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Empirical Study to Estimate the Economic Effects of the Introduction of PTI in Punjab (Pakistan)

Dr. Wolfgang H. Schulz and Mr. Oliver Franck from the Corporate Management & Economics, Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen, Germany recently published in the Open Transportation Journal their findings on the effects of roadworthiness testing on the reduction of traffic accidents and fatalities in the Pakistani state of Punjab. (more…)

UNRSC SIDE EVENT – Halving Road Deaths and Injuries by 2030

In the framework of The second United Nations Global Sustainable Transport Conference (14-16 October 2021 - Beijing, China) the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration (UNRSC) will host a side event, on 15th October 2021 from 16:15 to 17:30 (CEST) entitled “Halving Road Deaths and Injuries by 2030:  the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030”.   (more…)

A new CITA Member from Africa

 MAYELIA is a technical control company that has been accredited by the State of Ivory Cost to support it in its road safety policy (decree nn°0079 MT CAB DGTTC of February 12 2019 on the provision of services automotive technical control). Their services are:
  • Technical visit
  • Technical diagnosis
  • Sale of the car and motorcycle sticker tax
  • Identification of new vehicles
  • and from October, they will start "CIVIO" the Identification Control of Imported Used Vehicles.
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Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2021/1717

Yesterday (27/09/2021), the Official Journal of the European Union has published the amending Directive 2014/45/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the updating of certain vehicle category designations and the addition of eCall to the list of test items, methods, reasons for failure and assessment of deficiencies in Annex I and Annex III to that Directive. (more…)

“Emissions Tampering”

More than 80 participants logged on to the web event organised by CITA in collaboration with Applus Iteuve last Thursday, 9 September. The objective of the webinar was to show the experience of purchasing a commercially available AdBlue tampering device, installing it in a Euro VI truck and verifying the results from both an OBD and emissions monitoring perspective. The research was conducted by Applus Idiada in the vicinity of its headquarters near Barcelona, Spain. (more…)