Study: False emissions data cost EU countries €10bn in lost taxes in 2016

Madeleine Cuff
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EXCLUSIVE: New report from Greens in Europe to reveal major loss in tax revenue due to gap in real world vehicle CO2 emissions and results from lab tests

Eleven EU countries missed out on more than €10bn in tax take in 2016 alone because of the gap between how much CO2 cars emit on the road compared to their performance in laboratory testing. A new...

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