Car usage is a significant source of greenhouse gases and represents 12% of all EU emissions of CO2. ICT based systems can contribute to reducing fuel consumption and emissions.

As regards Directive 2003/87/EC, the Commission should be empowered to adopt provisions necessary for the implementation of Article 11b(5), to adopt guidelines for the monitoring and reporting of emissions, to adopt a Regulation for a standardised and secured system of registries including provisions concerning the use and identification of CERs and ERUs in the Community scheme and the monitoring of the level of such use, to amend Annex III as laid down in Article 22, to approve inclusion of activities and greenhouse gases not listed in Annex I, to draw up any necessary provisions relating to the mutual recognition of allowances under ag ...[+++]reements with third countries, and to adopt standardised or accepted methods for monitoring of emissions of other greenhouse gases.

If the emissions trading method works – as it does – I believe we should first of all apply a kind of internal emissions trading to the systems where the method is being used, reducing the effects of the gas and equipment to a minimum in the first place and analysing the costs and benefits.

The Commission Regulation for a standardised and secured system of registries, to be adopted pursuant to Article 19(3) of Directive 2003/87/EC and Article 6(1) of Decision No 280/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 concerning a mechanism for monitoring Community greenhouse gas emissions and for implementing the Kyoto Protocol , will provide for the relevant processes and procedures in the registries system for the use of CERs during the period 2005 to 2007 and subsequent periods, and for the use of ERUs during the period 2008 to 2012 and subsequent periods.

m ) "air conditioning systems containing fluorinated greenhouse gases with a global warming potential higher than 50 " means air conditioning systems that use hydrofluorocarbons the global warming potential of which exceeds 50 as specified in Annex I. Where applicable to motor vehicles, it refers to vehicle air conditioning systems designed to condition air in the passenger cabin that use hydrofluorocarbons the global warming potential of which exceeds 50 as specified in Annex I;

Any agreement referred to in para 1 for mutual recognition of allowances between the Community greenhouse gas emission trading scheme and other greenhouse gas emission trading schemes shall be limited to the trade of emission reduction allowances, and the use of sinks within this scheme shall be precluded.