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EHA contributing to Cars 21 re-Launched November 10th

November 22, 2010

November 10, 2010 the European Commission re-launched the CARS 21 High Level Group with a new mission. Within the Cars 21 strucuture, EHA has been invited to join the Working Groups on Energy and Transport and Emissions.

The European Commission has asked the group to develop a common action plan and a vision for “a competitive EU automotive industry and sustainable mobility and growth in 2020 and beyond.” This will contribute to the EU strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, Europe 2020, to the flagship initiatives on resource efficiency and industrial policy and to the EU strategy for clean and energy efficient vehicles.

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The Clean Vehicles Portal, a new tool for public procurment of clean vehicles

November 18, 2010

A project of Intelligent Energy Europe and powered by TUV Nord, the Portal will be a tool which will facilitate the implementation of the Directive on the promotion of clean and energy-efficient road transport vehicles (2009/33/EC).

The directive creates mandatory obligation for the public procurement of road vehicles and has to be transposed into member state legislation by December 4, 2010. It is considered 1st step in internalization of external costs. Among the criterion imposed is energy consumption and CO2 tailpipe emissions.

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