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Euro Parliament Committee Backs Green Award Purchasing Criteria for Public Vehicles

Posted on June 25, 2008

A European Commission proposal to promote clean and energy-efficient road transport by requiring public authorities to consider not only the cost, but the environmental impact, of the vehicles that they plan to purchase was backed by the European Parliament s Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.The total annual vehicle procurement by public authorities in the EU is estimated at 110,000 passenger cars, 110,000 light commercial vehicles, 35,000 trucks and 17,000 buses for the EU. The new proposal is expected to ensure a sufficiently substantial demand for clean and energy-e...

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