An intense political battle within the 25-member European Commission has left the EU’s Clean Air for Europe (Café) programme officially due for launch in September but with doubts still hanging over it.
The Commission has taken the automotive world a little by surprise by launching a new consultation on Euro-5 emissions standards.
Editorial by Karsten Krause China, China, China. It seems to be the golden rule that, within 10 minutes of any discussion about legislating on automotive standards, at least one reference to the situation in China is necessary. Whatever the topic, or whatever point is being made, a juicy story from the Far East helps. And the message is: automotive legislation in Europe makes no difference because of the situation in China.
Editorial by Jos Dings One of this year’s Commission committee creations is the “Cars21” group. It is the baby of the industry commissioner Günter Verheugen, and is aimed at finding ways for the EU car industry be or remain competitive in the 21st century.
More evidence is emerging of cities exceeding pollution limits that are meant to last for a year under EU clean air legislation that came into effect in January.
This letter to European Environment Ministers was sent as input to the discussion on Sustainable Mobility scheduled for the Council meeting on 14th October 2004. It was sent jointly by T&E and the European Environmental Bureau (EEB).
Four-page briefing document on the stricter emission limits for vehicle engines that the European Commission is expected to draft in 2005.
31 July The European Court of Justice last week ruled that governments can pay subsidies for public transport without breaking EU competition rules, but only as long as they are for clearly-defined public service.
The object of this paper is to demonstrate that the exhaust pollution element of the type approval tests are falling short of their objectives.
The attempts to control traffic pollution at a European level have over the past 25 years focused on technical standards for new vehicles. The latest revision of these standards have reached the second stage of the adoption process which translates proposals of the Commission into Directives of the European Union.
