EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Climate

European Parliament validates first standards for reducing CO2 emissions from new heavy goods vehicles

Brussels, 18/04/2019 (Agence Europe)

The European Parliament gave the green light on Thursday 18 April to the very first contribution of heavy goods vehicles to clean mobility and the fight against climate change. 

By an overwhelming majority (474 votes in favour, 47 against, 11 abstentions), MEPs validated the Provisional Interinstitutional Agreement reached in February on the regulation which, for the first time, will impose performance standards for the reduction of CO₂ emissions from the fleet of heavy goods vehicles and...