Towards emission curbs for off-road machinery

The European Parliament's Environment Committee approved on 27 April 2016 plans to update EU type approval rules and emission limits for internal combustion engines in non-road mobile machinery (NRMM). These include lawn mowers, bulldozers, diesel locomotives and inland waterway vessels.

These plans had already been agreed with the Dutch presidency of the Council of the European Union. A vote in plenary was expected in July 2016.

NRMM engines account for about 15% of all NOx and 5% of particulate emissions in the European Union.

ESO: Background information: Non-road combustion engines: reduced pollutant emission limits http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-non-road-combustion-engines-reduced-pollutant-emission-limits/

EP: EPRS: Plenary at a Glance, 01.07.16: Air pollution from non-road mobile machinery http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ATAG/2016/583861/EPRS_ATA(2016)583861_EN.pdf

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