EU MINISTERS APPROVE NEW TECHNICAL STANDARDS FOR AUTO TIRES AND SAFETY DEVICES
June 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) automakers will have to abide by a fresh set of technical standards for tires, safety features and other new technology. This follows a meeting yesterday (Monday 22-6) of the EU Council of Ministers which voted through new technical rules.
A communiqué issued following the meeting, which was held in Luxembourg City, said the law "aims at enhancing the competitiveness of the EU automotive industry whilst enabling member states to exercise effective market surveillance of compliance with...detailed type-approval ...
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