The Council also recommends regularly issuing alerts for stolen vehicles and registration certificates in the Schengen Information System (SIS) and, where possible, in Interpol's stolen motor vehicle database.

The Council also recommends regularly issuing alerts for stolen vehicles and registration certificates in the Schengen Information System (SIS) and, where possible, in Interpol's stolen motor vehicle database.

Issuing alerts for stolen vehicles and registration certificates

1 COM(91) 243-244 - 2 - The recommendations are as follows: MAXIMUM CO CONTENT ------------------------------------------ PETROL-ENGINED INSPECTION If stated by If not stated by VEHICLES the manufacturer the manufacturer ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Not equipped Visual Content stated CO: 4.5% by volume with a by the manufacturer for pre-1986 three-way + a tolerance of vehicles catalytic of 0.5% by volume converter CO: 3.5% by volume for post- 1986 vehicles ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Equipped with a Visual three-way catalytic converter: . at idl ...[+++]ing speed Content stated 0.5% by volume by manufacturer . at 2000 rev/min 0.3% by volume 0.3% by volume ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT DIESEL-POWERED INSPECTION ------------------------------------ VEHICLES Stated by Not stated by manufacturer manufacturer --------------------------------------------------------------------- Measurements of Manufacturer's 2.5 m-1 to exhaust smoke figure 3.5 m-1 density + 0.5 m-1 tolerance - - - The second proposal defines which brake-system components are to be tested on commercial vehicules, plus the causes of malfunctions.

While vehicle theft by organized groups is a national problem, the major urban areas of Quebec and Ontario are particularly hard hit (29) According to 2002 data, Montréal(30) and Halifax (respectively 354 and 151 unrecovered stolen vehicles per 100,000 inhabitants) had the highest rates (31) Luxury cars and trucks are most often the target of organized groups (32) Lastly, automobile dealerships (41%) and private residences (34%) are the preferred locations where criminal organizations find the vehicles they are looking for (33) Since sought-after vehicles are often protected by high-tech anti-theft systems, thieves sometimes steal the keys by breaking into ...[+++] private homes and dealerships, thus causing a series of offences.

While vehicle theft by organized groups is a national problem, the major urban areas of Quebec and Ontario are particularly hard hit (28) According to 2002 data, Montréal(29) and Halifax had the highest rates (respectively, 354 and 151 unrecovered stolen vehicles per 100,000 inhabitants) (30)