A common EU approach to liability rules and insurance for connected and autonomous vehicles
Study
28-02-2018
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.
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- automation
- civil law
- EU law
- European standard
- EUROPEAN UNION
- European Union law
- land transport
- LAW
- liability
- motor vehicle
- organisation of transport
- PRODUCTION, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
- road transport
- safety standard
- technical standard
- technology and technical regulations
- testing
- traffic regulations
- TRANSPORT
- transport policy