Parliamentary committee backs draft regulation on tyre labelling

ERJ staff report (DS)

Brussels -- From November 2012 all new tyres on sale in Europe will be classified and labelled for fuel efficiency, wet grip and noise performance, under a draft regulation backed by Industry Committee MEPs on Monday evening and scheduled for a plenary vote tomorrow (Wednesday).

A European Parliament Industry Committee on Monday unanimously backed a draft of the regulation agreed by MEPs and Council Presidency negotiators early in October. The committee vote is the last step before the plenary vote, scheduled for Wednesday.

From 1 November 2012, suppliers of tyres for passenger cars, light and heavy duty vehicles (C1, C2 and C3 tyres) will have to inform consumers about fuel efficiency, wet grip and noise classes in any technical promotional material, including web sites. Re-treaded tyres, off-road professional tyres and racing tyres will be exempt from this requirement.

Green lobby group Transport & Environment (T&E) said the compromise legislation is unenforceable, because it only requires that the label be "shown to the end user in the immediate proximity of the tyre before the sale of the tyre".

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