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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10866

14 June 2013
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) transport
Commission proposes mandatory eCall by 2015

Brussels, 13/06/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 13 June, the European Commission put forward the suggestion that the automated emergency call for road accidents, eCall, should be mandatory in cars from October 2015.

In the event of accident, the system triggers an automatic call to emergency services via the single European emergency call number, 112, specifying where the vehicles are to be found. “When an accident happens, every minute counts to rescue injured victims. The eCall...

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