IRU welcomes the European Parliament’s Committee on Transport and Tourism’s (TRAN) support for key positions on the Roadworthiness Package and the revision of Eurovignette rules on CO₂ emission classes for heavy-duty vehicles with trailers.
The TRAN vote supports a more proportionate and operational approach to vehicle inspections and road charging, reflecting several priorities consistently raised by the road transport sector.
EU lawmakers backed measures to modernise periodic roadworthiness testing and roadside inspections while simplifying tolling and CO₂ classification rules to better support the transition to cleaner vehicles.
Roadworthiness
TRAN backed a more risk-based and proportionate approach to periodic roadworthiness tests and technical roadside inspections, scaling back several stricter elements proposed by the European Commission. Key sector priorities supported by the Parliament include the removal of mandatory annual emissions testing for vans and avoiding unintended penalties for zero-emission vans linked to the weight of their technologies.
IRU EU Director Raluca Marian said, “The European Parliament rightly recognised that zero-emission vans should not face stricter testing obligations simply because of the weight of their technologies.” (....)