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Germany Wins Delay on EU CO2 Targets
Germany appears to have convinced Europe's 28 environment ministers to give carmakers more time to comply with a plan to limit carbon dioxide emissions to 95 g/km by 2020 from 130 g/km currently.
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Germany appears to have convinced Europe's 28 environment ministers to give carmakers more time to comply with a plan to limit carbon dioxide emissions to 95 g/km by 2020 from 130 g/km currently.
The ministers decided on Monday to delay approval of the legislation, which was tentatively agreed upon in June by the European Commission and European Parliament.
Germany's environment minister, Peter Altmaier, tells reporters he expects further discussion to lead to a final law within a few weeks.
But Germany has been lobbying to make the targets more achievable for its Audi, BMW and Daimler luxury carmakers, whose large and powerful vehicles are less efficient than cars made by mass-market producers. Germany wants more generous "supercredits" for zero-emission vehicles and a four-year period to 2024 in which to achieve full compliance.
Germany earlier coaxed France, Poland and the U.K. to withdraw previous support for the 2020 deadline. Observers say the delay in Monday's planned vote strongly suggests that Germany will get its way in the final agreement.
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