The EU approves a law to end the sale of new cars that emit CO2 in 2035

FILE PHOTO: A car exhaust pipe on a street in Berlin, Germany, February 22, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo

BRUSSELS, March 28 (Reuters) – Energy ministers from European Union countries gave the final go-ahead on Tuesday to a law that will end sales of new CO2-emitting cars in the EU by 2035, after Germany to get an exemption for cars that run on synthetic fuels.

The law, which will now come into force, will require all new cars sold to have zero CO2 emissions from 2035, and 55% less CO2 emissions from 2030, compared to 2021 levels.

However, the European Commission has pledged to propose additional rules that would allow new cars with combustion engines that only run on synthetic fuels to continue to be sold after 2035, after Germany demanded this exemption from the ban.

(Reporting by Kate Abnett, editing in Spanish by José Muñoz)

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