EUROPEAN COMMISSION DECIDES CAR CO2 CAP PROPOSALS
February 1st, 2007
BY DAVID HAWORTH, in BrusselsMANDATORY standards to control carbon dioxide emissions should be imposed on European Union (EU) auto makers at the latest by mid-2008, the European Union's executive body, the European Commission has proposed today in Brussels (Wed).As part of a strategy for the EU car industry's long term viability, the measure will limit an average of CO2 emissions to 120 grams per kilometre. This will be a reduction of around 25% grams from current levels. However, improvements in vehicle technology would have to reduce average emissions to no ...
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