FRANKFURT, Dec 12 (Reuters) - The European Commission on

Tuesday will propose rule changes that reverse previous plans

that amounted to a ban on selling new cars with combustion

engines in the 27-nation bloc, a senior EU lawmaker said on

Friday.

"Next Tuesday, the European Commission will be putting

forward a clear proposal to abolish the ban on combustion

engines," Manfred Weber, president of the largest party in the

European Parliament, EPP, said at a press conference in

Heidelberg, Germany.

He added it should be left to markets and consumers how

climate targets are achieved.

(Reporting by Ludwig Burger and Christoph Steitz, editing by

Thomas Seythal)