BAKGRUNN (fra kommisjonsbeslutningen)

(1) Article 17 of Directive 2010/40/EU requires Member States to submit to the Commission by 21 March 2025 a report on the implementation of that Directive and of the delegated acts adopted on the basis thereof and empowers the Commission to lay down the template for such a report. As regards the delegated acts, Commission Delegated Regulations (EU) No 305/2013, (EU) No 885/2013, (EU) No 886/2013, (EU) 2015/962, (EU) 2017/1926 and (EU) 2022/670 have been adopted. Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/670 is to repeal Regulation (EU) 2015/962 as from 1 January 2025, and therefore the template should only refer to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/670. 

(2) In accordance with Article 17(1) of Directive 2010/40/EU, the report is to specify the Member State’s main national activities and projects regarding the priority areas and the geographical availability of data and services listed in Annex III and IV to that Directive. In accordance with Article 17(2) of Directive 2010/40/EU, the report is to distinguish between the mandatory or additional nature of the KPIs. That distinction should be based on the geographical scope of the KPIs and the timeline of the reporting. 

(3) Furthermore, Article 17(3) of Directive 2010/40/EU requires Member States to report every three years following the initial report on the progress made in the implementation of that Directive and of the delegated and implementing acts adopted on the basis thereof. The template should therefore apply to the initial and subsequent progress reports. 

(4) In order to provide the Commission with high-level policy information, the report should give an insight into the availability and accessibility over time of data types listed in Annex III to Directive 2010/40/EU and should be based on informed estimates in round figures. 

(5) Also with a view to providing high-level policy information, the KPIs should give an insight into the deployment and impact of ITS equipment and services in the Union over time. For benefit KPIs, that assess the impact of ITS services on travel time, road crashes and CO2 emissions, the goal is to obtain robust reference values, based on enough good samples. This would allow prudent extrapolation due to the limitations of the calculations of these KPIs, the impact of ITS being sometimes difficult to isolate from the impact of other measures. 

(6) Commission Implementing Decision 2011/453/EU8 established non-binding guidelines for reporting by the Member States under Directive 2010/40/EU. Considering the nature and extent of the changes required under Article 17 of Directive 2010/40/EU, in particular the mandatory nature of the template and its content, including KPIs, Implementing Decision 2011/453/EU should be repealed. 

(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the European ITS Committee,