EU not informed of Irish plans for ban on sale of cars using fossil fuels

Government 'has not even begun process' of notification of 2030 ban

The EU's internal market commissioner Thierry Breton confirmed that 'no notification of a measure banning the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030 has been made to the Commission in the Technical Regulation Information System database'. Picture: Larry Cummins

The Government has not yet informed the EU of its plans to ban the sale of cars using fossil fuels by 2030.

The Government announced last year its intention to implement the law by the beginning of December 2020 — setting a 10-year countdown for the legal sale of petrol and diesel cars — but it cannot proceed without formally notifying the EU of a change to the parameters of trade.