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INDUSTRY NEWS
ALTERNATIVE FUELS SAFETY
EU LABELS FRENCH TECHNICAL
FOR ALTERNATIVE FUELS
INSPECTION MORE SEVERE
EU Directive 2014/94/EU on the deployment of alternative
fuels infrastructure requires EU member states and EEA New rules have been applied to the technical inspection
states to improve the information given to consumers who of commercial vehicles and trucks. Controls become
are faced with a choice of fuels for their vehicle. To that even more severe: 610 failures at 133 checkpoints
end, a CEN standard (*) has drawn up common symbols, instead of 459 failures at 123 checkpoints for light
or ‘fuel identifiers’, that will be placed on new vehicles and vehicles and 820 failures at 195 checkpoints instead
fuel pumps. These identifiers must be in place by October of 1,451 failures at 306 control points for heavy goods
this year, and will become increasingly visible in the run up vehicles. In 2017, 25.37 million passenger cars and
to this date. light commercial vehicles were inspected at the 6,347
approved centers. Over the same period, 1.17 million
INFRASTRUCTURES trucks participated in the same exercise in the 384
approved facilities.
THE CHANNEL TUNNEL
IN THE EU ECONOMY
A report edited by Eurotunnel and consultancy firm EY
shows for the first time the detail of traffic flows managed by
Eurotunnel between the UK and its five principal European
partners (Germany, France, the Netherlands, Spain, and
Ireland). The total amount of trade passing through the
Tunnel each year has increased to almost €140 billion, with
imports and exports being almost equal. This represents
hundreds of thousands of jobs on both sides of the Channel
and this value has increased significantly over the last two
years. In addition, millions of passengers also use the Tunnel,
both with their cars and by train.
TOLL IN EUROPE
DKV LAUNCHES
AN INTEROPERABLE BOX
IN SEVERAL EUROPEAN
COUNTRIES
DKV is preparing to launch a new electronic toll
box, which should be interoperable progressively in
Belgium, Austria, France, Germany, Spain, and
Portugal by 2019. Technically, the housing and the
European Electronic Toll System (SET) were designed
and manufactured by Siemens. The test phase is
planned for summer 2018, and the delivery of the first
boxes is planned for next September.
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