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Laura Degallaix Environment and Safety Policy Officer BEUC, the EU Consumers’ Organisation EU Commission’s Hearing 11 July 2007 Reduction of CO 2 emissions from cars The consumer’s perspective
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Laura DegallaixEnvironment and Safety Policy Officer
BEUC, the EU Consumers’ Organisation
EU Commission’s Hearing
11 July 2007
Reduction of CO2 emissions from cars
The consumer’s perspective
Failure of the VA
Integrated approach
Consumers’ interest and contribution
Ambitious targets
The consumer’s perspective
Increased emissions:
12% of EU total CO2 emissions
26 % between 1990 & 2004
Worst performing sector
VA lacked transparency, ambition and
efficacy
Failure of the VA
Varied policy toolbox
Individual car emissions values
Complementary measures (measurable,
accountable and monitored)
Taxation and fiscal incentives
Proposed integrated approach
Increasing consumers’ interest and contribution?
Promotion of sustainable mobility
Coherence policy
objectives<=>market
Improved EU labelling system
Rules on advertising and marketing
Ambitious targets
Regulation needed
120g/km by 2012
Intermediate & long term goals
(2010 review?)
Transparency, monitoring and mandatory
reporting
Laura Degallaix
Environment and Safety Policy Adviser
+32 (0)2 740 28 09
Thank you for your attention!
Germany UK
"HIGH PERFORMANCE. LOW EMISSIONS. ZERO GUILT"
"RX 400h. The world's first high performance hybrid SUV … category-leading low CO2 emissions. A combination
without equal. Or compromise“; "… CO2 emissions
192g/km".
Ad breached CAP Code clauses 7.1 (Truthfulness), 19.1 (Other comparisons) and 49.1 (Environmental
claims).
ASA (advertising regulation)
Lexus RH400h Hybrid car
23 May 2007
