. Member States shall, taking into account national circumstances and with a view to increasing the efficiency of roadside inspections, establish a system to screen motor vehicles with regard to their air pollutant emissions in road traffic in order to help identify potential high-emitting vehicles. Such screening shall be based on the principle of technological neutrality. For that purpose, Member States can use any combination of remote sensing technologies, be it fixed or mobile, stationary roadside equipment, and plume chasing. Member States shall record a sufficient number of remote sensing technology measurements and use the data collected to assess real-world pollutant and optionally noise emissions of their vehicle fleet. The data collected shall be processed and stored in compliance with the applicable EU data protection law. Member States shall collect data in such a way that high-emitting vehicles can be identified and verified accordingly.

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Added:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5, Article 4a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1: Screening carried out pursuant to paragraph 1 shall be indicative only and shall not in itself constitute confirmation of non-compliance. Member States shall establish the necessary number of measurements, thresholds for exhaust emissions and optionallynoise levels, and other conditions under which vehicles identified as potential high-emitters are required to undergo further technical inspection on the basis of one or more screenings in order to verify and, where relevant, address the results of such initial screening.

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Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5, Article 4a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2: deleted

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Removed:While remote sensing holds substantial long-term potential to improve the identification of high-emitting vehicles and to enable more targeted and efficient enforcement, the technology is not yet sufficiently mature to warrant mandatory application across all Member States. At this stage, its feasibility, accuracy, and cost-effectiveness still need to be demonstrated in operational conditions. Therefore, remote sensing should be an optional tool for Member States. However, they should be encouraged to undertake pilot projects to gather practical experience and to contribute to the evidence base needed for future harmonisation. The Commission, in the meantime, should develop delegated acts to establish common criteria. This approach ensures that the Union can advance towards a coherent remote sensing framework without imposing disproportionate obligations before the technology is fully validated.

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Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5, Article 4a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3: deleted / (deleted) / (deleted)

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Removed:While remote sensing holds substantial long-term potential to improve the identification of high-emitting vehicles and to enable more targeted and efficient enforcement, the technology is not yet sufficiently mature to warrant mandatory application across all Member States. At this stage, its feasibility, accuracy, and cost-effectiveness still need to be demonstrated in operational conditions. Therefore, remote sensing should be an optional tool for Member States. However, they should be encouraged to undertake pilot projects to gather practical experience and to contribute to the evidence base needed for future harmonisation. The Commission, in the meantime, should develop delegated acts to establish common criteria. This approach ensures that the Union can advance towards a coherent remote sensing framework without imposing disproportionate obligations before the technology is fully validated.

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Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5, Article 4a – paragraph 3: deleted