The European Commission recommends reducing emissions to the atmosphere from new cars
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The European Commission proposes to significantly reduce emissions to the atmosphere from new cars until 2020.
A proposal for the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament was approved today.
New proposals provide for reducing CO2 emissions to the atmosphere from 2020 from new cars to 95 g per 1 km from 135.7 g per 1 km in 2011. Emissions of CO2 into the atmosphere from new minivans from 2020 are to be reduced to 147 g per km from 181.4 g per km in 2010.
As specified in the European Commission, the targets for the level of emissions of CO2 into the atmosphere from new cars since 2020 have already been enshrined in EU legislation, but require further implementation, including by clarifying existing regulations.
The current proposals of the European Commission provide for the introduction of amendments to the two EU legal instruments and will be submitted to the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union.
The European Commission is convinced that new goals for car manufacturers are quite achievable. At the same time, according to the Commission's estimates, in the event of achieving new goals for the level of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere, in the first year of use the new car from 2020 will save its owner up to 340 euros of fuel costs, or from 2904 to 3836 euros for the entire middle period of its exploitation, which is estimated at 13 years.
For minivans, the level of fuel cost savings in the first year of use is estimated at 400 euros, or 3364-4564 euros for the entire service life.
In general, according to experts of the European Commission, European consumers will save up to 30 billion euros per year on fuel costs.