Climate Change Commissioner says EU CO2 label for cars will be delayed

Mon 17 May 2010 View all news

EU Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard, in response to a written European Parliamentary question, has said that further discussions around the adoption of a CO2 label for cars has been delayed to give priority for other legislation on cutting emissions from cars and vans. 

Plans to introduce a CO2 label are considered within the proposed European strategy for clean and energy efficient vehicles. 

A new timetable has not been fixed by the Commission and it does not yet have a position on the nature of the label, but outlines the options that could be considered between an absolute system and a comparative system. Ms Hedegaard said that a decision would be made on the basis of experience of national labels across the EU.


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