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Understandably, and for years, technology neutrality has been the guiding principle for emission legislation in the transport sector. The EU has continually led the world with respect to automotive CO2 reductions, enabled by European suppliers and manufacturers constantly innovating and providing technology solutions which are...

On the 25th of January 2018, ECIPE published a Case study of heavy vehicles on the economic impact of local content requirements.   The use of local content requirements (LCRs) has been growing for a long time. Used by developed as well as developing countries, they aim...

On the 24th of January 2018, the Commission published guidance to facilitate a direct and smooth application of the new data protection rules across the EU as of 25 May. The Commission also launches a new online tool dedicated to SMEs. All the documents are available...

On the 23rd of January 2018, the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung published a study on the evetnual implementation of a European Labour Authority. This study explores problems in the area of cross-border labour mobility and suggests that fair working conditions in the Single Market could be enhanced...

On the 22nd of January 2018, the European Commission published a study on transport infrastructures. This report is one of a series of seven roadmaps that consider each core aspect of the European transport system. Addressing the subject of transport infrastructure, the report reviews the current...

On the 22nd of January 2018, the European Commission published a study on smart mobility and services. Decarbonising transport and mobility systems is a pressing challenge for global and European climate change mitigation. Understanding and differentiating the performance and potential of emerging new and innovative transport...

On the 22nd of January 2018, the European Commission published a study on vehicle design and manufacturing.   Over the last fifty years, design and manufacturing of transport vehicles has followed an evolutionary path. Transport vehicles were continuously optimised, mostly in an empirical way, integrating new technologies...

On the 19th of January 2018 in Brussels, EU Trade Commissioner Malmström and Korean Trade Minister Kim held the 7th meeting of the Trade Committee of the EU-Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The Trade Committee is the highest bilateral institutional body established under the FTA....