Further details have emerged from the Commission’s proposal for Euro 7, the next stage of emissions regulation for cars, trucks and buses. According to this, the regulations are to apply to all newly registered passenger cars from July 1, 2025, while the start date for trucks is to be July 1, 2026. The industry considers […]
EU Industry Commissioner Thierry Breton campaigns for internal combustion engine technology beyond 2035. Manufacturers should continue to produce internal combustion engine vehicles in Europe and export them to other markets even after the ban in the EU, which is set to take effect in 2035. “After the internal combustion engine phase-out in 2035, the European […]
At 8:45 p.m., the trilogue sealed the end of the combustion engine technology in the EU in 2035. Negotiators from the European Parliament and member states left no door open for the internal combustion engine to run on synthetic fuels after 2035. The option of running cars on nearly carbon-neutral e-fuels, even after 2035, is […]
The Commission wants to make water and air cleaner. To this end, it has presented proposals for directives on air pollution control and wastewater treatment, as well as measures to protect groundwater from pollution. 25 substances with problematic consequences for nature and humans are to be added to the list of water pollutants to protect […]
The EU Commission wants to tighten air pollution standards considerably. The draft air pollution directive, which the Commission plans to adopt on Wednesday and which is available to Europe.Table, stipulates that the limit values for important air pollutants are set to be more than halved in some cases in 2030. For the air pollutant nitrogen […]
The Commission wants the right to tighten Euro 7 five years after it came into force. That’s according to the draft for the next stage of pollutant regulation for cars, trucks, and buses, which Europe.Table reported on Friday. Accordingly, the 110-page legislative text provides that the Commission can independently tighten limit values, boundary conditions, and […]
Due to the rising cost for energy and raw materials, the Commission wants to give the manufacturers of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles a hand with the next stage of the emission standard (Euro 7). The emission standards for nitrogen oxides and particulate matter on petrol vehicles will not or only be slightly tightened […]
Now everything is supposed to happen very quickly. According to information from Europe.Table, negotiators from Parliament and the Czech Council Presidency want to conclude the trilogue on the phase-out of internal combustion engines in 2035 and carbon fleet limits for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles as early as Oct. 27. Originally, Dec. 6 had […]
The Commission plans to postpone its proposal for the revised REACH chemicals regulation by one year. According to the draft for the Commission’s work program for the remainder of the legislative period, REACH is to be presented in the fourth quarter of 2023. The Commission plans to finalize its work program on Tuesday.The deadline for […]
MEP Katarina Barley (SPD) is moving up in the European Socialist (PES) party family. When the PES elects their new leader this Friday at their congress in Berlin, Barley will become Stefan Löfven’s deputy. The new party leader Löfven is Sweden’s former prime minister.Barley thus puts herself in an excellent starting position for the 2024 […]