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29 July 2010
The FIA European Bureau is looking for a Projects Coordinator to coordinate its projects portfolio.
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29 July 2010
The EuroTAP 2010 results of inspections conducted this spring in 26 major tunnels in 13 European countries indicate that an alarming number of operational tunnels across Europe will not be ready to comply with EU tunnel safety rules when they come into effect in 2014.
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22 July 2010
The European Commission’s newly adopted Road Safety Strategy launches a new decade of action to reduce the number of road accidents, injuries and deaths over the next ten years.
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20 July 2010
The Commission adopted today the Road Safety Action plan for the next ten years.
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15 July 2010
Euro NCAP Advanced aims to provide car buyers with clear guidance about the safety benefits which these new technologies offer them and their families.
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07 June 2010
The Intelligent Speed Adaptation (ISA) also known as intelligent speed assistance tested in the so-called field operation tests (FOTs) is one of them.
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10 May 2010
The survey was launched following several FIA complaints to the Commission about the lack of transparency in the formation of fuel prices.
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30 April 2010
The EuroCouncil 2010 Declaration is "putting consumers at the heart of public policy”
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26 February 2010
FIA Eurocouncil Chairman, challenged Siim Kallas, to target unequivocal remedies for the road fatality and injury epidemic that persists on Europe’s highways.
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15 February 2010
The following overview is based on a clubs survey organised by the FIA European Bureau in 2009. It is based on 26 answers representing 24 countries from the European Union and beyond.
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25 January 2010
FIA clubs have a defining interest in the mobility of all, including senior and disabled people.
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18 January 2010
The FIA European Bureau held a follow-up workshop on fuel markets, competition and motoring taxation in Oslo (Norway), on the kind invitation of the Norges Automobil-Forbund (NAF).
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14 January 2010
While clubs play an important role in improving road safety at national level the FIA European Bureau has been working on developing a consolidated European strategy about the role that the European Union can play to support the efforts of member states .
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11 January 2010
Preliminary road safety figures released by the FIA European Bureau point to a continued reduction of both road fatalities and road injuries. However, governments must remain vigilant in order to maintain this positive trend.
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08 January 2010
FIA President Jean Todt visited the FIA European Bureau. During his visit he took the opportunity to make introductions with the bureau’s staff and gain first hand insights into the work conducted by the FIA in Europe’s capital.
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03 November 2009
The European Commission put forward its proposal for a Regulation setting emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles and minibuses. What's at issue?
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23 October 2009
One year after its relaunch, the FIA European Bureau's website has seen numbers of visitors more than quadruple.
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07 October 2009
The European Commission has promised a revision of Europe's so-called CO2 Labelling Directive. Technical Director Wilfried Klanner explains the main issues at hand for car drivers.
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08 September 2009
European Clubs have been waiting for the launch of a revamped EU road safety policy. Proposals could arrive in Spring 2010 for adoption before the end of next year.
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07 September 2009
Consumers must get the right information as to how much fuel their cars consume when using air-conditioning.
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03 September 2009
Following recent publication of the review of the general vertical restraints Block Exemption Regulation (VRBER), the FIA Eurocouncil called on Commissioner Neelie Kroes to maintain a specific regulation for the automotive sector.
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31 August 2009
Effective driver training is one way to reduce the number of accidents. FIA Eurocouncil is backing that contention thanks to clubs' special driver training programs, according to a recent survey of driver training at the national level.
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25 August 2009
The FIA right to repair campaign aims to protect aftermarket operators’ right to repair as well as the consumers’ right to have their vehicles serviced, maintained and repaired at the workshop of their choice.
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24 August 2009
The FIA European Bureau is involved in a range of projects. We'll update you on just four of them: FOT-Net, iCars Network, eSafetySupport and eSafetyAware.
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27 July 2009
Many Member States have responded to the current economic crisis with the introduction of scrapping schemes for vehicles. These give either premiums or other incentives to buyers to replace their existing old cars for new ones.
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08 July 2009
FIA Eurocouncil Chairman Werner Kraus met European Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes ahead of the formal adoption of policy documents determining the future of the Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation.
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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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30 June 2009
Talking about car propulsion and fuels of the future there is only one thing sure and that is that nothing is certain. However, looking at present developments it seems the competition is going to be between the electrical car and the one with hydrogen or fuel cell propulsion.
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23 June 2009
Education: the key to further safety progress Driver education is an important issue for motoring and touring clubs. It is seen by many as the key to gaining further progress in terms of road safety.
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18 May 2009
In a year of exceptionally tough competition the Automovel Club Portugal won the FIA Legal & Consumer Affairs Award 2009.
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18 May 2009
The FIA European Bureau has collected updated figures on road safety for 2008. Baltic countries have made impressive gains, whilst the EU's newest members slipped back. We examine efforts to reduce road fatalities.
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23 April 2009
South-east Europe is changing fast. Efforts to join the European Union are fuelling political changes across the board, not least in the area of transport and mobility.
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21 April 2009
Slovenia, fuel prices, tyres and road safety, Reinhard Rack MEP, comments on current mobility issues
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20 April 2009
European motorists have been sharing experiences and views about the Slovenian vignette system in an on-line survey made available in six languages by participating FIA clubs.
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17 April 2009
FIA's constant action against discriminatory motorway toll schemes is bearing fruit. But will a solution come before the 2009 summer holidays?
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13 March 2009
The Block Exemption Regulation forces vehicle manufacturers to disclose repair information on all motor vehicles.
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12 March 2009
Whilst the oil price per barrel has gone down, end prices for car drivers remain high. What explanations do clubs have?
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12 March 2009
Drivers are increasingly frustrated at the governments' who are targeting second-hand car imports to unfairly levy exorbitant registration taxes.
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12 March 2009
A European Road Safety Action Programme for 2011-2020 is currently in the making. FIA road safety experts took time out to brainstorm ways forward for road safety.
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12 March 2009
The European Commission wants to label tyres according to fuel efficiency. But is saving energy being balanced with safety and clear information for the motorists?
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06 March 2009
FIA spotlights eco-driving at Sustainable Energy Week – one of the EU's most important green policy events.
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03 March 2009
The Block Exemption Regulation forces vehicle manufacturers to disclose repair information on all motor vehicles.
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15 January 2009
New EU proposals aim to simplify the maze of consumer rights laws. Whilst generally welcoming the principle of better contractual rights for European consumers, FIA clubs call for new EU contractual law not to lower consumer protection levels.
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15 January 2009
The EU plans to come up with a new European Road Safety Action Programme for 2011-2020. Ahead of final adoption, late in 2009 or early 2010, FIA clubs used the Verona International Road Safety Exhibition, 20-21 November last, as a venue for brainstorming about ways forward for road safety.
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13 January 2009
FIA clubs have long pushed for greater mobility in Europe. Jovan Tegovski, vice-president of the Auto Moto Association of Macedonia, is following this same tradition. Based in Brussels, Jovan Tegovski is currently a special envoy of the Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council that brings together south-east European countries.
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12 January 2009
With more than 220 million cars on EU roads, Europe had to pass new legislation to get down CO2 emissions. But is the done deal something to rejoice about?
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12 January 2009
The year 2009 brings many changes to European politics, not least in the field of transport. We examine some of the major changes and challenges.
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21 November 2008
Haulage companies, freight transport federations, and heavy goods vehicle manufacturers have lobbied hard to promote the use of longer heavier vehicles (LHVs) – the so-called “monster trucks” or “giga liners”. But will this be good for European drivers?
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14 November 2008
The FIA calls for more to be done to safeguard mobility when assessing the Cars 21 high level conference.
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14 November 2008
Since 1 July 2008, a new motorway toll sticker “vignette” system for passenger cars and motorcycles is applicable in Slovenia.
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14 November 2008
The FIA has been warning policy makers of a slowdown, and even a turnaround, in the reduction of road deaths. We asked Region 1 staffers to explain the story behind the statistics.
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14 November 2008
EuroTest’s latest survey reveals that Europe’s roads are still too cluttered with road signs. Drivers remained confused.
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14 November 2008
Under the lead of ANWB the European FIA clubs organised the second edition of the EcoTour, based on the concept elaborated by some FIA clubs in the nineties. 14 clubs participated and so did the FIA European Bureau.
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29 September 2008
EcoTest is a test developed jointly by German automobile club ADAC together with the FIA Foundation. In use since 2003, EcoTest rates vehicles of various classes and sizes in order to give consumers key information when buying cars.
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29 September 2008
“Manufacturers must provide drivers with accurate and standardized data on the fuel consumption of mobile air-conditioning systems,” argues Wilfried Klanner from the FIA's European Bureau.
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29 September 2008
Automobile of Romania winners of the FIA Legal and Consumer Award 2008 Savour their visit to Silverstone 2008.
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29 September 2008
Increased motoring costs don't automatically equal a better environment!
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29 September 2008
Future car fleets will rely on a mixture of different propulsion technologies. In the near future, hybrid electric vehicles will increase their market share with plug-in-hybrids following. Second generation bio-fuels, battery electric vehicles and eventually hydrogen cars will also add further diversification.
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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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07 July 2008
On top of oil prices predicted to rise to over USD 200 per barrel, European car drivers face the world's highest fuel taxes. We look at how some clubs are reacting and what they propose doing to beat the price hike.
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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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03 July 2008
Bulgarian MEP Nickolay Mladenov is a member of the European Parliament's committee on internal market and consumer protection.
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24 June 2008
Starting in Barcelona on 13 September 2008 (with a prologue on 12 September 2008), the EcoTour will finish at The Hague on 19 September 2008, coinciding with the ANWB symposium “Towards Zero Emissions”.
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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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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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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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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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15 February 2008
The Presidency of the Council of the European Union is currently held by Slovenia for a period of six months.
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15 February 2008
FIA President Max Mosley called for the European Commission to honor its commitment to speeding up the widest availability of eSafety as a standard item on cars sold in Europe.
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15 February 2008
The European Parliament has finally adopted a decision backing the European Commission's proposal to end design protection for visible car spare parts such as such as body panels, bumpers, bonnets, car glass, lights and wings.
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15 February 2008
Much work still needs to be done towards make the strategy for CO2 reduction more comprehensive and integrated, even if the Commission's approach is basically sound.
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01 February 2008
In the world of tunnel operators and national road ministries, the European Tunnel Assessment Programme (EuroTAP) is a feared testing stone, separating the bad from the good.
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15 January 2008
The FIA, one of the founding members of Euro NCAP, recently held a conference titled “Euro NCAP, Beyond 5 Stars” to discuss and debate the future development of the European New Car Assessment programme.
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19 October 2007
European Traffic Law days debates Traffic accidents abroad
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08 March 2007
Car price differentials across EU remain overall stable
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05 March 2007
EU transport policy: success or failure?
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04 July 2006
Car taxation: Poland & Finland face infringement procedures
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30 June 2006
Import of 2nd-hand cars: Commission takes steps against MS
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22 June 2006
Commission releases Mid-term Review of Transport White Paper
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20 June 2006
Euro 5: TRAN and ITRE support Access to repair information
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19 June 2006
MEPs on Mid-Term Review of the Road Safety Action Programme
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09 June 2006
TRAN Council: vehicle & road infrastructure safety package
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