Press Releases
For all too long, ANEC has been pressing for regulatory action, underpinned by standards, to increase the access of consumers of all ages and abilities to everyday products and services. We welcome yesterday’s vote of the European Parliament in favour of more accessibility in Europe.
From this month, European consumers will benefit from more accurate information on vehicle fuel consumption and emissions, thanks to the entry into force of a new standard testing procedure (i.e. Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Procedure, or WLTP).
ANEC welcomes adoption of the revised European standard EN 15914:2017 ‘Cycles - Electrically power assisted cycles - EPAC Bicycles (EPACs)’ by CEN (the European Committee for Standardization) which should see safer and more reliable EPACs on the roads.
Today, as part of an initiative of the Maltese Presidency of the Council, and the European Commission, European transport ministers signed the Valetta Declaration on road safety during a High-Level Ministerial Conference held in Malta.
For all too long, ANEC has been pressing for regulatory action underpinned by standards to increase the access of consumers of all ages and abilities to everyday products and services. We welcomed the European Commission proposal for a European Accessibility Act (COM(2015) 615final), adopted on 2 December 2015, as it aimed to improve the functioning of the EU internal market for accessible products and services by removing barriers created by divergent laws.
