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BY KEITH NUTHALL
MANDATORY standards to control carbon dioxide emissions should be imposed on European Union (EU) auto makers at the latest by mid-2008, the European Commission has proposed. If EU ministers and MEPs agree, an average limit of CO2 emissions to 120 grams per kilometer would be demanded for all car models used in the EU.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission was expected to propose on Wednesday (Feb7) that European Union (EU) manufactured cars must emit a maximum of 130g/km of carbon dioxide by 2012, EU environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas confirmed. This follows a political struggle with EU industry Commissioner Günter Verheugen who opposed the idea.…

BY ALAN OSBORN, in London
THE EUROPEAN auto industry is keeping a close eye on the European Commission at the moment, where a heavyweight political struggle is being staged over whether mandatory CO2 caps should be imposed on auto manufacturers. At the heart of this dispute is an argument over whether companies should shoulder the burden of reducing CO2 emissions from new vehicles or whether the job should also involve people like fuel suppliers, tire and other components suppliers and even consumers.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has told Poland to harmonise its excise duty for used cars imported from other European Union (EU) countries with that paid on cars initially sold in Poland. The court ruled that the fact excise charged on imported used cars rose according to their age up to a maximum of 65% (depending on engine size), discriminated against imported used cars, because excise duty is only charged on cars originally used in Poland when they are new, and at a lower rate.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has promised in an assessment of the European Union (EU) end-of-life vehicles directive to pump-prime the development of technology that will help the recycling and reuse of cars. Brussels says it will stick with the existing 2015 targets of the legislation: 85% reuse/recycling and 95% reuse/recovery, concluding these “are optimal both in terms of environmental and economic performance.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN UNUSUALLY tough political row between European commissioners has stalled plans to control the emission of carbon dioxide from cars, with intense disagreements erupting over whether limits should be voluntary or compulsory.

On one side is environmental Commissioner Stavros Dimas, of Greece, who wants to set compulsory CO2 emissions for European Union carmakers, because they are likely to break 2004 promises to reduce CO2 emissions to an industry average of 140 grammes per km, or 25% of 1995 levels by 2008.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Parliament has controversially told auto manufacturers they have until January 2012 to ensure private diesel passenger vehicles with a reference mass exceeding 2000 kg, designed to carry 7 or more occupants including the driver comply with the European Union’s (EU) new Euro V fuel and engine emission standards.…

BY ALAN OSBORN, in London

EUROPEAN manufacturers have been given the go-ahead to use explosive chemicals as igniters for airbags after a new European Union (EU) law had threatened to put them out of business. The new legislation drawn up by the European Commission in Brussels last year (2005) was principally aimed at the fireworks industry and laid down new regulations to ensure safety in handling, storage and transportation binding across the 25 member countries.…

BY JAMES FULLER, in Port of Spain

CRICKETERS and illegally-licensed drivers are two of the more unusual factors currently affecting the Caribbean paint market.

The impending Cricket World Cup, to be held in the West Indies during March and April 2007, has spawned a flurry of construction activity with resultant benefits for the paint industry.…

BY JULIAN RYALL, in Tokyo

IT may be in its infancy, but European scientists have high hopes for new research into more effective ways to store hydrogen, and particularly in how it can be applied to next-generation fuel cell systems for vehicles, research that could have global implications.…