UEIL News
ATI battle continues In February the Internal Market & Consumer Protection Committee voted on the proposed overhaul of the type approval and market surveillance legislation. After the vote was postponed by 2 weeks, MEPs endorsed a text which now clarifies the responsibilities of national type approval authorities, testing centres and market surveillance bodies, in order to reinforce their independence and prevent conflicts of interest. UEIL is specifically interested in the draft Regulation as it deals with access to repair and maintenance information and the timing as to when vehicle manufacturers should provide such information.
In the months preceding the vote UEIL reached out to policy makers and tabled amendments to ensure that OEM’s legal obligations were not watered down. However on the day of the vote itself, UEIL’s amendments were defeated by a strong centre-right opposition in the Committee. On many occasions, our amendments stood against the rapporteur’s position, who was supported by his own conservative group, as well as the Christian democratic and liberal parties.
The battle is not over yet. In May the European Parliament’s plenary is expected to vote on the Commission proposal and Member States should come to an agreement by the end of that month. This will allow UEIL to further engage with key policymakers in the Parliament and Council in the meantime, and to subsequently step up its outreach efforts during the trilogue negotiations between Parliament, Commission and Member States.
Occupational Health & Safety Updates Earlier this year the European Commission proposed to set exposure limits for seven cancer-causing chemicals found in the workplace. It thereby amends the Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive from 2004. Following to a first batch of new occupational exposure limits proposed in May 2016, the Commission now suggested to add a second series of substances, which specifically targets used engine oils. According to the Commission’s estimates, about 1 million workers would currently be exposed to this substance which causes skin cancer.
The proposed Directive will now be channeled through the legislative procedure in which Parliament and Council will have their say on equal footing. Once the Directive is adopted, Member States have two years to bring their national laws in line with the European law. The rules would in all likelihood apply as from 2020. If this proposal passes, employers would have the obligation to take these substances, including used engine oils, into account when performing risk assessment and implementing preventive and protective measures for their employees.
Fiscal issues
The Commission published its proposal to include lubes in bulk under EMCS in September 2016 and asked the EU Member States to provide their opinions through a written procedure. UEIL lobbied the last months of 2016 intensively and our hard work had success as 4 EU Member States (UK, France Spain and The Netherlands) voted against the Commission proposal therefore creating a blocking minority. Therefore the Commission proposal was rejected in 2016. However Germany is not giving up to address the issue of lube fraud at EU level in 2017 and is trying to convince other EU Member States to agree to include only light lubes under EMCS. If Germany manages
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to convince one of the 4 EU Member States that rejected the Commission proposal, it will ask the current EU Presidency (Malta) to include the inclusion of light lubes under EMCS at the next Excise Meeting in March 2017 (date tbc.).
UEIL will actively monitor the situation in the coming months and set up meetings with the fiscal attaches of France, UK, Spain and The Netherlands to prevent that any of these countries will change positions and agree to include light lubes under EMCS at the next Excise Committee in March.
UEIL Technical Committee The Technical Committee has jointly issued with the Competition Committee 2 OEM Bulletins since the last Newsletter: • Volvo Hybrid Bus Engine Oil Number P/N 85123563 February 2017
• Mazda Denmark February 2017 • It is envisaged that several more OEM Bulletins will be issued over the next few months
• The Technical Committee is currently investigating: • Industrial - 1 Case • Off Highway - 9 Cases + (3 cases have been transferred to the CC) • PCMO - 5 Cases + (4 cases have been transferred to the CC) • HDDO - 1 Cases + (2 cases have been transferred to the CC) • Two Stroke -0 cases + (2 cases have been transferred to the CC)
The next Technical Committee meeting will be held in Brussels on 17 May 2017.
UEIL 2017 ANNUAL CONGRESS
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LUBE MAGAZINE NO.138 APRIL 2017
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