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ECR Group criticises too strict emission standards for heavy duty vehicles

The new emission standards for heavy duty vehicles adopted by the European Parliament are too strict, according to the European Conservatives and Reformists Group.

“This is especially true if we take into account the challenges in terms of charging capacity and related grid connection problems,” said Fiocchi. In the preceding plenary debate, Fiocchi explained the approach the ECR Group would have preferred: “Our approach would have been pragmatic: before setting very ambitious targets and then failing to achieve them, it would have been better to get all Member States on board to explore the technical possibilities.”

According to Fiocchi, the ECR Group wanted to emphasise three priorities: “The carbon correction factor, which should take into account the CO2 savings from renewable fuels, is very important to maintain the principle of technology neutrality. Unfortunately, the introduction of the carbon correction factor, which would have allowed companies in the mobility sector to monitor and reduce their CO2 emissions and contribute to better environmental management, was not adopted with only a few votes in favour”.

In the text, Fiocchi also highlighted a problem that the majority had not thought through: “There is also the problem that large cities can meet the emission targets for their buses much more easily than the vast majority of smaller cities, where charging stations and grid connections are the main problem”.

“But thanks to an amendment we tabled, which was adopted on a knife-edge, a greater role was recognised for biofuels, which we have always seen as fundamental to the transition.”

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