TYRE RECYCLING EU REGULATION RETREADING UNECE GLOBAL REGULATION
April 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has tried to give a boost to Europe's tyre recycling industry by adopting global regulatory standards for retreaded tyres. This renewal is particularly popular for heavier vehicles, such as trucks, buses and trailers, with more than 50% running on retreads in Europe. But Brussels wants to boost their popularity and has made compulsory in the European Union (EU) the quality standard for retreading tyres set by a global regulation drafted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). These particularly focus ...
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