The Common Road Transport Office of the FNTR (France), NLA (Nordic countries) and BGL (Germany) called for greater certainty for transport companies on Thursday 11 April, following the vote in the European Parliament validating the agreement with the Council of the EU on the regulation defining CO2 emission standards for new heavy-duty vehicles (see EUROPE 13389/24).
In a press release, the Office expresses disappointment at the lack of greater technological neutrality and openness to other alternative fuels. It stresses that favourable factors need to be put in place to enable the switch to zero-emission vehicles and to continue the ecological transition of the road haulage sector in the years to come.
To this end, the Common Road Transport Office urges the EU to provide for a very close monitoring system of Member States’ strategy and progress in implementing the green transition, as well as sufficient financial resources to support the decarbonisation of road freight in the next multiannual financial framework. It welcomes the 2027 revision clause, which will allow the objectives to be adapted if necessary. (Original version in French by Anne Damiani)