EU deal on higher emissions test levels

(ANSA) - Brussels, October 28 - The EU on Wednesday reached a deal on higher levels of tolerance for car emissions tests in the wake of the Volkswagen scandal. The 28 members voted in favour except the Netherlands, which voted against, and the Czech Republic, which abstained. The deal set higher levels for emissions than more stringent lower ones requested by the European Commission, EU sources told ANSA. Volkswagen was caught cheating on US emissions tests and had to recall millions of vehicles.