Press Release: Commission organises public hearing on the implementation of the CO2 and cars strategy

The European Commission will hold a public hearing on 11 July 2007 on the implementation of its new strategy to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from new cars and vans sold in the European Union. The new strategy, proposed in February 2007, aims to reach the EU objective of 120 g/km average carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from new cars by 2012 by means of an integrated approach. The public hearing seeks to gather views and ideas from all interested stakeholders on the possible options available for designing the various legislative components of the integrated approach.