Call to other Member States
Eight EU member states have united in their fight against the Euro 7 emission requirements as currently planned by the European Commission. In an open letter they call on the other member states to oppose the plans.
Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said last week that a front is forming within the EU against the planned Euro 7 emission requirements. That manifested itself on Monday. There is according Bloomberg eight EU member states (France, Italy, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia) signed an open letter calling on the other member states to block the Euro 7 emission requirements as they are currently planned.
According to the countries, the requirements that Euro 7 sets for ’emissions’ of particulate matter from tires and brakes, according to the current set-up, could be maintained, but the planned restrictions in the field of exhaust emissions cannot. “We are against any new exhaust emission regulations (including new testing requirements or new emission limits) for cars and vans,” said the eight member states. The reason is the same as that Salvini recently outlined and that the industry organization ACEA has already suggested: preparing fuel cars for Euro 7 requires substantial investments, while that money can be put to good use for the development of electric cars.
What is Euro 7?
As it is now on the table, at Euro 7 the maximum NOx emissions for every fuel car will be 60 mg per km, which is now the strictest standard. Moreover, cars must continue to meet these standards for twice as long: 10 years and 200,000 kilometers. As mentioned, Euro 7 also looks at the emissions caused by tires and brakes. The eight member states seem to have no problem with that point.
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