EU Commissioner Stavros Dimas has reportedly suggested that proposed curbs on CO2 emissions for German carmakers may be eased as long as the overall European target is kept.
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It is up to member states to decide how the burden of an overall emission target of an average 120 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometre driven will be distributed among car manufacturers, Dimas told Handelsblatt.
German carmakers say that the European Commission proposals discriminate against them because they make more large cars than other EU carmakers.
Matthias Wissmann, president of the VDA association of German carmakers, told the newspaper that the Commissioner’s statement is a sign of increased flexibility and constitutes an “important signal”.
German-made cars emit 170 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometre driven on average, while the figure for French and Italian cars is close to 120 grams, Handelsblatt reported.
