Milan, Italy
19-21 March 2007

This international conference organised jointly by the DG-JRC together with Regione Lombardia, on the issue of Transport and Environment, in Milan Italy, on the 19-21 March 2007, is a follow-up of the successful EURO-V Conference (Milan December 2003, http://ies.jrc.ec.europa.eu/Units/eh/events/EURO5/ ). In this web-page, you will find a short description of the conference and the themes that will be treated in it, along with the draft agenda for the three days.

The conference comes at a crucial moment for Europe as several parts of the EU and international legislation related to environmental impact of transport, such as the Euro 5-6 and Euro VI emissions standards for LD and HD vehicles, the new Directives on fuels and air quality standards, the biofuels promotion strategy, are being prepared and will be implemented in a very near future.

The conference aims to bring together legislators (European Commissioners, Ministers of Environment and Transport, etc.), stakeholders and scientists in an effort to provide a forum to discuss the technological and policy solutions to the problem of transport and air quality, which faces millions of people throughout the world.