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EURO 6 Trucks to get £500 RPC

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

Announced in the Budget, the Government will introduce a reduced pollution certificate (RPC) scheme for Trucks meeting Euro 6 standards. This will allow a discount on vehicle excise duty for these vehicles for a period of up to 5 years.

It was also announced that company van tax will be halved for ultra low carbon vans for 5 years. These vehicles are generally hybrid or electric vehicles which are beneficial in both air quality and climate change terms as they tend to have very low or even zero emissions of both CO2 and other pollutants.

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Truck Makers call for Euro6 Delay

Friday, December 18th, 2009

Iveco’s Chief Executive Officer, Paolo Monferino, addressing a Brussels event called for Euro 6 implementation to be put back a further two years to allow the truckmakers to recover from the recession and allow them to invest the billions required to meet the standard. He went on to suggest the standard should be reassessed, “in the light of the foreseen negative global warming aspect of vehicles certified to this standard.”
Monferino referred to the composition of the commercial vehicle running parc of four of the most significant markets in Europe where, on average, almost half of the vehicles in circulation were older than Euro 3. He called for the European governments to introduce some tax incentives for companies to renew their vehicles – scrappage for trucks.
Paolo Monferino

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