- has introduced a provision in the Euro 5 proposal[48] whereby vehicle manufacturers are obliged to provide unrestricted, standardised access to vehicle repair and maintenance information to independent repairers through web-sites in a format developed by a technical committee of stakeholders (OASIS format)

As a result of the failure of the discussions, on 23 October 2000, the European industry (CESA) submitted a complaint under the Trade Barriers Regulation (TBR), concerning allegations of subsidies to the shipbuilding sector in Korea.

In its complaint of 24 October, the European shipbuilding industry, represented by the Committee of European Union Shipbuilders Associations (CESA), complains about adverse trade effects and injury suffered by Community shipbuilders resulting from subsidies conferred by Korea to its shipbuilding industry.

On 24 October, in view of Korea's failure to comply with its undertakings and introduce the mechanism described above, the EU industry, represented by CESA (the Committee of European Union Shipbuilders Associations), which has suffered for years as a result of the Korean practices, accordingly lodged a complaint under the TBR against the subsidies to Korean shipyards in difficulty.

2. Recalls the 24-year history of pedestrian-friendly car fronts to date, with EU and national funding of research in this field, the work of the European Enhanced Vehicle-Safety Committee (EEVC) and its different working groups, contradictory benefit studies by several national road safety institutes on one side and the European Association of Automotive Manufacturers (ACEA) on the other, debates on test methods, the presentation at a relatively early stage of cars which to a considerable extent already meet the EEVC criteria, the ab ...[+++]orted attempts by the Commission to come forward with a legislative proposal and the subsequent promises in various communications to attempt again to propose a legislative act, and European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro-NCAP) tests in which most cars performed rather poorly;

The discussions which have taken place with the Association of European Car Manufacturers on the commitment of the industry have been based on the following objectives: first of all, attaining the objectives proposed by the EEVC committee which deals with the improvement of European vehicle safety; secondly, implementing measures to improve the safety of pedestrians in the short and medium term; thirdly, adopting new and improved technology which will effectively improve the safety of pedestrians; and fourthly, finding an innovative solution in which passive and active safety features will be combined.