Club of bologna proceedings

Sandro LIBERATORI 
Italy 
In answer to the question about the prices and 
costs of tests. Of course this matter has been 
discussed among the testing stations taking part 
in our agreement. There are different prices for 
the tests: in some countries almost the full price 
is covered by the government, in other countries 
the full price is covered by the manufacturer. 
The important solution we found is that we must 

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arrive at a common price in order to avoid 
competition among testing stations. There must 
be no competition. We must all give a service, at 
one price, so the manufacturer will be able to 
choose where he wants to go to test his machine. 
And in the future we must keep in mind that all 
these activities must become more business 
oriented, because in many countries government 
subsidies for testing stations are being reduced, 
and will be reduced more in the future. So we 
must change our activity to provide an 
enhanced service to the manufacturer, not just a 
technical service but also something 
approaching a commercial service. And I think 
that offering a single test with a certification 
that is valid in several countries goes in this 
direction. It’s very important for the 
manufacturer, because we give a technical 
service and a commercial service to the 
manufacturer. Although this activity was 
initiated only a short time ago, we have already 
had very very positive results on this, with more 
and more manufacturers coming to test their 
machines. I think this is a very important result.