The Con joint US declaration Europe closes the war of duties but seems to open a chasm: can the cars produced in the States be sold in the Union even without adapting to our anti -pollution standards at all?
From 1 January 2035 it will no longer be possible to buy any petrol and diesel car in Europe, except for those with V8 engine and produced on US ground. This the incredible paradox to which he risks bringing the “joint declaration“Signed by USA and European Union to try to end the commercial war which saw Washington and Brussels opposed. A careful reading of the agreement suggests in fact disconcerting considerations. If formally President Donald Trump has in fact committed himself to reducing the duties to 15% on the cars import from the Union, we actually discover that these will remain at 27.5%at least up to an unspecified adoption of an “legislative recognition” by Community institutions. But even worse It is the reading of article 8 of the “joint declaration”. A few lines, whose literal interpretation could lead to automatically authorizing the import and sale in the union of vehicles from the States and approved according to different safety standardsbut above all responding to less severe Rules on the limitation of consumption and emissions. No comments so far by the President of the Ursula von der Leyen Commission, but the alarm has triggered, with the text of the “joint declaration” already under consideration by all experts in the sector. If the legal interpretation was confirmed, the reaction by public opinion would be inevitable.
the danger of the principle
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As often happens, the giant can hide in the shade of just two words. Everything revolves around the value to be attributed to the expression or not “mutual recognition“Used by Art’8:” As regards the automotive sector, the United States and the European Union intend to accept and recognize the respective standards mutually “. Words that certainly may have been used improperly, and therefore have no effect, or to have for what technically they meanand therefore weigh like an avalanche. Using the expressions “mutual recognition” in an official document of the European Union means in fact expressly recalling the principle provided for by Regulation 2019/515. It is that principle that protects the free movement of goods And which provides for how the products legally marketed in a Member State can also be sold in the other Member States regardless of whether or not respect the technical rules of individual countries. So they go on the market everywhere in the Union without changes or further homologations. Apply this principle also to car coming from the Statesthrough a few lines of a “joint declaration”, would mean instead open a colossal flaw In the entire mobility policy set and imposed by the community for the next few years.
sacrosanct questions
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No comments from Stellantisas indeed by General Motors And Ford. Automotive News is the first to consult the US builders, but it is precisely the absolute lack of official positions by companies that suggest that the activation of the “mutual recognition” between the USA and Europe can turn into one commercially tempting occasion. For example, it is not news that automatic emergency braking, assistance to maintaining the lane and pedestrian protection are safety devices requested for the approval of a car to be sold in the Union, but not mandatory for a vehicle marketed in the USA, to which the “mutual recognition” would open the road to our markets without the slightest update. A US products would then be granted a entrance to zero cost which becomes even more disturbing looking at environmental regulations increasingly stringent that in the last decade have conditioned the design and commercial diffusion of new cars, as well as theirs sensitive price increase. We refer to the Euro 7 regulations which bound the design of new combustion engines towards more severe limits in terms of emissions, but also to the whole Green Deal programand therefore to the roadmap which provides for a forced reduction of the CO2 emissionsa non -sensitive argument for the legislation in force in the States. The questions that await answers, at this point, are sacrosanct and simple. The “mutual recognition” principle will put the cars produced in the USA and sold in Europe Out of any rule? The community of limit their sale If not corresponding to the safety and control standards on emissions? The current forecast of stop to marketing in Europe of cars with thermal engine, even US, can be contrasted by Washington How limit to the free movement of goods? In a few lines of a “joint declaration” we have a chasm wide?
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