Directives, Communications & Recommendations

The European Commission plays an active role in the discussion of the implementation of new Information and Communication Technologies for safe and intelligent vehicles, as it predicts new technologies will play a big part in reaching its goal of reducing road fatalities by 50% by 2010.

One European Commission initiative recognises the need for a standardised solution for reporting road accidents within the EU. This is necessary because of modern society’s mobility and the fact that people travelling in the various Member States do not always know what emergency number to call.

The different Directives, Communications & Recommendations supporting 112, E112 and eCall can be downloaded below:

Commission Communication: Towards Europe-wide Safer, Cleaner and Efficient Mobility: The First Intelligent Car Report (September 2007)	.pdf (55 KB)
3rd eSafety Communication: Bringing eCall back on track (November 2006)	.pdf (158 KB)
eCall Factsheet	.pdf (51 KB)
2nd eSafety Communication - Bringing eCall to Citizens	.pdf (196 KB)
The introduction of a single European emergency call number (91_396_EEC)	.pdf (33 KB)
Universal Service Directive 2002-22-EC	.pdf (199 KB)
Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications 2002-58-EC	.pdf (162 KB)
European Road safety Action Programme C(2003) 311 - Final	.pdf (438 KB)
ICT for Safe and Intelligent Vehicles C(2003) 542 - Final	.pdf (82 KB)
Location-enhanced Emergency Call C(2003) 2657 - Final	.pdf (109 KB)
Working document on data protection and privacy implications in eCall initiative adopted on 26 September 2006	.pdf (192 KB)