Exhaust Systems
Transport
Written answers and statements, 5 November 2009
Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley, Labour)
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what factors the Government considered when opting out of the provisions of European Directive 92/97/EEC on type approved exhausts; and what assessment was made of the effect on (a) the economy and (b) the environment of securing such an opt-out.
Sadiq Khan (Minister of State, Department for Transport; Tooting, Labour)
The United Kingdom does not have an opt-out from directive 92/97/EEC. The directive sets voluntary standards for the type approval of replacement silencers. These standards are designed to ensure access to market in EU member states where specific approval requirements for replacement silencers are imposed. The UK does not impose such approval requirements.