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German government plans eco-labelling for cars

11th April 2007

The German transport minister Wolfgang Tiefensee told the ‘Bild’ newspaper last Saturday that he hoped to introduce environmental labelling for new cars this year which would provide more information than statutory absolute CO2 per km emissions, in the manner of white goods environmental impact labelling. The system envisaged would provide for red, amber and green labels, according to cars’ overall environmental impact measurements.

The policy was welcomed for its simplicity and transparency by the ADAC, Germany’s largest motoring organisation, while the VDA, which represents Germany’s automotive manufacturers, said it was more important to work, within a limited timescale, on pan-EU environmental information regulations than on national schemes.

The VDA also suggested, as reported by the ‘Autohaus’ trade magazine’s website, that any environmental grading scheme must taking into account the various uses for which vehicles may be intended, and include factors such as laden weight.

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