67a. ‘Powertrain’ means the components and systems of a vehicle that generate power and deliver it to the road surface, including the engine(s), the engine management systems or any other control module, the pollution control devices, the transmission and its control, either a drive shaft or belt drive or chain drive, the differentials, the final drive, and the driven wheel tyre (radius).

We have therefore intensified our efforts to scrutinise more thoroughly the proper execution of the Directive in all Member States and to ensure that it is more effectively enforced.

There is no problem, but it is clear – and I will submit a proposal to the Council along these lines – that consulates need to carry out more checks in terms of ascertaining visiting groups’ actual purposes of travel, since it is obvious that those who traffic women for sexual purposes declare, or make the women declare, false reasons.

(d) An uncommanded thrust/power loss, change or oscillation which is classified as a loss of thrust or power control (LOTC):

If the extent of poor maintenance requires a more detailed examination, the vehicle may be subjected to a closer inspection in an approved roadworthiness testing station.

At this stage it would also appear that any change to the Merger Regulation that would remove this imbalance is likely to require a significant change to the existing system of case allocation (work distribution) between the Commission and the NCAs, the attribution of significant additional Commission resources dedicated to treating all mergers with significant European cross-border effects and a more thorough review, not only of the existing turnover thresholds, but also of other substantive and procedural rules relating to the control of concentrations.