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Study
to determine a set of relevant product related environmental criteria
for vehicles and to inform the public about these environmental
criteria
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Commissioned by:
Belgian Federal Ministry of Public Health, Safety of the Food
Chain and Environment
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Carried out by:
Knut Sander, Stephanie Schilling, Stéphanie Zangl
Oekopol, Institute for Environmental Strategies, Hamburg, Germany
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Duration:
November 2003 - May 2004
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| Background |
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Presently buyers have only fragmentary access
to information about the environmental effects of a vehicle and have
only limited possibility to compare the environmental effects of two
vehicles. The most advanced information access is available for example
relating to CO2 emissions and fuel consumption. Other information
with regard to environmental performance of a vehicle are very limited
e.g. relating to the design of vehicles and their components with
a view to their recoverability and recyclability or the performance
in view of reuse, recycling and recovery of end-of-life vehicles and
their components (see Directive 2000/53/EC).
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| On the other hand the producer must make those information
accessible to the prospective buyers of vehicles and shall include
them in promotional literature used in the marketing of the new vehicle
(Article 9 of Directive 2000/53/EC). |
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| Objectives |
| Based on a reliable argumentation the study
shall elaborate a proposal for a multi criteria model comprising the
most relevant product related environmental criteria of vehicles in
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- enable consumers to compare different vehicles,
- give a stimulus for vehicle manufacturers to further improve
the environmental performance of their vehicles,
- provide information for public authorities in view of policy
building.
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| The study will make a proposal for the communication
of the model and its results. |
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| Environmental aspects of the vehicle production
shall not be taken into account in this study. |
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| The study will focus on vehicles of the
category M1 ("Motor vehicles designed and constructed for the
carriage of passengers") according to Commission Directive 2001/116/EC
adapting Council Directive 70/156/EEC to technical progress. In doing
so we will take into account the grey area of vehicles which may be
registered as M1 and N1 vehicles. |
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| However, if appropriate the respective working
steps will partly include aspects with relevance for N1 vehicles. |
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| Tasks |
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Following tasks will be performed by Oekopol:
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- Provide an overview and analysis for product related environmental
criteria
- Proposal for a multi criteria model
- Proposal for the communication of the model
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| Contact |
| Knut Sander
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| Stephanie
Schilling |
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| If you are interessted in the Final Report of this project,
please contact Mr. Sander |
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