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BY KEITH NUTHALL

MODERNISED Lada models are expected to become available from 2012, with the Russian mark being bankrolled by its Renault and Nissan partners. The French car maker’s Christian Esteve told Russian state news agency Itar-Tass that his company’s US$1 billion investment in 2008 would lead to new "modern and appealing" Ladas, benefiting from Renault technology.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Automobile Manufacturers Association (EMEA) has condemned a European Union (EU)-South Korea free trade agreement, initialed today (15-10), for giving Korean automakers an unfair advantage in EU markets.

At the heart of ACEA’s concern is a "duty drawback" provision allowing South Korean manufacturers to reclaim duties paid on imported car parts and components from low-cost neighbouring countries such as China, while benefiting from the scrapping of EU customs duties for assmbled vehicles.…

BY DEIRDRE MASON

THE AUTOMOTIVE industry has a new potential market opportunity now that the European Union (EU) has finally agreed the technical specifications for its long-awaited European Electronic Toll Service (EETS). Future vehicles could offer a single pre-installed on-board unit that would work for all road-tolling points across the EU.…

BY ANCA GURZU

A NEW Canadian law banning the sales of cigarettes and cigarillos containing any flavourings and additives is the most recent in a series of restrictions imposed by Canadian public authorities on tobacco companies. This latest rule – an amendment to the federal Canadian Tobacco Act, received royal assent on October 8, 2009, after approval of a Bill C-32.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

STRICT regulation of chemicals is coming to the US and although there is concern within the American auto industry, there is certainly no panic – at least not so far. Legislation is expected to be introduced before Thanksgiving by Senator Frank Lautenberg (New Jersey) and others in Congress for a long overdue updating of the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), and it could be tough.…

BY EMMA JACKSON and KEITH NUTHALL

THE RELATIONSHIP the automotive sales and aftermarket sector have with car makers is clearly a key issue, if not the key issue, that concerns Automotive Management readers. As a result, the current review of the European Union’s (EU) block exemption from EU competition law for the auto sector is being scrutinised carefully.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

CARS driven in the European Union (EU) will from November 1, 2012, have to start following new compulsory standards on wet grip, rolling resistance and noise requirements. Following the publication of the new rules in the EU’s official journal in July, manufacturers have been preparing to comply with a minimum rolling resistance for car tyres of a maximum value of 12 kg/tonne, for instance.…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA

A CENTURY-OLD, India’s first steel plant set up by the industrial group of Tata in the eastern town of Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) is not only the leading supplier of high quality steel to the country’s auto industry, it is expanding.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

AN ENVIRONMENTAL report is suggesting that auto manufacturers only make reductions to the greenhouse gas emissions from their models when ordered to by compulsory legislation. Europe’s Transport and Environment (T&E) group has released statistics showing that auto manufacturers who have done well in moving towards European Union (EU) emission standards slackened their anti-pollution technical innovation last year.…

BY ANDREW SALMON

AFTER passing the fortress-like medieval gate of Namdaemun, visitors enter central Seoul’s traditional shopping quarter: a jumbled maze of stalls and alleyways. A 15-minute walk through the raucous bustle of this 600-year old market, leads to its modern equivalent: The neon-lit, pedestrianised square mile of Myeong Dong.…