Automobile
EU vehicle inspections: The European Parliament wants to maintain current frequencies, but tighten the regulations for motorcycles.
The draft report from the Transport Committee, prepared by Jens Gieseke (EPP) and published in December, proposes the removal of the measure introducing annual roadworthiness tests for cars and vans over ten years old, a measure advocated by the Commission. On this point, it aligns with the Council's position . Similarly, the rapporteur proposes, like the Member States, to leave the use of remote sensing technologies, deemed not yet sufficiently mature to be made mandatory, to the discretion of national capitals. The draft report goes further than the Commission on the issue of two-wheeled vehicles. Not only does it maintain the removal of the exemption allowing Member States to exclude motorcycles from the scope if they implement "alternative road safety measures," but it also proposes making these tests mandatory for vehicles with an engine capacity exceeding 50cc, compared to 125cc in the Commission's proposal. The Commission had argued before the Members of Parliament last May that such a measure was unnecessary. The shadow rapporteurs have until January 15 to submit their amendments, which will then be examined on February 24. The Council has already adopted its compromise on this text.