EU JUDGES CLEAR WAY FOR EU GOVERNMENTS TO INSIST ON VEHICLE DIESEL FILTERS
November 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has cleared the way for national governments in the European Union (EU) to insist that diesel-powered vehicles registered in that country be fitted with special filters reducing particulate matter emissions. Judges struck down a European Commission decision blocking a Netherlands law effectively insisting that such a filter be used on all Dutch-registered diesel cars, lorries and vans. Brussels had claimed the Netherlands had broken EU law by legislation in a heavy handed way: this was not a ...
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