Air pollution: emissions from small park ignition engines, non-road mobile machinery

The European Parliament adopted the resolution drafted by Bernd LANGE (PES, Germany) on pollutants from non-road mobile machinery. (Please refer to the document dated 04/06/02.) To clarify, Parliament inserted an amendment stating that certain machines, such as handheld chainsaws, top handle machines, handheld hedge trimmers, brush cutters, and power cutters, will all be exempted from the implementation dates of stage II emission limit requirements for three years. For those three years, the Stage I emission limit requirements will continue to apply.�