EU MEMBER STATES VOTE TO RETAIN EUROPEAN TYPE APPROVAL POWERS IN HANDS OF NATIONAL REGULATORS
May 1st, 2017
European Union (EU) member states have pushed back against more centralised control of type approvals by the bloc’s executive European Commission in a vote yesterday (Monday, May 29) in Brussels. The EU Council of Ministers, which represents EU governments, instead approved a “general approach” of principles, which would beef up cooperation between national authorities – but not give the Commission more power. This will pit the Council against the Commission and particularly EU lawmakers in the European Parliament who wanted tougher centralised controls ...
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