Deal reached on car emission standards

Representatives of the European parliament and council of ministers have provisionally agreed next generation limits on passenger car pollution.  The law will set new Euro 5 standards for fine particles, hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides (NOx) from 2009, and tougher Euro 6 standards for NOx only from 2014 (EED 07/11/06).

In the discussions, the council basically accepted parliament’s proposed timetable in return for the council’s preferred NOx standards, a parliamentary source told ENDS.