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We are pleased to announce the publication of the on-line CITA Newsletter – December 2011 Edition, with a main focus on "CITA's Mid and Long Term Action Plan for Europe".

This on-line publication can be consulted on the secure CITA website, Members Only.
For easy access "click here" and log in with your username and password.

Enjoy reading this December 2011 edition.

The presentations given at the TEDDIE Stakeholder meeting held on 8 Nov. 2011 are now published on the CITA webpage for the TEDDIE study

TEDDIE is a study about future inpections methods for diesel engines and will be finalized by end 2011.

Stakeholders meeting - TEDDIE (TEst (D) DIEsel) Study

TEDDIE is a one year project being funded by the European Commission Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) under a service contract. The study is coordinated by CITA and other partners of the consortium being DEKRA, GOCA, IERC, Oliver Hatton, Peter Stricker, SGS, TRL, TÜV Nord Mobilität

A stakeholders meeting is being organized at DG MOVE in Brussels, Belgium on 8 Nov. 2011 for which invitations have been send out by the CITA Secretariat and DG MOVE.

More details are available on the CITA webpage about the TEDDIE study. The final report of the study will also be published on this webpage early next year.

Upcoming CITA events are notified on the CITA website under the "CITA EVENTS CALENDAR".

We are pleased to announce the publication of the on-line CITA Newsletter – July 2011 Edition, with a main focus on L-category vehicles inspections.

This on-line publication can be consulted on the secure CITA website, Members Only.
For easy access "click here" and log in with your username and password.

We hope you enjoy reading this edition

The CITA News Team

The European Commission, DGMOVE, Directorate General Mobility and Transport Unit D/3 "Road Safety" has published an internet public consultation on Periodical Technical Inspections (PTI) for motor vehicles and their trailers.

Internet portal access at http://ec.europa.eu/transport/road_safety/take-part/public-consultations/pti_en.htm

Consultation period 30 July - 24 Sept.

The 2011 CITA Conference and General Assembly will take place from 4 - 6 May 2011 in Berlin, Germany and hosted by VdTÜV.

The Conference theme – “Continuous Compliance – the Vehicle Inspection Contribution” has been chosen to give CITA members, and other key stakeholders with responsibilities for mandatory technical vehicle inspection and roadworthiness enforcement, the opportunity to discuss the issues surrounding this  important topic and to explore ways of increasing the contribution made by vehicle inspection to this key objective for roadworthiness enforcement .

Main events:

More details will be published on the CITA website in due time together with online registration.

Four regulatory documents on Periodical Technical Inspections and Roadside Inspections of vehicles and their trailers were published in the Official Journal of the European Union, L173 of 8 July 2010, with the two Directives coming into force on the 20^th of that month:

Periodical technical Inspections of motor vehicles and their trailers

a.       Commission Directive 2010/48/EU of 5 July 2010 amending European Parliament and Council Directive 2009/40/EC of 6 May 2009

-          With the exception of paragraph 3 of Annex II, Member States must comply with the provisions of this Directive by 31 Dec. 2011

-          Member States must comply with paragraph 3 of annex II (about a Roadworthiness Certificate) by 31 Dec. 2013.

b.      Commission Recommendation 2010/378/EU of 5 July 2010

-          Member States are recommended to use these assessment guidelines to categorize the seriousness of failure.

Technical Roadside Inspections of commercial  vehicles

a.       Commission Directive 2010/47/EU of 5 July 2010 amending European Parliament and Council Directive 2000/30/EC of 6 June 2000

-          Members States must comply by 1 Jan. 2012

b.      Commission Recommendation 2010/379/EU of 5 July 2010

-          Member States are recommended to use these assessment guidelines to categorize the seriousness of failure.

A first explanatory note by the CITA Secretariat together with the full text documents are available under the "Members Only" section of this website under "EU legislation".

The TEG (Technical Expert Group) under CITA's work topic area on "Continuous Compliance" will give further lead in evaluating the impact of the changes associated with these four regulatory publications. CITA members will be contacted to identify further questions and issues to develop a collective understanding.  A Working Group meeting will be organised after having collected the feedback from members to shave views on the outcomes.

Don’t hesitate to contact the CITA Secretariat secretariat@cita-secretariat.org if you have any questions regarding these four documents.

The May 2010 CITA Newsletter is now available to view online. It can be read online by clicking on the members quick access link " CITA News "

CITA Working Groups are being reorganised under 5 new topics areas, each with a small number of sub-topics areas. The policy and best practice development activities for these topic areas will be coordinated under the Regional Advisory Group for Europe. A Policy Expert (PE) will be leading each topic area assisted by 1 or 2 Technical Experts (TE) for each sub-topic area. All CITA members will be able to contribute to CITA's work through these Working Groups.

Five topics areas together with their Policy Experts were approved by the CITA Bureau Permanent at its 132^nd meeting held on 17 March 2010.

• Safety Systems
  • PE: Thomas Aubel, Executive Vice President Mobility, TÜV Rheinland Group, Germany
• Evironmental Protection Systems
  • PE: Axel Richter, Director Automotive & International and Head of the Institute of Vehicle Technology, TÜV Nord Mobilität, Germany
• Standardized Inspection Outcomes
  • PE: Bernard Bourrier, CEO, Autovision, France
• Continuous Compliance
  • PE: Thomas Klukas, Vice-President, SGS, Switserland
• Information Systems
  • PE: Eduard Fernandez, Technical Director, Applus Ateuve, Spain

More details

More details for CITA Members

The VOSA Effectiveness Report 2008/2009 is now available for downloading on our Statistics page.