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Paris Victory in EU Court Will Require Stricter Pollution Limits

  • Brussels and Madrid also fought lowering of standard by EU
  • EU says it had adapted levels for real driving conditions
Vehicles sit at traffic lights as the Arc de Triomphe stands beyond in Paris.

Vehicles sit at traffic lights as the Arc de Triomphe stands beyond in Paris.

Photographer: Christophe Morin/Bloomberg
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Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said her city, together with Madrid and Brussels, won a “historic victory” in their court fight against EU rules they said were too lax to help bring down diesel pollution from cars.

The EU General Court in Luxembourg partly overturned a European Commission regulation that set “excessively high” allowable levels for emissions of oxides of nitrogen from new cars and commercial vehicles, according to a ruling on Thursday, which can be appealed.