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Swedish Minister for the Environment Karolina Skog helped launch the Swedish Traffic Safety Council for Active and Sustainable Mobility “Moving Beyond Zero”; a...

22 Nov, 2017

ECF welcomes a European Parliament report[1] voted in plenary today that calls on the European Commission to make ground-breaking safety technologies compulsory...

14 Nov, 2017

ECF are currently involved in an issue that could be a threat to the growth of pedelec use in the EU. The Motor Vehicle Insurance Directive (MID) ensures that w...

13 Oct, 2017

A good week for ECF at the Transport and Tourism(TRAN) committee which is responsible for transport issues within the European Parliament, has been dealing...

12 Oct, 2017
Muiderfietsbrug next to A1 motorway near Amsterdam.

ECF welcomes the European Commission initiative to improve the EU regulatory framework for road infrastructure safety management, especially actions targeted to...

12 Sep, 2017

A coalition of industry, NGOs, consumer groups, and cities are calling on the European Commission to urgently bring forward new minimum safety standards for new...

24 May, 2017

The European Commission is expected to announce a new package of transport legislation next week, the groups are calling for an announcement on updates to vehicle safety...

24 May, 2017
Picture: Marc van Woudenberg

Bernhard Ensink, ECF Secretary General, spoke at a Hi-level transport ministers meeting In Malta on Wednesday 29th March, here’s the press release. It followed...

31 Mar, 2017

European Transport Ministers launched the “Valetta Declaration on Improving Road Safety” at a Ministerial Conference on Road Safety in Valletta (Malta) today un...

29 Mar, 2017

This week The European Commission announced at the Motor Vehicle Working Group that it is delaying the proposal on Vehicle Safety Regulations until at least Mar...

03 Mar, 2017
Photo by the Centre for Environment (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Bosnian cyclists have managed to repeal their cumbersome and unfair law on the mandatory use of bicycle helmets. ECF members the Centre for Environment have bee...

02 Mar, 2017

The European Commission (EC) has released its long awaited report on safety testing procedures for all new motor vehicles. These are new regulations that could...

23 Jan, 2017

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