EMISSION/FUEL MONITORING
October 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has agreed in principle to extend an EU directive insisting on Member States measuring the carbon dioxide emissions and fuel consumption of passenger cars to cover light vans below 350 tonnes, classified as N1 vehicles by Brussels. These checks would be carried out in a harmonised way and would, said a Council note, be a "prerequisite to enable, monitor and evaluate possible fuel economy related measures for N1 vehicles." Ministers delayed the implementation date for the smallest (Class I) N1 vehicles ...
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