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The Mayor of London, through the Greater London Authority, is responsible for transport and environment in Greater London. The GLA welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Development of new European Emissions Standards for cars, vans, lorries and buses. We feel it is valuable to respond given that poor performance of previous Euro standards delayed improvements to London’s air quality.

Liquid Gas Europe is a European association composed of national LPG associations, main LPG suppliers, distributors and equipment manufacturers of LPG and renewable LPG including bioLPG, renewable DME and other drop-in and complementary gases. We advocate for a safe, supportive legislative and regulatory environment for the liquid gas industry to thrive and enable its transition to being 100% renewable by 2050.

Our high level comments are as follows: Data availability Data, both public and private, on charging point location and utilisation is crucial for planning a network of alternative fuel infrastructure. Member states should maintain accurate and up to date national charging point registries of public and private alternative fuel infrastructure and make this data freely available in accessible formats.

The DAFI helped growing the market for alternative fuels that had already reached a certain degree of maturity, such as LPG, and to jump start a market for newcomers (e.g. electricity). EAFO figures show that the number of alternative-fueled cars increased by 75% from 2008 to 2016, from 5,4 mil to 9,4 mil, improving the environmental performance of the car fleet.