The Council of the European Union on Thursday issued three directives in order to reduce green house gas emissions and improve efficiency, according to the press release published on the EU website.
The three directives involve in reducing emissions from petrol stations, road transport regulations and eco-design for more products.
The first directive demands numerous filling stations to install equipment recovering harmful gases that escape when refueling cars and other vehicles.
With the new law, emissions will be further reduced as petrol stations must additionally recover at least 85% of the gases that escape when refueling vehicles.
The second act refers to three regulations that seek to modernise, replace and merge provisions governing road transport operators and access to the road transport markets.
The main objective is to eliminate legal uncertainty for Community hauliers and adapt legislation to market needs.
The new eco-design directive extends the scope of the existing directive 2005/32 by covering in principle all energy-related products.
"This will improve the energy and resource efficiency of a much wider range of products and reduce demand on natural resources, contributing to the security of energy supply and to the achievement of greenhouse gas emission targets in the EU," says the council.
At the same time, economic savings for businesses and end-users can be expected.
The current eco-design rules deal only with energy-using products, such as washing machines, freezers or hair-driers. In the future, products such as windows, insulation materials, or certain water using products like shower heads or taps are covered as well.
By Xuefei Chen, People‘s Daily Online, Stockholm.
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