There have been some premature victory statements made recently in the media regarding the EU proposal mentioned in our previous Armageddon article. Strange there can any victory as the issues we highlighted were dismissed as non existent and scaremongering at the time?
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The European Commission and roadworthiness
September 17th saw the first of many meetings at the EU surrounding the proposals of Roadworthiness we reported about in our earlier articles, “Armageddon” & “50 Shades of Grey”.
Siim Kallas: Vice president of the European Commission for Transport gave his opening address, one poignant point to ACE was his statement on the nature of historic vehicles and modifications:
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Put your pitchforks away and go home?
Put your pitchforks away and go home, modified vehicles are safe - Armageddon is averted. At least that’s what some people think!
European parliament procedure is, it seems, even more complicated than we realised.
When the EU Roadworthiness document came to our attention it was perceived as requiring immediate attention, with September 5th deadline given by DfT for input into their questionnaire. This is also the date widely being used by other countries for their deadline for stakeholder input.
It now appears, based on articles on other sites that the legislation is further away than was first feared.
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