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EU ROUND UP - EU MINISTERS OPPOSE WHOLESALE ENERGY UNBUNDLING



BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs has admitted that support for a comprehensive unbundling of EU energy suppliers and producers is weak within the EU Council of Ministers, signalling that he may have to water down planned tough draft proposals.…

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EU MINISTERS APPROVE EURO V AND VI VEHICLE EMISSIONS REGULATION



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Parliament’s compromise amendments giving diesel SUV’s three more years than standard petrol cars to comply with the European Union’s (EU) next Euro V emissions standards have been accepted by the EU Council of Ministers. Indeed, ministers have approved all changes made by European parliamentarians to the fifth set of EU vehicle emissions rules, and they will now come into force.…

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EU MINISTERS APPROVE EURO V AND VI VEHICLE EMISSIONS REGULATION



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament’s compromise amendments giving diesel SUV’s three more years than standard petrol cars to comply with the European Union’s (EU) next Euro V emissions standards have been accepted by the EU Council of Ministers. Indeed, ministers have approved all changes made by European parliamentarians to the fifth set of EU vehicle emissions rules, and they will now come into force.…

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PROPOSES MECHANICAL CAR SPEED CAPS



BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Parliament report has called for cars capable of travelling more than 101 mph (162 kilometres per hour) to be banned from European Union (EU) roads after 2012. MEPs will vote on the proposals from British Liberal Democrat MEP Chris Davies in September and in October, which have been tacked onto European Commission proposals to cap the amount of CO2 emitted by cars.…

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EU MINISTERS DECIDE RULES ON ITALY VAT FOR PERSONAL USE FLEET CARS



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has authorised the Italian government to limit to 40% the right to deduct VAT charged on company spending for cars and vans that are not wholly used for business. Its decision legally sanctions an Italian clash with EU VAT law, which generally opposes such rebate restrictions.…

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GREECE TEMPORARY CAR TAX DECLARED ILLEGAL BY ECJ



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has failed to prove that the levying of national registration taxes on cars brought into Greece by non-resident European Union (EU) citizens who are transferred to that country for more than six months breaks EU law, the European Court of Justice has ruled.…

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EUROPEAN AUTO INDUSTRY CONCERN OVER REACH GUIDELINES AS CHEMICAL CONTROL SYSTEM COMES INTO FORCE



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THIS month, the European Union’s (EU) long debated chemical control system REACH has come into force, amidst deepening concern that it could impose overwhelming administrative burdens on the European auto industry, unforeseen when the regulation was approved last year.…

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EU CAR REPAIRERS STILL CONCERNED OVER MANUFACTURER TECHNICAL INFORMATION DROUGHT



BY ALAN OSBORN, in London
EUROPEAN Union (EU) auto repair firms have criticised formal pledges by four automobile manufacturers to provide access to their technical data saying that vital information is still being withheld. The four manufacturers – DaimlerChrysler, Toyota, General Motors and Fiat – were ordered by the European Commission earlier this year to improve repair firms’ access to their technical data following findings that information supplied in respect of the Mercedes-Benz, Smart, Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Toyota, Opel and Vauxhall brands was “problematic.”…

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SOUTH KOREA PAINT INDUSTRY STRUGGLES TO PROSPER IN A MATURE ASIAN MARKET



BY KARRYN CARTELLE
ASIA’S paint and coatings industry may be growing but South Korea’s share of the market is on the decline. Indeed, the South Korea sector’s annual sales of US$3 billion make a small contribution to the global industry, where demand is predicted to reach US$83 billion this year.…

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EBRD HELPS ROMANIA VEHICLE LEASING OUTFIT



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has released plans to lend Euro 15 million to Raiffeisen Leasing Romania for on-lending to small-and-medium sized businesses in Romania so they can lease cars for commercial use, light commercial vehicles, trucks and trailers.…

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