Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto, and Emilia-Romagna will shortly be required to update their air quality plans in light of the yearlong detection of excessive fine particulate level exceedances. Furthermore, the Regions may issue directives prohibiting the operation of diesel-powered passenger cars and commercial vehicles of specific categories on the roads of polluted urban areas. However, this restriction may be waived for diesel-powered passenger cars and commercial vehicles of categories N1, N2, and N3. This is called for in the document approved today by the Senate, which converts the government's air quality decree passed in September and must now be approved by the Chamber of Deputies. The legislation also includes a provision for the Minister of Transport to issue a decree governing the circulation of historic cars on national territory. However, the text additionally highlights "the importance of implementing cargo traffic at Malpensa airport as a strategic work of national interest and public utility" . Today, during the examination of the article, the Government accepted and approved the agenda of Fratelli d'Italia, which commits the Government to the League's freight transport sector with minimal environmental impact in regard to the efficiency of biomass plants in the domestic sector.
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