< /p> Cars on the highway – illustrative photo.
Brussels – The Czech Republic is convening a meeting of the group of transport ministers of the European Union countries in Strasbourg on Monday due to the current disputes over emissions from car transport. This was confirmed to ČTK by the spokesman of the Ministry of Transport, Filip Medelský. Ministers of states that have reservations about the proposed form of the emission standard are supposed to participate. According to an EU official who previously spoke to ČTK, representatives of 11 countries received an invitation. Among them are Germany and Italy, which are among the main opponents of the previously negotiated de facto ban on conventional combustion engines in 2035. At the same time, the Czech Republic rejects the proposed form of the new Euro 7 emission standard.
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State representatives will meet at the invitation of Transport Minister Martin Kupka (ODS). “They will discuss the basic points of the common position on changing the standard. In addition to Euro 7, they will also address the exception for the use of synthetic fuels for new combustion engines after 2035 and other related legislation,” said Medelský.
European countries last week postponed the final approval of the standard, which is supposed to make emissions from automobile transport significantly more expensive from 2035, and thus make it practically impossible to sell new cars with internal combustion engines. Berlin and Rome are leading a group of countries pushing for the inclusion of an exemption for engines burning synthetic fuels. The Czech Republic joined this group along with other states, and the EU countries postponed the final approval of the standard, originally planned for this week, indefinitely. The rules have already been adopted by the European Parliament, with which the member states agreed on their wording last year under the previous Czech presidency.
At the same time, the Czech Republic is one of the loudest opponents of the new Euro 7 emission standard, the parameters of which Prague would like to change. According to the EU source ČTK, ministers from Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Portugal, Romania and Finland were invited to Monday's meeting.
