Transportation, travelling

Main results of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council (Transport)

20-09-2019

The Council discussed how to decarbonise transport in order to combat climate change and meet the Paris Agreement objectives.

EU consumer rules: Airbnb cooperates with European Commission and EU consumer authorities improving the way it presents offers

11-07-2019

The European Commission announced that, as a result of negotiations with Airbnb, the platform has improved and fully clarified the way it presents accommodation offers to consumers, which is now in line with the standards set in EU consumer law.

Clean Mobility: Commission tables proposal on car emissions testing in real driving conditions

14-06-2019

Main results of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council (Telecommunications)

07-06-2019

Main results of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council (Transport)

06-06-2019

The Council agreed on its position on a proposal on the use of electronic freight transport information. It assessed progress on proposals relating to permit-granting measures for the trans-European transport network (TEN-T), the hired vehicles...

Parliament approves EU rules requiring life-saving technologies in vehicles

16-04-2019

Safety features such as intelligent speed assistance and advanced emergency-braking system will have to be installed in new vehicles as from May 2022.

Road safety: Data show improvements in 2018 but further concrete and swift actions are needed

04-04-2019

Fewer people died on European roads last year but more efforts are needed to make a big leap forward, according to new, preliminary figures on road fatalities for 2018 published by the European Commission.

Parliament backs new CO2 emissions limits for cars and vans

27-03-2019

Plans to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from cars and vans by 2030, already informally agreed with EU ministers, were approved by MEPs. 

Parliament backs proposal to end switch between summer and winter time in 2021

26-03-2019

MEPs voted to end the practice of adjusting clocks by an hour in spring and autumn from 2021. EU countries that decide to keep their summer time should make their final clock change on the last Sunday in March 2021.

Car rentals: EU action leads to clearer and more transparent pricing

25-03-2019

Following a call from the European Commission and EU consumer authorities, five industry leaders, Avis, Europcar, Enterprise, Hertz and Sixt, have changed the way they present car rental prices, making them fully transparent to consumers.

Road Safety: new rules clear way for clean, connected and automated mobility on EU roads

13-03-2019

The European Commission has today adopted new rules stepping up the deployment of Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) on Europe's roads.

Main results of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council (Energy)

04-03-2019

The Council adopted a general approach on the revision of the regulation on tyres labelling. The revision updates the energy and safety performance labels for tyres and extends the scope of the labelling system to tyres for heavy duty vehicles.