EURO II (popularly referred to as Euro2 or as "EC 96") was the emission standard for cars introduced in the EU in 1995 that limits car emissions to 7 g/kWh of NOX and 0.15 g/kWh of PM (Particle Matter) when tested using the NEDC driving cycle. Emission standards limit the amount of pollution that can be released into the atmosphere. ... The New European Driving Cycle is a driving cycle consisting of four repeated ECE-15 driving cycles and a Extra-Urban driving cycle, or EUCD. The NEDC represents the typical usage of a car in Europe, and is used, among other things, to assess the emission levels of car engines. ... A driving cycle is a series of data points representing the speed of a vehicle versus time. ...

It was replaced by Euro III in 1999. Euro III (popularly referred to as Euro3) is the emission standard for vehicles introduced in the EU in 1999. ...

See also

• European emission standards