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Germany makes progress in talks with EU over ban on fossil fuel cars

by Segun Ogunlade March 21, 2023
written by Segun Ogunlade March 21, 2023
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Germany’s Transport Ministry has said talks between it and the European Commission about the planned end of new combustion engines from 2035 are moving forward, the ministry said on Monday, but did not say when an agreement would likely be reached.

The European Parliament, the Commission and European Union member states, after months of negotiations agreed last year to the law that would require new cars sold in the EU from 2035 to have zero CO2 emissions, thereby effectively making it impossible to sell combustion engine cars from that date.

However, Germany declared its last-minute opposition this month as it now wants sales of new cars with internal combustion engines to be allowed after that date if they run on e-fuels.

“There are positive trends that are a good basis for further talks,” a spokesman for the ministry told a news conference on Monday.

Read also: EU suggests extending energy crisis policy to reduce gas demand

The ministry which is run by the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) wants the Commission to provide a separate vehicle category for cars that run only on e-fuels in its latest proposal last week, a letter from the ministry to the EU executive seen by reporters showed.

EU climate policy chief Frans Timmermans said in a news conference on Thursday that once a deal on a law is agreed between EU countries and the European Parliament, it is important that both sides respect it.

“At the same time, we have to make sure that the interpretation of that agreement people give is also something we can agree upon. And this is an ongoing conversation we are having with the German authorities right now,” Timmermans said.

Such changes are legally problematic as the European Parliament has approved the regulations agreed between the bloc’s member states and the Commission, thereby making any change could be complicated and time-consuming.

An EU official said member states had been told at a meeting in November that the Commission would make a proposal on registering cars running on e-fuels after 2035, but only after the CO2 law for cars is finally adopted.

Story was adapted from Reuters.

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