VAN CO2 EMISSIONS TO TIGHTEN – MODEL PRICES COULD RISE
November 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed reducing compulsory CO2 emission targets for vans by 14% to 175g/km, but relaxing an earlier draft compliance deadline from 2013 to 2016 (and phasing in reductions from 2014). Brussels' easing of its proposals follows strong lobbying from the French and German governments for less ambitious targets. Paris and Berlin however failed to move the Commission from proposing a longer-term emission 2020 reduction target for vans of 175g/km, although they could resist this proposal at the EU Council of Ministers. ...
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