Prague – The Czech Republic will push for changes to the EU’s objectives within the automotive trade. Key duties will embrace accelerating the evaluation of the ban on combustion engines and reassessing emissions limits for brand spanking new passenger vehicles and vans for subsequent 12 months. On the identical time, it’s going to attempt to introduce mechanisms for monitoring developments within the automotive market into the EU technique. Prime Minister Petr Fiala (ODS) and Transport Minister Martin Kupka (ODS) acknowledged this at right this moment’s press convention. Based on them, a few of the present EU objectives are unrealistic and threaten the competitiveness of the European automotive trade.
“A number of the objectives of the Inexperienced Deal have confirmed to be unrealistic, and we are going to attempt to modify them. With out modifications, we threaten the way forward for the European automotive trade,” mentioned Fiala. Due to this fact, the Czech Republic has approached different member states that will have the identical objectives. Based on Kupka, this consists of Germany and Italy. A joint initiative of like-minded member states ought to thus be created.
The principle aim of the initiative might be, specifically, an earlier evaluation of the influence of the ban on the sale of recent vehicles with combustion engines within the EU, as the event of electromobility is, in keeping with Fiala, slower than initially anticipated. As an alternative of the initially deliberate 12 months of 2026, this measure must be revised subsequent 12 months. One other aim may even be to reassess the deliberate discount of emissions limits for passenger vehicles for 2025. “Actuality is completely different from what the EU targets assumed. In the event that they proceed to use, automotive producers in Europe face excessive fines and additional lack of competitiveness,” added the Prime Minister. (October 4)