Believes that there is an urgent need to lay down as soon as possible the technical standards for biofuels and to review 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 and its relationship to biofuels use, without compromising the environmental and health considerations on which these measures were based; stresses that the existing standards should only be adjusted, or Directive 98/70/EC should only be amended, once the Commission has finalised its assessment of the impact on air quality of the use of higher biofuels blends in petrol and diesel;38. .
37. uzskata, ka pēc iespējas drīz ir jānosaka tehniskie standarti biodegvielu jomā un jāpārskata Eiropas Parlamenta un Padomes 1998. gada 13. oktobra Direktīva 98/70/EK par benzīna un dīzeļdegvielas kvalitāti un tās sakaru ar biodegvielu lietošanu, nepieļaujot kompromisus vides un veselības apsvērumos, kuri veido šo pasākumu pamatu; uzsver, ka pašreizējie standarti ir tikai jākoriģē vai Direktīva 98/70/EK ir jāgroza tikai tad, ja Komisija ir izvērtējusi lielāka biodegvielu piejaukuma benzīnam un dīzeļdegvielai lietošanas ietekmi uz gaisa kvalitāti;