ECCP Working Group

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• ECCP Working Group
• on the integrated approach to reduce CO2
  emissions from light-duty vehicles
• Draft mandate and work programme
• Peter GammeltoftHead of Unit C1 Clean air and
  transportDirectorate C Air and Chemicals
• DG Environment
• European Commission

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Overview of the presentation

• Background on the review of the Community
  strategy on CO2 and cars
• The ECCP Working Group on the integrated approach
  to reduce CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles
• General objective
• Tasks
• Policy deliverable
• Work plan, composition and logistics
• Next steps

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The current Community strategy on CO2 and cars

• CO2 and cars strategy proposed by the Commission
  in 1995, agreed by EP and Council in 1996-7
• Community objective new car fleet average of 120
  gCO2/km
• Current strategy based on 3 pillars
• Voluntary agreements
• Consumer information
• Taxation

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Purpose of the review of the Community strategy
on CO2 and cars

• Mid-2006 Commission to present a Communication
  to EP and Council on a revised strategy
• Impact assessment of the measures available to
  reach the 120 gCO2/km Community objective
• Integrated approach encompassing actions that are
• Measurable
• Monitorable
• Clearly accountable (identification of a
  stakeholder responsible for its implementation)
• 120 gCO2/km Community objective subject to a
  thorough impact assessment
• What can be delivered on the vehicle technology
  side
• What can be delivered by other stakeholders
• Overall objective needs to reflect a widening of
  the strategys scope

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The ECCP WG on the integrated approach to reduce
CO2 emissions from LDVs

• Working group under the ECCP to allow for
• Wide stakeholder consultation (impact assessment)
• Adoption of cost-effective measures in the
  light-duty vehicle sector compared to other
  sectors
• General objective
• Assist the EC in preparing the impact assessment
  of a revised CO2 and cars strategy

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Tasks WG to consider (1)

• Task 1 the progress achieved under the current
  CO2 and cars strategy, and the relevant input
  coming from the CARS21 high-level group (when
  available)
• Task 2 the potential contribution of the various
  measures that could be included in the integrated
  approach to reduce CO2 emissions from light-duty
  vehicles, taking into account their
  measurability, monitor-ability and accountability
  i.e. the possibility to identify stakeholder(s)
  responsible for their implementation (this task
  may encompass advising on the units that should
  be used to measure CO2 reductions for each
  measure (e.g. g CO2/km, Mtons CO2/year)

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Tasks WG to consider (2)

• Task 3 advice on the proposed reduction
  scenarios, their likely impacts and the
  corresponding modelling progress, combining the
  above mentioned measures following an integrated
  approach
• Task 4 the need to adapt the monitoring
  mechanism of the current strategy to take into
  account the integrated approach, and to introduce
  review milestones where achievements would be
  monitored and objectives reviewed.

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Policy deliverable and composition

• Policy deliverable report in April 2006
  (contribution to the impact assessment
• Composition
• Chaired by the Commission
• 25 members made up of
• Commission officials of relevant services
• Experts from Member States
• Key stakeholder organisations including industry
  consumer and environmental organisations.
• Contributions from external experts where
  appropriate

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Work plan (1)

• 1st meeting (November 2005) on task 1 the scope
  and boundaries of the revision of the Community
  strategy to reduce CO2 emissions from cars
  through an integrated approach, presentation of
  the supporting studies and identification of the
  measures to be investigated as part of the
  integrated approach
• 2nd meeting (December 2005) on task 2 discussion
  on the individual measures that should be part of
  the integrated approach to CO2 emissions
  reduction, on the basis of the information
  provided by the supporting studies and notably of
  the replies to the questionnaires sent by the
  Commission to the relevant stakeholders

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Work plan (2)

• 3rd meeting (January 2006) on task 3
  presentation of scenario development as suggested
  by the supporting studies
• 4th meeting (February 2006) on task 4
  preliminary modelling results of the scenarios
• 5th meeting (March 2006) on task 4 building on
  the final modelling results, contribution to the
  impact assessment (cost-effectiveness analysis
  with TREMOVE, wider economic effects with GEM-E3,
  taking into account CO2 reduction costs).

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Working Group logistics

• Meetings in Brussels (no dates set yet)
• As a general rule, no reimbursement of travel
  costs
• 5 meetings planned between November 2005 and
  March 2006

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Conclusions

• At the end of each meeting the chairman will
  circulate minutes for comments from and adoption
  by the group (final minutes publicly available)
• By 30 April 2006 the chairman will prepare a
  final report based on the minutes of the
  meetings. The final report will draw conclusions
  as well as set out key options based on
  discussions in the group and reflect thee
  contributions of the group to the impact
  assessment

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Next steps

• Finalisation of Working groups mandate 1
  November 2005
• Working groups final report April 2006
• Commission communication on a revised strategy
  September 2006