29-11-2018 15:00
Workshop on Type-approval requirements for motor vehicles

Altiero Spinelli Building Room A1 G-2
A road in the shape of an arrow with the words road to safety on top.
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Each year, more than 1.25 million people die worldwide as a result of road traffic crashes and 50 million people get injured. In EU, over 25.000 Europeans die each year in road accidents and over a million is injured. The workshop will gather MEPs, industry experts, associations and stakeholders, to analyse the latest digital technologies which can help to reduce fatalities and injuries caused by road accidents.

The workshop is a part of legislative work on the proposal of EU regulation on type-approval for motor vehicles as regards their general safety and the protection of vehicle occupants and vulnerable road users COM(2018) 286.

The workshop will be chaired by MEP Róża THUN, IMCO Rapporteur for this file.

The workshop will be held on the 29th of November 2018 from 15h00 to 18h00 in the European Parliament (A1 G-2).

The workshop is organised by Policy Department for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies at the request of the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO).