The committee adopted the report by Dan JØRGENSEN (PES, DK) rejecting - under the 1st reading of the codecision procedure - the proposed directive on the promotion of clean road transport vehicles. The committee argued that the proposal had been put forward too late and therefore, in its current form, would not have the desired impact on the environment and human health. It therefore called on the Commission to withdraw the proposal and to focus its efforts instead on coming forward with a proposal on environmentally ambitious, technology-driving and stringent EURO VI standards as soon as possible.