Mazda is the only team from outside Western Europe or the United States to have won Le Mans outright and the only non-piston engine ever to win Le Mans, which the company accomplished in 1991 with their four-rotor 787B (— actual displacement, rated by FIA formula at ).

As the 1990s progressed, these prototypes and others like them started to be raced in Europe and an FIA Sports Car series evolved for them.

In Europe, although most national championships ( British, French, German and the Spanish-based International GT Open ) run under FIA / ACO GT regulations with some modifications to ensure closer racing and lower costs, some championships are open to non-homologated GT cars.

* FIA GT Championship – A former GT racing series, predominantly in Europe but some rounds elsewhere.

* FIA GT3 European Championship – A GT3 racing series, predominantly in Europe but some rounds elsewhere

The ban on Group B racing effectively forced the E2 model into stillbirth ; however, more than one dozen of them were successfully run from August 1986 till October 1992 in the FIA European Championships for Rallycross Drivers events all over Europe, and Norwegian Martin Schanche claimed the 1991 European Rallycross title with a Ford RS200 E2 that produced over.

The championship was first held in 2001 as the FIA Super 1600 Drivers ' Championship, and included six events in Europe.

In 2007, the championship did not include events outside Europe, and was known as the FIA Junior Rally Championship ( JRC ).

The ACO was not completely satisfied with the fact that IMSA did not fully comply with the ACO's regulations in order to help attract privateer teams, as well as the failure of the FIA Sportscar Championship to succeed in Europe.

It hosts one of the largest drag racing events in Europe known as the NitrOlympx, and was one of the last Top Fuel circuits to race to 1, 320 feet before the FIA switched the nitro categories to the now-recognised 1, 000 foot distance in 2012.

In Europe, the MT900R has successfully raced and won in the British GT Championship, FIA GT Tourist Trophy races, International Open GT Championship, Britcar Championship, Spanish GT Championship as well as selected races in other series.

However, the final FIA engine rules made the necessary engine modifications illegal and the car was never raced in Europe.

For the first time in their series, the FIA Junior World Rally Championship contenders also ventured outside Europe, Corona Rally Mexico being the second event in its eight-round series.

In 2001, no Ferrari prototype raced in the ALMS, although the Risi Competizione car made a few appearances in Grand-Am, while in Europe, Marco Zadra won the FIA Sportscar Championship but the car was not as dominant as it had once been.

The GT2 class was planned to have a separate championship having rounds held only in Europe, known as the FIA GT2 European Championship, but this series was cancelled.

The FIA European Championship for Rallycross Drivers is a rallycross competition held in Europe, organized under the auspices of the FIA.

This arrangement was adopted identically into the numerals as used in Europe.

The Bahamian Government also has adopted a proactive approach to courting foreign investors and has conducted major investment missions to the Far East, Europe, Latin America, and Canada.

Acknowledging the lack of progress in relation to bilateral relations and the internal situation following the position adopted in 1997, the EU adopted a step-by-step approach in 1999, whereby sanctions would be gradually lifted upon fulfillment of the four benchmarks set by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

These preaching friars, with the authorization of Gregory IX, adopted ( with some modifications, e. g. the substitution of the " Gallican " for the " Roman " version of the Psalter ) the Breviary hitherto used exclusively by the Roman court, and with it gradually swept out of Europe all the earlier partial books ( Legendaries, Responsories ), & c., and to some extent the local Breviaries, like that of Sarum.

In Europe, in connection with the 2010 census round, a large number of countries adopted alternative census methodologies, often based on the combination of data from registers, surveys and other sources.

These composite bows could be much more powerful than wooden bows, and were adopted for crossbow prods across Europe.

These ideas were adopted and adapted in western Europe to the high risks and rewards associated with colonial ventures.

The combination of state autocracy and state religion was instilled in much of Europe, particularly in the lands which adopted Orthodox Christianity.

Beyond Europe, it has been adopted by Australia, and most countries in Asia and South America.

It took a while for the Alexandrian rules to be adopted throughout Christian Europe, however.

Churches in western continental Europe used a late Roman method until the late 8th century during the reign of Charlemagne, when they finally adopted the Alexandrian method.

This strategy was first adopted to unify related linguistic groups in Europe, including France, Germany and Italy.

The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages ( ECRML ) is a European treaty ( CETS 148 ) adopted in 1992 under the auspices of the Council of Europe to protect and promote historical regional and minority languages in Europe.

There must be some formal announcement of the derogation and notice of the derogation, any measures adopted under it, and the ending of the derogation must be communicated to the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe

In the years following World War II, the social democracies of Europe have all adopted egalitarian programs designed to promote general access to health care and education.

Only five countries in Europe have adopted pre-sale disclosure obligations.

While most of the nations of Western Europe had adopted bicameral parliaments by the end of the 19th century, in 1906 the Finns adopted a unicameral parliamentary system, and female citizens were included in universal suffrage.

Subsequently, Germanic languages became dominant among many European countries but in Southern and Eastern Europe the Germanic elite eventually adopted the native Slavic or Latin dialects.

In the 1820s, as part of the Romantic revival, tartan and the kilt were adopted by members of the social elite, not just in Scotland, but across Europe, prompted by the popularity of Macpherson's Ossian cycle and then Walter Scott's Waverley novels.

Traditional pre-Christian elements are often adopted into modern Christian and secular wedding ceremonies in many parts of Europe ( syncretism ), and a handfasting-style ceremony is also practised outside of the Neopagan subculture.

* British Royal Automobile Club ( RAC ) horsepower is one of the tax horsepower systems adopted around Europe which make an estimate based on several engine dimensions.

In Europe, Article 2 of the First Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights, adopted in 1950, obligates all signatory parties to guarantee the right to education.

From 1951, SHAPE was the headquarters of operational forces in the European theatre ( Allied Command Europe, ACE ), but since 2003 SHAPE has been the headquarters of Allied Command Operations ( ACO ) controlling all allied operations worldwide.

Seeing the success of the American Le Mans Series, the ACO decided that a series run by themselves would be a better alternative for Europe.

A `` concert of free nations '' should take its inspiration from the traditions of the nineteenth century Concert of Europe with its common values and accepted `` rules of the game ''.

Now, with virtually every writer, not only was the European origin of public law acknowledged as a historical phenomenon, but the rules thus established by the advanced civilizations of Europe were to be imposed on others.

He wrote the grammatical rules for the Vulgate Latin spoken by some illiterates in Europe at his time.

Architects of the Renaissance and the Baroque periods in Europe based their rules on Vitruvius ' writings.

While Germany and most of contiguous Europe use standard gauge ( 1435 mm ), differences in signalling, rules and regulations, electrification voltages, etc.

Passed with overwhelming backing, the tough new gun control rules were " hoped to prevent Europe from becoming a gun-friendly culture like the United States ," in the words of the International Herald Tribune.

Based on ice sledge hockey, inline sledge hockey is played to the same rules as inline puck hockey ( essentially ice hockey played off ice using inline skates ) and has been made possible by the design and manufacture of inline sledges by RGK, Europe ’ s premier sports wheelchair maker.

In the eighties, many fighters defected to the rival World Karate Association ( WKA ) because of the PKA's policy of signing fighters to exclusive contracts ; plus, the PKA sanctioned fights exclusively with what has become known as " full contact rules " which permit kicks only above the waist as opposed to the international rules advocated by the WKA which is similar to kickboxing promotions in Japan and other countries in Asia and Europe.

On 27 November 2003, the Dutch Justice Minister Piet Hein Donner announced that his government was considering rules under which coffeeshops would only be allowed to sell soft drugs to Dutch residents in order to satisfy both European neighbors ' concerns about the influx of drugs from the Netherlands, as well as those of Netherlands border town residents unhappy with the influx of " drug tourists " from elsewhere in Europe.

The establishment of polo clubs throughout England and western Europe followed after the formal codification of rules.

The students who were taught Roman law in Bologna ( and later in many other places ) found that many rules of Roman law were better suited to regulate complex economic transactions than were the customary rules, which were applicable throughout Europe.

What stopped Sweden from adopting the same rules as the rest of Europe, when securing road safety was the national importance of a competitive forestry industry.

The United Kingdom and the rest of Europe now have common, yet complex rules ( see European driving licence ).

* several treaties and conventions resulted from the Congress of Vienna ( 1814-1815 ) which redrew the map of Europe, only partially restoring the pre-Napoleonic situation, and drafted new rules for international relations

Standards of both social classification and marital rules resembling the traditions of dynastic Europe can also be found in places as far afield as Africa.

According to the " Best of the Rest " section of ESPN's Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame program, NBC television footage and press photos prove that no official rules ( Ryder Cup or PGA ) were broken when the Americans celebrated after Leonard's putt ( i. e. no one walked in or crossed Olazábal's putting line – although Europe player Sam Torrance has said in TV interviews that a TV cameraman stood on Olazábal's line while filming the invasion of the green by players and spectators ).

Indian mathematicians developed consistent and correct rules on the use of negative numbers, which later spread to the Middle East, and then into Europe.

With association football ( or soccer ) being the traditionally popular sport in Europe and American football being a relative newcomer, the rules were changed slightly to encourage a greater element of kicking which was intended to make the game more enjoyable for soccer and rugby fans.

Mackinder's notion of geopolitics can be summed up in his saying " Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland.

The original Axis & Allies: Classic board game has been followed by ten spinoff games using more or less the same mechanics: in 1999, Axis & Allies: Europe was released, with slightly updated rules and focus on the European theater of World War II ; this was followed in 2001 by Axis & Allies: Pacific with similar rules and focus shifted to the Pacific theater.