US EditionZero-Emission Vehicles Act - Province of British Columbia
- In May 2025, the EU Council formally approved a modification to the emissions regulations for passenger vehicles and light commercial vans, aiming to assist manufacturers in achieving their targeted reduction goals.
- This amendment follows previous proposals and recent EU Parliament confirmation to give manufacturers flexibility in meeting their 2025 emissions goals by averaging targets over three years.
- The regulation allows car manufacturers to average their emissions performance over 2025, 2026, and 2027 instead of meeting annual targets, aiming to ease compliance and uncertainty.
- According to the Council, the regulation will become effective 20 days after its publication and is part of a wider strategy introduced in March 2025 aimed at supporting the European automotive sector.
- This amendment supports the EU's long-term roadmap targeting zero emissions by 2035 and reflects a necessary step to balance environmental goals with industry readiness and economic stability.
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The EU Council approved, with only the abstentions of Sweden and Belgium, the amendment aimed at the European Regulation on emissions of light vehicles with which the Commission proposed to postpone the application of fines to car manufacturers that do not meet the intermediate targets in view of the total stop to the sale of cars with internal combustion engines from 2035.Read more
The Council of the European Union, where the 27 Community countries are represented, gave its final approval to the proposal to delay the CO2 emissions targets for new cars until 2027, all of which, in order to give the sector more time to meet the targets set before facing heavy fines. After the European Commission proposed that legislative change on 1 April - as part of the Industrial Action Plan for the European Automobiles - this amendment w…
As expected, European car manufacturers will have more time to meet the EU's climate targets.
Emissions reduction, th EU Council officially approves the new roadmap for cars and vans
It was an inevitable formal step to make the changes proposed by the Commission and recently confirmed by the EU Parliament official. We’re talking about the new European emissions reduction roadmap for cars and vans towards the final target of 2035. Now, the EU Council said yes, adopting a targeted amendment to the regulation on CO2 standards for new passenger cars and vans, which aims to grant car manufacturers the flexibility required to meet…
NGOs Are Angry but the Manufacturers Reassured, the EU Permanently Eases CO2 Emissions Rules on Cars
This flexibility allows industrialists, lagging behind their environmental objectives, to obtain a deadline and avoid paying fines at the end of the year.
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