European Parliament adopts Commission proposals on CO2 emissions from vans
Fri 17 January 2014
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The European Parliament has voted in favour of Commission proposals to cap emissions from vans at 147g/km by 2020.
The European Parliament discussed the Commission's report on CO2 emissions from new light commercial vehicles on January 13 and, the following day, voted in favour of the proposal.
Commenting on the vote Commissioner for Climate Action, Connie Hedegaard noted that two main issues were raised in the discussions: those arguing that there is a lack of ambition in the proposal and the introduction of a new test cycle.
The Vans Regulation limits CO2 emissions from new vans to a fleet average of 175 grams of CO2 per kilometre by 2017 – with the target phased in from 2014 - and 147 g/km by 2020. These targets represent reductions of 3% and 19% respectively compared with the 2012 average of 180.2 g CO2/km.
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