Violeta Bulc, Commissioner for Transport and the European Investment Bank (EIB) Vice-President Vazil Hudák are joining forces to support investment for road safety and sustainable transport. At the occasion of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) and the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Conference in Bucharest, they launched...
The European Parliament today agreed on CO2 emission standards for new cars and vans in the EU for the period after 2020 – a significant step towards decarbonising and modernising the European mobility sector and put the EU on track to become climate neutral. As a...
The Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM) faces important challenges and gaps, requiring a harmonised approach to vehicle testing in order to speed-up CAM deployment. Furthermore, effective integration and coordination with policy-making are required to prevent fragmented rules and procedures. The EU-funded CARTRE project sought to...
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The European Parliament and the Council reached an agreement on the revision of the General Safety Regulation in negotiations last night. The GSR will make mandatory a set of safety measures for vehicles over the coming years. The agreement has yet to be formally approved...
Further to the joint U.S.-EU Statement following President Juncker's visit to the White House in July, there have been five meetings of the EU-US Executive Working Group to discuss implementation of its work programme. Good progress has been made and in January the Commission published and...
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Member states' ambassadors meeting in the Council's permanent representatives' committee on 28th March confirmed the common understanding reached between the Romanian presidency of the Council and the European Parliament, as part of an overall compromise on the Horizon Europe package, on the majority of the...
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The EUCAD 2019 Conference “Connected Automated Driving: Europe takes the lead” taking place in Brussels on 2 & 3 April 2019 will count with the participation of CLEPA. During the first day opening panel, Jan Carlson, CEO of Veoneer, will exchange views on how Europe could...