REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending and correcting Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 on the approval and market surveillance of agricultural and forestry vehicles

12.10.2018 - (COM(2018)0289 – C8‑0183/2018 – 2018/0142(COD)) - ***I

Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Rapporteur: Nicola Danti
(Simplified procedure – Rule 50(2) of the Rules of Procedure)
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DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending and correcting Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 on the approval and market surveillance of agricultural and forestry vehicles

(COM(2018)0289 – C8‑0183/2018 – 2018/0142(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

–  having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2018)0289),

–  having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C8‑0183/2018),

–  having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–  having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of the 19 September 2018[1],

–  having regard to Rule 59 of its Rules of Procedure,

–  having regard to the report of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (A8-0318/2018),

1.  Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;

2.  Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal;

3.  Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.

Amendment    1 Proposal for a regulation Recital 1 a (new)
Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(1 a)  An accurate definition of the different features of agricultural tractors based on the analysis of their technical characteristics is of utmost importance for the correct and complete implementation of this Regulation and of the delegated and implementing acts adopted under it. Considering that discussions on the definition of the categories take place in the relevant international fora, of which the European Union is a party, the Commission should take the necessary steps to assess and modify accordingly the categories, in respect of highly specialised tractors, in order to prevent any disproportionate and negative effects on specific agricultural cultivation;
Amendment    2 Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(2)  in Article 2(2), the word ‘machinery’ is replaced by the words ‘towed equipment’;	(2)  in Article 2, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
	This Regulation shall not apply to interchangeable equipment that is fully raised from the ground or that cannot articulate around a vertical axis when the vehicle to which it is attached is in use on a road.
Amendment    3 Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 167/2013
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Present text Amendment   (4 a)  in Article 39, paragraph 1, the second subparagraph is replaced by the following: The first subparagraph shall apply only to vehicles within the territory of the Union which were covered by a valid EU type-approval at the time of their production, but which had neither been made available on the market, registered nor entered into service before that EU type-approval lost its validity. The first subparagraph shall apply only to vehicles within the territory of the Union which were covered by a valid EU type-approval at the time of their production, but which had neither been registered nor entered into service before that EU type-approval lost its validity.

PROCEDURE – COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

Title	Approval and market surveillance of agricultural and forestry vehicles
References	COM(2018)0289 – C8-0183/2018 – 2018/0142(COD)
Date submitted to Parliament	16.5.2018
Committee responsible        Date announced in plenary	IMCO 28.5.2018
Rapporteurs        Date appointed	Nicola Danti 19.6.2018
Simplified procedure - date of decision	19.6.2018
Discussed in committee	3.9.2018
Date adopted	24.9.2018
Date tabled	12.10.2018

• [1]  Not yet published in the Official Journal.