Council agrees on gutted Euro 7 proposal

In the Competitiveness Council, the Spanish Council Presidency has quietly succeeded in reaching a general agreement on the Euro 7 emissions standard. The limits for passenger cars are not to be tightened at all, while the limits for commercial vehicles are to be tightened only slightly. E-fuels were not included.

In the end, the Competitiveness Council needed little more than an hour for the general direction on the Euro 7 pollutant standard. Germany voted against the proposal of the Spanish Council Presidency. The German government had called for more ambitious limits and stricter test conditions for commercial vehicles and also wanted to push through a provision for e-fuels in the Euro 7 legislation. But Germany was unable to prevail with these demands.

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