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New standards will soon apply to trucks across the EU.
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There is an agreement in the coalition dispute over stricter CO₂ standards for trucks in the EU.
Government circles say that Germany will now agree to an EU regulation.
Berlin – There is an agreement in the coalition dispute over stricter CO₂ standards for trucks in the EU.
Accordingly, Germany now wants to agree to a planned EU regulation, but there should be additions, the German Press Agency learned from coalition circles on Friday (February 9).
The vote at EU level was scheduled for Friday afternoon.
The FDP had previously opposed it.
Trucks with e-fuels should be permitted indefinitely
Government circles said that the federal government had made a mediation proposal to the EU Commission, which it had accepted.
The so-called trilogue should then be reopened and binding regulations should be inserted - in order to allow trucks that can demonstrably only be refueled with e-fuels to be permitted indefinitely.
The proposal will create legal certainty for both manufacturers of commercial vehicles and manufacturers of climate-neutral fuels.
This dispelled the reservations of the FDP, which had previously advocated a “technology-open” solution.
Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) said on ZDF's "Morgenmagazin" on Friday morning that an essential part of the previous plans for the so-called fleet limits for heavy commercial vehicles was missing, namely synthetic fuels.
According to Handelsblatt
, Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) spoke out
in favor of Germany's approval on the sidelines of a trip to Algeria.
“The German economy and industry expect that, and I also advocate that it happens that way.” The economy has invested massively in climate-friendly or climate-neutral trucks, especially in electrically powered models.
CO₂ emissions from trucks and buses are expected to fall by 90 percent by 2040
Negotiators from the EU states had already agreed in January that there should be new and stricter requirements for so-called fleet limit values.
These limits regulate how much climate-damaging CO₂ vehicles will be allowed to emit in the future.
CO₂ emissions from coaches and trucks are expected to fall by 90 percent by 2040 - compared to 2019.
A digital meeting in the Chancellery on Thursday with representatives from several ministries and companies initially failed to produce a breakthrough.
Participants said that the majority of manufacturer and supplier representatives present had called on the federal government to agree to the new fleet limits.
Truck buyers need planning security, otherwise they would hesitate to buy electric trucks.
(wal/dpa)