Procedure
CARS 2020: towards a strong, competitive and sustainable European car industry
Subjects: Standardisation, EC/EU standards and trade mark, certification, compliance · Transport regulations, road safety, roadworthiness tests, driving licence · Motor industry, cycle and motorcycle, commercial and agricultural vehicles · Industrial competitiveness · Financial management of undertakings, business loans, accounting · Business environment, reduction of the administrative burdens · European research area and policy · Innovation · New technologies; biotechnology · Alternative and renewable energies · Atmospheric pollution, motor vehicle pollution · Climate policy, climate change, ozone layer · Noise pollution · Industrial restructuring, job losses, redundancies, relocations, Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) · Common commercial policy in general · European Investment Bank (EIB) · Budget of the Union
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): PROUST Franck (PPE)
Summary
An own-initiative report, 'CARS 2020: towards a strong, competitive and sustainable European car industry.' Amendments stress the automotive industry's strategic importance, jobs and trade-balance contribution, declining EU demand, rising demand for electric, hybrid and plug-in vehicles, innovation, labour costs, and trade policy; they address reducing tariff and non-tariff barriers in multilateral and bilateral negotiations, the CARS 21 High Level Group, free trade agreements, UNECE WP.29 standards and vehicle type approvals.
Procedure timeline
- Committee amendments tabled20 Jun 2013 – 27 Sep 2013
- Procedure completed
337
Amendments
distinct, in window
50
Members
tabled at least one
4
Committees
20 Jun 2013 – 27 Sep 2013
Dates
Official amendment documents
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Members who amended this procedure
50 Members · by amendment count1

























Yannick JADOT
Greens / EFA · 🇫🇷 France
35(35 solo)
2
Adam GIEREK
Socialists & Democrats · 🇵🇱 Poland
29(27 solo)
3
Franck PROUST
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇫🇷 France
23(23 solo)
4
Bernd LANGE
Socialists & Democrats · 🇩🇪 Germany
17(17 solo)
5
Jacky HÉNIN
The Left (GUE/NGL) · 🇫🇷 France
16(12 solo)
6
Marita ULVSKOG
Socialists & Democrats · 🇸🇪 Sweden
16(16 solo)
7
Kent JOHANSSON
ALDE · 🇸🇪 Sweden
15(15 solo)
8
Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI
Socialists & Democrats · 🇮🇹 Italy
14(8 solo)
9
Ivo BELET
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇧🇪 Belgium
13(13 solo)
10
Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇪🇸 Spain
12(12 solo)
11
Birgit SIPPEL
Socialists & Democrats · 🇩🇪 Germany
11(10 solo)
12
Malcolm HARBOUR
European Conservatives & Reformists · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
11(11 solo)
13
Preslav BORISSOV
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
11(11 solo)
14
Laurence J.A.J. STASSEN
Non-attached · 🇳🇱 Netherlands
10(10 solo)
15
Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ
European Conservatives & Reformists · 🇨🇿 Czechia
9(9 solo)
16
Kerstin WESTPHAL
Socialists & Democrats · 🇩🇪 Germany
8(5 solo)
17
Béla GLATTFELDER
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇭🇺 Hungary
7(7 solo)
18
Henri WEBER
Socialists & Democrats · 🇫🇷 France
7(7 solo)
19
Thomas HÄNDEL
The Left (GUE/NGL) · 🇩🇪 Germany
7(7 solo)
20
Marielle DE SARNEZ
ALDE · 🇫🇷 France
6(6 solo)
21
Anthea McINTYRE
European Conservatives & Reformists · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
6(6 solo)
22
Inês Cristina ZUBER
The Left (GUE/NGL) · 🇵🇹 Portugal
6(2 solo)
23
Paul MURPHY
The Left (GUE/NGL) · 🇮🇪 Ireland
5(5 solo)
24
Robert STURDY
European Conservatives & Reformists · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
5(5 solo)
25
Silvia-Adriana ȚICĂU
Socialists & Democrats · 🇷🇴 Romania
5(5 solo)
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337 amendmentsEvery amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.
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