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Promote the benefits of CEN DSRC technology to reach socio-economic and environmental goals in Europe.

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Response to EU taxonomy - Review of the environmental delegated act

28 Nov 2025

Currently Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2486 does not consider the polluter pays principle enshrined in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Article 191. Whereas the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2486 features an Annex pollution prevention and control; Whereas the Taxonomy Regulation 2020/852 explicitly defines pollution prevention and control in Article 14 as: (a) preventing or, where that is not practicable, reducing pollutant emissions into air, water or land, other than greenhouse gasses; The Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2486 does not consider Directive 1999/62/EC, which explicitly addresses pollution prevent in road transport. Directive 1999/62/EC, Article 2 (9) defines external cost as (a) traffic-based air pollution; (b) traffic-based noise pollution; or (c) traffic-based CO2 emissions, as a method of reducing external cost proposes road tolls ft an external cost charge. External cost charting in road transport finds no consideration in the taxonomy regulation, bar contradictory answers in FAQ. This is insufficient and requires legal clarification.
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Response to Interim evaluation of the Connecting Europe Facility 2021-2027

19 Sept 2024

The DSRC Interest Group brings together manufacturers of European DSRC technology. It promotes the benefits of CEN DSRC technology to reach socio‐economic and environmental goals in Europe. We believe that the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for transport has been highly successful in the 2014-2020 funding period. It has played a key role putting Europe at forefront of public V2X deployment, whilst at the same time prevent radio interference to other radio services essential for EU transport policy. We urge the European Commission to continue in the same manner to further promote the EU transport policy and sustainability goals. We also urge the European Commission to synchronise the taxonomy regulation with its transport policy. Road safety is not recognised as a sustainable economic activity and we are concerned that the taxonomy unintendingly could divert investment away from road safety.
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Response to Ex-post evaluation of the Connecting Europe Facility 2014-2020

19 Sept 2024

CEN DSRC, C-ITS and Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) C-ITS and CEN DSRC are deployed in immediate geographic vicinity in adjacent spectrum bands. For EU transport policy to function both are necessary and need operate interference free. CEF has co-funded C-ITS deployment and Europe is unique in the sphere of V2X for it security credential C-ITS management system, which is embedded in the ITS Directive and in operation. CEF has played a key role establishing Europes C-ITS deployment. C-ITS is now deployed by road operators, vehicles manufacturers and public transport. CEN DSRC and C-ITS go hand-in-hand Europes C-ITS deployment has fully considered the role of CEN DSRC and introduced mitigation methods that assure C-ITS and CEN DSRC can be deployed side by side. The 5.8 GHz and 5.9 GHz frequency band are populated with a broad variety of radio services, ranging from commercial to public (including defence). We urge the European Commission to take the complexity of the radio services in that frequency environment into account. For CEF to maintain its high added value, CEF should continue funding C-ITS deployment that fully considers all radio services in the frequency environment and CEN DSRC in particular.
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Response to Working Programme of the ITS Directive for the period 2024-2028

14 Aug 2024

The DSRC Interest Group welcomes the European Commissions draft implementing decision establishing a working programme for Directive 2010/40/EU for the period 2024-2028 and would like to comment on point 3.2.1 Cooperative intelligent transport systems (C-ITS) of the Annex to the proposed implementing decision. The DSRC Interest Group welcomes the mapping exercise and would like to highlight the following: C-ITS operates in a highly complex spectrum environment. The 5875-5935 MHz radio spectrum that the Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1426 foresees for ITS is intended for shared spectrum use and radio services in that band have to co-exist with other radio services in the 5875-5935 MHz, as well as radio services in adjacent bands, such as the 5795-5815 MHz frequency band, that hosts road tolling and the smart tachograph. Furthermore other, not necessarily transport related, radio services that may be affected by C-ITS have to be considered. We believe the mapping should consider: - Road tolling systems that are based on CEN DSRC and/or UNI DSRC - Road tolling systems that use CEN DSRC and/or UNI DSRC as fixed or mobile enforcement technology - Smart tachographs in circulation - Areas of smart tachograph enforcement fixed and mobile - C-ITS stations as indicated on the TEN Interactive Map Viewer - C-ITS private vehicles in circulation - C-ITS public transport deployments - Fixed satellite systems - Possible defence use-cases, as hinted the NATO Position Statement for Export The support study ought to also consider the present radio services in the 5875-5935 MHz frequency band that adjacent 5795-5815 MHz frequency band.
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Response to Initiative on EU taxonomy - environmental objective

26 Apr 2023

The proposed changes to the climate delegated act and the newly proposed environmental delegated act with its annexes contain some elements that start to address the short-comings the taxonomy regulation 2020/853 outlines in its recital 49 (further need for consideration of traffic management, modal shift, development of sustainable transport). Currently the taxonomy does not support the 'internalisation of external costs' (Eurovignette Directive 1999/62/EC), nor the 'polluter pays principle' (TFEU, Article 191), neither does it support the implementation of the Smart and Sustainable Mobility Strategy COM (2020) 789. Some of these shortcomings the proposals start to address. The DSRC Interest Group urges the European Commission to address road safety with the utmost urgency. The taxonomy does not consider it and may unintentionally create the a situation, where investment is directed away from the EU's 'Vision Zero' of zero road fatalities by 2050. For detailed proposals how to remedy the situation we offer our comments in the attached document. Section 4.9 Transmission and distribution of electricity of the climate delegated act clearly includes management and metering of electricity transmission. The same way road operation should cover management and road tolling.
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Response to Maximum dimensions and weights in national and international traffic for certain road vehicles circulating within Union

18 Jan 2022

The Weights & Dimensions Directive regulates trucks and coaches to protect motorists from heavy accidents; roads, bridges and tunnels from excessive wear and road operators from undue competition. Hence the enforcement of the Weights & Dimensions Directive 95/53/EC is key to making EU transport policy happen and keeping Europe’s roads safe and competition fair. The Directive foresees automated enforcement and to make this enforcement happen foresees a radio interface for enforcement authorities to remotely communicate with the vehicle to pre-check vehicle weight. This communication uses standardised CEN DSRC technology, which runs on the 5.8 GHz frequency band. This radio interface has very similar technical properties to the radio interface used for enforcing the smart tachograph, that protects motorists from sleeping truck drivers and the drive and rest times of truck drivers. The Directive also foresees a radio link between the truck and the trailer, to make sure any trailer can communicate with any truck. This link uses ITS-G5, as C-ITS technology, that runs on the 5.9 GHz frequency band. With ever increasing amount of radio equipment foreseen for deployment in the vicinity of roads or in vehicles the risk of radio interference rises. Radio interference to the radio interface of mandatory on-board weighing equipment or the smart tachograph puts motorists and truck drivers at risk, reduces the quality of Europe’s road network and encourages undue competition. The risk of radio interference can be reduced and mitigation methods introduced, if frequency regulation checks risks before equipment is released to the market. Radio interference is next to impossible to combat once equipment is in the market and on roads. This risk is reduced through compatibility studies before equipment is released into the market, such ECC Report 291 in case of the smart tachograph and weights & dimensions and cooperative ITS. We urge the European Commission to recognise radio interference risks and keep up the good practice of requesting compatibility studies from radio regulators for radio equipment to be deployed along Europe’s roads or in vehicles. A recital encouraging involved stakeholders to request according compatibility studies at the soonest moment would help reducing radio interference risk. We point to the attached document ‘Protection of truck drivers and CEN DSRC’ to highlight potential future risks and how mitigate such risks.
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Meeting with Elzbieta Lukaniuk (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean)

4 May 2021 · meeting to discuss new mobility solutions

Response to Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy

27 Jul 2020

The DSRC Interest Group (DIG) represents the interests of the manufacturers of CEN DSRC equipment. Steinar Furan, Vice-Chair DIG Access restriction systems are most efficient reducing the CO2 footprint of road transport. CEN DSRC is the most efficient and secure way to assure the operation of access systems, as well as multi-lane free-flow tolling. CEN DSRC is the most efficient tool to apply as it offers authenticated identification of vehicles without the need to stop or inspect the particular vehicle. The use of DSRC offers options for access control and road user charging at the lowest possible societal cost. The use of DSRC is free (there is no charge for the use of system) and the technology offers possibilities for full automation without the need for costly operations staff. The figures from the Norwegian DSRC operation confirms this, as Norway has among the World’s lowest cost of its AutoPASS electronic toll collection operations. Being a key technology of all modern intelligent transport systems, CEN DSRC offers secure communication with digital tachographs. This enables a vastly improved control over the heavy goods vehicles, making the authorities able to remove excessively polluting vehicles from the traffic. Urban access restrictions: Implementing access restrictions Stockholm has achieved a traffic reduction of 23%, despite population growth (see fig 1). Milano achieved a 12% traffic reduction through the introduction of access restrictions and a increase of public transport use of 48%. Gothenburg reduced traffic by 20%, Oslo and Trondheim by 15% through introducing access restrictions.
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