Recent meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.
Mission & Goals
TRL (the UK’s Transport Research Laboratory) is one of the largest and most comprehensive transport centres in the world. TRL has an annual turnover of over £30 million and employs over 250 technical professionals, including engineers, scientists, psychologists, software developers and statisticians. Commercially independent, TRL is owned by Blandford Capital. Established over 80 years ago, TRL provides a broad range of technical consultancy, research and development and works across a wide spectrum of fields in the transport sector. These include highway, urban and rural road design, construction and maintenance, road safety, traffic management, transport planning, sustainable transport, intelligent transport systems, rail, cycling and motor sports, connected and autonomous vehicles, smart mobility. Our research and consultancy expertise embraces sustainable co (...)
EU Legislative Interests
Support EC DG GROW in General Safety and Pedestrian Safety Regulations updates Support EC DG GROW in L-Category vehicles regulatory updates Support EC DG GROW in Access to vehicle data Support EC DG GROW in RMI technical requirements updates Support EC DG GROW in EU policy making on pollutant emissions from vehicles DG MOVE MOVE/ENER/SRD/2020/OP/0008, Lot 5 SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE IN THE FIELD OF MOBILITY AND TRANSPORT
Communication Activities
Industry consultations organised for the following studies: - Access to vehicle data and RMI technical requirements update - Market development and related road safety risks for L-category vehicles and new personal mobility devices Presentations for MCWG and MVWG
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
Association of European Transport FEHRL (Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories) PACTS (Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety) – which is a founder member of the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) PIARC world road association
Connected Legislation
Extractive industries: waste management
Amendment to Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 on shipments of electrical and electronic waste agreed under the Basel Convention
Waste shipments and amendment of Regulations 1257/2013 & 2020/1056
Waste shipments
Implementation of Mining Waste Directive (2006/21/EC)
Regulation on the information to be provided in the certificate confirming the completion of subsequent interim or non-interim recovery operation or subsequent interim or non-interim disposal operation
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 on shipments of electrical and electronic waste agreed under the Basel Convention
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 on shipments of waste
Waste shipments
Mercury
Vehicle taxation
Charging heavy goods vehicles for infrastructure use
Amendment: Regulation (EU) 748/2012 (risk-based compliance & environmental protection)
Abolition of discrimination in transport rates and conditions
Innovation and competitiveness for start-ups and scale-ups