EUROPEAN CARMAKERS GRIT THEIR TEETH TO MEET NEW PARTICULATE MATTER RULES
May 1st, 2008
BY DEIRDRE MASON in London
AUTO manufacturers in the European Union (EU) will be under further pressure to produce cleaner vehicles now that the EU Council of Ministers has approved a new air quality directive setting strict limits for PM 2.5 particulate matter in air. This is the first time that these tiny, health-damaging particles have had specific limits in the EU; the directive comes into effect in May 2010.
Under this law, member states will have to meet an average PM 2.5 exposure level of below 20µg/m3 in towns and cities by 2015. Nationally, the cap ...
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