Proposal to amend Directive 2010/40/EU as regards the period for adopting delegated acts

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 (the ITS Directive), which entered into force in August 2010, is aimed at accelerating the coordinated EU-wide deployment and use of intelligent transport systems (ITS) in the field of road transport. The Directive requires that specifications be adopted, through delegated acts, for actions in four priority areas.

Four delegated acts have been adopted since the entry into force of the ITS Directive. A fifth delegated act has been finalised with Member States’ experts and addresses the provision of EU-wide multimodal travel information services. In addition to interoperability requirements for eCall, the datasharing mechanisms developed in these contexts are contributing significantly to the objectives of the Digital Single Market Strategy. The digitisation of the transport sector also contributes to its sustainability.

The ITS Directive was one of the first pieces of Union legislation stipulating the use of delegated acts and the power to adopt the delegated acts was conferred on the Commission for a limited period only, until 27 August 2017. In order that the Commission can adopt further specifications through delegated acts, it is essential that the delegation of power be extended. Furthermore, specifications that have already been adopted may need to be updated to reflect technological progress or lessons learnt from their implementation in the Member States.

The Commission is therefore proposing that the delegation of power be extended by five years from 27 August 2017 and tacitly thereafter for further five-year periods, unless the European Parliament or the Council oppose such extension.

EUR-Lex: COM(2017)136: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2017:136:FIN

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