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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12197
SECTORAL POLICIES / Climate

European Parliament and Council agree on first ever European CO2 emission reduction standards for new heavy-duty vehicles

The fourth try was the charm. Negotiators from the European Parliament and the Romanian Presidency of the Council, assisted by the Commission, reached a provisional agreement overnight from Monday to Tuesday 19 February on the proposal for a Regulation which, for the first time, will impose performance standards for the reduction of CO2 emissions from the European fleet of new heavy-duty commercial vehicles and buses, and will encourage the sale of low-emission or zero emission vehicles...

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