Article: EU unveils new strategy for car industry

EU unveils new strategy for car industry

BRUSSELS, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) on Monday unveiled new rules for the European automotive sector designed to make the industry more competitive and to improve cars' safety and environmental performance at an affordable price.

The 10-year strategy was proposed by the Cars 21 group in Brussels, comprised of EU policy makers, member state officials from Germany, France, Britain, Italy and the Czech Republic and industry representatives.

European Enterprise and Industry Commissioner Gunter Verheugen said there was complete consensus on the framework among industry, environmental and consumer groups.

"Everyone has agreed to abide ...

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