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03 March 2010
The United Nations General Assembly yesterday passed a resolution to proclaim 2011-2020 a Decade of Action for Road Safety aimed at saving five million lives over the next 10 years.
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03 March 2010
Today, Euro NCAP releases the crash test results for five new cars the Citroen Nemo, the Kia Venga, the Nissan Cube, the Seat Exeo and the Toyota Verso.
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18 February 2010
“Not bad but could do better!” that was the verdict of EuroTest’s latest local public transport survey around Europe.
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28 January 2010
Top of this list is the Volkswagen Golf VI that was first tested in 2008 under the former rating scheme and was re-released in 2009.
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14 January 2010
Ahead of the European Parliament hearing to decide Siim Kallas’ appointment as Transport Commissioner, the Eurocouncil of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) calls for vision and viable transport policies.
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15 December 2009
Each year, more than 8,000 pedestrians are killed in the road accidents across Europe. Almost one out of four happens on a pedestrian crossing.
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25 November 2009
Euro NCAP, the organisation dedicated to revealing the safety of new cars, today releases the results for twelve vehicles. Ten of these vehicles achieved Euro NCAP’s maximum award of five stars in the overall rating.
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19 November 2009
The FIA is calling on governments from around the world, to agree plans for a Decade of Action which would save five million lives on the world’s roads.
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19 October 2009
FIA clubs are in favour of the introduction of mandatory tyre pressure monitoring systems (TPMS). However, such systems should provide for minimum additional costs for car buyers.
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08 October 2009
A general sense of safety is the most important factor in choosing Europeans’ holiday destinations.
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02 October 2009
The Eurocouncil of the FIA raises its concerns at the approach taken by the Commission with regard to urban traffic congestion following the adoption of the Action Plan on Urban Mobility.
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30 September 2009
FIA Eurocouncil submitted its answer to the consultation on the future competition law framework in the automotive sector on September 25th.
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29 September 2009
In its answer to the consultation the FIA Eurocouncil will underline the need to have high level commitment, strong leadership, clear objectives and precise targets.
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26 August 2009
Euro NCAP, the organisation that assesses the safety of new cars, today releases the results for eight new cars. Two of this month’s top-scorers are amongst the car industry’s most fuel-efficient vehicles: the Honda Insight and Toyota Prius 3.
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20 August 2009
The FIA Eurocouncil calls upon national road authorities from all European Member States to set and enforce minimum quality standards for motorway rest areas with the view of improving road safety.
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28 July 2009
FIA calls on Commissioner Kroes not to apply the VRBER to cars but rather maintain a sector specific Regulation for the automotive sector.
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23 July 2009
In its impact assessment for the future of the Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation (BER), the European Commission acknowledged that “Stakeholders are virtually unanimous that the sector should continue to benefit from a block exemption (…)”.
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02 July 2009
As Sweden has taken over the European Union Presidency, the FIA Eurocouncil calls on the Swedish Government to include road infrastructure in the efforts to revive the economies and create jobs, and so invest in the future well-being of European citizens.
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02 July 2009
The FIA Eurocouncil particularly welcomes the high importance given by the Swedish Presidency to ITS as their wider implementation will significant contribute to making mobility more reliable, more efficient, cleaner and safer.
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29 June 2009
The FIA believes that the disadvantages related to a relaxing of the currently allowed dimensions and weights for lorries far outweigh the advantages.
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19 June 2009
The FIA Eurocouncil deplores Slovenia’s latest decree fixing a new road toll vignette system for its highway system of just 487km.
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17 June 2009
FIA Clubs in Europe welcome the European Commission’s communication, published today on “The Future of Transport Policy” and the vision it sets out for transport and mobility over the next forty years.
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15 June 2009
Chief executives and presidents of FIA automobile clubs for the 2009 FIA Eurocouncil summit to discuss road safety in Europe in anticipation of the 4th European Road Safety Action Programme expected to run from 2011-2020.
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11 June 2009
The FIA European Bureau along with five FIA member clubs renewed their commitments first made over three years ago. True to its commitment to encourage clubs to join this initiative, the FIA brought a further eight clubs on board.
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27 May 2009
Euro NCAP, the organisation that assesses the safety of new cars, today releases the results for six new cars.
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19 May 2009
For the third time the EuroTest partner clubs tested car rentals in holiday destinations. It was disappointing that this test failed to show any improvements compared to previous years.
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22 April 2009
According to the EuroTAP inspectors, the European Tunnel Assessment Programme (EuroTAP) carried out this year produced a sensational result.
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08 April 2009
According to the first results of a European survey carried out the by the FIA European Bureau, most European visitors want Slovenia to introduce a short-stay vignette at a fair price.
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24 March 2009
FIA club president Carlos Barbosa gets support from Commission President José Manuel Durăo Barroso after clubs voicing serious concerns regarding petrol price fixing and economic recovery.
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24 March 2009
The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) joined forces with its automobile clubs to gather citizens’ discontent with the Slovenian road-toll system introduced in July last year.
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16 March 2009
Wil Botman, Director-General of the FIA European Bureau, voices concerns about the European Parliament’s vote on the Eurovignette review opening the door to congestion charging for passenger cars.
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27 February 2009
Werner Kraus, FIA President Region I, has written to José-Manuel Barosso, President of the European Commission urging him to ensure sufficient resources in the European Economic Recovery Plan to invest in Europe’s roads.
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18 February 2009
Euro NCAP, the organisation that assesses the safety of new cars, has introduced a new overall car safety rating.
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21 January 2009
The concept is simple: drive to the outskirts of a city, leave your car in a car park and transfer to public transportation into the city centre.
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08 December 2008
“The compromise reached between European Parliament representatives and French Presidency representatives risks to jeopardise the sustainability of mobility to the detriment of European consumers” declared Wil Botman, Director General of the FIA European Bureau.
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05 December 2008
The FIA welcomes the outcome of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee vote on the Proposal concerning type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles.
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26 November 2008
Euro NCAP today releases the results for some of Europe’s best-selling cars. This is the last time that Euro NCAP will release results under its current rating system.
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26 November 2008
Today, Euro NCAP releases the results for seats put through the organisation’s first ever round of rear impact testing.
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24 November 2008
Almost one in four of Europe's 8,000 pedestrian fatalities is killed on supposedly “safe” crossings. Aiming to pinpoint problems for pedestrian safety, but also to show best practice, EuroTest tested crossings in 17 major European cities.
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26 September 2008
“The European Parliament’s decision is a courageous one. Keeping the course towards the 120 g/km of CO2 by 2012 will benefit European consumers and support Europe’s competitiveness globally” declared Wil Botman, Director General of the FIA European Bureau.
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15 July 2008
EuroTest, a pan European consumer testing programme and consortium of FIA clubs in Europe has been putting the quality and safety of Europe’s mobility infrastructure to the test since 2000.
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15 July 2008
The FIA in general welcomes measures that optimise and relieve road freight transport unless they threaten safety, the environment or the road infrastructure.
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10 July 2008
“The proposals published today by the European Commission will only raise the costs of motoring while not bringing any benefits to the environment” declared Wil Botman, Director-General of the FIA European Bureau.
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10 July 2008
Automobile Club Action + and Automobile Club Prévention of France join initiative.
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07 July 2008
On the basis of 31 European tunnels tested for EuroTAP 2008, the positive trends witnessed in recent years came to a sudden stop.
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25 June 2008
“The European Parliament’s adoption of the long-awaited road infrastructure safety management directive is a positive step” said Werner Kraus, Chairman of the FIA Eurocouncil.
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23 June 2008
What are the structural factors behind the rising oil prices?
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18 June 2008
The EU has today initiated anti-subsidy and anti-dumping investigations into imports of biodiesel from the United States.
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18 June 2008
At a hearing before MEPs on Monday, Antonio Tajani, the Italian Commissioner-designate for transport, faced around three hours of questions on issues such as state subsidies for airlines, trans-European rail-freight corridors, port infrastructure and piracy in EU waters.
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06 June 2008
As one of the major environmental policy events of the year bringing in some 3,800 participants, Green Week 2008 gave the FIA European Bureau an excellent opportunity to put forward the FIA's vision on the sustainability of transport.
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06 June 2008
by Stavros Dimas, Member of the European Commission, responsible for Environment.
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05 June 2008
“Thinking green” is of importance to the motoring and touring clubs members of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA). This is why the FIA is focussing its activities in 2008 on the interaction between the automobile and the environment.
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03 June 2008
At the ‘Initial Rider Training’ event, organised by the Commission (Joel Valmain) with FEMA, FIM and ACEM, the new head of the road safety unit of DG TREN, Isabelle Kardacz chaired the event.
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03 June 2008
This year's Green Week, the biggest annual conference devoted to European environment policy, will take place from 3 to 6 June at the Charlemagne Building in Brussels.
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03 June 2008
R2RC acknowledges the ‘open outcome approach’ taken by the Commission in its Evaluation Report but reminds that sector-specific rules for the distribution of spare parts and repair services after 2010 are a necessity.
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29 May 2008
European Commission’s Evaluation of the Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation must safeguard Consumer Choice and affordable mobility beyond 2010.
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29 May 2008
Antitrust: Commission report on car block exemption shows that competition has improved.
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28 May 2008
Euro NCAP today releases the results for seven cars in five different categories, mostly aimed at consumers with families.
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28 May 2008
EuroTest’s latest pan-European study undertaken by major automobile clubs* in ten European countries points to the need for harmonisation needed on national traffic rules for pedestrian crossings.
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27 May 2008
European petroleum industry partners with the European Commission in pan-European consumer campaign.
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26 May 2008
On Thursday 29 May 2008, the Ministers for Competitiveness competent for industrial policy and the internal market are to convene in Brussels.
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26 May 2008
European Commission Vice-President Günter Verheugen, responsible for Enterprise and Industry, stated: "We are simplifying legislation. We are improving road safety. We are promoting fuel efficiency. We are presenting a modern integrated policy approach beneficiary for citizens, for the environment and the industry.''
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30 April 2008
Focus on increasing traffic flows and the environment.
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29 April 2008
The Commission is coming forward with a proposal for a Regulation on the general safety of motor vehicles which will lay down harmonised rules on the construction of motor vehicles.
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29 April 2008
Electronic Stability Control – ESC – has been hailed the greatest road safety innovation since the seatbelt. 4,000 lives and 100,000 injuries could be avoided every year if all cars in the EU had ESC!
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28 April 2008
European Tunnel Assessment Program (EuroTAP 2008 inspectors came home with the worst results in five years.
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22 April 2008
Today in Ljubljana, EU Commissioner for Science and Research Janez Potočnik opened the Transport Research Arena 2008 Conference and Expo, together with Radovan Žerjav, Slovenian Minister for Transport.
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21 April 2008
Capturing carbon dioxide at source from vehicles in the transportation sector and small-scale power plants could significantly cut overall carbon emissions to the atmosphere in the short-term.
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17 April 2008
iCars Network coordinated by the FIA European Bureau holds first partner meeting in Brussels.
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16 April 2008
Low Emission Zones have so far appeared in over 70 cities and towns in Europe where the most polluting vehicles are regulated. But are such zones effective?
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15 April 2008
Wilfried Klanner (1942) was born in Vienna, Austria, and studied Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Munich. His doctors thesis was made on a study on Diesel engines.
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15 April 2008
EU citizens will soon be better protected from the negative health effects of fine dust particles, thanks to a new directive on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe.
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15 April 2008
Events in schools multiply considerably.
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11 April 2008
Implementation must remain in hands of local authorities
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10 April 2008
Transport in the EU27 - Road accounts for almost three quarters of total freight transport
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09 April 2008
Preliminary figures released by the FIA point to an unexpected slowdown or even turnaround in the reduction of road deaths. Governments need to step up action if they want to meet safety targets.
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08 April 2008
Take-up of intelligent car technologies remains very low, given their potential, says the Transport Committee in a report adopted on Tuesday.
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07 April 2008
Commissioner Viviane Reding today presented driver training certificates to eight EU citizens who had played the Intelligent Car Quiz.
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07 April 2008
The Commission has decided to send to Malta a formal request to amend its car registration tax rules which discriminate against second-hand cars brought into Malta from other Member States.
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07 April 2008
FIA member Automobile Club of Luxembourg ACL offers driver training to Intelligent Car Quiz winners.
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02 April 2008
Spring brings renewal and this spring in parliament MEPs will be considering a new Commission directive on renewable energy.
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02 April 2008
The FIA welcomes the increased role of biofuels in the EU’s Climate Change and Energy policy. But biofuels should not come at any economical, social and environmental costs.
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02 April 2008
Plug-in hybrids and battery electric vehicles offer a promising pathway to a sustainable transport future that reduces risks of climate catastrophe and possible conflict over dwindling oil resources, a new WWF analysis has found.
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31 March 2008
“Clubs must defend mobility in the current policy debates over internalizing the so-called external costs of traffic.” That is the conclusion of a two-day workshop on road charging held in Barcelona.
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31 March 2008
FIA clubs want real action from the EU on unsafe cars being imported into Europe.
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28 March 2008
Climate change: Continued momentum needed as formal negotiations on new UN climate agreement get under way.
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27 March 2008
Driving through a city in the same manner as through the countryside, avoiding acceleration and thus cutting CO2 emissions: this may be possible thanks to car-embedded software.
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27 March 2008
Almost all West-European countries now levy some form of CO2 tax on passenger cars.
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25 March 2008
Europe's road transport has made a clear contribution to economic growth, but its environmental performance is still unacceptable.
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21 March 2008
ISO develops new management system standard for improving road safety on global level.
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20 March 2008
The new ordinance governing pollutant groups for motor vehicles comes into force in March 2007.
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20 March 2008
EU should level the playing field and amend its proposed road safety directive to include all traffic offences.
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19 March 2008
Equal treatment of resident and non-resident drivers.
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18 March 2008
Ahead of celebrating international consumer day, Meglena Kuneva explains how consumer policy can help translate the commission’s ideas into everyday language.
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14 March 2008
Euro NCAP today releases results for its assessment of the modified Nissan Navara.
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07 March 2008
Sustainable motoring needs to become a shared responsibility between industry, policy makers and mobile consumers.
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07 March 2008
Taking advantage of its excellent government contacts during a period in which Slovenia holds the six-month rotating EU Presidency, national club AMZS has been campaigning hard for Electronic Stability Control (ESC).
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26 February 2008
Euro NCAP is happy to announce that it is now testing ‘pick-up’ vehicles.
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25 February 2008
We, the undersigned organisations (representing a broad range of road users, road safety organisations, public authorities, infrastructure operators and industries), welcome the proposal for a Directive on Road Infrastructure Safety Management.
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21 February 2008
Newest FIA research confirms figures released last September showing an unexpected slowdown in the improvement of road safety in Europe.
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