Directive (EU) 2023/2661

What it is

to amend Directive 2010/40/EU on the framework for the deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems in the field of road transport and for interfaces with other modes of transport. PROPOSED ACT: Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council. BACKGROUND: Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) apply information and communication technologies that make mobility safer, more efficient and more sustainable. The Committee on Transport and Tourism adopted the report by Rovana PLUMB (S&D, RO) on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council Amending Directive 2010/40/EU on the framework for the deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems in the field of road transport and for interfaces with other modes of transport. As a reminder, the Commission proposes to update the 2010 directive on intelligent transport systems (ITS directive), to adapt it to the emergence of new road mobility options, mobility applications and connected and automated mobility. The committee responsible recommended that the European Parliament's position adopted at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure should amend the proposal as follows: This Directive should ensure that ITS applications in the field of road transport enable seamless integration with other modes of transport, such as rail or active mobility, thus facilitating a shift to those modes wherever possible, to improve efficiency and accessibility. The adoption of specifications for Cooperative Intelligent Transport Services (C-ITS) should be one of the priority actions for the development and use of specifications and standards such as those in Annex I. The report states that ITS-C are intelligent transport systems that allow ITS users to interact and cooperate by exchanging, in a non-discriminatory manner and without any prior knowledge of each other, secure and trusted messages between vehicles and other elements of the transport ecosystem, including vehicles, infrastructure and vulnerable road users, via communication technologies. To ensure the compatibility and interoperability of ITS systems, Members consider it necessary to ensure that, in particular for C-ITS, ITS requirements neither impose nor discriminate in favour of the use of a particular type of technology, in line with the principle of technological neutrality. Therefore, the ITS regulatory framework should provide certainty to the market by including the principle of technology neutrality in Annex II (Principles for the specification and deployment of ITS). According to Members, the development of ITS should cover the needs of suburban, rural and peripheral areas, as well as islands and outermost regions, ensuring their social and economic inclusion. When requiring the processing of personal data, the specifications to be developed under this Directive should comply with the requirements of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR). Anonymisation as a technique to enhance the privacy of individuals should be used as soon as the purpose of the…

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