Emissions

Scheme for greenhousegaz emission allowance trading within the Community

EC Directive 96/61 of 24 September 1996

EC Directive 2003/87 of 13 October 2003

Limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC) due to the use of organic solvents in certain activities and installations, (will be recast by industrial emissions (IPPC, COM(2007) 844

EC Directive 1999/13 of 11 March 1999

Industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control-IPPC)

EC Proposal COM(2007) 844 of 21 December 2007

Measures to be taken against air pollution by emissions from motor vehicles

EC Directive 70/220 of 20 March 1970

EC Directive 2002/80 of 3 October 2002

EC Directive 88/76 of 3 December 1987

Emissions Trading Scheme revision – Proposal for a Directive amending Directive 2003/87/EC so as to improve and extend the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading system

EC Proposal COM(2008) 16 final of 23 January 2008

Emission performance standards for new passenger cars as part of the Community’s integrated approach to reduce CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles

EC Proposal COM(2007)856 of 19 December 2007

Environment

Integrated Product Policy: products having the greatest potential environmental performances

COM(2003)302 final of 18 June 2003

Eco-label working plan (lists tyres but no proposal from the Commission has been issued yet)

EC Decision 2002/18 of 21 December 2001

Energy labelling scheme

EC Directive 92/75 of 22 September 1992

Energy labelling for tyres (Announced in EC Action Plan on Energy Efficiency, COM(2006) 545 of 19 October 2006)

Proposal expected end-2008

Tyre road noise (will be recast by EC Proposal for a Regulation concerning the type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles (COM(2008)316) when adopted

EC Directive 2001/43 of 27 June 2001 amending EC Directive 92/23
Will be replaced by new legislative proposal from 2016 (tbc)