June 30th, 2008
CEN have confirmed that work on the development of the new European Standards in the domain of information modelling for road vehicles will be dealt with in CEN TC 301 Road Vehicles, under the secretariat of AFNOR. Mandate M/421, issued by the European Commission, requests that organizations with particular interest in the manufacture, servicing, repair and maintenance of vehicles be invited to participate in the work.
The next meeting of CEN/TC 301 will take place on 8th July 2008 in Frankfurt.
June 5th, 2008
The EC has published an evaluation report representing its preliminary views on the functioning of Regulation 1400/2002, the BER. Issued under the title of Commission Evaluation Report on the Operation of Regulation (EC) N° 1400/2002 Concerning Motor Vehicle Distribution and Servicing, the report “… evaluates the impact of the BER on industry practices and the effects of those practices on competition in the markets for motor vehicle retailing and in after sales servicing within the EU, and is intended to prepare the ground for the regime that will follow the BER’s expiry on 31 May 2010”. (more…)
April 17th, 2008
The CEN Workshop agreement on Modelling for Automotive Repair Information Applications (MARIA) has now been published on the CWAs website, bringing to a conclusion the process initiated by the MYCAREVENT project in 2006. Activity now moves to the development of a full standard as mandated by the Euro 5 regulation, which is expected to get under way in the next few months.
March 15th, 2008
The formal mandate to start the process for the European standard referenced by the Euro 5 regulation has now been received by CEN, and will now be circulated to national standards bodies for approval. In the meantime, CEN is looking at the committee structure and business plan which will be required to take the mandate forward. Parties wishing to participate in the standardisation process should contact their national standards bodies for information about progress of the mandate, and the process for involvement
In the meantime, the final CWA version of MARIA is now available to members of the workshop on the CWA Livelink site (sign-on required).
