Council conclusions on "Road safety endorsing the Valletta Declaration (Valletta, 28 – 29 March 2017)", adopted by the Council at its 3545th meeting held on 8 June 2017. The Council of the European Union, 1. Taking stock of the continuous work undertaken through various policies to further improve road safety; 2. Taking note of the Commission's publication of statistics on road traffic fatalities in the Union for the year 2016;1 3. Welcoming the ministerial conference on road safety organised by the Maltese Presidency in Valletta on 29 March 2017; 4. Endorses the content of the Valletta declaration on road safety, set out in the annex to these conclusions; 5. Invites the Member States to continue their efforts and cooperation in implementing the commitments made in that declaration; 6. INVITES the Commission to associate itself to these efforts and to take into account the declaration when preparing the next Union strategy on road safety. (Author/publisher)
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