A three-member committee to investigate the supply of vehicles from the EU, the import of vehicles from third countries and the recall of those cars was appointed on Tuesday by Attorney General Giorgos Savvides.

Chairman of the new committee is former Supreme Court judge Michalakis Christodoulou with members chairman of the Bar Association Michalis Vorkas and member of the Audit Service Theodosios Hadjimichail.

Savvides met with the members of the committee earlier on Tuesday to discuss their duties.

The members signed a statement that they have no personal interest in the matters under investigation.

The official appointment ceremony will be held on Wednesday at 11am at the Law Office.

A previous committee set up by the cabinet had been dissolved to ensure the inquiry has greater authority and independence, free from legal constraints that might limit its scope.

The issue of recalls made headlines when two people died in faulty-airbag incidents caused when Takata airbags suffer a fault related to exposure to high levels of heat or humidity.

This explosion can shoot the airbag’s metal inflator outwards and in the direction of the person it was designed to protect, potentially causing further injuries or, in some cases, death.

It believed the death of 24-year-old Kyriakos Oxynos in January 2023 was caused in part by a faulty airbag.

More recently, it is now believed that the death of 19-year-old Styliani Giorgalli in October may also have been caused by a faulty Takata airbag.