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The benefits of eCall are recognized by all: the citizens consider it as one of the most wanted eSafety systems in the car, and over 70% of the respondents say that they would like to have it in their next car, according to a recent Eurobarometer study[6]. eCall deployment is supported by the industry, European Parliament, European Commission, user organisations and by some Member States.

In view of the above-mentioned arguments, the Commission considers that although a DOC and a DPF belong, together with the other components (for instance, Lean NOx Trap, the purpose of which is to reduce the NOx in the exhaust gas) to a diesel passenger car’s or light duty truck’s after-treatment/diesel emission control system, the mere fact that they exist next to each other in the same exhaust line or influence each other’s development does not make them substitutes from the demand side and/or supply side viewpoint, as these are two separate components with different characteristics, prices and intended use. Moreover, as regards substi ...[+++]tutability on the supply side, there are differences in the production processes of the DOC and DPF substrates, leading to the conclusion that there is no substitutability between DOC substrates and DPF substrates on the supply side.

According to the expectations of car manufacturers and automotive suppliers, DOC and DPF will remain separate devices installed next to each other in the gas exhaust line (29).

Even the coated DPF that uses the substrate produced by IBIDEN HU does not have the full functionality of a DOC, since it only serves the purpose of providing sufficient temperature for the burning-off the soot, but it does not have the same purification effect as a full-function DOC. They indicate that, according to the expectations of many car manufacturers and automotive suppliers, a DOC and a DPF will remain separate devices installed next to each other in the gas exhaust line.

We know that the car companies will continue to make and must make huge investments in the next generation of lighter and more fuel-efficient cars that we want, and our colleague from the Green Party made that point earlier; but those investments will come from profits – there is not going to be any state subsidy for those – and what we want are profitable car companies.

The recent voluntary agreement reached with the European car industry should contribute to curbing CO2 emissions from individual cars over the next decade.