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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the European Union (EU) are to introduce a new manufacturing standard in Europe, reducing the flammability of materials – including textiles – used inside cars. The draft UNECE regulation (which the EU is expected to support) covers “the burning behaviour of materials…ensuring a high level of safety and environmental protection.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union enterprise Commissioner Erkki Liikanen has warned that the European Commission might table legislation to force car manufacturers to include the latest intelligent and e safety devices in their cars, if there is a low take up of these technologies.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
LOBBYISTS may not usually be the most popular people – damned as peddlers of influence behind the scenes – but they must be flavour of the month in the European insurance industry at the moment. Faced with a proposal before the European Parliament to raise minimum levels of cover in compulsory motor insurance to levels sky high above those wanted by the industry, MEPs have been persuade to fall in line with insurers’ wishes.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has agreed in principle to extend an EU directive insisting on Member States measuring the carbon dioxide emissions and fuel consumption of passenger cars to cover light vans below 350 tonnes, classified as N1 vehicles by Brussels.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE ARENA of occupational health concerns is constantly expanding beyond the immediate workplace and one area of particular interest that is currently under wide discussion at the European Union is road safety. Proposals are being debated that will not only affect the technical design of vehicles, but also on road safety checks by public authorities and compensation available from insurance payouts.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A RULING on car registration legislation at the European Court of Justice could remove red tape demands on European fleet managers whose companies’ employ workers living in more than one European Union country. Judges have stated national governments cannot insist a worker’s company car be registered in their home country, rather than where a company and its fleet management is based.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union enterprise Commissioner Erkki Liikanen has warned that the European Commission might table legislation to force car manufacturers to include the latest intelligent and e safety devices in their cars, if there is a low take up of these technologies.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
SWIFT agreement has been reached in Brussels over a directive – proposed this Spring – which will impose safety standards on auto-manufacturers to ensure their vehicles cause less injuries and fewer deaths in accidents with pedestrians. The Council of Ministers and the European Parliament have struck a deal over the shape of the legislation, which will compel manufacturers to bring in new designs – for instance to bonnets and bumpers – aimed at significantly reducing collision impacts for cars and light vans travelling at speeds up to 40 kph (about 25 mph).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has released an action plan to promote intelligent vehicle technology that boosts road safety. Its ‘eSafety communication’ especially focuses on promoting services such as online broadband in-car warning systems, relaying to drivers information about congestion, road conditions and accidents.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
ENHANCED powers, responsibilities and resources are being proposed for the new European Maritime Safety Agency to enable it to fight tanker pollution. The European Commission has proposed that it should buy or lease specialist anti-pollution vessels. It also wants its work expanded to cover maritime security and seafarer training.…