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P-002208/2023

Reducing microplastic emissions in the EU

Priority question for written answer  P-002208/2023
to the Commission
Rule 138
Catherine Chabaud (Renew), Pascal Canfin (Renew), Véronique Trillet-Lenoir (Renew), Róża Thun und Hohenstein (Renew), Max Orville (Renew), Stéphane Bijoux (Renew)

The EU’s zero pollution action plan mandates a 30 % reduction in microplastic emissions by 2030. Given that the legislative proposal to tackle microplastics unintentionally released into the environment has been delayed since 2022, the Euro 7 regulation[1] with measures on tyre abrasion is currently one of the few legislative pathways available to reduce microplastic pollution by the deadline set by the EU.

Some stakeholders have sought to tie the Commission’s establishment of tyre abrasion limits to the completion of work performed by the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Working Party on Noise and Tyres / Working Party on Pollution and Energy task force. This could delay the Commission’s planned 2024 deadline for proposing tyre abrasion limits to 2026 or later.

Submitted:12.7.2023

Last updated: 18 July 2023
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