Press Release: Emergency calls: Commission welcomes growing Member State endorsement for eCall in-car system

The European Commission has welcomed five more Member States endorsing the eCall in-car emergency system. This life-saving system automatically dials Europe's single emergency number 112 in the event of a serious accident and could save up to 2500 lives per year in Europe when fully deployed. At a ceremony in Brussels on 4 May 2010, Belgium, Denmark, Luxemburg, Malta and Romania signed the EU's Memorandum of Understanding to implement eCall across Europe, joining 15 other European countries that had already signed.