Overview
- The Federal Court of Justice, which ruled Monday, dismissed Environmental Action Germany’s lawsuits seeking a court-ordered 2030 ban on new combustion-car sales by BMW and Mercedes-Benz.
- The court said private individuals cannot require automakers to stop selling internal combustion vehicles before European Union deadlines take effect.
- Judges found there is no carbon budget assigned to individual companies under German law.
- BMW and Mercedes welcomed the decision and said climate rules must come from the legislature.
- DUH will review a possible appeal to the Federal Constitutional Court after building its case on that court’s 2021 decision that heightened duties on lawmakers.