The reporter learned from the Xiamen Inspection and Quarantine Bureau that the European Union recently officially approved a new directive requiring tire suppliers to attach stickers with fuel efficiency grades to the goods. The Member States shall adopt and publish the laws, regulations and administrative regulations that comply with the Directive on November 1, 2011 at the latest, and shall formally implement it on November 1, 2012. This is another technical trade measure following the EU chemical regulation REACH. The Xiamen Inspection and Quarantine Bureau stated that the implementation of this new decree would directly increase the testing cost of imported tires in Europe, indirectly increase the production cost of tires, and encourage consumers to buy more high-end tires. More than 95% of the tires exported to China in Europe are low-end products. Such products will be restrained before the fuel efficiency. According to the statistics of the Xiamen Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, in the first 11 months of this year, the Xiamen port exported 4,924 batches of tires, 61.96 million, and 12.209 million US dollars. Among them, 1,578 batches were exported to the European Union, 25.02 million, and 34.23 million US dollars, accounting for about one-third of the total. The Bureau reminded the majority of tire production enterprises in Europe to closely follow the latest developments in the implementation of the directive, and actively improve the product to ensure that the share of tires lost to Europe is not affected. On October 1, this year, the EU negotiators officially approved the EU tire fuel labeling directive. That is: “Directive of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union on the fuel efficiency and other necessary parameters of tire labelsâ€. This directive requires that tire suppliers in the EU market should ensure that the three types of tires delivered to distributors or end-users are affixed with adhesive labels that meet the prescribed format requirements. This directive also proposes that automobile suppliers and distributors should ensure that they provide tire information and guidance information on new vehicles, including tire fuel efficiency levels, on their vehicles' promotional materials. The three types of tires that the EU imposes are: C1 (car tires), C2 (light vehicle tires), and C3 (heavy vehicle tires). The label should be marked with information that is easily identifiable by the consumer including: fuel efficiency rating, external rolling noise, wetland adhesion ratings, and more. Fast Dry Paper,Dry Sublimation Paper,Sublimation Fast Dry Paper,Fast Dry Transfer Paper For Sublimation GREEN-LIFE PAPER LTD , https://www.sjgreenlifepaper.com