The European Commission started a Web site with information on th...
The European Commission started a Web site with information on the EU-wide emergency number 112. The site, ec.europa.eu/112, tells Europeans how to use the system and what to expect from it, particularly when they travel in Europe. It compares…
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the performance of national authorities, based on their survey responses, on how fast emergency calls are handled, what languages are available, and what governments are doing to raise awareness about the system, the EC said. Viviane Reding, the EU’s information society and media commissioner, has been pushing several years for a coordinated emergency response number, nudging countries into compliance by citing them for violating Community law. Data on the Web site show shortcomings, she said at a news conference. 112 isn’t available in Bulgaria, six countries don’t show caller location for mobile 112 calls, and several countries failed to answer questions about their call response times and the ability of their emergency centers to answer in more than the national language, the EC said. Other problems include a lack of integrated emergency call centers and a high number of hoax calls, it said. Reding wants the system in full operation by summer. Her telecommunications reform legislative package proposes some changes to 112, including improved access for disabled people. She asked the European Parliament and Council to “be courageous” in adopting the proposals.