UITP seminar on the future EU directive on the procurement of clean road vehicles - Brussels, 29 January 2009 29-01-2009, Source: Urbanicity.org Introduction In October 2008, the European Council and the Parliament have adopted the new
Directive on the Promotion of Clean and Energy Efficient Road Transport
Vehicles. The European Commission had presented a revised proposal,
COM(2007)817, on 19 December 2007, which was discussed in the European
Institutions earlier this year. It is expected that a final text will be
published in the Official Journal by the end of this year.
Description
The adopted text pursues the same goals as a first proposal from the
European Commission from 2005: on the one hand, the creation of a market for
vehicles with alternative drive technologies and fuels; on the other, the
Commission hopes to cut energy consumption, CO2 emissions and pollutant
emissions.
The Directive will introduce environmental aspects into public
procurement/purchase of road vehicles. The new text covers all
road vehicles (such as police cars, buses, waste collection vehicles, etc.)
procured/purchased by public authorities and by operators providing public
transport services. When procuring/purchasing vehicles, public authorities as
well as operators will be obliged to take into account lifetime costs for energy
consumption, CO2 and pollutant emissions as award criteria. These life time
costs will have to be calculated according to a methodology proposed by the
European Commission.
The application of environmental criteria for the procurement/purchase of vehicles will first be optional, then mandatory from around summer 2010 (18 months after the publication in the Official Journal). The seminar will inform about the final outcome of the European legislation
process and will give valuable information on how to interpret the criteria
mentioned in the new proposal for the purchase/procurement of buses and other
road vehicles used in public transport.
Programme
Location
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