Regulation of CO_2 emissions of new passenger cars in European Union

摘要

Regarding passenger cars in the European Union there is legislative regulation on the emissions of certain pollutants, such as CO, HC and NO_x for gasoline passenger cars and CO, HC, NO_x and particulate matter for Diesel ones. However, there is currently no regulation in the EU for the emissions of CO_2, despite the intense discussion on the specific subject. This work develops in the first part, a methodology for the application of legislative regulation of CO_2 emissions from the PCs in EU. A detailed estimation of the market of new passenger cars in EU in 2020 and their emissions of CO_2 is performed. Then, various scenarios of legislative regulation of CO_2 are examined.