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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8881

4 February 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/information society/road safety
Automatic emergency call system, eCall, could be in use in 2009, Commission announces

Brussels, 03/02/2005 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, further to a high level meeting between representatives of the large companies in the motor industry, of the European Parliament and Member States, the European Commission announced the official launch of an action plan aimed at giving all new vehicles a new automatic emergency dialling system (eCall) from 2009. In the event of collision, the eCall system, which is triggered automatically or manually by someone in the vehicle, will call the...

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