Letter

EU should not be allowed to fall behind on cleaning up air pollution

June 23, 2023

Six NGOs, including health groups, have written to the lead MEP on air pollution asking him to support robust Euro 7 standards.

Ahead of the upcoming debate in the European Parliament’s Environment Committee on the proposed Euro 7 pollutant emission standard for vehicles, six NGOs have written to the lead MEP Alexandr Vondra to raise their concerns on the weakening of key provisions of the proposal. The letter is signed by the European Public Health Alliance, Eurocities, Transport & Environment, POLIS, the European Respiratory Society (ERS), and Environmental Coalition on Standards (ECOS).

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