Air pollution: compression ignition engines by non-road mobile machinery

The Council agreed on a general approach, pending the European Parliament's opinion in first reading, on a proposal for a Directive relating to measures against the emission of gaseous (e.g. nitrogen dioxide) and particulate pollutants (e.g. black smoke and carbon monoxide) from internal combustion engines to be installed on non-road mobile machinery (i.e. all machinery that is not intended for the transport of goods or passengers on the road). The UK delegation expressed its intention to abstain, once the Council is ready to adopt its common position at a forthcoming meetings. The general approach provides for, inter alia, the inclusion in the scope of the proposed Directive of inland waterway vessels (e.g. tugs or pusher craft which are built to tow or push vessels of 20m or more) and railway locomotive engines.�