FLEET MANAGERS ASKED WHETHER CAR ADVERTS SHOULD CONTAIN CO2 HEALTH WARNINGS
June 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FLEET management industry has been asked by the European Commission whether car advertisements should include clear information about models' CO2 emissions. Brussels thinks existing directive 1999/94/EC mandating car CO2 pollution information "is not working as well as it could" in influencing consumer behaviour. So it is consulting the transport sector on whether television, radio, cinema and Internet advertisements should carry warnings about the CO2 emissions of particular models. It also asks whether all kinds of advertising ...
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