In Germany, the particle number measurement for diesel vehicles was announced in 2017 as part of an amendment to the guideline for carrying out the examination of vehicle exhaust gases (AU guideline).
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Periodic Technical Inspection plays a crucial role in ensuring road safety, reducing emissions, promoting compliance with regulations, preventing breakdowns, and maintaining the overall health and reliability of vehicles.
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Brussels – The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) has awarded its 2023 Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Award to Poland for the first time. The country cut road deaths by 47% between 2012 and 2022, a rate only bettered by Lithuania, last year’s winner. The EU average reduction was 22%.
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(31 May 2023. Wien, Austria) CITA, represented by its President Gerhard Müller, took part in the signing of a memorandum of understanding together with the President of Korean transport safety authority Mr. Yongbok Kwon, Mr. Gerald Lackner CEO of AVL DiTEST and Susanne Kaiser from the Austrian Road Safety Board.
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Within the framework of the Global Road Safety Week, declared by the United Nations, the Gonzalo Rodriguez Foundation (FGR) in coordination with PAHO/WHO representation in Uruguay and the support of CITA and the National Road Safety Unit (UNASEV), organized the meeting “Re-pensar la Movilidad” (Rethinking mobility), to work towards an active and safety mobility in Uruguay.
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Mr. Patrick Fruth, CEO of TÜV SÜD Mobility - member of CITA, was among the participants of a German delegation of business representatives who met the President of the Commission, Mrs. von der Leyen, in Brussels last 28 March.
On behalf of CITA, Mr. Fruth was able to deliver the open letter on the subject of vehicle data access, underlining that sector-specific European legislation on access to on-board data is urgently needed and crucial for sovereign vehicle inspections.
(Brussels. 20/03/2023) The European Commission yesterday published a recommendation containing guidelines for particle number ("PN") concentration testing during periodic technical inspection ("PTI").
Based on existing methods developed by certain Member States, the findings of laboratory tests carried out by the Joint Research Centre of the Commission as well as a consultation of the Commission’s Roadworthiness Expert Group, this paper represents a first step towards harmonised PN measurement during roadworthiness testing.
This Commission’s recommendation defines requirements related to the PN measuring equipment and procedure, metrological and technical requirements, and recommends a pass/fail limit. The guidelines should be applied to all M and N category vehicles equipped with compression ignition engines and diesel particulate filters:
CITA call on the European Commission, via an open letter to its President Ms. Ursula von der Leyen, to come forward with a draft sector-specific legislation on access to in-vehicle data and functions, crucial for sovereign tasks.
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The UNECE Inland Transport Committee (ITC) is celebrating its 85th plenary session this week (21 to 24 February 2023) in Geneva, under the general theme: “Actions of the inland transport sector to join the global fight against climate change”.
This theme provide an opportunity to reflect on the unique assets of the Committee, highlighting its value added and underlining its future potential in curbing greenhouse gas emissions trends from inland transport in a disaster-hit global economy due to the impacts of climate change regionally and globally.
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