CLEPA Aftermarket Conference: Automotive aftermarket goes digital
Driven by connectivity-based services and new players entering the scene, the digital transformation of the automotive aftermarket business is rapidly gaining momentum and scope. These and other trend...
30 March 2017 - Read more
Road Safety Conference and Informal Council in Malta
In response to the recent slowdown in reducing road fatalities, the Commission is holding together with the Maltese Presidency, a Stakeholder and Ministerial Conference in Malta on 28 and 29 March 201...
29 March 2017 - Read more
Commission gives a boost to youth mobility in Europe
Erasmus (European Region Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students) is a European Union student exchange programme established in 1987. On the 27 March 2017, the European Commission presen...
27 March 2017 - Read more
European countries join forces to digitise industry
European countries join forces to digitise industry
Today at the Digital Day in Rome the European Commission launched the European platform of national initiatives on digitising industry....
27 March 2017 - Read more
CLEPA at Digital Day in Rome
Cooperation on connected and automated mobility
A large number of European countries have signed a letter of intent to establish, together with the Commission, a legal framework for cross-border t...
23 March 2017 - Read more
EU and Japan make joint commitment to reach a speedy conclusion to trade negotiations
President Juncker and President Tusk have met with the Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, with the negotiations for a bilateral trade deal featuring prominently on the agenda. In a statement given b...
22 March 2017 - Read more
First Vice-President Timmermans speech on Better Regulation
European Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans delivered a speech on the Commission's Better Regulation Agenda, at the Regulatory Scrutiny Board's first open conference on Regulatory...
22 March 2017 - Read more
EP EMPL – Cedefop
EMPL has published a draft report on regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) and repealing Regulat...
22 March 2017 - Read more
Commissioner Malmström in Canada to discuss CETA preparations and EU trade agenda
Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström is in Canada today for a two-day visit focused on the preparations for the upcoming entry into force of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreeme...
21 March 2017 - Read more
Digital Day in Rome on March 23
Digital Day takes place in Rome on March 23 it will put Europe's future in the spotlight. It will explore the increasing role that digital plays in the daily life of Europeans and the European economy...
20 March 2017 - Read more
G20 – Strengthening confidence in the digital world
Industrialised countries and emerging economies have come together for a G20 consumer summit. Germany has declared the development of the digital economy and its consequences for a wide variety of fie...
20 March 2017 - Read more
Commissioner Malmström welcomes Parliament’s approval to stop trade in minerals financing armed conflicts
The European Parliament has adopted by an overwhelming majority the proposal to stop trade in conflict minerals. Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström said: "I'm very glad we now have an ambi...
17 March 2017 - Read more
EP JURI – Civil law rules on robotics: public consultation
The Committee on Legal Affairs has launched a public consultation on civil law rules on robotics, following its recently adopted report on the subject. The consultation aims to encourage citizens and...
17 March 2017 - Read more
GSA – Galileo provides boost to smart transport systems
The Horizon 2020-funded GHOST project is bringing Galileo's robust positioning capabilities to smart transport systems.
All across Europe, the number of smart cities is multiplying. To ta...
16 March 2017 - Read more
Plenary vote on Circular Economy Package
Today, European Parliament's Plenary adopted four reports on waste proposals. The adopted reports are now referred to the ENVI Committee in order to start the inter-institutional negotiations with the...
15 March 2017 - Read more
EP LIBE – Parliament vote on big data
Big Data: Parliament calls for better protection of fundamental rights and privacy
Strengthened transparency of algorithms, special attention to data used for law enforcement and more investment in...
15 March 2017 - Read more
Japan rules out early 2017 conclusion of EU FTA
Japan is not yet ready to open duty-free quotas on imports of dairy to the EU, nor is it happy with what it has gathered of the EU's e-commerce chapter plans related to digital data flows. One week...
15 March 2017 - Read more
EESC – Decarbonisation of transport
These are amongst the main messages of the EESC opinion on the "Decarbonisation of transport", adopted at the EESC Plenary session on 23 February 2017.
The EESC has endorsed the Europea...
14 March 2017 - Read more
SESEC – Conference of EU-China Collaboration on IoT and 5G Research
On 9 March 2017，SESEC was invited by the Exciting Project (EU-China Collaboration on 5G and IoT Research Project) to participate in the Conference of EU-China Collaboration on 5G and IoT Research. ...
14 March 2017 - Read more
No right to be forgotten
The Court considers that there is no right to be forgotten in respect of personal data in the companies register, However, upon expiry of a sufficiently long period after the dissolution of the compan...
10 March 2017 - Read more
GSA launches Galileo and EGNOS test campaign for eCall devices
The pre-test, which is free of charge, aims to support eCall device manufactures in their preparation for type approval.
The European GNSS Agency (GSA) has officially launched the Galileo and EGNOS...
08 March 2017 - Read more
PSA Group and BNP Paribas Announce a Long-Term Strategic Partnership in Automotive Finance around the Joint Acquisition of Opel / Vauxhall’s Financing Activities
As part of the broader alliance announced between PSA Group and GM’s Opel subsidiary, PSA and BNP Paribas have agreed to jointly acquire Opel / Vauxhall’s captive financing activities and have ent...
07 March 2017 - Read more
Galileo connects the connected car
According to a new report by Mobile World Live, over 73 % of respondents within the connected car navigation sector are already well aware of Galileo.
Following one of the most comprehens...
02 March 2017 - Read more
Rising trends – despite crises
Car manufacturers and suppliers already employ 110,000 highly qualified employees in research and development - and are still looking for a large number of engineers. Success - despite everything. The...
02 March 2017 - Read more
Newsletter of the Connected Automated Driving in Europe Initiative
It is with great pleasure that we announce the start of the CARTRE and SCOUT projects dedicated to connected and automated driving. These two European projects stand for the European Union’s ambitio...
01 March 2017 - Read more