EU Commission proposes tougher emission regulations for cars, vans
Known as the Euro7 rules, the commission expected the standards to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions from cars by an estimated 35 percent by 2035 and by more than 50 percent for buses and trucks.
The European Commission on Thursday proposed that cars, vans, and other vehicles on sale in the European Union through 2035 would need to emit fewer pollutants.
The emission standards were to make combustion engine vehicles on the EU market "as clean as possible for as long as possible," EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton said in a statement.
Known as the Euro7 rules, the commission expected the standards to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions from cars by an estimated 35 percent by 2035 and by more than 50 percent for buses and trucks.
Euro 7 also included emissions from brakes and tyres, as well as those from exhaust pipes, with the aim of reducing harmful emissions like microplastics and other ultrafine particles.
Standards on tyres and brakes also applied to electric vehicles. Pending approval, the commission said the new rules would take effect for cars and vans starting in 2025 and for heavier vehicles two years later.
The pollution regulations followed on from an EU agreement in October to ban the sale of vehicles with combustion engines in the bloc from 2035.