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

The common position of the Council follows the amended proposal of the Commission, except on two points: - The Council has made more stringent the limit values proposed by the Commission: . for the combined mass of hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen, they were reduced by 0.1 g/km for all types of engine (petrol, diesel, direct-injection diesel) of vehicle classes II and III; . for particulate pollutant emissions from diesel engines, they were reduced by 0.02 g/km for vehicle class II and by 0.03 g/km for vehicle class III; .for direct-injection engines of vehicle classes II and III, the limit values for the mass of particulates were reduced by 0.05 g/km; - Since the date of implementation of new measures proposed by the Commission (1 October 1995) was exceeded, the Council has extended the time limit to 1 October 1996, with a view to allowing the Member States six months in which to transpose the directive into national law. �