Brussels, 11/07/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday the European Commission adopted a, dubious decision by approving the "content" of the voluntary agreement concluded by the European car industry to improve the protection of pedestrians in case of accidents with cars (see EUROPE of 9&10 July, p.9), while postponing the voluntary agreement itself to the end of 2001.
"Our strategy has been to work with the industry in a constructive and pragmatic spirit in order to explore whether we could...