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Directive 2010/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on the framework for the deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems in the field of road transport and for interfaces with other modes of transport (Text with EEA relevance)
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The specifications and standards for ITS road safety and security applications shall include the following:
Specifications for priority action (d)
The definition of the necessary measures for the harmonised provision of an interoperable EU-wide eCall, including:
the availability of the required in-vehicle ITS data to be exchanged,
the availability of the necessary equipment in the emergency call response centres receiving the data emitted from the vehicles,
the facilitation of the electronic data exchange between the vehicles and the emergency call response centres.
Specifications for priority action (e)
The definition of the necessary measures to provide ITS based information services for safe and secure parking places for trucks and commercial vehicles, in particular in service and rest areas on roads, based on:
the availability of the road parking information to users,
the facilitation of the electronic data exchange between road parking sites, centres and vehicles.
Specifications for priority action (f)
The definition of the necessary measures to provide ITS based reservation services for safe and secure parking places for trucks and commercial vehicles based on:
the availability of the road parking information to users,
the facilitation of the electronic data exchange between road parking sites, centres and vehicles,
the integration of relevant ITS technologies in both vehicles and road parking facilities to update the information on available parking space for reservation purposes.
Specifications for other actions
The definition of the necessary measures to support the safety of road users with respect to their on-board Human-Machine-Interface and the use of nomadic devices to support the driving task and/or the transport operation, as well as the security of the in-vehicle communications.
The definition of the necessary measures to improve the safety and comfort of vulnerable road users for all relevant ITS applications.
The definition of necessary measures to integrate advanced driver support information systems into vehicles and road infrastructure which fall outside the scope of Directives 2007/46/EC, 2002/24/EC and 2003/37/EC.
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