Critique of the regulatory limitations of exhaust CO2 emissions from passenger cars in European union

Transport is the second emitter of CO₂ in the European Union, after the energy production sector, with constantly increased trend. European Union proposed the regulation 443/2009 to control the CO₂ emissions from new passenger cars. According to that regulation, the average, for each car manufacturer, CO₂ emissions of the new passenger cars registered in 2020 in European Union should not exceed the value of 95 g CO₂/km on the New European Driving Cycle. In the present work the regulation 443/2009 is analyzed and a critique is addressed to four points. The first point concerns the average upper limit of CO₂ emissions of each car manufacturer. The second point concerns the possible derogation for the low volume manufacturers and the third to the penalties for the extra CO₂ emissions. The fourth point concerns the value of the proposed average upper limit of CO₂ emissions and the possibility to be changed in the future. A change to the above points is proposed. The maximum decrease of CO₂ emissions and the principle of equality of citizens are the two principles of our propositions for the CO₂ regulations.