EU COUNCIL APPROVES NEW TYPE APPROVAL LAW
July 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) trucks, vans, buses, disabled driver vehicles, coaches, motor homes and trailers must in comply with revamped EU vehicle performance rules. These 'type approval' rules have previously only been harmonised across the EU for cars, but a new simplified law covers other vehicles, with implementation deadlines stretching to seven years time.
ENDS
EUROPEAN Union (EU) trucks, vans, buses, disabled driver vehicles, coaches, motor homes and trailers must in comply with revamped EU vehicle performance rules. These 'type approval' rules have previously only been harmonised across the EU for cars, but a new simplified law covers other vehicles, with implementation deadlines stretching to seven years time.
ENDS
Full access to this article can be arranged with permission from the client that first ordered it. Please contact us to request access. Entries are uploaded to our archive at least one year after being published by a client – free access is restricted to International News Services journalists for background research only. The article date indicates when copy was filed to a client, not when posted to this archive. Upon client requests, International News Services will remove such articles from the archive or not upload them in the first place. They are included to demonstrate the breadth of topics undertaken by the agency and also to help promote clients’ coverage.