The Commission today proposed a draft budget for 2018 of €161 billion in commitments to stimulate the creation of more jobs, especially for young people, and to boost growth and strategic investments. Building on the actions already undertaken in previous years, next year's EU budget...
Asides from the issues of the internal market and industry, the Council also dealt with topics in the area of foreign affairs, financial services, research, the customs union, transport, company law and food law. Main Results Cars type-approval and market surveillance reform The Council agreed on a general...
The Commission welcomes the agreement reached by the Member States on its legislative proposal to ensure that car manufacturers comply strictly with all EU safety, environmental and production requirements. Proposed by the Commission in January 2016, the new rules represent a complete overhaul of the...
The Council agreed on a general approach to reform the system of type-approval and market surveillance for motor vehicles. This major reform will modernise the current system, adapt it to new technologies available on the market and improve control tests on car emissions data. "Public health,...
On 2 December 2010, the Council adopted Conclusions on the road safety policy for the next decade. Among other points, Council underlined the need to give special attention to reducing the number of injured people in road accidents, supporting the aim of a specific quantitative...
Remarks by President Donald Tusk after meeting with President Donald Trump: ''During my meeting with President Trump, we discussed foreign policy, security, climate and trade relations. My feeling is that we agreed on many areas. First and foremost, on counterterrorism, and I am sure that I...
The first international interactive workshop on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) between Asian Pacific Privacy Authority (APPA) members and Working Party 29 (WP29) members was held in Paris, on the 18th and 19th of May 2017 and hosted by the French Data Protection Authority...
39 projects selected under the H2020 Societal Challenge " Smart, green and integrated transport " will receive €238 million EU funding. These projects cover air, waterborne and road transport, safety issues, intelligent transport systems, automated road transport, as well as cross-cutting priorities for greener urban...
Brussels - A coalition of industry, NGOs, consumer groups and cities are calling on the European Commission to urgently bring forward new minimum safety standards for new cars, vans and trucks, after years of delays. The European Commission is expected to announce a new package...
Commissioner Malmström - "Build bridges, not walls!” says EU Trade Commissioner. EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström today set out the state of play for the EU's ambitious agenda of trade policy with partners such as the US, China, Canada, Japan and Latin America, South-East Asia,...