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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11482

4 February 2016
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / (ae) environment
European Parliament agrees to lowering of anti-pollution standards in diesel cars in RDE tests

Brussels, 03/02/2016 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament has decided not to oppose the lowering of the requirement level in EU rules on emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from diesel engines (EURO VI standard) in emissions tests for light road vehicles under real driving (RDE) conditions, which will be introduced in the EU in September 2017.

By a short majority, the MEPs rejected the proposal of the environment committee calling upon them to veto this plan, which they felt was illegal...

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