Air pollution: measures to be taken against emissions from motor vehicles (amend. Directive 70/220/EEC)

Pending Parliament’s opinion the Council held a debate on the proposals amending Directives 70/220/EEC and 88/77/EEC and providing for: - in the case of the first Directive, a further stage in the reduction of pollutants emitted by light commercial vehicles, through alignment of their emission limit values on those set in Directive 94/12/EC for passenger cars pending, with a view to stage 2000, a fundamental rethink of the Community approach to motor vehicle pollution.