Members of the European Parliament's ‘Transport’ Committee adopted (16 votes in favour, 11 votes against, 4 abstentions) on Monday 8 April an objection to the delegated regulation on the deployment and operational use of cooperative intelligent transport systems (C-ITS).
This vote reflects the adoption by the European Commission of the delegated regulation on this subject on 13 March (see EUROPE 12213/37). Under the rules of EU law, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union have 2 months to oppose the entry into force of such a legal act.
The use of C-ITS should contribute to making road transport safer by allowing vehicles and infrastructure to communicate, for example, with regard to network disruptions. In the long term, C-ITS should also help to develop connected mobility.
Today's objection was raised by Dominique Riquet (ALDE, France), specifically in the name of technological neutrality.
One of the major questions on this topic concerns the choice of technologies. While the Commission wants to rely on Wi-Fi technology for short-range communications, several MEPs and civil society organisations want cellular technologies to be able to be used for this purpose.
The rapporteur on this dossier, Gesine Meissner (ALDE, Germany), supports the delegated act.
But the MEPs of Parliament’s ‘Transport’ Committee decided otherwise on 8 April. After the adoption of this objection in parliamentary committee, it will now be up to Parliament’s plenary session to decide next week.
As for the EU Council, the national experts from the 'Transport - Intermodal Questions and Networks’ working group discussed the delegated regulation on Friday 5 April. Several issues were raised, and the subject is scheduled to be discussed again on 3 May. If the EU Council were to give the green light, it would be at the Foreign Ministers' meeting on 13 May. (Original version in French by Lucas Tripoteau)