On Thursday 18 October, the European Parliament’s environment committee in Brussels voted by a large majority (47 for, 6 against) in favour of ambitious CO2 emission reduction standards from the European fleet of new heavy vehicles.
When voting on the proposal for a European regulation in May this year, they opted for a binding target for 20% emissions reduction by 2025 and for 35% by 2030 (compared with 2019), for the European fleet of heavy vehicles (see EUROPE 12104, 12022).
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