Comparing EU and US Car Emissions Legislation
At a Glance
15-02-2017
This study was commissioned by Policy Department A at the request of the committee of inquiry into emission measurements in the automotive sector (EMIS). It provides a comparative study on the differences between the EU and US legislation on emissions in the automotive sector, covering the emissions standards themselves; the systems for their implementation and enforcement, including approval systems for vehicles; and the respective regimes for prohibiting the use of defeat devices.
At a Glance
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- America
- approval
- combustion gases
- comparative law
- deterioration of the environment
- economic geography
- ENVIRONMENT
- environmental policy
- environmental standard
- EU law
- EUROPEAN UNION
- European Union law
- GEOGRAPHY
- INDUSTRY
- LAW
- mechanical engineering
- motor vehicle industry
- motor vehicle pollution
- national law
- political geography
- PRODUCTION, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
- sources and branches of the law
- technology and technical regulations
- testing
- United States