Air pollution: measures to be taken against emission of gaseous pollutants from diesel engines (amend. Directive 88/77/EEC)

In its amended proposal, the Commission took over all the amendments tabled by the European Parliament at first reading. The amendments aimed to limit to two years, instead of the four years proposed by the Commission, the derogation to the Euro-2 standard granted for particulate emissions from low-powered diesel engines. As a result, the provisional standard proposed by the Commission for particulate emissions would not be established, thus preventing the industry from having to undergo two type-approval procedures within a short period of time. �