EU EXPANDS TIRE LABELLING REQUIREMENTS TO BOOST VEHICLES’ ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY PERFORMANCE
March 1st, 2019
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) is trying to use marketing rules to improve the safety and environmental performance of tires that are sold into Europe, with ministers approving a proposal that expands’ manufacturers and retailers’ duties regarding tire labelling.
Under a new regulation backed by the EU Council of Ministers earlier this month (March 4) stickers would have to be fixed to more types of tires and would include more information – the goal being to persuade consumers to not just use cost as a guide to buying tires.
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