EUROPEAN AUTOMAKERS FACING COUNTDOWN TO DEADLINE ON INSTALLINBG NEW SAFETY FEATURES ON VEHICLES
January 1st, 2020
AUTO manufacturers in Europe are facing a countdown to new European Union (EU) type approval rules, forcing them to install new safety technology on their vehicles if they want to secure permission to sell these autos in the EU and get them registered. Experts have welcomed a new law changing the 28 country bloc’s general safety regulation (EC) 661/2009 and pedestrian safety regulation (EC) 78/2009 law, which should force European carmakers and their parts suppliers to invest in more safety features – which potentially could be exported outside the EU.
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