GENERAL ISSUES The 59th session the Working Party on Passive Safety (GRSP) took place from 13-19 June, where the following was discussed: Toxicity and flammability - CLEPA proposal was adopted by GRSP, with Final adoption taking place at WP29 session of November 2016. Exchange of information on national and...
The World Forum for Harmonisation of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) held its 169th session from 21 to 24 June 2016, chaired by Mr. A. Erario (Italy). At the session, attendees discussed coordination and organisation of work including a partial discontinuation of the consolidation of UN Vehicle Regulations...
CLEPA believes that Europe must maintain its leading position in reducing CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles. This is an important driver in sustaining technology leadership, employment and the global competitiveness of the European automotive industry. Building on the significant record of achievement in recent years, realistic...
On Friday June 24, the European Commission published consultations on the impact of Circular Economy policies on the EU labour market. The purpose of this contract is to analyse the impacts that a transition towards a more circular and resource-efficient economy may have on the labour...
On June 14, the technical regulatory committee gathering Member States representatives (Technical Committee of Motor Vehicles) voted in favour of the Commission's draft proposal to introduce a new, more realistic, test procedure for measuring CO2 emissions and fuel consumption from cars and vans. Elżbieta Bieńkowska, Commissioner for...
On June 13, MAHLE Powertrain announced that it had become the first independent engineering service provider (ESP) to have its real driving emissions (RDE) test process and routes approved by the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA). MAHLE’s approval comes well in advance of the adoption of RDE across...
On June 6&7, the Council of the European Union's Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council met in Luxembourg. Ministers held a policy debate on nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from diesel cars. Ministers considered that efforts should be made to clarify the application of existing legislation on defeat devices in...
The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) coordinated and contributed to two of the ten chapters of the 2016 Scientific Assessment Report of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), which was officially launched in Brussels on May 31, 2016. The main findings of the...
On May 30, the Commission is taking part in the informal meeting in Amsterdam of the 28 Ministers in charge of urban matters, along with representatives from other EU Institutions and representatives of European cities, on the Urban Agenda for the EU. The aim of the meeting...
The Romanian government has announced that it will spend 220 million Romanian leu (€ 48.85m) on encouraging people to scrap their older cars and buy cleaner vehicles. One of the first measures will be to improve a current scrappage scheme, known as Rabla – under which...