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Paris - December, 14th 2018

Europcar Mobility Group applies Environmental Contribution for all drivers as of 2019, January 1st

On 2018, September 1st, the Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP), new global procedure to measure vehicles emissions, replaced the current New European Driving Cycle (NEDC), which had been in use since the 90s.

It was created following the "Dieselgate", in order to better reflect CO2 emissions with a realistic vehicle usage, in a context of rapidly growing consciousness that they have reached an unsustainable level for our planet.

As the leading player of the car rental industry in Europe, with a fleet of more than 350.000 vehicles at Group level, we believe that reducing our environmental impact is a collective responsibility: our responsibility of course, but also the responsibility of all the drivers we serve on a daily basis.

This is why, as of January 1st, an environmental contribution will apply to all our rates, for all drivers. It will be based on CO2 emissions levels taxation, hence depending on vehicle category and country legislation.

This environmental contribution will help us sustain our fleet mix optimization program, involving all our brands (with a progressive roll out beginning with Europcar and Buchbinder: France and Germany in January, UK on April 1st), so as to constantly keep our CO2, as well as particles emissions to the lowest possible levels, basing this fleet mix on the latest and cleanest motorizations provided by manufacturers.

Our Group fleet structure is already "CO2 light" (average vehicle renewal cycle: 9,2 months, average CO2 emission level: 115,9 g / km), but we are convinced that - with the support of our customers - we can reduce this environmental impact even more.

Contacts

Europcar Mobility Group

Valérie Sauteret / Marie-Anne Bénardaisvalerie.sauteret@europcar.com/ marie-anne.benardais@europcar.com

Publicis Consultants

Salima Djeziri, +33 1 44 82 47 48salima.djeziri@consultants.publicis.fr

About Europcar Mobility Group

Europcar Mobility Group is a major player in mobility markets and listed on Euronext Paris.

The mission of Europcar Mobility Group is to be the preferred "Mobility Service Company" by offering alternative attractive solutions to vehicle ownership, with a wide range of mobility-related services: vehicle-rental, chauffeur services, car-sharing, scooter-sharing and peer-to-peer car-rental.

Customers' satisfaction is at the heart of the Group's mission and all of its employees and this commitment fuels the continuous development of new services.

Europcar Mobility Group operates through multi brands meeting every customer specific needs; its 4 major brands being: Europcar® - the European leader in vehicle rental services, Goldcar® - the most important low-cost car-rental company in Europe, InterRent® - 'mid-tier' brand focused on leisure and Ubeeqo® - one of the European leaders in car-sharing (BtoB, BtoC).

Europcar Mobility Group delivers its mobility solutions worldwide solutions through an extensive network in 135 countries (including 16 wholly owned subsidiaries in Europe, 2 in Australia and New Zealand, franchises and partners).

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