THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CAR RECYCLING PROGRAMS IN GERMANY AND FRANCE

The article is devoted to assessing the effectiveness of car recycling programs in Germany and France in 2009-2010. It summarizes the main EU actions on car recycling: there are three groups of mechanisms of stimulation the consumer demand for automobiles during the crisis. Based on the statistical data analysis there are 3 groups of EU countries identified in terms of car sales and its trends in 2008-2015. In the leading countries for car sales (Germany and France) is traced a close connection between the growth of sales during the crisis years and the implementation of scrappage programs. As a result of the comparative evaluation of particularities and issues of realization of programs in these countries it is determined that French experience on the whole is more successful than German one.

Germany and France, car sales, car recycling program, state measures for stimulation of the market demand for cars, effectiveness of the programs