Inauguration of the Vehicle Market Surveillance Laboratory

The Vehicle Market Surveillance Laboratory serves the European Commission in its task to organise and carry out tests and inspections to verify that vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units comply with the relevant environmental and safety requirements.

Programme

• Welcome and introduction by Directors Piotr Szymanski (JRC), followed by a time lapse video of the construction of the facility
• Inauguration speech by Commissioner Breton: Background and political need of Market Surveillance. What is the role of the European Commission?”
• Video clips:
  Vehicle Safety Testing
  Portable Emission Measurement System
• Views and expectationsby representatives of the European Parliament and the Council Working Party (TBC)
• Official opening moment
• Walk through and demonstration of facility capabilities and discussions with laboratory staff

Registration

The physical event is on invitation only, but the virtual event will be open to all. Registration is not needed. 

Background

In response to the Dieselgate scandal that revealed that real driving emissions in some cases far exceeded values measured in the legislative certification test, the European Union adopted the Regulation (EU) 2018/858 on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles.

This regulation significantly overhauls and tightens the previous system of type approval by introducing a mandatory market surveillance of motor vehicles. It also improves the quality and independence of vehicle type-approval and testing, increases checks of cars already on the EU market and strengthens the overall system with greater European oversight.

Useful links

Vehicle Market Surveillance Laboratory (europa.eu)

Automotive industry (europa.eu)