Auto industry group, ACEA want the EU to delay the agreed 2011 ban on certain chemicals in air-conditioning systems. ACEA feels its members have not had enough time to develop new systems, which wouldn�t feature climate-damaging chemicals such as R134a.
The ruling was passed in 2006 and a legal loophole was closed in April which would have allowed ACEA members to avoid the ban until 2017. An ACEA letter to the European Commission said: �Car manufacturers need sufficient lead-time of at least 2 - 3 years past 1st January 2011 to adjust to the changed situation. �ACEA requests that the Commission work with the member states to find a pragmatic solution.�
Last year, ACEA successfully lobbied the EU into delaying an EU plan to cut carbon dioxide emissions from cars.
It is estimated that manufacturers would need to invest an extra �35 to �170 per car to meet the new requirements, an expense they would be unwilling to pass onto consumers in the current economic climate.
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