CONSULTATION ON SLASHING CO2 LEVELS TO BE STAGED BY EUROPEAN COMMISSION

BY KEITH NUTHALL A PUBLIC hearing will be staged this Wednesday (11-7) by the European Commission, to ask the transport industry to assess its plans to force reductions in CO2 emissions from vehicles in Europe. Brussels wants to impose an average 120 g/km CO2 emission from new cars by 2012. This has angered the European Union (EU) automobile manufacturer sector especially, and the Commission seems keen to mollify its critics. The hearing would "bring together the key stakeholders to gather views on the implementation of the Commission's proposed strategy and to ...


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