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BY KEITH NUTHALL

A EUROPEAN Union (EU) research project involving major automobile manufacturers is about to commercialise an intelligent transport system automatically boosting the side-protection strength of cars threatened with collisions with other vehicles. The EU Euro 29 million Advanced Protection Systems (APROSYS) project system, said the European Commission "will soon find its way to showrooms".…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A WORLD WILDLIFE FUND (WWF) study has called for an end to subsidies to the oil industry to help promote alternative fuels and green technology such as electric cars.

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BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) is pushing ahead with the approval of a new compulsory regulation that will insist auto manufacturers selling cars and vans into Europe install new ‘brake assist’ systems. The law also imposes detailed requirements on frontal protection systems.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

AN INTERACTIVE virtual world on the Internet is offering fleet managers new ways of assessing new car models before they make purchasing decisions. Toyota, Nissan, Peugeot, Renault, BMW, Pontiac, Citroën, Mercedes and Mazda have all set up virtual showrooms on the Second Life system.…

By Alan Osborn

A mighty battle is about to be fought out in Europe over something called "the slope of the curve" and no, it’s not a beauty contest and it has nothing to do with landscaping or geometry – this is all about curbing CO2 emissions from new automobiles.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

COMPANY car fleet managers may have to warn their drivers motoring overseas in Europe in future to be less cavalier about local traffic laws, because of a European Commission initiative.

It has proposed that the European Union’s (EU) 27 member states establish a computerised system enabling the swift transfer of car registration details for motorists caught speeding, drink driving, not using a seatbelt or jumping a red light.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) anti-fraud office OLAF, with German and Polish police have broken an international cigarette smuggling ring, arresting 26 people and seizing millions of sticks. The arrests were made in Poland and Germany by the Polish Centralne Biuro ?ledcze…

BY CHRIS JONES, in Paris

WAYS in which CO2 emissions from road transport could potentially be reduced were the subject of two days of discussion by experts from Europe and the US during a recent round-table meeting held at the International Transport Forum in Paris.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

CONCERNS that driving new cars from manufacturers to dealers and onto customers within Europe was leading to tax and registration fraud are likely to boost the demand for car transporters. The European Commission is proposing that the delivery-by-driving method of moving new cars be excluded from the ‘TIR’ system for the European Union (EU) that provides for customs simplification: that goods crossing several international borders in transit attract customs duties and inspections only at their destination country.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

CONCERNS that driving new cars from manufacturers to dealers and onto customers within Europe is leading to tax and registration fraud is likely to cause an effective prescribing of the use of car transporters. The European Commission is proposing that the delivery-by-driving method of moving new cars be excluded from the ‘TIR’ system for the European Union (EU) that provides for customs simplification: goods crossing several international borders in transit attract customs duties and inspections only at their destination country.…