CO2 emission performance standards for cars and vans (Regulation (EU) 2019/631)

Question for written answer E-001085/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Roman Haider (PfE), Nikola Bartůšek (PfE), Filip Turek (PfE), Margarita de la Pisa Carrión (PfE), Jorge Buxadé Villalba (PfE), Rachel Blom (PfE), Jana Nagyová (PfE), Klara Dostalova (PfE), Ondřej Knotek (PfE), Alexander Jungbluth (ESN), René Aust (ESN), Siegbert Frank Droese (ESN), Anna Maria Cisint (PfE) Subject: CO2 emission performance standards for cars and vans (Regulation (EU) 2019/631) In order to help manufacturers meet their obligations under Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6311, Article 6 allows manufacturers to form a pool. For each battery electric vehicle (BEV) sold in Europe, the manufacturer of the car can also sell the corresponding CO2 allowance to their competitors. As a consequence of the strict CO2 limits in the current legislation, manufacturers can only keep producing and selling conventional cars in Europe if they have a certain amount of BEVs in their pool. This requirement favours foreign manufacturers, as a lack of raw materials in combination with high energy costs in Europe lead to BEVs being mainly produced outside Europe. The full extent of this is unknown to the public, as the central database set up in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 2019/631 regrettably does not provide this vital information. 1. How many of these pooled BEVs are produced in Europe and by which countries and companies? 2. How many of these pooled BEVs are produced outside of Europe and by...