Up to date several European research projects funded within FP6 and the LIFE programme developed generic testing protocols for specific technology areas. Based on the results from these projects and former studies the EC is launching a EU ETV pre-programme.
Other countries such as Canada, the U.S., South Korea, the Philippines and Japan have already established ETV systems.
In order to approach the slogan "verified once - accepted everywhere" the International Working Group on ETV (IWG-ETV) was founded to work on the harmonization of the different international ETV systems. One of the aims of IWG-ETV is to establish mutual recognition of ETV results among the participating members the EC, Canada, the U.S. and the Philippines.
The FP7 coordination action AdvanceETV on the one hand supports the EC with the integration of the FP6 project results in the EU ETV pre-programme. Its other main task is to promote the international harmonization and mutual recognition of the international ETV systems, to ease the access to international markets for environmental technologies.
