A draft law to curtail pollution from cars and vans has drawn a storm of criticism from environmental campaigners.
The so-called ‘Euro 7’ standards set limits on the amount of non-CO2 air pollution that can be released by vehicles, including emissions harmful to human health such as nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate matter.
In a leaked draft of Euro 7 seen by EURACTIV, Commission policymakers only proposed that new diesel vehicles be subject to the same pollution standards as petrol vehicles under Euro 6, the standards currently in force.