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EU introduces tire labeling regulation
03-15
The European Commission recently issued the tire labeling regulation—EC1222/2009. Effective November 1, 2012, it requires that passenger car tires, light truck tires, truck tires, and bus tires sold in the EU must be labeled, indicating the tire's fuel efficiency, rolling noise, and wet grip levels. The goal is to reduce European energy consumption by 20% by 2020. The regulation standardizes three major tire performance aspects: fuel economy (i.e., tire rolling resistance requirements), divided into 7 grades from A to G; wet grip levels, divided into 6 grades from A to F; and road noise levels, divided into 3 grades according to specified test noise values: N≤LV-3, LV-3<N≤LV, N>LV, and represented by a black label. The EU is the second largest export market for Chinese tire companies after the US, with an annual increase of 30%.
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