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European automotive coolant technology will be influenced by “Europe 1992” which means free trade and free traffic. Methods to evaluate the demanded quality level of coolants are described. Different chemical approaches to that aim are discussed. Attention is payed to ecological and toxicological aspects. The paper closes with an outlook to further developments. This paper will deal with European coolant technology and the expected influence of “Europe 1992” to this item. Europe 1992 will mean free trade and free traffic between the countries of the European community (EC). EC includes 12 countries with 9 languages, about 320 million people on about 900.000 sguare miles, one quarter the size of the U.S. These 12 countries have a car population of about 130 million units, the car density varies from 6.6 people per car in Portugal to 2.2 people in Germany, as compared with 1.3 people in the U.S.