Article révisé par les pairs
Résumé : The aim of this paper is to analyse the differentenvironmental policies adopted in Europe for car emissions, tocomment on some of the possible perverse effects generated andpoint out these policies which are considered more efficient under theenvironmental perspective. This paper is focused on passenger cars asthis category is the most significant in road transport. The utility ofthis research lies in this being the first step or basis to improve andoptimise actual policies. The methodology applied in this paper refersto a comparative analysis from a practical and theoretical point ofview of European environmental policies in road transport. This workdescribes an overview of the road transport industry in Europepointing out some relevant aspects such as the contribution of roadtransport to total emissions and the vehicle fleet in Europe.Additionally, we propose a brief practice guide with the combinedpolicies in order to optimise their aim.