Cittadini per l'aria onlus

Cittadini per laria considers that it is crucial for the improvement of air quality in Europe, especially in the most critical areas like the Po valley, and to achieve a relevant decrease of CO2 emissions, to make sure that new policies on companies mobility and acquisition of new fleets are drastically modified.

Cittadini per l'aria shares T&E's view EU car CO2 standards are a climate and industrial policy, to achieve automotive transformation and securing supply of affordable electric cars to achieve zero carbon transport in Europe. T&E’s analysis shows that the 2020/21 standard of 95g/km will result in plug-in sales of 10% this year and 15% in 2021, making Europe a leading electric car market.

Citizens for Air welcomes the revision of the AAQDs. Standards We highlight the urgency of aligning the EU air quality standards with scientific knowledge, in particular with the forthcoming recommendations of the World Health Organisation (WHO), and to achieve that the AAQDs may ensure protection of the precautionary principle.

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)

Rather than being “already complete” as stated in the Roadmap, the EU system of remedies suffers from considerable shortcomings. As recognized already in the first ACCC’s findings in 2011, the preliminary reference system under Article 267 TFEU does not meet the requirements of Article 9(3) of the Convention.

While we understand that the matter is highly technical we consider that a system that relies on unclear rules becomes the cause of problems rather than solutions. It in facts seems also from the initial comments that have been given to the implementing act that some contrasts exist on the level of the shared scientific knowledge reached in the modeling field.