China working on tyre labelling rules

ERJ staff report (DS)

Yantai, China -- A second report on the CRIA website discusses the meeting held in Yantai on 15 - 16 September focussed on the forthcoming legislative changes to the EU's tyre regulations. The report said in translation, "To this end, setting up a working group of Chinese tyre labeling law is urgent," and should be done as soon as possible.

This report confirms the details of the meeting and highlighted research by the Shanghai Tire group indicating that 30 perent of Chinese-made truck tyres do not reach the minimum standards for rolling resistance in the EU, due to be imposed from 1 November 2012. These standards are dur to be tightened in 2016, and over half of current Chinese truck tyres do not meet the 2016 limits.

The report re-iterated a strong demand from Chinese authorities that Chinese tyre makers should urgently improve the rolling resistance of their tyres. it highlighted some of the measures being taken to make this happen. The report said in translation that China's Rubber Association of Technical and Economic Committee should, "establish and implement the Chinese tyre labeling, tyre as soon as possible."

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Chinese-language report on CRIA website

Above report auto-translated from Chinese