EU countries delay voting on plan to ban gasoline and diesel cars

The member states of the European Union (EU) have decided to postpone the vote on the regulation, which includes banning the sale of new cars with internal combustion engines from 2035.

On his social media account, Daniel Holmberg, spokesman for the Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER) in the European Council, stated that the representatives of the member states decided to postpone the voting date to a later date, instead of March 7, on the regulation that will bring strict carbon emission standards to new cars and light commercial vehicles to be sold in EU countries.

According to the regulation, which was approved by the General Assembly of the European Parliament (EP) last month and must be officially approved by EU member states to come into force, all new cars and light commercial vehicles to be sold in the member states of the EU from 2035 they will have to be zero emissions.

EMISSION LIMIT VALUES WILL BE HARMED

Car manufacturers will reduce their carbon emissions to zero by 2035. Thus, from that date, new cars with internal combustion engines, including gasoline and diesel cars, will not be able to be marketed in EU countries.

The emissions reduction target for 2030 will be 55 percent for cars and 50 percent for trucks. A new methodology will also be developed to assess the carbon emissions that a vehicle will emit throughout its useful life.

It will be ensured that the emission limit values ​​are harmonized with the emissions in actual use.

PART OF THE EUROPEAN GREEN DEAL

The regulation in question was among the proposals included in the “Compliance with 55” package, which is part of the European Green Deal and aims to reduce emissions by at least 55 percent by 2030.

This week some EU countries, notably Germany and Italy, opposed an attempt to ban the sale of new cars with internal combustion engines from 2035.

To support the initiative, Germany declared that the EU should introduce an exemption on renewable energy and synthetic fuels produced by capturing carbon dioxide in the air, and asked the EU Commission to prepare a regulation on this issue.

Italy has also stated that it is against regulation and that the only way to achieve zero emissions should not be by choosing electric cars. (AA)