Brussels 9/07/2010 - Car production and demand in the EU rebounded in the
first  months of 2010 compared to the very low levels of 2009. The trend,
however,  slowed  as  the  year  progressed  and  the impact of temporary
factors faded. Contrary to passenger cars, production of heavy trucks was
still down in the first quarter of 2010.

These  and other figures can be found in the latest ACEA Economic Report,

Deploring the European Parliament's approval of the EU-US financial data agreement (SWIFT), as "a violation of the fundamental rights of innocent Europeans", GUE/NGL MEP Rui Tavares said that the content of the agreement essentially remained the same since MEPs rejected it five months ago and vowed to challenge the deal in the European Court of Justice.

 “Single number CO2 labels make no sense” – this is a principal conclusion of a new study1 carried out for ANEC by the Öko-Institut (Germany).

With climate change high up on the political and business agendas, product carbon footprinting (PCF) has become fashionable. Consequently, an increasing number of CO2 or climate protection labels are being developed by retailers and producers for products such as foods.

The IRU regrets that the European Institutions did not reach a compromise agreement in second reading on the passenger rights regulation and calls for a reasonable conciliation procedure for balanced and practicable rules to be agreed upon.