ニュースリリース- 2006年09月21日Global Commercial Vehicle Industry MeetingHANOVER 20 September 2006 European, Japanese and U.S. Heavy-Duty-Vehicle and Engine manufacturers underlined the need of UN/ECE to address fuel quality and the importance of a positive outcome of the ongoing discussions on Global Technical Regulations. Hanover, Germany, 20 September 2006. "The commercial vehicle and engines industry has achived significant results in improving the environmental performance of their products. Now we need to emphasise the global availability of high-quality fuels as a significant condition for further progress." This was said today by Paolo Monferino, the CEO of IVECO SpA, who chaired the the 4th Global Commercial Vehicle Industry Meeting in Hannover. "Furthemore, future progress in environmental performance, safety and efficiency of road transport requires sustained cooperation between industry, government and vehicle users in order to maintain the high level of achievements in the past", Monferino added. The meeting in Hannover brought together the chief executives of the world's leading manufacturers of heavy-duty vehicles and engines from Europe, Japan and the United States to discuss challenges facing the industry. Similar meeting were previously held in Amsterdam, Tokyo and Chicago in 2003, 2004 and 2005. In today's meeting, the executives also focused on actions to achive necessary harmonisation in several policy fields and explored future global challenges for truck transportation. Fuel Quality Although there has been some difference of opinion among members of WP29, the prevailing view seems to be that the issue of market fuel quality does not currently fall within the scope of WP29 and the 1958 and 1998 agreements. Therefore, for UN regulation of market fuel quality to be achieved, some structural change would have to take place. This might involve a revision of the agreements to include motor vehicle fuel quality within their scope, together with the consequent expansion of participation and consultation as necessary and appropriate. An official request from the global automotive industry to UN/ECE to deal with the "Fuel Quality" issue was handed over to Mr Gauvin. Global Technical Regulations Therefore, the participants encourage their respective governments to agree and to adopt, as soon as possible fully harmonised Global Technical Regulations on Emissions Certification Testing, On Board Diagnostics and on Off-cycle emissions, thereby benefiting the environment, consumers, and heavy vehicle manufacturers. Challenges Facing Truck Transportation in the Future To address these issues, the participants agreed to establish working groups to; study the feasibility and prospects for harmonized methods for assessing CO2 emissions; to identify effective ways to promote incentives for safety technologies, and; to review prospects for alternative fuels to practicably reduce the need for oil. Intellectual Property The participants agreed with the consensus reached at the 4th Global Automotive Industry meeting that; i) strengthening appeals to governments to treat the fight against counterfeit automotive products as a priority issue, and ii) achieving greater consumer awareness of the fact that the majority of low-quality counterfeit products harbour the potential of exerting serious impact on health and safety, are two effective countermeasures for further protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights. Moreover, an agreement was reached that the Commercial Vehicle Manufacturers will join the Working Group on Intellectual Property establised in February 2006. The Working Group will examine specific measures for counterfeit issues that can be implemented globally by focusing on systematic action and information sharing. Next Meeting Members and staff of the the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA), Truck Manufacturers Association (TMA) and Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA) participated also in the meeting.
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