European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. October 23, 1985 the stars and stripes a considering changing import re boxcars that Tail to meet . Standards him u Washington Environ Metal Protection Agency is considering  rules for importing vehicles Hal Dnn l meet 1j.s.  standards. Of the options the la is con Kring. None would extend the emission standards sex Guion that lets americans bring one car Home for per Kil use with Oul modification if it is More than five is old. An i a official said he knew of no plans \ Thering to protect people who have Purchas bring Back to the United Stales under the Rule. An la official said As he did two years ago. That a decision would be made by Spring. He said the rules would he published by summer and take effect by j.m.1.1987. In recent hearings car manufacturers told the i a that cars that enter the United states without meeting emission standards Are an environmental and safety Haard. But converters Lold the Agency that their shop s create thousands of jobs. Gypsy car dealers More often than not operate without regard for the Federal and stale environmental and safely Laws and regulations that govern franc liaised  Robert Mcllwaine president of the ame can International automobile dealers  the  a. Mcllwaine said dealers see so called Gray i autos in their service Bays Hal Don t meet requirements. In some cases the cars Are Ards such As those that have catalysts to fuel lines mounted without heat shied a and welded against the vehicle body he said. The association says it  . Import ear distributors Benjamin Jackson  the automobile importers compliance . The largest association of Gray Market Imti frs said evidence of prob lems with modifiers a Jerk is Loo scanty to justify shutting  the if he said a Cul Izittia Survey of 27 cars cited by the panel and the  was very limited Iasi a  a it did not prove that modifiers did not know howl Tiff perform the work or Hal the work is so mat Only factory authorized shops could do it. Fall the la tested 27 California cars that passed Laboratory clean air tests immediately after modification. All but one failed the second left. Sonic by a guide Niar Gin the complaint Hal foreign car converted in i a. Requirements Don t slay clean Lonj has c the Agency to he k for ways to guarantee  Market modifications Vili be durable. The  is considering three options Ali mingling the Gray Market it to keeping ears out of the country that were manufactured to american specifications i smiling imports to vehicles covered me outfits Brutty cars Bacin then one of a dead names out of the tin i Joti Tould extend the emission re than five years old an 1111  said the exemption has been a filicate that confirm that the  of vehicle emission standards manufacturers would Demon Sirull Hal their . Iccil scat Ion models men . And those Mot Els would be certified would not be required to submit each car a Iii off the Assembly line to an emission Lesi. Under this option Gray Market importers could i certificates to import specific models if they prove their modified cars can pass .  tests. But Agency officials said they probably still would be required to submit every third  o u lest. Individuals wanting to import a Gray Market ear would have to gel the car converted in the Matulac Lurer or Gray  Colemer holding a certificate Lor that Model. Limiting imports to vehicles covered by an la issued certificate but per milling Gray Market certificate holders to import vehicles not covered by their certificate. They would have 1 20 Days to convert them. Cars in certified classes could be brought in Only by firms that held a certificate for them. Now. Any importer is responsible for converting the non conforming cars it brings in. Bui the modification shop Lake the cars to the  laboratories for testing. Vii pm Imol porn abuse it rec Are people Oul there rna Kini a Limu off tl1 ear  he said i was ship posed to be Ople like the Serviceman. Some outfits bring cars  in the name of a dead person or pick names out of the phone Book f hey do the Dot make the cars meet department if transportation safety standards and sell them he a held a similar hearing two years ago with oui changing the rules. The urgency behind the latest hearing is underscored by the Agency s own Tig u res. Those figures show  there were 1.500 Gra Nur Kel imports in i Jno. Bui the Agency expects that figure to reach  this year and twice Hal next year. Iheke urn  has opposed legislation that worm eliminate the Gray Market. Letters from the transp Dialion department and ils National Highway traffic Sally administration said the department of Justice estimates eliminating the Gray Market would Cost american Consumers several Hundred million dollars a year i it hey had to pay the factory Price for .-specification car Sand would wipe on i thousands of jobs in the  Indus Thal has caused Corn curlers in Dimms the proposal for a ban As unrealistic but  of the Industry was the Only option Bow  Mercedes Ben said would solve problems such As the durability of modifications. Wica of Bow of North America said the of modified vehicles leaving conversion i guarantee that the parts or work will endure. My Wica said is in substitute for the years of do june Cal and testing   Horid models Diane Black of j3jqlu ars inc. Said converters  keep up with a Nae i Man changes made Dur ing production. That  even if modifiers won i a certification Hal they Kuld successfully modify an overseas in i on .1 truck parked in front of an eight Story Airport maintenance building exploded and damaged the building the police spokesman said but there were no reports of injuries among passengers at the Airport. The demonstrations did not affect airline operations the transport ministry said