Category: Trade Body Site

Press Releases – Passenger car registrations: ‐4.6% in January 2019

Brussels, 15 February 2019 – In January 2019, the European passenger car market saw a slow start to the year, posting a 4.6% decline compared to one year ago. In January 2019, the European passenger car market saw a slow start to the year, posting a 4.6% decline compared to one year ago. Nevertheless, with… Continue reading Press Releases – Passenger car registrations: ‐4.6% in January 2019

Press Releases – Stable EU auto market in view for 2019, with CO2 and trade challenges ahead

Paris, 13 February 2019 – In 2019, EU car sales will stagnate at 2018 levels in terms of units sold, staying close to the 15 million new registrations mark recorded last year, according to new forecasts by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA). Although 2018 was the fifth consecutive year of growth, the pace of… Continue reading Press Releases – Stable EU auto market in view for 2019, with CO2 and trade challenges ahead

Collective agreement textile and clothing West

13.02.2019 Ι In the West German textile industry, there will be 2.6 percent more money from August, another 2.3 percent more from September 2020 and a 340 euro one-time payment. The holiday pay rises in parallel. The trainees receive an extra plus. And the payment on partial retirement increases in two stages to 600 euros.… Continue reading Collective agreement textile and clothing West

News – Video – “Road safety remains one of the auto industry’s key priorities” stresses Erik Jonnaert

Erik Jonnaert, ACEA Secretary General, highlights that EU road fatalities have been reduced by more than half since 2001, but stresses that “there is no room for complacency. Everyone agrees that road casualties and injuries must be further reduced.” [embedded content] This keynote speech was given at ACEA’s ‘Towards zero: Safe vehicles, safe drivers, safe… Continue reading News – Video – “Road safety remains one of the auto industry’s key priorities” stresses Erik Jonnaert

02/2019,                    IG Metall calls for an appropriate offer following successful warning strikes in the textile and clothing industry

Since February 1, over 8,400 warning strikers from more than 90 companies in the Northwest German textile and clothing industry IG Metall demands appropriate offer in next collective bargaining 3. Collective bargaining takes place on February 12 in Bielefeld Frankfurt am Main – According to IG Metall, more than 8,400 employees from more than 90… Continue reading 02/2019,
                   IG Metall calls for an appropriate offer following successful warning strikes in the textile and clothing industry

Press Releases – Fuel types of new cars: diesel -23.6%, electric +33.1% in fourth quarter of 2018

Brussels, 7 February 2019 – In the fourth quarter of 2018, diesel’s share of the market fell from 41.2% to 34.1%, while petrol continued to further expand its share of new car registrations (from 52.3% to 57.2%). Electrically-chargeable vehicles accounted for 2.7% of new cars registered across the EU during the last quarter of 2018,… Continue reading Press Releases – Fuel types of new cars: diesel -23.6%, electric +33.1% in fourth quarter of 2018