[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Competitiveness Council of Ministers of the European Union, chaired by Kostis Hatzidakis, Minister for Development and Competitiveness of the Hellenic Republic, met in Brussels, on 20 February. The main item on the agenda of the Council was the competitiveness of European industry. At the...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]According to a European Commission report published today on the current status of EU industry, most sectors have still not regained their pre-crisis level of output and significant differences exist between sectors and Member States. The "EU industrial structure report 2013: Competing in Global Value...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Imagine that you are driving along, and a message is projected on your windscreen, warning you of an accident that has just happened around the next corner. This could soon be a reality thanks to new European standards. Connected cars, able to communicate with each...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Council adopted today a regulation amending regulation (EU) No 510/2011 to define the modalitites for reaching the 2020 target to reduce CO2 emissions from new light commercial vehicles (PE-CONS 106/13, 106/13 COR1, 5584/14 ADD 1). From 2020, a target of 147 g CO2/Km is set...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]From 2015, all new cars sold in the EU should be able to dial emergency services when they are involved in a serious accident, under new rules to be voted on by the internal market committee on 11 February. How it will work: a damaged car...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]MEPs called on Wednesday for a 40% cut in CO2 emissions, a 30% target for renewable energy and a 40% target for energy efficiency by 2030, under the EU's new long-term climate-change policy. These targets should be binding, they say. MEPs also criticise the European...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The safety standards of some India-made small cars fall far short of global requirements, research has found, exacerbating the woes of a market already weakened by sluggish domestic demand. Weak structures and a lack of airbags meant that five Indian cars were awarded zero out of...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Since Fiat was founded in 1899, a community of suppliers, known in Italian as Fiat’s indotto, have grown up in Turin around the industrial group. But a question mark now hangs over this network following Fiat’s merger with Chrysler and the mooted relocation of some of...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The European Commission launched on Monday (27 January) a special advisory group of experts to give fresh input on all issues being discussed at the EU-US negotiating table for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px" image_repeat="no-repeat"][custom_font font_size="16" line_height="26" font_style="normal" text_align="left" font_weight="300" text_decoration="none" text_shadow="no"...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]How fortunes vary. Motor City is bankrupt. But the motor industry, unveiling its hottest products at Detroit’s auto show last week, looks increasingly flush. China, now the world’s biggest auto market, posted stronger than expected growth for 2013 – a 14 per cent rise in...