BAKGRUNN (fra kommisjonsforslaget, engelsk utgave)

Reasons for and objectives of the proposal

Improving the labelling of tyres will give consumers more information on fuel efficiency, safety and noise, allowing them to obtain accurate, relevant and comparable information on those aspects when purchasing tyres. This will help improve the effectiveness of the tyre labelling scheme so as to ensure cleaner, safer and quieter vehicles and to maximise the scheme’s contribution to the decarbonisation of the transport sector.

This proposal repeals and replaces Regulation (EC) No 1222/2009 on the labelling of tyres with respect to fuel efficiency and other essential parameters (the Tyre Labelling Regulation, TLR).

The TLR was amended twice before it entered into application, first to include a new testing method for the wet grip of C1 tyres (cars), and then to reflect the fact that a suitable international testing method of wet grip had also been developed also for C2 (vans) and C3 (heavy duty vehicles) tyres and to include a laboratory alignment procedure for the measurement of rolling resistance. This proposal incorporates those amendments.