The European Commission will soon propose binding legislation to force auto makers to reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from new cars, a newspaper quoted Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas as saying.
The European Union's executive has long threatened to introduce binding rules if car makers do not meet a voluntary target to reduce CO2 emissions to an industry average of 140 grams per kilometre by 2008 and 120 g/km by 2012. "We will be bringing out legislation to cut CO2 emissions from cars soon," Dimas told the weekly European Voice.