Traduction de «Contrôleur de la qualité de moteurs d'automobile » (Français → Anglais) :

(5) Whereas Article 4 of Directive 94/12/EC requires that the Commission propose standards which will be enforced after the year 2000, according to a new multi-faceted approach, based on a comprehensive assessment of costs and efficiency of all measures aimed at reducing road transport pollution; whereas the proposal should, besides the tightening of car emission standards, include complementary measures such as an improvement in fuel quality and a strengthening of the motor-vehicle inspection and maintenance programme; whereas the proposal should be based on the establishm ...[+++]ent of air quality criteria and associated emission reduction objectives and an evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of each package of measures, taking into account the potential contribution of other measures such as traffic management, enhancement of urban public transport, new propulsion technologies or the use of alternative fuels; whereas, given the urgency of community action on the limitation of pollutant emissions by motor vehicles, the present proposals are also based on present or anticipated best available anti-pollution technologies which are liable to speed up the replacement of polluting motor vehicles;

Annex There have been a number of important developments since the 1994 communication:[3] - The Task Force on the "Car of tomorrow" has started its work. - The block exemption Regulation for the distribution of motor vehicles has been renewed. - Industrial cooperation agreements have been concluded with China and India. - The Korean and Japanese markets have been further opened to European imports. - Contacts between European suppliers and Japanese manufacturers have been enhanced at the JAMA-CLEPA business conference with the support of the European Union. - The regulatory work on type-approval, mandatory for all new types of passenger ...[+++]cars from 1996, has been completed. - The results of the Auto-Oil Programme, which is based on air quality targets for major European cities and a detailed cost-benefit assessment, have been published and used as a basis for new Commission proposals to reduce passenger car emissions. - New safety and environmental initiatives have been taken (e.g. front and side impact protection, safety belts in coaches). - A training network has been set up with funding from the FORCE programme, resulting in 53 proposals for specific, innovative training projects.