From MAG central

The crucial committee stage vote by the Internal Market and Consumer
Protection Comittee (IMCO), into the Type Approval Regulation, has been
postponed yet again, to the 5th December.

MAG welcomes the fact that so much attention is being paid to this piece
of legislation, at Committee stage, after the many, many months of
lobbying by MAG and FEMA and every one of you who've written a letter to
your MEP.

It shows that the lobbying tactics are working and the postponement
comes as no surprise as the vote date had already been postponed several
times and we had said this further delay was always a real possibility.

This delay, as the 305 tabled amendments continue to be discussed, means
that the Plenary Session vote, or vote by the whole European Parliament,
will now be pushed back to the Spring.

You may remember that a complaint against the Commission was upheld
earlier in the year by the European Ombudsman, that the Commission had
failed to provide sufficient evidence for its proposals on
Anti-Tampering and Automatic Headlights On, and we have discovered today
that the Commission has failed to provide any further supporting evidence.

These two events exonerate MAG's position that much of the TA Regulation
is il-conceived and highlights the difficulties that our politicians
face if they choose to support some of the Commission's more outlandish
ideas.

The battle goes on, and I'm really thankful to all of you for completing
the recent UK consultation document, which all adds support to our cause
and to our National Government, who are continuing to negotiate on our
behalf, at 'Council' stage, negotiations that run alongside the
'Committee' stage.

Regards
Paddy