EUROPEAN LAWMAKERS COULD CHALLENGE PLANS TO IMPOSE NATIONAL EU TYPE APPROVAL FEES
June 1st, 2016
DEBATES on plans to establish standardised European Union (EU) type approval fees for automobiles, paid to national funds not individual test houses – as at present - are now underway at the European Parliament and the proposal could face opposition. The European Commission has argued that this system could break links between testing houses and automobile makers, which it fears could be partly responsible for the ‘dieselgate’ scandal where Volkswagen vehicles were cleared for sale on the basis of false emissions data. But the European Automobile ...
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