DRAFT EP REPORT ON CLEAN CORPORATE VEHICLES REGULATION PUSHES STRONGER FOCUS ON ZERO-EMISSION FLEETS
The European Parliament’s co-rapporteurs on the proposed Clean Corporate Vehicles Regulation, Tiemo Wölken (S&D) and François Kalfon (S&D), have published their draft report on the decarbonisation of corporate vehicle fleets. The report, tabled within the Parliament’s Transport (TRAN) and Environment (ENVI) committees, calls for a political direction towards a more stringent zero-emission mobility framework by 2035.
Compared with the European Commission proposal, the draft report places a stronger emphasis on fully zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs), while progressively reducing the role of low-emission technologies such as plug-in hybrids in the long-term compliance framework. The rapporteurs propose increasing the EU-wide minimum share of ZEVs in corporate fleets to 54% by 2030, compared with 45% in the Commission proposal. At the same time, the combined target for low- and zero-emission vehicles would rise to 70%.
From 2035 onwards, only fully zero-emission vehicles would count towards compliance targets, effectively phasing out low-emission vehicles from the framework after that date. The draft report nevertheless recognises that the transition remains more challenging for light commercial vehicles and vans, where electrification obstacles persist. As a result, the proposed targets for vans remain closer to the Commission’s original proposal and continue to allow a role for low-emission vehicles during the transition period.
The report also includes several accompanying measures and incentives, including a “super-credit” mechanism for certain small electric vehicles, the possibility for Member States to count electric bicycles towards national targets under specific conditions, and proposals to gradually restrict public support schemes to electric vehicles only. In addition, Member States could introduce dedicated support measures for second-hand electric vehicle markets.
CLECAT has in a recent position paper cautioned against demand-side obligations that could place disproportionate pressure on transport operators and logistics companies, particularly SMEs, before the necessary market and infrastructure conditions are in place.