EU regulation related to the Automotive Industry focuses on strengthening the competitiveness of the European automotive industry by implementing an effective internal market regulatory framework of technical requirements, as well as enhancing co-ordination of policy areas affecting the sector. In order to make recommendations for better regulation ‘enhancing global competitiveness and employment, while sustaining further progress in safety and environmental performance at a price affordable for the consumer’, a high-level group called CARS 21 was set up in 2005. The article gives an overview of the latest European legislative instructions, their effect on the automotive industry and features the solution options ranging from vehicle-level technologies to energy resources. 

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