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Your contribution is extremely valuable as it could serve as guidance and support to other companies in the early stages of their sustainability journey!
Technical & Competition Committees Update The Technical and Competition Committees continue to make progress on a number of legal cases. They will issue an OEM Bulletin on Kubota in the coming weeks.
On the advocacy side, the Committees have continued to engage with the European institutions regarding the evaluation of the Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation (MVBER). As previously reported, the evaluation report on the MVBER was published by the European Commission on the 28th of May. The next step is for the Commission to decide whether to let the current MVBER regime lapse by 31 May 2023, renew it or revise it. The Committees are drafting a new letter to the Commission urging them to maintain the MVBER but also to make some amendments (as outlined in the position paper). Through concrete examples, this letter aims to make clear to the Commission that anti-competitive behaviour (notably regarding access to technical information) is a real problem which needs to be addressed in a revised MVBER.
Regarding the adoption of the draft Delegated Regulation amending Annex X of Regulation 2018/858 (on approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers), the European Commission is expected to publish a study (specifically on repair and maintenance for electric vehicles and regulatory requirements for spare parts) soon, which could have important implications for an upcoming amendment to this Annex X on access to technical information.
Taxation Taskforce Update The European Commission published its revised Energy Taxation Directive (ETD) on 14 July 2021, which was withdrawn by the European Commission in 2015. Lubricants are outside of the scope of the ETD, but UEIL would prefer that lubricants were within the scope as this will promote a level playing field for lubricants within the EU.
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lubes under the Excise Movement and Control System (EMCS), certain EU Member States are concerned about increased fraud with lubes across Europe and are once again increasing the pressure to include lubes under EMCS. UEIL will continue its outreach to EU Member States in the coming months to express its concern and will discuss with the European Commission the option of a definition of ‘light lubes’ that might be included under EMCS in the near future.
The European Commission has also decided to reduce the quota on GP II to 75K tonnes in the first half of 2022 and to 0 in the second half of 2022. UEIL is lobbying for a higher quota as the demand is higher than the supply in Europe on GP II and for lubricant blenders it is very difficult to change from one producer to another.
UEIL Annual Congress 2022
Thank you to our 400+ participants, speakers, partners and sponsors for their active participation in the first ever virtual edition of the UEIL Congress. We look forward to meeting you all again next year - this time in Athens and in person!
Please save the date of 19-20-21 October 2022 and get ready for a congress around the theme of innovation. The call for papers is open, so if you would like to propose a topic or a speaker, or if you would like to become a sponsor, we would like to hear from you (
info@ueilcongress.org).
More than ever, in an era of accelerating change, challenges and exciting opportunities, the UEIL Congress is the place to network, learn and discuss the most important issues affecting our industry and we look forward to some interesting case studies and insights.
Best wishes and see you in Athens!
LINK
www.ueil.org
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