L 140/88 Official Journal of the European Union 5.6.2009 DIRECTIVE 2009/30/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 23 April 2009 amending Directive 98/70/EC as regards the specification of petrol, diesel and gas-oil and introducing a mechanism to monitor and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and amending Council Directive 1999/32/EC as regards the specification of fuel used by inland waterway vessels and repealing Directive 93/12/EEC (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EURO- (3)  The Community has committed itself under the Kyoto Pro- PEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu- nity, and in particular Article 95 thereof and Article 175(1) thereof in relation to Article 1(5) and Article 2 of this Directive, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1), After consulting the Committee of the Regions, Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (3), Whereas: (1) Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels (3) establishes minimum specifica- tions for petrol and diesel fuels for use in road and non- road mobile applications for health and environmental reasons. (2)  One of the objectives laid down in the Sixth Community Environment Action Programme established by Decision No 1600/2002/EC (*) of 22 July 2002 is to achieve levels of air quality that do not give rise to significant negative impacts on, or risks to, human health and the environ- ment. In its statement accompanying Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Coun- cil of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe (°) the Commission recognised the need to reduce emissions of harmful air pollutants if significant progress were to be made towards the objectives estab- lished in the Sixth Community Environment Action Pro- gramme and foresaw, in particular, new legislative proposals that would further reduce Member States’ per- mitted national emissions of key pollutants, reduce emis- sions associated with refuelling of petrol cars at service stations and address the sulphur content of fuels, includ- ing marine fuels. (1) OJ C 44, 16.2.2008, p. 53. (%) Opinion of the European Parliament of 17 December 2008 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and Council Decision of 6 April 2009. () OJ L 350, 28.12.1998, p. 58. (4 OJ L 242, 10.9.2002, p. 1. () OJ L 152, 11.6.2008, p. 43. tocol to greenhouse gas emission targets for the period 2008-2012. The Community has also committed itself by 2020 to a 30 % reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in the context of a global agreement and a 20 % reduction unilaterally. All sectors will need to contribute to these goals. (4)  One aspect of greenhouse gas emissions from transport has been tackled through the Community policy on CO, and cars. Transport fuel use makes a significant contribu- tion to overall Community greenhouse gas emissions. Monitoring and reducing fuel life cycle greenhouse gas emissions can contribute to helping the Community meet its greenhouse gas reduction goals through the decarboni- sation of transport fuel. (5)  The Community has adopted regulations limiting pollut- ant emissions from light and heavy duty road vehicles. The fuel specification is one of the factors that influence the ease with which such emission limits can be met. (6)  Derogations from the maximum summer petrol vapour pressure should be limited to those Member States with low ambient summer temperatures. It is therefore appro- priate to clarify in which Member States a derogation should be permitted. These are, in principle, those Mem- ber States where the average temperature for a majority of their territory is below 12 °C for at least two of the three months of June, July and August. (7)  Directive 97/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1997 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery (%), sets emission limits for engines used in non-road mobile machinery. Fuel enabling the proper functioning of these engines needs to be provided for the operation of this machinery. (8)  The combustion of road transport fuel is responsible for around 20 % of Community greenhouse gas emissions. One approach to reducing these emissions is through reducing the life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of these fuels. This can be done in a number of ways. In () OJL59,27.2.1998, p. 1.