EU to propose new CO2 rules for cars on Jan 24 - Reuters

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EU to propose new CO2 rules for cars on Jan 24
Fri 12 Jan 2007 7:05 AM ET

BRUSSELS, Jan 12 (Reuters) - The European Commission will lay out on Jan. 24
its new strategy for cutting emissions from cars which will propose binding
legislation to force carmakers to clean up their vehicles.

A spokeswoman for Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said on Friday the
proposals will be put forward in two weeks.

They would require car makers to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of new
cars sold in the 27-nation European Union to an industry average of 120 grams
per kilometre in 2012.

Currently car makers have a voluntary agreement to reduce CO2 emissions to an
industry average of 140 g/km by 2008, but they are set to miss that target.
Asian manufacturers have until 2009 to meet the voluntary target.

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