On the publication of its annual report, the non-profit organisation Car-Pass provides an overview of odometer fraud in the sale of used vehicles. In 2021, 1578 cases of odometer fraud were uncovered in this way. 906 were domestic sales (0.13% of the total) and in 672 (1.2%) cases, the vehicle had been tampered with when imported into our country.
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Data from Car-Pass non-profit show that we all drove more last year. The average car travelled 15,384 km. This is 11% more than in 2020, but still 14% less than in 2019 before Corona.
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2020 was a very special year, but thanks to the strong recovery of the second-hand market, the loss for the non-profit organization Car-Pass remained very limited. The non-profit organization was even able to step up the fight against odometer fraud involving imported vehicles.
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Car-Pass non profit considers information security as a top priority. After a thorough preparation, Car-Pass received the ISO 27001 certificate from Brand Compliance.
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The Board of Directors of the non-profit organization Car-Pass has today elected Didier Perwez (chairman Traxio) as its new chairman. He succeeds Philippe Mertens (Beherman group) who, after 9 years of presidency, has been granted the title of honorary president.
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The Corona crisis is hitting the automotive sector hard. Data from Car-Pass show that activity in Belgian workshops fell by 80%.
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The Belgian Parliament has approved a modification of “the Car-Pass law”. Extra information will be added on the Car-Pass, to better inform buyers of used cars.
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The European Parliament approved with a vast majority a set of recommendations to the European Commission to crack down on odometer tampering of used vehicles. It pleads for technical requirements for vehicles to prevent odometers from being easily manipulated, but it also emphasises that all Member States should have national mileage registers and engage in cross-border exchange of data from those registers.
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A study for the European Parliament’s Transport and Tourism Committee (TRAN) which has just been released identifies concrete recommendations on how to end mileage fraud in the EU. It finds that up to 50% of the second-hand cars sold in some countries have a manipulated odometer. It highlights the remarkable economic profits fraudsters make from this deceptive practice which costs consumers dearly and has profound negative effects on safety and on the environment.
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The conclusions of this study by PwC commissioned by Car-Pass are crystal clear: thanks to the Car-Pass system, mileage fraud in Belgium has to all intents and purposes disappeared. What’s more, consumers and stakeholders alike said that they have gained more trust in the second-hand market since the introduction of the Car-Pass certificate, and that competition is much fairer. So this means that Car-Pass has already achieved its most important goal!
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CAR-PASS welcomes the publication of the European Commission’s “Study on the functioning of the
market for second hand cars from a consumer perspective” in the European Union.
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