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From 2015, the Major of London has just proposed that all vehicles entering London must meet EU4 standards for Nitrous Oxide (NOx) emissions...
... meaning that all EU3 T4's and T5's built up to January 2006 currently exempt would not comply with the LEZ rules and would be subject to the £100 per day tax for the privilege of dropping your folks off at Heathrow from 2015.
The new NOx standard may also include "lean burn" or "FSI" petrol engined vans which run hotter than old skool type engines, so this should not affect petrol engined Transporters and Caravelles...
... but it could include those converted to run on natural gas and lpg - the legal framework is laid out in EU law, so no stone will be left unturned if the need arises.
It is unfortunate that we are among the first in the firing line, but, if it's any consolation, they may even bring 4x4's and MPV's into line with us, and they haven't ruled out extending the lower weight limit for motorcaravans either, which could bring your recycled 800 and 888 Special based campers and T25 diesel campers into their scheme...
With the UK unlikely to meet EU targets on air pollution and facing hefty fines as a consequence, the chances of fighting this are very slim - multifunction vehicles of our type are in the minority, so why should they care?
Also, we can expect to see LEZ's rolling out across major towns and cities in the UK.
LEZ's are already in place in Oxford and Norwich for Public Service vehicles (buses and coaches), and it's on the cards at Reading for lorries (with a different set of rules to those of London :*). An LEZ is also being proposed for Sheffield.
So, the prospect of each LEZ being different could make life very difficult for us in the UK (interestingly, this is not the case in Germany, which operates a simple, efficient universal badging system for 5 or 10 Euros, depending on who you know)...
As with the current standard, there are retrofit abatement techniques available at great cost, which will require an additional annual emissions test to be carried out at Department of Transport sites, over and above the MOT, for an additional fee - of course.
If anyone ever doubted the value of this Forum, then this must surely be the one reason to keep it strong, united and alive...
... meaning that all EU3 T4's and T5's built up to January 2006 currently exempt would not comply with the LEZ rules and would be subject to the £100 per day tax for the privilege of dropping your folks off at Heathrow from 2015.
The new NOx standard may also include "lean burn" or "FSI" petrol engined vans which run hotter than old skool type engines, so this should not affect petrol engined Transporters and Caravelles...
... but it could include those converted to run on natural gas and lpg - the legal framework is laid out in EU law, so no stone will be left unturned if the need arises.
It is unfortunate that we are among the first in the firing line, but, if it's any consolation, they may even bring 4x4's and MPV's into line with us, and they haven't ruled out extending the lower weight limit for motorcaravans either, which could bring your recycled 800 and 888 Special based campers and T25 diesel campers into their scheme...
With the UK unlikely to meet EU targets on air pollution and facing hefty fines as a consequence, the chances of fighting this are very slim - multifunction vehicles of our type are in the minority, so why should they care?
Also, we can expect to see LEZ's rolling out across major towns and cities in the UK.
LEZ's are already in place in Oxford and Norwich for Public Service vehicles (buses and coaches), and it's on the cards at Reading for lorries (with a different set of rules to those of London :*). An LEZ is also being proposed for Sheffield.
So, the prospect of each LEZ being different could make life very difficult for us in the UK (interestingly, this is not the case in Germany, which operates a simple, efficient universal badging system for 5 or 10 Euros, depending on who you know)...
As with the current standard, there are retrofit abatement techniques available at great cost, which will require an additional annual emissions test to be carried out at Department of Transport sites, over and above the MOT, for an additional fee - of course.
If anyone ever doubted the value of this Forum, then this must surely be the one reason to keep it strong, united and alive...