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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9766

22 October 2008
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/environment
French EU Presidency notes some progress in Council on CO2 emissions from new cars

Luxembourg, 21/10/2008 (Agence Europe) - At the request of the Dutch delegation, the Environment Council held, on Monday 20 October in Luxembourg, a brief informal exchange of views on the draft regulation aimed at making it an obligation for automobile manufacturers to bring average CO2 emissions in new cars down to 130 g/km by 2012, with penalties for each gramme exceeding this amount. Jean-Louis Borloo, Council President-in-Office, said the debate showed “delegations are giving greater...

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