Environment Council on Euro V standard

Publication date: 09 March 2006

Pending the opinion of the European Parliament, the Environment Council held today a policy debate on the proposal for a Regulation on type-approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions and on access to vehicle repair information ("Euro 5").

Debating the question, whether the new Euro 5 Regulation should provide a longer-term perspective and therefore already include a second stage of significantly lower emission limits, in particular with regard to NOx, it appeared that a majority of the delegations would like to already insert such long term limits on order to inform the industry on the intentions of the Community.

The outcome of the debate is expected to provide guidance for further Council's work.