During a meeting of the ‘Transport’ Working Party this past 11 May, EU Member States worked on the latest version of the compromise text by the French Presidency of the Council of the EU on the deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems across the EU.
The latest version of the text emphasises data processing and data protection. Besides stressing the importance of determining “a concrete geographical scope” for the data types and services that would be required to be provided, the text also calls for opting for a “gradual and proportionate” approach based on experience and results that have already obtained.
Furthermore, the French Presidency of the Council of the EU points out that personal data processing—when the data make it possible to “identify, directly or indirectly, a person”—should be carried out in accordance with the Regulation on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (2016/679) and the Directive on privacy and electronic communications (2002/58/EC).
The document also specifies that safeguards should be included for the duration of data storage and the anonymisation or pseudonymisation [of data] in order to enhance people’s privacy and encourage the principle of data protection by design. The compromise proposal explains that other safeguards should also be provided to prevent “misuse, including unlawful access, alteration or loss”.
Finally, the document stipulates that, every 3 years, Member States are required to produce a report covering implementation, delegated acts, and implementing acts. A common template that includes certain key performance indicators should also be established.
For its part, the European Commission is expected to submit a report on the progress made in implementing the directive to the European Parliament and the Council of the EU no later than 18 months after each deadline for Member States’ reports.
See the document: https://aeur.eu/f/1q5 (Original version in French by Thomas Mangin)