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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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13 July 2010
Major concerns over eSafety fittings in fleet cars are highlighted in a new report published today (13) at the eSafety Challenge 2010.
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30 June 2010
Before attending the eSafety Challenge in the UK next month, Euro NCAP presents an overview of its recent achievements and new objectives in car safety.
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18 June 2010
Andre Seeck, the first Euro NCAP President from Germany, has accepted chairmanship for the next term of two years.
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02 June 2010
Two new languages: Dutch and French. Euro NCAP intends to release further languages Catalan, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish and the Swedish.
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27 May 2010
FIA automobile clubs, welcome Commissioner Almunia’s decision to retain sector specific rules to regulate competition in Europe’s automotive sector.
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30 April 2010
EuroCouncil Declaration, 2010 - Putting mobile consumers at the heart of public policy
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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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02 November 2009
The FIA Eurocouncil is very disappointed by the latest proposal of the European Commission especially regarding the considerable delays in the implementation of LCV CO2 emission targets.
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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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