Brussels, 26/03/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday, the Council and European Parliament reached a conciliation committee agreement on the draft directive to reduce emissions from new motor cycles (amendment to directive 97/24/EC). Commissioner Erkki Liikanen also welcomed the agreement that will see up to a 70% reduction in two stages (from 1 April 2003 and from 1 January 2006) of pollution caused by motorbikes, scooters, motorised tricycles and quadricycles.
According to the compromise...