Press Release: Parliament backs law to cut car CO2 emissions

On the 25 February 2014, the European Parliament endorsed new rules designed to achieve the CO2 emission reduction target of 95g/km for new cars by 2020. The text retains this target, albeit with a one-year “phase-in” period in 2020. It also allows “super credits”, whereby the cleanest cars in each manufacturer’s range count for more than others, to apply from 2020 to 2022.

• Primary Source

European Commission: RAPID: STATEMENT/14/25: ''Ende gut, alles gut'': Commissioner Hedegaard welcomes agreement on the car emissions target http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-14-25_en.htm

EurActiv, 25.02.14: EU parliament backs tougher car emissions limits http://www.euractiv.com/transport/eu-parliament-backs-tougher-car-news-533744

ESO: Background information: Parliament backs law to cut car CO2 emissions http://www.europeansources.info/record/car-co2-emissions-meps-reach-a-deal-with-lithuanian-presidency-of-the-council/

ESO: Background information: Reducing CO2 emissions from new cars http://www.europeansources.info/record/reducing-co2-emissions-from-new-cars/

Deutsche Welle, 25.02.14: European Parliament endorses tougher car emissions limits http://dw.de/p/1BFBt

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