UEIL News
Diesel Gate, the upside At the time of writing Volkswagen is in the midst of its worst crisis in its history. Accused and found guilty of manipulating diesel emissions test in the United States.
After the company admitted to using manipulation software in type-approval testing, things went quickly downhill from there.
Within a week the scandal also hit Europe as it became known that 11 million vehicles on our continent might also not comply with emission limit values laid down in our Euro 5 & 6 directives.
While in the US, diesel is a niche market for passenger cars, Europe is the diesel continent. The impact of this scandal will be felt here for a long time as a result.
So what might all this mean for the Lubricant sector? In the short term it is likely that other automotive makes and brands will also be subjected to increased conformity testing both in the US and Europe. Diesel technology in cars might have seen its peak in 2015.
Will diesel disappear altogether in passenger cars? This is unlikely but it might be limited to bigger car models of 2.0 ltr and up, going forward. In short, those vehicles that can accommodate the higher costs of making them tail pipe emission proof.
Our regulators have also woken up as a result of the scandal. It is very likely that the automotive sector will be subjected to more regulatory oversight going forward.
The EU as a result is actively contemplating setting up a central European Type approval authority, with a mandate to apply sanctions on OEMs if they do not comply with EU rules and regulations.
Now that might bode well for our sector as this Agency might prove to be instrumental in getting Access to Technical Information.
Although legally required since 2008 OEMs have proved difficult in complying with obligation as well.
Taxation
The UEIL Board of Directors has decided to focus its main activities of the Taxation Campaign on the European Commission Working Group on the revision of the CN codes and refining the current tracking and tracing rules as the negotiations on the Energy Taxation Directive have stopped since the European Commission has decided on 16 December 2014 to withdraw this proposal as no progress could be achieved within the Council.
The last Commission Working Group on the revision of the CN codes took place on 16 and 17 April 2015, where Rod Pesch represented the interests of UEIL. UEIL will be invited at the next Commission work Group on the revision of the CN codes where UEIL will clarify further its position.
UEIL 2016 ANNUAL CONGRESS We are glad to announce that the UEIL 2016 Annual Congress will take place between 20-22 October 2016 in… BERLIN (Germany)! We hope to count on your presence!
Don’t hesitate to reach out to the UEIL Secretariat for more information regarding: - speaking opportunities - sponsorship deals - programme committee participation
info@ueil.org
LINK
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Technical & Competition Committee The Technical Committee and the Competition Committee have issued 2 OEM Bulletins since the last Newsletter: • Komatsu Limited - August 2015 • Jaguar Land Rover - September 2015
The 2 OEM Bulletins can be accessed on the UEIL website:
www.ueil.org --> WHAT WE DO --> OEM and Technical Bulletins.
The Technical Committee is currently investigating: • Agricultural - 1 Case • Industrial - 1 Case • Off Highway - 4 Cases • PCMO - 5 Cases
The next Technical Committee meeting will be held in Brussels in January 2016.
In addition UEIL will continue to closely monitor the positions of Poland and Lithuania as both EU Member States could still ask to continue negotiations to include lubes under EMCS under the Excise Committee in Council.
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LUBE MAGAZINE NO.130 DECEMBER 2015
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