Press Release: Life-saving eCall system agreed by the Council and European Parliament

On the 19 March 2014, the member states' permanent representatives endorsed the compromise reached between the Council and the European Parliament concerning a decision to introduce a mandatory EU-wide system to handle emergency calls sent automatically by cars or triggered manually by people in the car in case of a crash (eCalls).

Member states must have the infrastructure to handle eCalls in place at least 6 months before the type-approval requirements for the corresponding in-vehicle device start to apply, and in any case no later than 1 October 2017.

ESO: Background information: eCall: automated emergency call for road accidents mandatory in cars from 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-ecall-automated-emergency-call-for-road-accidents-mandatory-in-cars-from-2015/

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