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The transport sector is the second largest source of CO2 emissions in the EU. Road transport alone accounted for about one fifth of total EU CO2 emissions in 2009 and its emissions increased by 23% between 1990 and 2009.
In 2009, the EU adopted targets for average CO2 emissions of new passenger cars as part of its strategy to reduce emissions from transport. The legislation sets target values of 130 grams CO2 per kilometre [gCO2/km] to be met by 2015 and of 95 gCO2/km by 2020. These target values will be phased in gradually.
Detailed data submitted by EU Member States under this legislation is made available today in a public EEA database.
Graph: Evolution of CO2 emissions from new passenger cars by fuel (EU27)
AFV: alternative fuel vehicles; gCO2/km: grams CO2 per kilometre.
Manufacturers may notify the European Commission of any errors in the data reported by EU Member States. Confirmed data will be published by the European Commission and the EEA by 31 October 2011. The EEA will develop a data viewer, simplifying access to and analysis of the data.
In May 2012, the EEA will publish the annual EU greenhouse gas inventory including verified CO2 emissions from the transport sector in 2010.
In addition, the EEA is presently preparing for the reporting of CO2 emissions of light commercial vehicles (vans). The EEA expects the knowledge base on the vehicle fleet to improve over the next years with further legislation under consideration for emissions of other vehicle classes.
As the data on 2010 CO2 emissions from new passenger cars are provisional, they cannot yet be used for calculating the overall target for manufacturers under the Regulation on emission performance standards for new passenger cars (Regulation (EC) No 443/2009). Credits for low emitting vehicles and phase-in adjustments will be included at a later stage.
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For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/carbon-efficiency-of-new-cars or scan the QR code.
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