[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Parliament endorsed the outcome of its negotiations with the Council on the EU's long-run budget, the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2014-2020 on Wednesday Negotiations had led to an outcome on 19 June that Parliament deemed insufficient, but they resumed last week in the run-up to...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]EU Transport Commissioner, Siim Kallas, welcomes today's vote in the European Parliament to endorse proposals for tougher vehicle testing rules to save lives, including for motorcycles. More than 5 people die on Europe's roads every day in accidents linked to technical failure of vehicles. The proposed...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On Monday 1 July Croatia becomes the 28th Member State of the European Union. Croatia's accession marks another milestone in the construction of a united Europe. It also provides fresh evidence of the transformative power of the European Union: torn by conflict only two decades...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Irish EU presidency yesterday (25 June) reached an agreement in principle with the European Parliament and the Commission to ring-fence €70.2 billion for the research budget from 2014-2020, resolving a number of squabbles over the so-called Horizon 2020 programme. The broad agreement, reached after nine...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The new regulation will govern the means by which car manufacturers are allowed to meet the year 2020 target for CO2 emissions (95g/CO2/Km). These modalities of implementation impact on how the target is to be achieved, such as adapting vehicle specifications and altering incentives so...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The European Union and the United States launched negotiations on Monday, 17 June, to forge a comprehensive transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP), after overcoming a long-fought battle on excluding the audiovisual sector, led by France. [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px" image_repeat="no-repeat"][custom_font font_size="16" line_height="26" font_style="normal" text_align="left" font_weight="300" text_decoration="none" text_shadow="no"...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]To help mitigate the consequences of serious road accidents across the EU, today the European Commission adopted two proposals to ensure that, by October 2015, cars will automatically call emergency services in case of a serious crash. The "eCall" system automatically dials 112 - Europe's...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]BMW AG, Volkswagen AG and Volvo Car Corp. have been recognized as the top-ranking automakers based on their openness to supplier innovation in the 2013 European Supplier Choice Survey. The Supplier Choice Survey is a respected industry benchmark that assesses automakers on their ability to adopt...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The car industry in Europe and parts of Asia has begun promoting standardised and automated communication on safety data sheets throughout the supply chain. The European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), is working with its counterparts in Japan, and South Korea, and the European Association of...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Representatives of the European Parliament and the member states met, on 28 May, to breathe new life into the negotiations on the EU’s multiannual financial framework (2014-2020). This was the second three-way meeting, in which MEPs, the Commission and the member states are trying to...