PUBLIC RESPONSE TO RECALLS JUST 20%

He said more than 90,000 vehicles have been recalled between 2014 and the end of 2018.

Saud bin Nasser al Khusaibi, Secretary-general of GCC Standardization Organization (GSO), said vehicle recall was one of the rights of the consumers and that the authority plays a vital role by issuing conformity certificates for vehicles, tyres and motorcycles.

The seminar saw the presentation of working papers on improving vehicle safety, vehicle recall system and efforts made by PACP to raise awareness on vehicle recalls.

The European Programme for Vehicle Assessment presented a working paper on “consumer and vehicle safety’. Zawawi Trading LLC presented its experience on vehicle recall.