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Emissions Standards

European Union (EU) legislation sets out exhaust emissions standards for new vehicles sold in the EU. They govern the limits on pollutants emitted in vehicle exhaust gas (sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and diesel exhaust particulates). New model types may now be approved to the Euro 5 standard and are compulsory for all new vehicles from January 2011. A single vehicle representative of a particular vehicle is tested, either by independent test organisations, or by the manufacturers or importers and the results verified by the DfT. Volkswagen is currently working on the development of vehicles to meet Euro 6 standards, set to take effect in 2014.