A common EU approach to liability rules and insurance for connected and autonomous vehicles. European Added Value Assessment

Please note: Each EPRS Study is assigned a DOI (digital object identifier), which is a safe and long term way of ensuring a hyperlink to the full text of this report. However, when ESO creates this record, on occasion the DOI still has not been activated by the EU Bookshop. If you find the source url hyperlink does not work please use the alternative location hyperlink listed as a related url.This assessment of European added value finds that revision of the EU's current legislative framework is necessary, notably as regards the regulation of civil liability and insurance. Quantitative assessment of added value, at the current stage of technological development, proved difficult and inconclusive. A qualitative analysis, however, provided evidence that action at EU level would (i) promote legal certainty; (ii) reduce the transaction costs for car manufacturers and public administrations arising from differences in national liability rules and systems for the determination and calculation of damages; and (iii) secure effective consumer protection.

European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: Study, February 2018: A common EU approach to liability rules and insurance for connected and autonomous vehicles. European Added Value Assessment http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2018/615635/EPRS_STU(2018)615635_EN.pdf

European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: Study, June 2016: Cross-Border Traffic Accidents in the EU - The Potential Impact of Driverless Cars http://www.europeansources.info/record/cross-border-traffic-accidents-in-the-eu-the-potential-impact-of-driverless-cars/

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