Council adopts regulation on the 2020 reduction of CO2 emissions from new passenger cars

EU News 105/2014

Council of the European Union
Brussels, 10 March 2014
7453/14
(OR. en)
PRESSE 129

The Council today adopted a regulation on the 2020 reduction of CO2 emissions from new passenger cars (PE-COS 120/13, 6642/14 ADD 1 REV 1).

The new regulation defines the terms and conditions for car manufacturers for reaching the 2020 target for CO2 emissions (95g CO2/km) from new passenger cars. A limited one-year phase-in period requires 95 % of new car sales to comply with the target in 2020 and 100 % by the end of 2020 onwards. The regulation also provides for the use of so-called "super credits " from 2020 to 2022: this means incentives for car manufacturers to develop new technologies and manufacture cars with low emission levels (less than 50g CO2/km), as these cars would count more towards meeting the fleet average than normal cars. The limit for the use of super credits is set at 7.5g of CO2/km for the three years 2020-2022.

Source and additional information:
http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/envir/141422.pdf

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