[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The member states' permanent representatives today endorsed the compromise reached between the Council and the European Parliament concerning a decision to introduce a mandatory EU-wide system to handle emergency calls sent automatically by cars or triggered manually by people in the car in case of...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] European car sales rose 7.6 per cent in February, as a gradual economic recovery in Portugal, Spain and Italy boosted demand for mass market brands, industry data showed on Tuesday. New passenger car registrations in the European Union and European Free Trade Association trading block rose...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The European Commission has published today an overview on contributions received in response to a public consultation on the Green Action Plan for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), which the Commission is due to adopt soon. The Green Action Plan presents the SME oriented actions...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Yesterday the European Parliament adopted with a clear majority the roadworthiness package, a set of measures to toughen up vehicle checks and to widen their scope. The three directives that constitute the roadworthiness package concern periodic roadworthiness tests, technical roadside inspections for commercial vehicles and...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Council today adopted a regulation on the 2020 reduction of CO2 emissions from new passenger cars. The new regulation defines the terms and conditions for car manufacturers for reaching the 2020 target for CO2 emissions (95g CO2/km) from new passenger cars. A limited one-year...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Europe's premier motor show revs its engines this week, so expect the usual swagger from an industry that knows all about marketing hype. Perhaps there is more cause for celebration than usual at this year's Geneva Motor Show, given that recent data has pointed to a...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]New rules designed to achieve the CO2 emission reduction target of 95g/km for new cars by 2020 were endorsed by Parliament on Tuesday. The text retains this target, albeit with a one-year “phase-in” period in 2020. It also allows “super credits”, whereby the cleanest cars...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]MEPs debated an agreement with the Council on cutting CO2 emissions for new passenger cars by 2020 on Monday 24 February and vote on it today. This is important as one fifth of all CO2 emissions in Europe comes from cars, while emissions from road transport...
[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...