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On the 19th of October 2017, Europol and ENISA organised a joint conference on the security challenges of the internet of things (IoT). With at least 20 billion devices expected to be connected to the internet by 2020, the Internet of Things (IoT) is here to stay....

On the 19th of October 2017, the Directorate General for Mobility and Transport at the European Commission published a statistical report on transports in the European Union. This publication provides an overview of the most recent and most pertinent annual transport-related statistics in Europe. It covers...

On the 17th of October 2017, the French public authority in charge of data privacy, the CNIL (Commission nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés) published guidelines for the use of data in connected vehicles. These guidelines are aimed at giving a clear and predictable framework...

On the 16th of October 2017, the European Commission published a case study of a European SME having benefited from COSME funding to develop its business.   Through the European Union's COSME programme, loans to companies are counter-guaranteed by the European Investment Fund (EIF). This increases the access...

On the 16th of October 2017, the European Commission published a report on the ongoing negotiations after the 5th round having taken place in Brussels in September. Regarding trade in goods, EU and Mexico reviewed all the articles of the consolidated text on Trade in Goods...

The German Federal Ministry of Transport published an action plan for connected and automated driving, following the 2nd High Level Structural Dialogue on 14th-15th September 2017 in Frankfurt, bringing together Member States, the European Commission and industry representatives. The document proposes several recommendations in order to accelerate...

On the 12th of October, members of the Transport Committee of the European Parliament have adopted a non-binding resolution asking for new vehicles to include a range of life-saving technologies, as Automated Emergency Braking, Intelligent Speed Assistance and Intelligent Seatbelt Reminders.  The objective is to...